The Writer's Blog

Travancore Sambaar/Sambhar (Kerala Lentil Curry) South Indian Cuisine Recipe Sambhar Recipe MY RATING - 9/10 Source - travancorefood.blogspot.com   youdesaia.com Ingredients 1 Cup Pigeon Peas (tuvar dal) 1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder 1 Tsp Sambar Powder 4 Nos Red Chillies dried 50 gms Shallots 1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds 2 Tbsp Coconut Oil 1/2 Tsp Asafoetida (Hing) 3 Nos Drumsticks 2 Nos Potatoes 2 Nos Tomatoes 1 No Cucumber Salt to taste 1 tbsp Tamarind paste 1 Sprig Curry Leaves Method - Wash and pressure cook the lentils along with turmeric powder - Transfer the cooked lentils to a stock pot or container - Add the cut vegetables to this and cook over medium flame with some added water - Add tamarind paste and salt per taste - Bring this mixture to boil and add sambar powder and hing - In a seperate pan heat the coconut oil, add musard seeds, shallots, dry red chillies and curry leaves - Pour this mixture of spluttered mustard,shallots,chillies over the boiling

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 56) The shloka provide a set similar names – ānandah, nandanah, nandah. Truthfully Bhīshma explains that the Lord is the form of eternal bliss, that is ānandah . Similarly almost all the names highlight His ever pleasing nature ajo mahārhah svābhāvyo jitāmitrah pramodanah ānando nandanah nandah satyadharma trivijramah अजो  माहार्हः स्वाभाव्यो जितामित्रः प्रमोदनः | आनंदों नन्दनः नन्दः सत्यधर्मत्रिविक्रमः  ||   ajah Th One Who is the unborn mahārhah The One Who is the supreme form of worship svābhāvyah The One Who is by nature unborn and indestructible jitāmitrah The One Who has triumphed ( jit ) over the enemies ( amitrah ) .   These enemies can either be persons like Sisupala, Kamsa etc or enemies of thought like lust, greed etc pramodanah The One Who is always pleased with His own self ānandah The One Who is the form of bliss ( ānandah ) nandanah The One Who pleases His devotees nandah The One Who is filled with comple

Kuttu Ki Puri (Navratri/Ekadashi Special) Indian Cuisine Recipe North Indian Cuisine MY RATING - 9/10 Source - www.indobase.com Ingredients • 1 cup Kuttu Ka Atta (Buckwheat Flour)   • 1/4 cup Coriander Leaves (chopped)   • 1 Potato (boiled and mashed) • 2 Green Chilies (chopped)   • 1 tbsp Oil • Salt to taste • Water for kneading   • Oil for deep frying Method • Take kuttu, coriander leaves, potato, green chilies, 1tbsp oil and salt in a flat-bottomed vessel. Add water gradually to knead a little firm dough. • Make small round balls of the dough and roll out each ball to form a puri / poori. • Heat oil in a frying pan and fry till the puri turns dark brown. • Make all puris like this from the remaining dough, repeating the above-mentioned step. • Kuttu ki puri is ready to eat. Serve with aloo ki sabzi or green chutney.

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - New Zealand vs South Africa, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, 3rd Quarter Final Match Result: New Zealand beat South Africa by 49 runs Man of the match: J Oram (NZ) Series Status: Toss won by: New Zealand Status : Match Ended Batted First : New Zealand Batted Second : South Africa New Zealand: 221 for 8 in 50.0 overs R/R: 4.42 New Zealand Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Martin Guptill c Johan Botha b Dale Steyn 1 14 0 0 Brendon McCullum (W) c & b Robin Peterson 4 4 0 0 Jesse Ryder c sub b Imran Tahir 83 121 8 0 Ross Taylor c Jacques Kallis b Imran Tahir 43 72 1 1 Scott Styris b Morne Morkel 16 17 3 0 Kane Williamson not out 38 41 1 1 Nathan McCullum c JP Duminy b Dale Steyn 6 18 0 0 Jacob Oram b Morne Morkel 7 6 1 0 Daniel Vettori (C) b Morne Morkel 6 4 1 0 Luke Woodcock not out 3 3 0 0 Tim Southee Extras :    14  (b - 4, w - 6, nb - 0, lb - 4, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/5 (Brendon McCullum 2.1 o

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 55)   In this stanza, the most important name would be mahodadhiśayo as once again it’s pointed that The Lord Himself is the cause of pralaya or apocalypse. As He ends the universe, He peacefully reclines on ananta nāga  jīvo vinayitāsākśi mukundo amitavikramah ambho nidhiranantātmā mahodadhiśayo antakah जीवो विनयितासाक्षी  मुकुन्दो अमितविक्रमः | अम्भो निधिरनंतात्मा महोददिशयो  अन्तकः || jīvah The One Who instills life into the jivas vinayitā The One Who is always humble and fills jivas with it sākśi The One Who witnesses all mukundah The One Who grants mukti (freedom) amitavikramah The One Who is infinitely courageous ambhonidhih The One Who is the nidhi or treasure of everything. He is the Great Ocean anantātmā The One Who is infinite in Himself. The Supreme ātmā, that is, paramātmā mahodadhiśayah The One Who destroys all life into water, consumes the universe at the time of pralaya and then in the great ocean so formed

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Australia vs India, Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, 2nd Quarter Final Match Result: India beat Australia by 5 wickets Man of the match: Y Singh (IND) Toss won by: Australia Batted First : Australia Batted Second : India Australia: 260 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.2 Australia Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Shane Watson b Ravichandran Ashwin 25 38 5 0 Brad Haddin (W) c Suresh Raina b Yuvraj Singh 53 62 6 1 Ricky Ponting (C) c Zaheer Khan b Ravichandran Ashwin 104 118 7 1 Michael Clarke c Zaheer Khan b Yuvraj Singh 8 19 0 0 Michael Hussey b Zaheer Khan 3 9 0 0 Cameron White c & b Zaheer Khan 12 22 0 0 David Hussey not out 38 26 3 1 Mitchell Johnson not out 6 6 0 0 Jason Krejza Brett Lee Shaun Tait Extras :    11  (b - 0, w - 9, nb - 0, lb - 2, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/40 (Shane Watson 10 ov.), 2/110 (Brad Haddin 22.5 ov.), 3/140 (Michael Clarke 30.4 ov.), 4/150 (Michael Hussey 33.3 ov.), 5