some weight reduction tips

1. Reduce your sugar intake in tea, coffee and soft drinks. Sometimes we tend to take too much to sugar just by taking in too many cups of tea. 

2. Reduce intake of bread, roti and rice. Replace it by taking more quantities of vegetable and dal. 

3. Avoid late night eating or dinners. Try to finish dinner at least 2 hours before you go to bed.

4. Take a short walk before you sleep.

5. Eat slowly and try to stop for 5 minutes before your second helping. The brain takes time to understand that the stomach is full. This leads to overeating.

Ice cream delights

Are you an ice cream freak like me??? I become a compulsive ice cream addict, specially during summer months. This leads to weight watching go for a toss. And believe me, I have been eating dollops of the delicious looking sinful thing almost daily for the past month.. Do not know why cannot get over the craving for more. Here are some thoughts on this

1. Gianis: I never discovered the local milky brand before I relocated to west delhi. Giani jees ice creams are a must have for people looking for creamier and softer flavours in ice creams. His  tutty fruitty is the best I ever had. So is the inviting green pistachio, pink soft strwaberry in its crunchy cone and walnut. A visit to one of the parlours in west delhi is a must. 

2. Mother dairy: It is definitely the cheapest and the tastiest option for ice cream. The new shahi kesar sundae flavour is delightful. So is the butter scotch cup. If you like something crunchy, go for the almond crunchy cone with hard chocolate crunchy layer right at the bottom waiting for your munch:).

3. India gate: India gate has a large hoard of Venus ice creams. However, I would prefer to go for the traditional barf ki chuski( sweet color in crushed ice) in kaala khatta or roohafza. It reminds me of my school days.

Will come back soon with more ... till then ... enjoy ur dollops.

Restaurant review: Pind Balluchi

Location : Cybercity, Gurgaon

Price: 400 per person

Taste: 4.5/5

Pind Balluchi has been set up as a Punjabi village with bangles, trees and metal vessels. The waiters are dressed up in the traditional Punjabi outfits and furnishing match the mood. They serve aam panna, lassi, jal zeera as coolers with mouth watering dahi ke kebabs and mushrooms. The dahi ke kebabs are worth mentioning due to the unique taste. We gulped down platefull of kebabs with lassi. The main course includes dal makhani, paneer, breads, matka biryani and raita. The desert had stick kulfi. Overall, this is good value for money and is recommended for a medium budget dinner.

Restaurant : Nooba

China club member

Price: moderate

Rating 3.5/5

Haldirams : Select city walk saket

Last weekend we went to Haldirams at Select citywalk. I visited this place after a longg time and was very sceptical about what to eat.
I went with the traditional north Indian delicacy - chhole bhature. And believe me it was worth a second helping. The bhaturas were well cooked, and chhole had just the right spices. I gobbled down the food and went for a second helping..It is certainly worth the money you spent

Rating : 4/5
Price: Rs 60 per plate

Restaurant Review

Rajdhani - the Great India Place, Noida
Price : Rs 253/- including taxes per person

I had heard a lot about the Rajdhani resturant chain where they serve you thali at 110/ or 150 / debated ??? And the food they provide is unlimited .. Well this weekend I decided to try this. Famished and sunburnt we reached the place. As soon as we reached the place, I saw an eye catching thali decorated in the display. And believe me, it was so tempting that we went in.
They served us huge metal thalis with 10- katoris. The serving started with some cool chhhachh. Chhachh in summer heat is a delight. We gulped it down in one go. Then they served us small samosas and dhoklas. They tasted good. This was followed by aloo bhaji, paneer sabzi, daal, kadhee, kofta . They forgot to serve us roti or rice..haha. then came khichdi with lots of ghee and roti, puris,...Overall the food served was very basic and did not taste any thing great.. However they made sure that your plates were full time and again checking if you have been served. By the second helping we were full and nothing more could go inside our stomachs. So we were then served some halwa, aamras and jalebi. The sweets lacked flavour and richness. Overall, the quantity is good but they need to go miles in terms of quality of the dishes.

Rating : 2/5

Business degrees in India

What are the ways of doing MBA in India:

1. Prepare for the Common Admission test and clear it to get into got reputed MBA institutes

2. Complete an MBA from a private college or university by clearing its exam

3. If you are working and want to earn while you learn, you can go for executive MBAs or distance learning programs offered by a lot of reputed institutes.

Quotable quotes

Here are some great quotations for you:
1. A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
2. Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
3. Most of the relationships fail because of love, not the absence of love but because one loves too much and the other loves too many!!
4. In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect.
5. Committee--a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.
6. The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
7. I think, therefore I'm single.
8. Friday is really FRYday
9. Show me a good loser and I will show you an idiot

Tell me which one do you like the most. Write a comment.

simple Indian salad recipe

Last night I was feeling very full with the evening snacks in office. So I decided to skip dinner and go for a simple Indian salad. I like to call it Dhaba salad because of the reason that north indian dhabas serve this salad before food.

