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South Indian Recipe-Aviyal

2011-06-06T16:21:00.000-07:00

Aviyal
Green (Raw) banana - 2 nos, Yam, Drumstick, Carrot, Potato (cut all the vegetables lengthwise of ½ inch thickness) - 1 cup each
Beans(thin ones) - 3nos
-any vegetables can be added
Green chillies - 4nos or as required
Raw mango - 1 slice(optional)
Water - upto 3/4 th of vegetables when in pan
Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
Oil - 2tsp
Salt – As required
For grinding:-
Grated coconut - 2 cups
Cumin seeds- 1/2tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Red onions – two
Curd - 1/4 cup
1) Cut all the vegetables lengthwise of 1/2 inch thickness.

2) Cook vegetables with water, salt and turmeric powder.
(Add salt only when veggies are cooked half way through)

:- Add turmeric powder only when the water with vegetables starts boiling.

3) Grind together the coconut, cumin seeds, curry leaves, small onions and a little curd or tamarind juice (as mango can be sour enough).
: - You can add green chillies too for grinding, and then avoid adding them to vegetables.
4) Once the vegetables are cooked, add the ground paste.

5) Cook Aviyal till the raw coconut is cooked.

: - Do not overcook the Aviyal, as the whole mix will dry up.

6) Once Aviyal is cooked, add coconut oil and mix well.

: - Serve Aviyal with rice or chapattis.

Indian Recipes-Mutter Panneer Masala

2011-06-06T16:17:00.000-07:00

Mutter Paneer Masala
Ingredients:
Green peas (frozen or fresh) and Paneer (fresh) – 250gms each
Clove, cardamom-3 each
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 stick cinnamon
100gms chopped onion
50gms tomato paste
50gms ginger garlic paste
1tsp red chilli powder
½ coriander powder
½tsp turmeric powder
75gms yoghurt
Salt to taste
1 tsp. garam masala powder
Oil for frying
coriander leaves to sprinkle
Method:
Cut the fresh paneer into cubes and fry in oil till golden and keep aside.
Take oil in a frying pan and add cumin, cloves, cinnamon and cardamom.
When they crackle add chopped onions and fry till golden brown.
Add ginger garlic paste, tomato paste and stir.
Add green peas with salt for a while and add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder.
Beat the yoghurt to a smooth texture and stir for 2 minutes.
Reduce the stove to low temperature, stirring occasionally till gravy is thick.
Add garam masala powder and close the lid.
Dip the paneer in cold water, squeeze the paneer and add to gravy. Take off from the fire.
Ready to serve hot

MBTI Personality Test

2009-07-26T04:35:00.000-07:00

ESTJ - "Administrator". Much in touch with the external environment. Very responsible. Pillar of strength. 8.7% of total population.

Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

Does anyone wants to see what kind of Leader am I?

2009-06-17T16:26:00.000-07:00

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Courtesy: www.similarminds.com

Dream Library

2009-04-02T16:37:00.000-07:00

People have different thoughts about Library. Library is a wonderful place to explore and discover things you like. It's a place where you feel very friendly at first sight. I have dream library which is more "Technological" in terms, everything is automated. I will add my dream library here once it is completely built.

#23 (Week 9) End of Learning 2.0

2008-09-18T19:32:00.001-07:00

Hurray! Fabulous, Fantastic, Extremely Great! I could hear someone saying (screaming...) all these to me for finishing 23 things on Learning 2.0. I am surprised who was that, but seen no one, except me. It's my mind. Coming to the end of this Web 2.0 journey, I feel honestly that, my skills have enriched, learnt new technologies, increased self-confidence, good team-play, opportunity to see our thoughts and feelings in a different way, improvements on own production, get to see the instant results and so on. I have filled in the survey too. Fabulous, Fantastic, Extremely Great! No surprise, I am saying this to all who have designed this module and special thanks to Manukau Libraries for giving us the opportunity to enhance our skills.

