Black Forest Cake

Ingredients 1) All Purpose Flour - 2 cups 2) Cocoa Powder - 6 table spoons 3) Condensed Milk - 1 can 4) Baking Powder - 1 tea spoon 5) Baking Soda - 1 tea spoon 6) Unsalted butter - 8 tea spoons or 1 slice 7) Whipped Cream - 1/2 cup 8) Sweetened Sugar - 1/2 cup 9) Grated Chocolate - 5 spoons 10) Cherries - 6 11) Soda(coke, pepsi) - 150 ml 12) Vanilla Extract - 2 tea spoons Procedure 1. Take butter in small pan and heat it until it becomes liquid. 2....

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Bagara Baingan

Ingredients 1) Brinjol(Baingan) - 10 2) Groundnut - 50gms 3) Onion - 1 large 4) Green Chillies - 3 5) Tamarind - 20gms 6) Sesame Seeds - 3/4th cup 7) Coconut Powder - 2 pieces 8) Ginger Garlic paste - 1 spoon 9) Whole Garam Masala(bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, Cloves, Cardamom) 10) Red Chilli powder - 1/2 spoon 11) Fenugreek Seeds - 5gms 12) Coriander Powder, Cumins Powder - each 1 spoon(or can use homemade Garam Masala - 2 spoons) 13) Mustard...

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Sev-Sooji Upma

Ingredients 1) Sev(vermicilli) - 1 cup 2) Sooji - 1 cup 3) Onion - 1 large 4) Tomato - 1 large 5) Green Chillies - 5 6) Curry Leaves - 5 7) Groundnut - 50gms 8) Garlic - 2 pieces 9) Ginger - 5gms 10) Cashew - 5gms 11) Ghee - 1 table spoon 12) Mustard Seeds - 3gms 13) Cumin Seeds - 3gms 14) Chana Dal - 3gms 15) Urad Dal - 3gms 16) Red Chillies - 1 17) Oil - 2 spoons 18) Salt - as per taste Procedure 1. Take a pan and heat oil. 2. Add Groundnut...

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Elliot Knob

I had done hike to Elliot Knob on 27th September 2014 . It is located in Virginia State. Hike Location Name: Elliot Knob Distance: 115 miles from Richmond(approx) Total hiking distance: 8.5 miles(approx). Altitude: 2425 ft. Hike Team: Rajesh, Sujay, Vishal and me. Hiking Experience: Started around 10:45 am. Picked Sujay and left to destination. Reached around 12:45 pm. There was not much space for parking. Parked the car just to the side of the...

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Shenandoah Mountain

I had done two day hike to Shenandoah Mountain on 30th and 31st August 2014 . It is located in Virginia State. Hike Location Name: Shenandoah Mountain Distance: 125 miles from Richmond(approx) Total hiking distance: 18.2 miles. Altitude: 2810 ft Trek Items: Backpack(45 L), Food, Water(4 L approx), Camps Stove, Sleeping bag, Tent(1 person), Lantern, Head Torch, Swiss knife, Compass, Matchbox, Medical Kit and floaters. Hiking Experience: Started...

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Sherando Camp

We had done Car Camping at Sherando Lake on 26th and 27th July 2014 . It is located in Virginia State. Camp Location Name: Sherando Lake Distance: 100 miles from Richmond(approx), 55 miles from Lynchburg Camping days: 26th and 27th. Camp Team: 16 adults, 2 kids Camp Equipment: 1-8 person tent, 2-6 person tent, 1-4 person tent, 1-2 person tent, electric cooker, camp stove, 2-electric Griddle, music system, lamps, 2-lanterns, 2-tarps, extension...

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St. Mary's Wilderness

I had done hike to St. Mary's Wilderness on 29th June 2014 . It is located in Virginia State at Blue Ridge Parkway. Hike Location Name: St. Mary's Wilderness Distance: 94 miles from Richmond(approx) Total hiking distance: 10.1 miles. Altitude: 3200 ft. Hike Team: Sujay and me Hiking Experience:Started around 6:39 am from Honey Tree and reached Sujay's place by 6:52 am. Started to Hike location around 7:00 am.  Reached the parking location...

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Nicholson Hollow

I had done hike to Nicholson Hollow  on 21st June 2014 . It is located in Virginia State in Shenandoah National Park. Hike Location Name: Nicholson Hollow Distance: 94 miles from Richmond(approx) Total hiking distance: 10 miles(approx). Altitude: 1240 ft. Hike Team: Ameya, Amit, Arjun, Bahubali, Hemant, Rajesh, Ravi, Rohit, Vaibhav and me Hiking Experience:Started around 7:45 am from Honey Tree in two cars. Picked up 10th person from nearby...

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White Oak Canyon

I had done hike to White Oak Canyon  on 14th June 2014 . It is located in Virginia State in Shenandoah National Park. Hike Location Name: White Oak Canyon Distance: 90 miles from Richmond(approx) Total hiking distance: 8 miles. Altitude: 2450 ft. Hike Team: Arjun, Gnaneshwar, Rajesh, Sujay and me Hiking Experience: Started around 6:40 am from Honey Tree and reached Sujay's place by 7:00 am. Started to Hike location in his car around 7:30...

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Seneca Camp

I had done camp at Seneca State Forest on 24th and 25th May. It is located in West Virginia state. Camp Location Details Name: Seneca State Forest Camp Distance: 200 miles from Washington D.C.(approx) Camp Equipment Tent(4 person), Tent(2 person-backup), hammer(to pitch the tent), 1 Commander torch, 3 small torches, medical kit, Light fuel(to burn fire wood) and matchbox, cooking utensils(vessel, spoons, plates, glasses), sleeping bags and comforters(to...

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North River Gorge Hike

I had done hike to North River Gorge  on 26th April . It is located in Virginia State Hike Location Name: North river Gorge Distance: 120 miles from Richmond(approx) Total hiking distance: 12.5 miles. Hiking Experience:Started around 7:10 am in the morning to organizer's place. Around 7:28 am started towards the destination. It was sunny day and windy. Reached Starbucks around 8:45 am for coffee break and also had breakfast(home-made) brought...

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