Hightop Mountains

We had done hike to Hightop Mountain on 3rd August 2019 . It is located in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia State. Hike Location Name: Hightop Mountain Distance: 81 miles from Henrico (approx) Total hiking distance: 5.6 miles Elevation Gain: 1480 ft Hike Team: me and  my wife. Hiking Experience: We woke up around 4:45 am. The hiking trail is one and half hour distance from home. We started around 6:05 am. The weather was little cold...

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Ragged Mountains

We had done hike to Ragged Mountains on 28th July 2019 . It is located in Charlettsville, Virginia State. Hike Location: Name: Ragged Mountains Distance: 61 miles from Henrico (approx) Total hiking distance: 6.1 miles Elevation Gain: 980 ft Hike Team: me and  my wife. Hiking Experience:  We woke up around 4:45 am and packed our breakfast, water bags and started around 5:59 am. The hiking area is one hour distance from our home....

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Powhatan State Park

We had done camp on 29th June 2019. It is located in Virginia State. Camp Location: Name: Powhatan State Park. Distance: 19 miles from Henrico, Richmond (approx) Site type: Electric Camp Team: me and my wife. Camp Items: Camp Stove, Gas, Charcoal, Lighter, Food items, Table Cloth, fire wood, tent, Sleeping bag, Cutlery, Trays, Water, Torches, Lantern, Small fan, Small table, Dutch Oven,Pillows,Two coolers. Camping Experience:    ...

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Gobi Dumplings

Ingredients: 1) Idli Batter - 2 cups 2) All purpose flour - 2 cups 3) Rice flour - 1/2 cup 4) Red Chilli Powder - 1 table spoon 5) Ginger Paste - 1 table spoon 6) Garlic Paste - 1 table spoon 7) Cauliflower - 12 florets 8) Onions - 1 9) Ginger - 50 gms 10) Garlic - 4 cloves 11) Bell peppers - 3 (1 red, 1 yellow, 1 orange) 12) Tomato Chilli Sauce - 1 table spoon 13) Vinegar - 1 tea spoon 14) Schezwan sauce - 1 tea spoon 15) Oil - for deep fry 16)...

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Smoky Mountains

  We went to Smoky Mountains on May 25th 2019.(Memorial Day Weekend) Brief Summary: Place: Smoky Mountains. Location: Tennessee. Distance: 423 miles. Members: Me and my wife. Transport: Nissan Versa. Duration: 7 hours. Experience:        On 25th May we started around evening 5:45 pm from home, still it was sunny on that day but the weather was not so hot.We had our dinner around 8:00 pm in the car.We booked a cabin...

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Manassas Gap

We had done hike to Manassas Gap on 4th May 2019 .It is located in Linden,Virginia. Hike Location Name: Manassas Gap Distance: 122 miles from Herndon (approx) Total hiking distance: 5 miles Elevation Gain: 1055 ft Hike Team: me and  my wife. Hiking Experience: We decided to hike early morning this season and so got up around 4:20 am and then started around 5:34 am for the destination which is around 2 hours from our place. It was...

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Punukulu (Dosa Batter)

Ingredients 1) Dosa Batter - 2 cups 2) All purpose Flour - 2 cups 3) Ginger Paste - 1 spoon 4) Garlic Paste - 1 spoon 5) Red Chilli Powder - 1 spoon 6) Butter Milk - 1/4th glass 7) Salt -  1and half spoon 8) Oil - as needed for Deep Fry. Procedure 1) Take Dosa Batter👉(Click here to see preparation) into bowl. 2) Add All purpose flour, ginger, garlic paste and red chilli powder to it and mix thoroughly. 3) Add slowly buttermilk and...

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Spicy Red Chutney

Ingredients 1) Large Tomatoes - 2 2) Green Chillies - 5 3) Garlic Paste - 2 table spoons 4) Ginger Paste - 2 table spoons 5) Red Chilli Powder - 1 tea spoons 6) Curry Leaves - 4 7) Mustard Seeds - 2 gms 8) Urad Dal - 2 gms 9) Oil - 3 tea spoons 10) Salt - as per taste 11) Coriander Leaves - 5 Procedure 1) Take a pan, pour 2 tea spoons oil in it and heat it. 2) Once the oil is heated add chopped tomatoes(can cut into big chunks). 3) Add sliced...

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Dosa Batter

Ingredients 1) Rice(Sona Masuri) - 3 cups 2) Poha(Thick) - 1 cup 3) Urad Dal - 1 cup 4) Chana Dal - 2 Fist full(take dal into fist - fist full) 5) Salt - 2 spoons Procedure 1. Soak Rice, Urad Dal and Chana Dal Overnight. 2. Soak Poha Overnight Separately( easy while draining the water). 3. Drain the water and grind all soaked items. 4. Add water as needed for consistency( it should be soft and light thin paste). 5. Add Salt and Grind once...

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Vegetable Masala Pulao

Ingredients 1) Potatoes - 2 2) Onion - 1(big one) 3) Cauliflower - 10 to 12 florets 4) Carrot - 1/2 cup 5) Green pees - 1/2 cup 6) Rice - 3 cups 7) Whole Masala - Cloves-3,  Cinnamon small sticks-2, Bay leaves-2, Green cardamom-4 8) Curd - 1 cup 9) Beans - 1/2 cup 10) Coriander Powder - 2 1/2 table spoons 11) Cumin Powder - 2 table spoons 12) Red Chilli Powder - 1 table spoon 13) Garam Masala - 1/2 table spoon 14) Black Pepper...

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Gravy Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients 1) Tomatoes - 3 2) Peanuts - 50 gms 3) Onions - 2 4) Ginger - 20 gms 5) Garlic - 5 loves 6) Cloves - 3 7) Coriander Powder - 2 table spoon 8) Methi - 4-5 seeds 9) Green Peas - 15 gms 10) Corn - 15 gms 11) Carrot - 1 12) Cauliflower - 10 florets 13) Beans - 15 gms 14) Turmeric Powder - 1 tea spoon 16) Cumin Powder - 1 table spoon 17) Red Chilli Powder - 1 table spoon 18) Mustard Seeds - 5 gms 19) Cumin Seeds - 5 gms 20) Black Pepper...

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