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Monday, July 11, 2011

Networking Games -Alumni Picnic

This is not directly related to the objective of this blog,but could not think of anywhere else to share this
Three weeks ago,I was caught up with organizing entertainment and food for my college alumni meet and had to go through the ordeal of finding suitable games that would keep the crowd entertained and also get them interacting.Here is a list of the games I compiled and planned for,unfortunately we didn't have time for them all.Hoping someone else will find these useful:-)
1.People Bingo :It is always a 'must be' ice-breaker game and so much fun to play.Basically the organizer makes up a bingo sheet with each box containing the description about one person in the gathering and then people need to go around and figure out which boxes correspond to which person and get their signature within the box.The person with the maximum number of signatures is the winner.Most often the boxes may correspond to multiple persons in the gathering and also one person may satisfy the description in multiple boxes.
2.Gunny sack race :We used to play this in kindergarten but is soo much more fun to play with adults:-)
3.Mummy Wrap :Teams of two are given two rolls of toilet paper and one member from each group needs to wrap the other member using the roll like a mummy,only need to ensure there are no gaps and it does not fall apart before the time runs out.The one that finishes first or finishes the most before time runs out wins.Balancing balloon between the legs and crossing over
4.Three legged race :The game where you tie two people's leg together such that they each have one free leg and one shared leg:-) and need to compete in a distance race:-)
5.College quiz-A crazy quiz about college trivia which surprisingly most people don't forget cause we often tend to have a lot of memories around these small things that made our college so unique:-).

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Raw Banana Poriyal

Ingredients
Vazhakai(Raw Banana)-2 small,cut into thin or small pieces
Onions-1 small sized, finely chopped
Garlic Cloves-about 2 finely chopped
Turmeric powder-1 teaspoon
Chilly powder-2 teaspoons
Black Pepper Powder-1/2 teaspoon
Coriander Powder-1 teaspoon
Red Chilly-1 small
Mustards-1 teaspoon
Jeera-1 teaspoon
Oil
Salt –as per taste
Recipe
1. To a hot pan,add about one table spoon oil.
2. Add mustard seeds,jeera and the red chilly to the oil once it gets hot.
3. Once the seasoning splutters,add the chopped onions and fry till it turns golden brown
4. To the onions,add the chopped garlic.
5. To it add salt,turmeric powder,chilly powder,coriander powder .
6. Once the masala cooks,add the vazhakai and mix well.
7. Add some water if necessary and cook it on the flame until the raw banana cooks.
8. Before you off the stove,sprinkle some pepper powder .
This tastes awesome with rasam rice and even plain dal rice.Yumm!

Mambazha Pulisheri

Had a couple of ripe mangoes and thought should make this dish which happens to be my granddad's favorite.My recipe below,serves about 2 people(I must add gluttons we are).
Ingredients
Ripe Mangoes-2 of medium size
Turmeric Powder-1/2 teaspoon
Jeera- 2 spoons
Coconut-4 spoons
Green Chilly-1
Chilli Powder-1 teaspoon(You can also substitute it with pepper)
Yogurt-5 spoons
Water about 1 to 1 and half glass
Salt to taste
Mustard,Curry leaves,cooking oil for seasoning

1.Cut teh mangoes into small pieces.
2.Add the cut mangoes,salt,turmeric powder and chilling to pan with just enough water to just cover the mangoes.
3.Allow the above mixture to boil
4.Meanwhile grind the coconut,jeera and green chillies to a fine paste.
5.Once the mango mixture boils,add the ground coconut mixture to it.Allow it cook for about 4 minutes
6.Blend Yogurt,little salt and water in a mixer to bring it to a fine butter milk consistency
7.Add the yogurt mixture to the mixture in the pan and immediately off the gas.
8.Mix thoroughly and allow it cook in the heat of the mango mixture
9.Finally you can season it by frying some mustard and curry leaves in a little oil and adding it to the mixture.
It took just about 15 minutes to cook this and tasted soo yummy.Most of all it reminded of my granddad:-).

Friday, January 28, 2011

Yummy Appam and Egg stew

Making Appam is soo simple
Here is how I did it and came out real well
Sona Masoori rice- 1 glass
Coconut(scrapped)-2 table spoons
Sugar-1 teaspoon
Yeast-1 pinch
To the above mixture add water and let them soak over night.In the morning,just add a little bit of baking soda and grind the above mixture into a fine paste.All you need to do now is to pour appam batter onto a hollow tava(or a appa tava if you have one),close it up for a minute and remove the hot yummy appam and serve hot.The above quantity made about 8 appams.