Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Delicious ‘n’ Yummy Onion Tomato Chutney



I have wanted to write this blog for a week now. This blog is a new experience to me for 2 reasons.

1. This is the First ever cuisine blog I am writing.
2. I have borrowed this recipe from my Mother-in-law.

I have tried to bring the Taste and look of this chutney in title as well as in the photo. This chutney is one of my favorite dishes. Lot of my Friends and relatives are die-hard fan of my Mother –in-law’s yummy ‘n’ Tasty Onion tomato chutney. So here goes the recipe.

Delicious ‘n’ Yummy Onion Tomato Chutney


Ingredients


Onion -3
Tomato (Large) - 1 or (small) – 2
Green Chili -2
Coriander Leaves – Few
Ginger – Little Piece
Salt for taste
Urad dhal, Ground nut dhal, Mustard – 1 tsp

Method

1. Cut Onion, Tomato and Green Chilies into Small Pieces.
2. Grind Onion, Tomato, Green Chilies, Coriander leaves and Ginger in the Mixie.
3. Fry Urad Dhal, Groundnut Dhal and mustard in the Frying Pan.
4. Add Onion mixture in the Frying pan. Leave it in stove for 2 minutes.
5. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

You can serve this chutney with idli, dosa, adai and Rice.

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Pros

1.It will be very different than the normal coconut chutney.
2.You can use it when you want a long standing side dish for a very long train Journey.

Cons

I can’t find one.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Vinnai Thandi Varuvayya – Film Review

Disclaimer:

1. I am a great Fan of Gautham
2. I have watched all his movies and Felt that he is “The Director”.
3. I have classified him with Balachander, Manirathnam et all.
4. I don’t know any technicalities of the Film. I view the Film as a lay man.

Place:

We watched the Film in Fun Cinemas, Sigma Mall Bangalore. I love this mall for 2 things, Good utilization of Small Space, and Small Shops in front of the mall. Theatre was Good with reclining chairs, Good snacks and a neatly maintained Rest room(More Important than others you see ;-) ).This Review is not about the Mall, so let me stop with it now.

Story

Film Starts with a curious Question of “Why did I love Jesse in midst of all beautiful girls?” by the Hero, Silambarasan.Then the Camera moves to Trisha dressed in beautiful Christian bride dress. After that story goes to flash back of how Simbu fell in love with Trisha. As in all Goutham’s Film it is “Love at First Sight”.

Simbu is an aspirant Director who has completed his BE in Mechanical Engg. Trisha is residing in First Floor of Simbu’s house. She is a mallu Christian .

Trisha also loves Simbu but hides her feeling, as she doesn’t want to go against her father wishes. But after some time, she says that she loves him and cannot marry him. She decides to marry the man arranged by her father. In the church suddenly she decides not to marry him and says so to the church and all the assembled gathering. At this Point, we think why the heck? What the hell she was thinking till last minute.

On the Same day she promises to her father she will never see Karthik and will never speak to him again. She meets Simbu in the same night and says that she will marry him but after getting acceptance from her father. I have never seen such a confused character in my life or in the film.After that she meets Simbu and move with him. This gives the hope to viewers and to Simbu.

Simbu moves to Goa for a Film Shoot, she meets the same boy arranged by her father in her home, she tries to convince her father, he says a ‘No’ to karthick.She calls Simbu and says that she want to come with him. He is very busy with his work. We remember ‘kandukonden kandukonden’ at this particular spot. She gets angry Send a Sms, saying everything is over. When he comes to meet her she shouts at him to go.

Simbu becomes a director and he is shooting for his film, which is nothing but his love story. He goes to US for a Film shoot and sees Trisha, then marry her there immediately. Here comes the next shock of the life, It is the ending in his film not in reality. Really she is married to the man arranged by her father. She comes to see the Film and congratulates him for his success. Story ends here.

Pros

Camera, cinematography and Color Tones are really beautiful. Magic of all Gautham’s movie is he transfers all the viewers from their seats to the Scene. They satisfy the expectation of viewer in Goutham’s movie. Trisha and Silambarasan’s dresses are so good.

A.R.Rahman’s Background music scores good. But songs are not in line with expectations. Harris Jayaraj, Gautham combination is better than this combo.

Simbu has lived his role very well in the story. This is the First Film I have seen him do a role without any over acting. He has shown his real skills in the Film. He should henceforth take roles like this in future rather than his usual heroic roles.

Dialogues are Simple and razor sharp.

