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Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Reliance Digital Experience

 Digital !!!!!





just digital!!! I never EXPERIENCED technology this way before! Technology is understood best when we explore it. Reliance gives us the opportunity to to do so. A customer is not always sure of what he needs and what he wants. U become sure of it here. When u use the technology yourself, u just get it! Other stores showed technology, and Reliance - it made me feel it!! 

        Mr Arul Jayaraman - one of the most diplomatic man i have ever seen!! The way he handles clients is fabulous! Reliance is lucky to have him.
This person was really happy to see me at his store. Never have received such a warm welcome. That made me feel home :D . I could see that Arul was so tired after attending so many customers and bloggers the whole day. still he made a point to guide me through the store. 

        'The difference between a boss and a leader... A boss say "Go" A leaders say "Let's go" '. I could sense the effect of a leader in them - they were all happy to work under Arul. All of them , respective of their work sections guided me through the different gadgets and appliances. 

        The whole store was divided in 4 sections - entertainment, home appliances, utilities and cameras.The smart TVs, the laptops, mobile phones, digi-cams, microwaves, refrigerator  n yes, the washing machines. My mom wanted one , n i am gonna make her to come here an buy one. After seeing the store me n karishma (my dear friend) were relaxing o the couch, watching Nat geo HD, mast it was... n medusa: her snake hair seemed to be more scary than before. 

        I enjoyed my saturday evening. Thanks Reliance and Indiblogger for everything :D .

Monday, 3 June 2013

'No one will marry u....'

'. . . . if your chapities are not round!!!' 




Well we girls who are still struggling to make their chapaties round can relate this very well. 

Making Perfect round chapities is a short term for many of us, n m delighted to announce that i have achieved it!!!! :D . the struggle and effort were worth, truly!!


Here's my journey...

   It was during the ganesh chaturthi 2 years ago when i first touched the dough. Mom was busy with the guests, so she asked me to make small puris with hands for modak. I agreed to do that coz I was going to get some filling to eat :) . It was easy though, as if u r molding clay. . .

   It was the summer vacations after when i was to learn to cook, (warna hamare khandan ki naak kat jati). Now my very own Aai - who never let me into the kitchen for so many years was determined to teach me roties and i was determined not to learn (coz if i learn to make proper roties it would be me who would be making garam-garam roties for dinner almost everyday). Jhelofying all my nakharas she managed to teach me how to make a proper dough.

   Now whenever i had time, i was to try to make a chapati. I remember when i rolled out my first one it some what resembled the map of Japan, only that it was rounded, a bit. Then slowly slowly, this rounded map of Japan was turning to a proper chapati of exactly 2 mm thickness.

 Well !! We must also cook them and that to properly, for them to be edible. So the time had cum when the round 2 mm roties were to be cooked the right way. The very first chapati i roasted was half-cooked and seemed as though it was having chickenpox , black in color. As time passed by, they were sometimes cooked fully or burnt sometimes. They were elastic, too, sometimes - even a naan would tear quicker!! 

   Time and again chapities were tried, burnt, not properly cooked. But continuous efforts did showed results. And , finally one day...that chapati just blew up like a balloon on fire and my happiness knew no bounds!! I was dancing all over the house n singing.. "Phulli Pulli, majhi chapati phulli!! Phulli Pulli ....".  :D 




A Perfect Phulka



   Finally!!! Those chapaties smiled on me!! They are very simple to make, now. The derived method - Put chapati on tawa on full flame, for about 10 sec. Then palti!! cook properly from the other side (boils will come up showing cooked enough), once its done put on flame. It will blow up! Do palti palti for some time to cook properly. Done.  Hope it helps in some way.

  The person who actually did the mehnat is my Aai. "Aga hoil ga, jamel ga, Prayanti parmeshwar...,prayatna karat raha... hoel...." Always there whenever i needed u. God gave me the gift for which i cant never thank him. 

'Aai, mhantat k aaiche upkar kadhich phitat nai... khare ahe... Mhanunahch he tujhya sathi :) <3 '

Saturday, 25 May 2013

Raw Mango Sherbet

In this draining heat of Indian summers, a refreshing and energizing drink is a must! A drink that will not only quench our thirst but also return our lost energy. For this we have many options - sugarcane juice, lemon sherbet, aam panna etc, etc... 
We have an addition here - raw mango sherbet.


Ingredients 

  1. 1 cup raw mango (peeled, grated)
  2. 2 glass water(chilled)
  3. 3-4 tbsp sugar (granular)
  4. salt to taste.
  5. a strainer

Method

  1. Take the grated raw mango in a vessel, big enough.
  2. Add the water to it and stir continuously for some time.
  3. Then strain the water in another vessel. 
  4. Add sugar and salt.
  5. You may need to vary your sugar content according to the sourness of mango.
  6. Stir continuously until the sugar dissolves.
  7. Serve chilled.

Here!! Your own kairi in a new refreshing avatar. :) 



Thursday, 7 March 2013

Sunsilk Perfect Straight

I have silky but thin hair. chemicals have a very bad effect on my hair.
I did use sunsilk conditioners before, but this Perfect straight combo is something that makes my hair perfect for my parties. they remain good for the day when i use it. But on the next day, they come together, their bouncy feel just goes off. conditioners aren't that good for my hair....
The shampoo is well and good on my hair but with conditioners tend to damage my hair..   

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Rataryacha Purya

One of the many recipes that are made on the day of ekadashi fast. Yeah - fast and more dishes than normal...


Ingredients


  1.  200 gm sweet-potato (cooked, pealed and smashed)
  2. 50 gm jaggery (grated)
  3. 1/2 coconut (dry, grated)
  4. 1/4 tsp elaichi powder
  5. 1 1/2 cup wheat flour
  6. 1 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
  7. oil (for deep frying)

Method


  1. Take the sweet potatoes in a bowl (big enough).
  2. Add coconut, jaggery  ghee and  elaichi. Mix well.
  3. You may not need all the flour, add according to the moisture content in potatoes.
    Avoid adding extra flour, the taste changes.
  4. Kneed the dough well. Do NOT add water.
  5. Make balls of the dough of the same size as u make for your chapaties, roll out puries of about 1/2 cm thickness.
  6. Heat oil for frying in a kadhai. Fry puries till golden brown.
  7. Done!!

You can have them directly.
Try with mango pickle... i love it that way..:)