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Ajwain Biscuit

What happens when there are too many great cooks at home? You might be catered with more than what you want, and you might not brood much over the preprocessing. Isn't it? :p At least, that is what happened in my case.They say, too many cooks spoil the broth!! To add on, I would say-Too many great cooks at home may spoil the child too!  

Though I might not be too keen on cooking, I do cook when:

• There is no one at home, and I have no option other than to cook! :D
• The recipe is so interesting/unique. The recipe should motivate me to cook! ;) 

Contrary this time, irrespective of the above reasons, I did cook [rather baked??] because I wanted to explore the oven's baking settings!

On this weekend, after watching this recipe in a cookery show, I somehow felt that I could start off with baking Ajwain biscuits!

All you need is:

• Maida - 1 cup
• Butter - 2 table spoon
• Ajwain- 1 tea spoon
• Jeera- 1 tea spoon
• Chilli powder, Cumin powder, Salt- To taste
• Milk/yogurt- As needed

 Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients and knead the dough till you get the right consistency. NOTE: All you fitness freaks, replace maida with multigrain flour; butter with olive oil! You can also add flax seeds.
2. Roll the dough and cut to desired shape. You can use the cookie cutter.
3. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
4. Grease the baking tray with butter and bake these biscuits for 15 minutes.
5. Allow it to cool.

 Relish the Ajwain Biscuits with a cup of hot coffee! ;)

Lesson Learned:

1. The crispiness of these biscuits depends on the thickness. Lesser the thickness, crispier the biscuit.
2. Before baking the biscuits, prick them with a fork to avoid puffing.
3. Last but not the least, I can cook! :D

 Some Clicks:

 

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence!

Want and Need

I questioned and queried
the mind and the heart
what to opt? the want or the need?

While the heart articulated...
cede the need and vaunt the want

The mind manipulated...
heed the need and avaunt the want

I dilly-dally, I shilly-shally
The need taunts...the want haunts

I fumed and frowned
I mumbled and grumbled

I mend the mind, and thwart the heart
and said aloud...
I want the need and need the want!!! 

Even a snail will eventually reach its destination...

Vacation Time!!!

Keep guessing the place...!!!

ನಮ್ಮ Metro...

                    

Pyramid Valley

Meeting old friends is always exciting and eliciting. After a huge round of where and when discussions, we finally decided to visit "The Pyramid Valley". Thanks to Google for letting us know about the existence of pyramid in Namma BengaLooru!!! (Life without Google is really difficult, isn't it??? :P)


I must say we all met on time with just a delay of half-an-hour :P. As we drove ahead our thoughts swept through the good old college days, making the drive more pleasurable.


The pyramid valley is located around 30 km from Banashankari. The roads are great only after you cross the inner ring road-kanakapura junction and Thalaghattapura area. Look out for the sign boards just to ensure that you are on track. Once you take a left turn from NH-209 the road narrows, and test one's driving skill :P The situation worsens when a bullock cart/tractor approaches from the opposite side!!! :D

The pyramid valley is open from 6.00am to 10.00pm. The entry is free of cost. To my surprise, parking the black beauty did not seem to be a herculean task this time!! ;) Its not that I have mastered the art of parking, but, it's just that the parking space is abundant!!!:D


As you spot the pyramid amongst the lush greenery, you may not be awed, but still you will be curious enough to know whats within the pyramid.


You enter the pyramid, after a brief explanation about the meditation technique by one of the valley's volunteer. As you step inside, all of a sudden you feel someone has hit the mute button, and there you stand inside an unfathomed, sober, and super cool pyramid!!!


The base area of the pyramid is about 160ft x160ft and right at the center you see a spiral staircase which leads to the kings chamber. The kings chamber is said to be the most energetic spot of the pyramid and stands at a height of 34ft from the base area. The kings chamber is so silent that even your heartbeat seems to be annoying !!!:P


Photography is strictly prohibited and children below six years are not allowed inside the pyramid.


Upon exit, all that was in my mind was "The quieter you become, the more you can hear!" - one of the Zen principles!!

On an hindsight, "If you adore silence you ought to visit Pyramid Valley!!!"

The vantages of riding!

It all started when the travel time consumption was 12.5% of a day!! I had strongly made up my mind not to depend on the company transport any more... With a strong opposition, I started commuting to office in my new " black scooty streak" [yeah right, if not a black santro, let me at least own a black scooty streak :P]

People always drop their jaw when thy come to know that i am riding from one extreme end of the city to an other extreme end. But, its also true that when you really like doing certain things, neither the complexities involved nor the disadvantages appear to be prominent.

Apart from the flexibility it offers, here are few thing that I would like to share about the vantages of riding ....

1. Firstly, let me say something about the "riding survey", yes, thatz how I decided to buy scooty streak :P . The signal at junction is the right place for performing a riding survey... If the person next to you owns a vehicle of your choice, why not conduct a survey??? Inquire about the mileage, performance... etc etc
2. Evoke you hobbies:

• Am i sounding crazy?? not really ... Following are some photos that I captured while riding :)

• Also, listen to the music of your choice, it makes your ride more pleasurable :) hmm... how about giving a bit of work to your vocal chords??? wow...Juz like a bath-room singer you can be entitled to the "riding singer" title too...

3.Time management while riding:

• Plan the work that has to be done for the day, It could be a reminder mail, a meeting invite, MOM whatever!!! In a way, riding keeps you more organized.
• "Is your after office hours discussion (office politics/gossip :P) consuming the quality time that you spend at your home? If yes," Talk when you ride" hahaha, an inverse ideology of "Walk when you talk" !!!
  Disclaimer: " Talk when you ride" concept is subjected to risk, please be aware of the risk before you follow ''

4. Psst...Riding is also a platform to vent out your frustration!!
5. Interaction with unknowns: A waving kid in a school bus, or an old man who transforms to a traffic police to cross the road...will always leave a smile amidst the tension. :)

6. Over and above, you can judge a person based on how he rides/drives!!! Juz give a thought about it :D

Hobby#2: Photography

This hobby became more aggressive the day I was gifted a Digital Camera!!!! I was restless until I explored all the features!

To me, photography is an art of observation. It is all about finding something interesting in an ordinary place...and I also believe that a picture express more than words [:)]