Cons
I have never seen such a confused Story line. Some people think this confused story line as Poetic, Ok :-). It is their Problem.

Trisha’s character lacks depth. Heroin’s in Gautham’s movie has a strong role and are shown with in-depth character. This movie lacks both.

Overall rating

Over all it is a below average Movie. It is the worst of all the Gautham’s movie I have seen. It is not a movie worth watching in Theatre.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Basic Characteristic of So Called “Normal? “ Average Indian Men

Following are the results of the Statistical research done all over India by AIIOW
(All India Institute of Observant Women)

Basic Characteristic of So Called “Normal? “ Average Indian Men

Age Group of Early 20’s to Early 30’s

1. They change the Channels @ the rate of 20 per nano second; In fact the speed is more than the Formula1 motor car.

2. If they happen to stay at One Channel it will be either NDTV, BBC, CNBC and other myriad news channels.(or at local levels they can go in for Sun news etc).

3. They can hear the same news again and again in different news channels under the Pretext of gathering more information or analyzing different Views.

4. Next category which they will be interested to watch is Animal Planet, Nat Geo,Discovery etc.(Pretext here is General Knowledge, I don’t know what Gk has to do with Tiger tearing a Deer etc).

5. Third Category is Pogo, Cartoon Network etc. (Just to show off they are still Kids).

6. They Decide to Play a Computer Game which can end only after 3 hrs and delve into the Laptop/Computer Screen.

Age Group of Late 30’s to Early 50’s

Points 1 to 4 will still be applicable to them.

As the Age Progresses into late 30’s interest towards Pogo and Cartoon Changes to V and MTV’s,(Reducing the Time in front of Computer games and Cartoon Channels).

Age Group of Late 50’s and above.

1.They don’t change Channels too frequently.
2.They still hear same news at different News Channels.
3.They will hear every discourse on God and try to explain the same to everybody who has ear. (Reducing the Time in front of Computer games, Cartoon Channels and Animal Planet etc)

Disclaimer : All the Opinion expressed here is not the opinion of the author, They are the Great Findings of AIIOW only .

Friday, February 19, 2010

I'm Back

Hey Everybody
I am back .I am thinking of what to blog.
I want to blog a stuff which is in line with “Back with a Bang”.

Monday, June 15, 2009

மனதில் நின்ற kavidhai

விழிகள் நட்சத்திரங்களை

வருடினாலும்

விரல்கள் என்னவோ

வெறும் ஜன்னல் கம்பிகளோடுதான்


- மு.மேத்தா, கண்ணீர் பூக்கள் கவிதை நூல்.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Creative Puzzle and Craziness

This is for the people who are interested in puzzles.

It drives you crazy

I have been trying to guess right number within 10 chances for all most 10 times.

This is the First time I won.




















Yeah I am Happy :) :) :)

If you are interested this link is for you:
http://www.enchantedmind.com/puzzles/mastermind/mastermind.html

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Malleshwaram - Nandi Kalyan Temple


Nandi Kalyan Temple is situated in Temple street.We walked ( I and Usha) from Circle Mariamman Temple to Nandi-Kalyan Temple.We Passed through Kadu Malleshwara Temple and Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple.


Entrance of Nandi Kalyan Temple was impressive with Floral Decorations.(I think the Day before that was Pradosham,I am not sure of it).As we enter we cannot see any temple.There were Grass,Flowers,Some Stone Benches,Butterflies,Birds,off Course People and No temple!!!!

Atmosphere was so calm,Serene and Beautiful.


After we walk Past all the Beautiful Courtyard/Garden,We entered in through a small Gate.and What do we see,A Beautiful Water Tank.


As we Went through the Prakara,we saw the Priest (Gurrukal ) and asked him about the specality of the temple.


He said Nandi is special there.Water Comes from Mouth of Nandi and later on Passes through the brass Abhisheka Vessel kept above Shiva and water falls drop by drop onto shiva's head.(I think now you can picturise the scene).After the Abhishekam,water Goes towards the Water Tank.


Beauty is, Nobody knows where the water comes from.He said water comes even at the peak of Summer.


Shiva linga was Small but Nandi was big Compared to Linga.


When we entered the Temple,It started to Drizzle.


Open Water Tank.

Drizzles in the Water Tank.

Water Turtles.(I saw them for the First Time)

Slow soothing Chant from Audio Cassette Shop in Temple.


We just sat there silently,watching the Tank and Rain.


Effect was Great and equivalent to Nirvana.