#22 (Week 9) eBook

2008-09-18T19:32:00.000-07:00

I have made a search for "The Ramayana" by Valmiki and "History of India" and some other titles. The results were pretty good and it was amazed to see the huge Ramayana as a eBook and accessible wherever we are with internet facility. I have tried reading my eBooks in HTML, Plain Text and also PDF format. I honestly feel that PDF format is good to read and pages seems friendly though, but handling chapter by chapter was bit difficult as we need to scroll down and it takes time to go to our preferred chapter. HTML has good access to chapters, but the reading format is not friendly especially if want to read a big novel. Above all, it is great to preserve the hardcopy and any precious collection and handling is very easy.
Kindle is marvellous. OCLC is doing a great job and very professional. Hats off technology!

#21 (Week 9) Podcast

2008-09-16T17:40:00.000-07:00

Perhaps there are lots of it, Podcast seems to be a straightforward. I liked the hit results page and it's tidy look. I have explored on Library podcasts and Podcast Alley. As I don't like the Podcast Alley, I have not added to my bloglines account. But I liked the one What is new at the Lunar and Planetary Institute Library and I have added this to my bloglines account.

#20 (Week 9) You Tube

2008-09-16T09:57:00.000-07:00

You Tube is impressive and it is nice to see the videos rather than the text and picture. I caught up this video from my hit lists for the search to Library Videos. There are few other videos I was impressed with and chosen this one as I liked the rhythm of it. Perhaps, You Tube can be effectively used for promotional purposes in all libraries, it is effective on academic websites to market their resources and facitlities.

#19 (Week 8) Discovering Tools

2008-09-10T21:14:00.000-07:00

When I explored on these tools, I find myself great for having familiarised with many of them. I should thank for this training opportunity. I have explored on many tools and I spent most of my time with My Heritage. The family tree is building up and up. I get involved my mum to help to find grand grand parents name which was very interesting for her.

#17 (Week 7) Social Networking

2008-09-04T23:26:00.000-07:00

Hurray! I had finished this challenging week and on my quit, though I feel confident on but not feeling comfortable. My space experience is fine and ofcourse I enjoyed it. If I would say about Face Book and Bebo, perhaps I have enjoyed exploring it but not feeling comfortable when I got messages back. I do not know, how many of you did like this but I don't like these two social networkings. Anyway, I had a good opportunity to explore on all. If I come across people talking about these social networkings and or needing some help from me, I can help them and also show off my knowledge on it. Hope each had a different experience and also has different opinions.

#18 (Week 8) Zoho

2008-08-18T21:53:00.000-07:00

It's so so wonderful. I like many of its features like sharing, publishing, exporting, importing etc. I amazed with the feature that I can export my word document in PDF format or in whatever format I want to. Also, the accessibility of the document is so cool.

Learning to learn

2008-08-18T21:39:00.001-07:00

A recent report from the 2020 Trust (2020trust.org.nz) highlights the fact that New Zealand's schools have come a long way in making technology available to young people in school environments. While having "enough" technology will always be a difficult ideal to define; on a global scale New Zealand is doing very well.¹

¹Learning to learn & Use

#16 (Week 6) Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

2008-08-15T00:03:00.000-07:00

I have read all the five perspectives and it is all good. Although, I am impressed with Michael Stephens perspective and Chip Nigles perspective and it is interesting to look forward Libraries with Web 2.0.

Technorati

2008-08-14T22:42:00.000-07:00

#15 (Week 6) Technorati

2008-08-14T22:36:00.000-07:00

Technorati Profile

Technorati brings updated blogs each time. I am really surprised with the volume of the result.

#14 (Week 6) Del.icio.us

2008-08-11T19:12:00.000-07:00

Hi all, It's really delicious and believe it is a gift for students who are after line of assignments. I luv to add more book marks but stopped at 3 to proceed further on web 2.0 travel.

#13 (Week 5) pbwiki

2008-08-01T04:33:00.000-07:00

I have explored into pbwiki and was playing around in favourite receipes and edited it and also I explored in favourite numbers, favourite blogs, favourite tasks, favourite holiday destinations etc. Perhaps, I realised the exercise is to add our blog URL on favourite blogs and I have done it finally. Good technology, but no ownership on any stuff you posted.