     The main ingredients are:

       cucumber -1

       tomato-2

       Onion -1

       lemon-1

       cabbage-

       carrot-1/2

       radish-1/2

Peel and slice the cucumber into small slices. Now slice the tomatoes, carrots and radish. The cabbage should either be grated or cut into very tiny pieces. Now slice the onion into round but very thin peices. Arrange all this in a plate and then sprinkle some salt and chat masala. Now squeeze the lemon. . , , ,The yummy salad is ready to be gobbled. It not only fills your stomach but also keeps you fit and healthy

Holiday to Choki Dhani in Jaipur

There a lot of reasons why you should visit this place

1. for the delicious unlimited cuisine.
2. For the fun and frolic
3. Then unique cultural set up

This was my second visit and I was still excited to revisit the place. I do not know how many of you have been there but it definitely is a great place for family.
The place is a 30 min drive from Statue circle in the heart of Jaipur.
Best time to visit: Winters: Nov-Feb due to the oppressive heat
The entry ticket is price reasonably at around Rs 350 per head and that includes entry as well as free dinner per the schedule. You are welcomed in a traditional Rajasthani way with a tilak on your forehead. As you enter, you can hear drumbeats and folklore music all around the place. The place is lit up with small village lanterns and u can see village type khaat to sit everywhere. There was a high machan. Though I climbed the machan, it was damn risky with the wood creakiing with my weight... and my fear of heights... We went for camel, elephant and bullock ride.
Hungry souls can find solace in the mouth watering pakoras and kullar tea which they serve. We then went to the caves where we were surprised by some tribals with long spears. I shrieked seeing one of them come to me with a spear. They were just trying to be playful... Then they dragged me to dance around the fire.. haha I still find it so amusing to imagine my sophisticated self dancing around the fire like a tribal. On the way, I tried my hand at a hookah and came out coughing too loudly.
As we moved on, we spotted a small hut with a fire place. When we went in, we were surprised by a woman cooking bajra rotis and lahsun ki chutney inside. We were welcomed and treated with the rotis accompanied by a lot of butter.
By this time, we were almost full of food but hungry for me.. We went to the dinner area where we sat on floors and were served delicious rajasthani food on pattals. After the initial few starters, I was so full that I pleaded the guy not to serve me more..And imagine, he threatened me to eat more or else he would not let me escape.. so much for the rustic hospitality.
The place is certainly a gourmets paradise. the more capacity to eat.. the better off you are at this place.. A must visit

Make up tips for you

1. Wash your face with a mild face wash before applying makeup

2. If oily skin, use a soft tissue to take any excess oil out

3. Use a powder or compact to smoothen skin,

4. Now start by applying some eye shadow on the lids.

5. Use a thin kajal pencil to darken the  eyes and then apply a liner on the upper lid.

6. Use a dash of mascara on the lashes to make the eyes look impressive.

7. Since the eye make up is already elaborate, keep the lip make up light or nude. You may apply a thin lip balm or lip gloss.

Cars unlimited India

There is a huge passion for cars among all of us... I remember the time when the sweet old Maruti 800 was much sought after.... Maruti 800 was a middle class dream.. A small car for a small family of four. Slowly times changes and the good old amby(ambassador, which was a car for the top bureaucrats) and the small cute fiat were replaced by other cars.

       The Zen model of maruti became a rage and you could see it everywhere. Also Hyundai small cars came into existence and took a good share of the market. However, at that time, long cars were rare of the road and only few could afford. Roads were mostly occupied by two wheelers and hatchbacks. 

       Post liberalisation, there was a huge change in the lifestyle of people. Big MNC lifestyle and bigger packages led to a higher purchasing power and people buying cars for luxury and style rather than need. Maruti launched its esteem model that defined luxury. In the 90's we had mercedes, Opel, ford motors and Honda come up. Toyota and Fiat were some of the others.. 2001 Skoda cars were launched here and then chevrolet also started to appear on roads.  

Some interesting facts:

1. 1905  Mrs SRD Tata was the first woman to drive a car in India

2. 1901 Jamshedji Tata was the first Indian to own a car in India 

3. 1911 : The first taxi in India came into existence

4. Reva is a small electric car and came in 1990s

5. Mercedes Benz SL500 (1 crore) is the most expensive car in India.

6. Maybach 62 (3 crore ) is not yet available in India but is even higher priced

7. Bentley arnage, benz s350, pajero, camry, mondeo, accord and sonata are the other expensive cars

8. Some cars like indica, toyota and qualis have become taxis and commercial vehicles

9. BMW is a manufacturer of sport sedans.

10. SSC Ultimate Aero is the fastest car in the world.

11. Tata nano is world's cheapest car.

 

