Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Post Inspired from another Kutchi. :-). That person should not reply. 😉 1) The Elevator A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns he …

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Sauted Vegetable Sandwich

Chef Prashant “Sanjeev Kapoor” Shah is here again with his delightful – albeit pilfered – recipes. 🙂 Originally given by Amisha. Ingredients: Green, red, orange bell peppers, Zuchini sliced, onion, sliced, few spinach leaves, eggplant sliced (optional). Saute all the vegetables in olive oil in the pan. Toast the bread …

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OCI, PIO, or Visa for kids

Does anyone have OCI or PIO card for their kids to travel to India? Any advice/suggestions? Overseas citizenship for India (OCI) holds good forever and takes about 3 to 4 months for processing. Ours didn’t go through ’cause minors whose both parents are Indian Nationals are not eligible. is it …

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True Horror

True Horror, which took place last month This happened about a month ago near Lonavala. A guy was driving from Mumbai to Pune and decided not to take the new. expressway as he wants to see the scenery. The inevitable happens and when he reaches the ghats his car breaks …

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Storage Junkies

Many of us are storage junkies. I think this can be deemed as a commonly found trait among Indians in general. We store things in the hope that they will be get used someday. And keep accumulating stuff. Sometimes we think that maybe the stored thing can be used for …

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Stay away from Packaged Spinach for some time

As per various news articles, Packaged Spinach is responsible for outbreak for E-Coli in states. Here is one article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-09-14-ecoli_x.htm?csp=34 As per the article apart from Spinach, for all packaged vegetables also wash them thoroughly before consuming them.

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Pizza Sauce

Thats my mom’s recipie Pizza Sauce 1/2 lb Finely Chopped Onions 2 lbs Tomatoes 8-10 Cloves Garlic 2 tsps Ajwain 1 tsp Italian Seasoning 1 tsp Oregano 2 tbsps Fresh/Dried Basil (Optional) Salt Sugar Red Chilli Powder Olive Oil 11/2 tbsp CornFlour Boil Tomatoes and puree them. Heat Olive Oil …

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Bean Dip Recipe

We all eat Nacho Chips and Salsa as appetizers at various parties. If you wanted to substitute the Salsa with something more filling and delicious try the Bean Dip. Originally given by Kalpana to Dimple and Dimple to me. Ingredients: Refried Bean, Salsa, Avocados paste from Costco, Fat Free or …

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