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cherries tomatoes spices with carrots AUGUST (FIRST) 2014 Vol 41, Issue No. 976 BUILDS HAPPY HOMES CONTENTS Founder: Vishwa Nath (1917-2002) womansera.com 7 THE DRUG TRAP Anuj Sharma ARTICLES 26 A BRAINCATION AGAINST TECH-ADDICTION Sudha Chandrasekaran HOW TO DEFREEZE A FROZEN MARRIAGE I. M. Soni KEEP THE SITTING DISEASE AT BAY Valsala Menon YOGA FOR ASTHMATIC KIDS Chandra Subramanyam 14 PENCH IN MADHYA PRADESH Leena Narendra 31 THEY SERVE TO TEACH Suniti Kharbanda 42 THE CHIA SEED Sripriya Satish SENSE OF THE LUDICROUS A. C. Tuli YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE Mala Ashok THE FINEST QUALITY SAPPHIRE Kusum Mehta FICTION 20 A HOLIDAY WITH DAD Kasturi Rangachari 36 BRIDE BARTER Divya A YES, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! Neerja Ravindra 32 A PARTNER IN THE 21 ST CENTURY! Gayatri T. Rao WHAT S IN A WOMAN S AGE? Munmun Mittra COOKERY 46 THE EXTRAORDINARY! Masala Rice with Cherries Fresh Almonds with Tomatoes Stir-Fried Lotus Stem with Carrots Aachari Mushrooms with Corn Three-Layered Dip Coconut Milk and Oregano Kulfi Exotic Uttapam Seasonal Dessert Grilled Fish with Cauliflower and Spinach The MASALA RICE WITH CHERRIES EXTRAORDINARY! Woo! Try these dishes and taste the difference. By Roma Ghosh FRESH ALMONDS colour. Add one pinch of salt and stir very gently. Remove from pan and keep aside. In the same ghee add the cooked rice and mix in the curry 2 cups long-grained cooked powder. Stir gently on low fire for Basmati rice (salt added) 2 minutes. 2 tbsp ghee Mix in the lemon juice and stir This can be prepared with 2 tsp curry powder gently. Remove to a serving dish fresh almonds or ordinary 2 tsp lemon juice and garnish with the fried almonds which have been 1 green capsicum cut into circles capsicum circles or any other blanched and skin removed. We 100 gm or more fresh red vegetable you may be using. have used fresh green almonds. Decorate with cherries, preferably fresh cherries. Serve with raita 500 gm fresh green almonds as a full meal. No fuss in this cover removed (Remove the thin You could use any seasonal recipe since rice is always yellow skin of each of the fresh vegetable or your favourite available at home and so are almond as well) vegetables like beans, carrots or some vegetables and curry 2 tbsp butter even broccoli or peas instead of powder. 1 onion (sliced finely) bell peppers. Variation: You could add 3 tomatoes chopped Heat the ghee/oil and fry the some fried onions if you want for 3 pods garlic (chopped finely) capsicum circles till these change garnishing. 48 Woman s Era August (First) 2014 Masala rice with cherries WITH TOMATOES 1 /2 tsp turmeric powder 1 tbsp coriander powder 1 tsp roasted jeera powder Heat the oil and fry the onions till translucent. Mix in the tomatoes and garlic. Stir-fry for 1 minute more. Mix in the spices and. Stir gently. Mix in the fresh green almonds and mix gently. Serve, with Roomali rotis. If you cant find fresh green almonds use ordinary almonds, 1 tsp roasted jeera powder soak them in water for 15 minutes and remove the brown skin to obtain white almonds. Heat 300 ml of water and add. Drop the lotus stem pieces in hot water and cook for only two-three minutes. Drain out the excess water and keep aside. Heat the oil or ghee and first add the carrot pieces and add salt to taste. Stir-fry for one minute and add the remaining spices. Mix in 300 gm lotus stem coarsely the lotus stem pieces and the scraped and cut into very thin lemon juice. Cover with a lid and diagonal pieces (use a grater) cook on very low heat for two 1 cup carrots cut into very fine minutes more. Serve on toasts or thin pieces with parathas. 2 tbsp ghee or oil Lotus stem is available now can substitute the carrots for corn even frozen or available fresh or beans or any vegetable 3 tsp lemon juice almost throughout the year. You available at home. STIR-FRIED LOTUS STEM WITH CARROTS 1 /2 tsp pepper powder Fresh almonds with 50 Woman s Era August (First) 2014 Saffron Prawns Raw Banana Circles with Onions Baked Whole Fish with Onions Poached Pears and Plums Stir-fried Lotus stem Aachari Mushrooms with corn AACHARI MUSHROOMS WITH CORN 300 gm button mushrooms 2 tbsp sesame oil 4 tbsp achaar masala with oil any pickle masala with the 1 cup corn niblets Prick each of the button mushrooms. Wash well and place in a mixing bowl. Add the pickle