Honda Cars: City, civic and accord

Hyundai: Santro, Accent

Ford: escort, ikon, endeavour, fusion and fiesta

mitsubishi: Lance, cedia, montero, outlander, pajero

Toyota: qualis, innova, prado

Maruti: alto, vitara, sx4, swift 

will come soon with more interesting facts... Bye

           

High and Low calorie food

High Calorie Low calorie

1. Ice cream and cakes
2. Paranthas
3. Samosa
4. Fried potatoes
5. Fried rice
6. Mangoes
7. Bananas
8. Cream cookies
9. Muffins

Low calorie
1. Plain dry rotis
2. Raw salad
3. thin lentil soup without butter
4. Idlis
5. Poha
6. oranges
7. cucumber tomato
8. corn flakes
9. skimmed milk

Careers and ambitions

Sometimes I wonder what career I want to pursue in my life. I do not have an answer to that. Because observing my inclinations over a long period of time, I saw that my interests change from time to time. It is surprising for me to see someone pursue the same career all their lives. A doctor continues to do the same things... or a finance person continues to be in the role all their lives. It is good in a way that they grow and become specialists in the area. But I am different in this respect. I cannot think of doing the same thing all the time, however interesting it may be.
During my school days, I aspired to become a doctor. I took up biology with maths and surprisingly did very well in the subject. I was a class topper in biological sciences and it make my determination to become a doctor, stronger. This continued till the time, I had to do my first rat dissection. The activity left me disillusioned.. yes I mean it. I just could not come to terms with the idea of doing this daily as a part of my job. So i went for a Physics graduation and post graduation from Delhi university. After post graduation, all I wanted to do was to get a job and begin earning. It gives me tremendous satisfaction to earn money. So I started with a small job and soon moved on to a BPO. I was attracted to the glamorous life of a BPO and got bored with the clerical type of job I was doing. So I went to join in. soon I was disillusioned with the place and the night shifts. Then I tried for the Indian Air force exam. i got through the first phase but gave up when they asked me to do physical activities like jumping ropes and monkey crawling..Haha I am not made to do hard work..Too used to comforts and laziness. I decided to quit and pursue a serious career. Guess what.. I began preparing for my civil services exam... I studied day and night at home to prepare for civil services. Finally I made it to the mains . This was more rigorous hard work in less time. Side by side, I also filled up forms for state civil services as UPSC was a tough nut to crack. Once the exams were over, I had nothing to do so that bug of earning money got into me again and I once again joined a BPO. This time it was a U"K based shift so easier for me and the culture and facilities were really good. Unfortunately I made it to the State services but could not make it to UPSC and had no energies to start over again, so I continued my job in the BPO. I went on from a slow starter to become a floor superstar rank 1. Soon the job started getting into my nerves, wanted a change badly.. Then I got this opportunity to work in Google and I was thrilled to join one of the biggest names in the globe. Now as time moves on.. I will see where my mind take me .... to the zone unknown

Sundae

सामग्री: ५०० लीटर स्त्रव्बेर्री icecream
५०० लीटर वनिल्ला आइसक्रीम
चॉकलेट सॉस
कटे हुए फल जैसे केला,आम, लित्ची, अंगूर
घर पे पड़े हुए चॉकलेट या बिस्कुइत या केक
मांगो शके
मेवा

विधि: एक सुन्दर सा शीशे का ग्लास लेकर उसमे थोडा सा मांगो शेक दाल दें. फिर उसमे एक स्कूप वनिल्ला और स्त्रव्बेर्री आइस क्रीम दाल दें.अब उसमे बिस्कुइत चॉकलेट और केक का चूरा कर के डालें. फिर थोड़े मांगो शके और दाल कर उसमे थोडी सी चॉकलेट सॉस डालें. ऊपर से छोटा चम्मच वनिल्ला डालकर उसमे फ्रुइट्स और मेवा छिड़क दें. युम्मी सुन्दे तैयार. ऐसे और ग्लास्सेस तैयार कर मेहमानों को खिलायें.

सर्विंग: ४-५

aam ki launjee

सामग्री: कच्चा आम- ५०० ग्राम
चीनी : १० छोटे चम्मच
नमक :
सौंफ सीड्स
मेथी सीड्स
जीरा सीड्स
मिर्च:
तेल : ३ chammach

विधि: कच्छा आम को छोटे छोटे टुकडों मई काट लें. अब एक कुकर में तेल डालकर जीरा, मेथी, सौंफ डालकर गर्म करें. फिर उसमे आम के कटे हुए टुकड़े डालें और नमक, मिर्च दाल दें. अब आम कियो ढककर पकने के लिए छोड़ दें. जब आम पूरा पाक जाए तो उसमे चीनी दल दें. अब उसे अच्छे से पका कर बन्ने दें. स्वादिष्ट लौंजी तैयार है और यह परांठे पूरी, चावल या सादा खाया जा सकता है

सर्विंग: ४