Bendi Bhaga

Ingredients 1) Tomatoes - 3 2) Onions - 1 large 3) Ladies fingers - 25 (cut into pieces) 4) Coriander powder - 1 table spoon 5) Cumin powder - 1 table spoon 6) Chilli powder - 1 table spoon 7) Gharam masala powder - 1/2 table spoon 8) Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon 9) Ginger paste - 1 table spoon 10) Garlic paste - 1 table spoon 11) Fresh cream - 1/2 cup 12)  Oil as needed 13)  Salt as per taste 14)  Coriander leaves for garnish 15) ...

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Gongura Rice

Ingredients 1) Gongura(sour leaf) -  2) Onion - 1 large 3) Green chillies - 8 4) Rice 5) Cumin seeds(Jeera) - 3 grams 6) Chana Dal - 4 grams 7) Salt - as per taste 8) Fenugreek Seeds - 3 grams 9) Oil - as needed 10) Coriander leaves for garnish Procedure 1. Initially, prepare the rice and keep it ready. 2. Take one table spoon of oil in a pan and heat it. 3. When oil is heated add feugreek seeds and add sour leaves. 4....

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Spicy Chana Masala Curry

Ingredients 1) Chick peas 2) Onion - 1 large 3) Tomatoes - 2 large 4) Bay leaf - 1 leaf 5) Cumin seeds - 3 grams 6) Cloves powder - 1 table spoon 7) Chana Masala powder - 3 to 4 table spoons 8) Salt-as per taste. 9) Coriander leaves - 6 10) Oil - as needed 11) Turmeric powder - 1/4 spoon 12) Chilli powder - one table spoon Procedure 1. Soak chick peas in water for whole night. 2. Prepare fresh tomato pury and kept aside. 3. Take 2 to 3 spoons...

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Virginia Safari Park

We went to Virginia Safari Park on 4th July. Brief Summary Place: Virginia Safari Park. Location: Virginia. Distance: 184 miles. Members: Me and my wife. Transport: our own car. Duration: 2 hour 50 mins. Experience: On 4th July we started around 8:30 am from home.Had our breakfast in the car. We reached safari park around 11:32 am.The ticket counters look like toll gates,we got our tickets. There are two parks to see ,those are safari park...

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Spicy Aloo Mutter

Ingredients 1) Potatoes (Aloo)- 2 large 2) Green Peas (Mutter)- 1 1/2 cup 3) Tomatoes - 2 4) Onion - 1 5) Ginger - 10 gms 6) Garlic - 4 loves 7) Cumin seeds - 5 gms 8) Red Chilli Powder - 1 tea spoon 9) Bay Leaves - 1 10) Cinnamon stick - 1 11) Coriander Leaves - 6 12) Gharam masala - 1 tea spoon 13) Green chillies - 6 14) Cloves - 5 15) Peanut Powder - 1 tea spoon (Grind Roasted Peanuts) 16) Turmeric Powder - 1 tea spoon 17) Oil - 2 Table...

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Masala Dal Fry

Ingredients 1) Toor Dal - 1 cup 2) Chana Dal - 1 cup 3) Tomato - 2 large 4) Onion - 1 medium 5) Ginger - 15gms 6) Garlic - 4 loves 8) Red Chilli Powder - 2 tea spoons 9) Ghee - 1 tea spoon 10) Oil - 1 table spoon 11) Red Chillies - 1 12) Gharam masala - 1/4 tea spoon 13) Coriander Powder - 1/4 tea spoon 14) Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon 15) Cummin seeds (Jira) - 15 gms 16) Coriander leaves - 6 leaves 17) Salt - As per taste Procedure 1. Wash...

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Riverbend Park

     We had done hike to Riverbend Park on 1st July . It is located in Great Falls, Virginia State. Hike Location Name: Riverbend Park Distance: 20 miles from Herndon(approx) Total hiking distance: 4.5 miles. Elevation Gain: 300 ft Hike Team:  my wife and me. Hiking Experience: Started around 8:36 am in the morning. Reached our destination around 9:06 am. It was a small hike of 4.5 miles and decided to complete soon and...

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Wolf Run Shoals

We had done hike to Wolf Run Shoals on 17th June . It is located in Clifton, Virginia State. Hike Location Name: Wolf Run Shoals Distance: 20 miles from Herndon(approx) Total hiking distance: 4.3 miles. Elevation Gain: 550 ft Hike Team:  my wife and me. Hiking Experience: Started around 8:30 am in the morning. It was very near and reached our destination around 9:04 am. This was our first hike of this summer season and wanted to...

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Potato Pan Cake

Ingredients: 1) Potatoes-3 2) Onions-1 3) Besan-1 cup 4) Maida-1 cup 5) Green chillies-4 6) Black pepper 7) Red chilli powder-1 spoon 8) Salt-as per taste 9) Oil(to sallow fry) Procedure: 1.  Firstly shred the potatoes and finely chop the onions. 2.  Soak the shredded potatoes for 10 minutes. 3.  After that you have to completely filter the water from potatoes. 4.  To that potatoes add all the above ingredients except oil. 5....

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Cabbage Vada

Ingredients: 1) Cabbage - 200gms 2) Besan - 100gms 3) Onions -1 4) Chana dal - 2 table spoons 5) Ginger - 5 grams 6) Curry leaves - 5 7) Green chillies - 4 8) Coriander leavs - 5gms 9) Salt(as per taste) 10) Red chilli powder - 1 spoon 11) Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbl spoon 12) Oil(to deep fry) Procedure: 1. Firstly chana dal should be soaked for 15 minutes. 2. Take water in a bowl and boil it. 3. Add finely chopped cabbage into that boiling water. 4....

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Orlando - Florida Trip (Part III)

We woke up around 5:30 am in the morning, got refreshed, packed our breakfast and left for Disney world's Magic Kingdom around 7:30 am. We reached the parking around 8:15 am. The park is huge and very amazing. We went to the entrance of the park through boat which is 15 mins ride. We have the Disney world app in our mobile through which we booked the fast pass for the various rides and shows. We first went to Pirates of Caribbean, which is a boat...

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Keywest Kennedy - Florida Trip (Part II)

We went to Miami airport around 9:25 am to pick up rental car. We could still feel that we are in cruise and in middle of the ocean. We never felt even slightest jerk while sleeping. It was a very smooth sail. we took brand new Ford Expedition which has only 6 miles on it. The SUV is big and has 8 seats but little conjust in the back. It was 11:30 am by the time we got rental car and packed our luggage in it. We then set off to Keywest. The road...

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Bahamas - Florida Trip (Part I)

We went to Bahamas and Florida from 22nd December to 1st January Brief Summary Place : Bahamas, Miami, Key West, Orlando Location : Florida Distance : 1080 miles from Herndon Group: Parents, Me and my wife, Brother in law, Sister and their two kids, Shrenik and his wife. Transport : Nissan Altima, Ford Expedition Duration: 11 days. We started our trip on 22nd December around 8:28 am in rental car. we packed all the food for that day and necessary...

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