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PENCH IN MADHYA PRADESH Quenches your thirst for wildlife sights. By Leena Narendra Sadly, itʼs much easier to create a desert than a forest. James Lovelock What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and one another. Mahatma Gandhi The tranquil surface of the water pond got ruffled with the webbed feet of the migrating duck species. Broad beaked and a jumble of green and orange hues, these ducks quacked with a quiet, unusual sound in the roost surroundings of the jungle. A tiny fox lingered around with failed attempts to pounce upon them. It was early morning in the Pench forest reserve of Madhya Pradesh and we were on a safari to view these beauties of the woods. At the start of early morning one has to do just with a hot cup of tea at the entrance of the gate and after that one gets the dry snacks and has not to throw the trash in the jungle for which they even provide a paper bag to collect all the waste or else there is a penalty to pay. However, in between the safari, there is a break where we could get down as they provide us with some fresh snacks like sandwich and puri-bhaji along with fruits like bananas and a hot drink and still, if you desire to have something else, you can order for a special breakfast with the additional charges. Breakfast has an interesting part where the tourists are caged to protect from the monkeys as they snatch the food items as there is no fear of humans because the people feed them the leftovers making them more aggressive. This is definitely not good for the humans as well for the wildlife. The safari, however, is the cherry on the cake. If you are not into the safari you have missed everything in Pench. However, a long safari of about three hours does not promise to spot a tiger, which are about 33. Thirty-three tigers in 758 sq km and spotting one is really a tough job. However, the techniques and experience of guides prove to be useful in many cases. Besides the major ones, there are infinite minor animals like deer, sambar, neelgai, barasinga and birds like peacocks, owls and eagles, which keep you entertained all the three hours. You have to protect yourself from the morning chill and noon heat in an open-air safari trip. Besides the safari, which is the main attraction, there is a long list of resorts from low to high budgets one could choose from. Resorts are extremely luxurious and the warm service promises you complete relaxation with amenities like body spa, swimming pool, bon fire at night, 14 Woman s Era August (First) 2014
A BRAINCATION AGAINST TECH-ADDICTION Breaking free from the rising gadget invasion of life. By Sudha Chandrasekaran There is an increasing intolerance for nothingness and boredom, and that in turn creates a state where the brain is constantly searching for something to do. This can lead to extreme frustration. Malini Krishnan, psychologist. Technology has been pivotal to the success of several people. Many would not be where they are today if not for advances such as the internet and mobile devices. While grateful for these opportunities, many successful professionals and their families have come to resent technology. There is a devil in your life and he is trying to take over even as you read this. Yes, it is your harmless-looking smart phone (ipad and laptop too)! Says psychologist Dr Seema Hingorrany, Owing to the barrage of information in our daily lives, we constantly live in hyper-arousal mode, which means out system is always on a chronic alert state. While we are all captivated by technology whether it is for emailing, texting, downloading or gaming studies state that this dependency is one of the worst social afflictions of our time. Being connected is good, having ready information available at any time is revolutionary, but is modern society entangled inside the web of Internet, gadgets and technology? The crux of the problem is our inability to deal with nothingness. A research says that 10 years ago, we
Masala rice with cherries The EXTRAORDINARY! Woo! Try these dishes and taste the difference. By Roma Ghosh MASALA RICE WITH CHERRIES 2 cups long-grained cooked Basmati rice (salt added) 2 tbsp ghee 2 tsp curry powder 2 tsp lemon juice 1 green capsicum cut into circles 100 gm or more fresh red cherries You could use any seasonal vegetable or your favourite vegetables like beans, carrots or even broccoli or peas instead of bell peppers. Heat the ghee/oil and fry the capsicum circles till these change colour. Add one pinch of salt and stir very gently. Remove from pan and keep aside. In the same ghee add the cooked rice and mix in the curry powder. Stir gently on low fire for 2 minutes. Mix in the lemon juice and stir gently. Remove to a serving dish and garnish with the fried capsicum circles or any other vegetable you may be using. Decorate with cherries, preferably fresh cherries. Serve with raita as a full meal. No fuss in this recipe since rice is always available at home and so are some vegetables and curry powder. Variation: You could add some fried onions if you want for garnishing. FRESH ALMONDS WITH TOMATOES This can be prepared with fresh almonds or ordinary almonds which have been blanched and skin removed. We have used fresh green almonds. 500 gm fresh green almonds cover removed (Remove the thin yellow skin of each of the fresh almond as well) 2 tbsp butter 1 onion (sliced finely) 3 tomatoes chopped 3 pods garlic (chopped finely) 1 /2 tsp turmeric powder 46 Woman s Era August (First) 2014