#12 (Week 5) Library Wiki

2008-08-01T03:54:00.000-07:00

It took long time to read and explore the wiki lessons. I think it can be used in many ways effectively. Items which is on big demand can be digitized on wiki. Wiki can be used to accept participation forms from the public on attending library programmes and receive book recommendations. Once the minimum number of attendees are enrolled, confirmation sent immediately to all the participants. Random subject can be published to invite public opinion about what programmes can be delivered through library and we can arrange accordingly. Apparently, library programmes can be promoted effectively.

#10 (Week 4) Trading Card

2008-08-01T03:17:00.001-07:00

My creation
Originally uploaded by Rightdigit

I have created famous temple tower on trading card and it is cool.

Akshardham Temple built in New Delhi

2008-08-01T03:05:00.001-07:00

Akshardham Temple built in New Delhi
Originally uploaded by Mskadu

Beautiful Akshardham during the day.

Akshardham Temple built in New Delhi

2008-08-01T03:02:00.001-07:00

Akshardham Temple built in New Delhi
Originally uploaded by Mskadu

After 5 years of non-stop, round the clock construction, Akshardham Temple in New Delhi was inaugurated in November 2005. It's awesome.

Photo from Flickr

2008-07-28T21:42:00.001-07:00

Flickr is good in organising our photos and also flickr's welcoming part is so different. It is introducing different languages in the world.

Pranav Dec 2005
Originally uploaded by Rightdigit

Here's cute Pranav in a Christmas scene.

#6-8 & 11 (Week 3-4) Bloglines Posts

2008-07-24T19:56:00.000-07:00

July 22, 2008
Technology
By Rightdigit
I always welcome new technologies into force. I always amazed with mobile phones with its latest features. My recent interest is on flash drive. It's very resourceful and a small device can store huge on it. I am thinking would it be possible to deliver telephone directories in a memory stick. However, sometimes it's scary to see oversized technology in a small circle. I'ave posted a comment on Mirla's blog.
Posted on: Tue, Jul 22 2008 11:15 PM
July 18, 2008
Rollyo
By Rightdigit
Rollyo is another wonderful search engine. I have added my preferred website addresses like Manukau websites, Auckland Uni website, Massey Uni website, Nationalbank, and other favorites, ofcourse trademe is one among them and given the category as Reference and name as Rightdigit. Don't miss trying this cool technology.
Posted on: Fri, Jul 18 2008 10:04 AM
Library Thing
By Rightdigit
Hi all, it is amazing. I am surprised to see how it works from the world catalogue. I have added six books which I recently read and it is so cool to see how many other people also have read and added into their library thing. Wonderful!

Posted on: Fri, Jul 18 2008 10:00 AM
July 10, 2008
Tutorial
By Rightdigit
Bloglines tutorial is simple to follow which is very great. However, some sites does not work on MCC staff PC.
Posted on: Thu, Jul 10 2008 3:36 PM

Thirukurral

2008-07-22T17:14:00.000-07:00

நன்றி மறப்பது நன்றன்று;
நன்றல்லது அன்றே மறப்பது நன்று.

#9 (Week 4) Flickr

2008-07-22T03:56:00.001-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

#4-5 (Week 2) Bloglines | My Feeds

2008-07-22T02:39:00.000-07:00

Bloglines My Feeds

Winter Lilies

2008-07-21T19:44:00.000-07:00

Winter Lilies are beautiful and it stays fresh for 5-9 days and it also comes in different colors.

#1-3 (Week 1) Blogger

2008-07-21T19:40:00.001-07:00

Blogging has become a very effective way for individuals to share their thoughts and passions with others using a simple editor and hosting their thought online at no cost.

Dreaming about your future society?

2008-07-02T16:26:00.000-07:00

If anyone dreaming about the society you live in, can you post your views about where would you like to see your society in next 3 years and one thing you want to change really very important.