Corn Palak with Cheese

Last weekend, I made Corn - Palak Vegetable with Cheese.

The recipe for the same:

Ingredients:
1. Palak
2. Corn, i.e. I prefer the American or sweet corn as they call it
3. Onion
4. Tomato
5. Finely chopped Ginger
6. Beaten fresh cream
7. Cheese, grated
8. Turmeric powder
9. Red Chilly Powder
10. Hing (Asafoetida)
11. Oil
12. Salt to taste
13. A little Amul butter

Method:
1. Boil the palak and grind it roughly in a blender
2. Heat the amul butter and cook the corn in it
3. Make a paste of the onions and tomatoes, either together or separately 
4. Heat oil in a pan and put in the ginger, onion paste and fry till the onions become translucent or brown
5. Add the tomato paste
6. Add turmeric, red chilly and hing powder (as per taste)
7. cook this mixture till the oil separates
8. Add the palak and cook for abt 10 mins
9. Add the corn and cook for another 5 mins
10. You can add a little water, if you feel the vegetable is getting too thick for your taste
11. Fold in the whipped cream and cheese
12. Cook till the cheese melts.

Serve with more grated cheese on the top :)
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Pasta Salad, a re-mix recipe

This is the recipe of a re-mix pasta salad I made the other day.

Ingredients:
For the paste
1. Almonds 
2. Cashew
3. Walnuts
4. Fresh Basil (I used fresh Purple basil)
5. Fresh oregano
6. LOT of olive oil

For the salad
1. Pasta (I had a bow shaped one)
2. Apple
3. Pineapple
4. cucumber 
5. Flower (phul kobi)
6. Cabbage (patta kobi)
7. Green peas
8. French Beans

9. Black pepper
10. Salt
11. Honey (optional)
12. Lemon

Method:
1. Make the paste, add all the ingredients in a blender and blend to a fine or coarse paste, depending on your taste
2. Use a lot of olive oil

3. Cut the fruits and vegetables into bite sized pieces.
4. I cooked the vegetables in a microwave with a little olive oil for a min or so, just to make them a little tender, yet retain their crunchyness.

5. Add all the vegetable and fruits in a big bowl, add the paste and toss the mixture
6. Add the salt and black pepper
7. You can also add a little honey if you like it sweet
8. Squeeze in a lemon
9. Add the cooked pasta and mix again
10. Cool it in a fridge

11. Serve cool / chilled :)
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Half information as always!

Just received this message from the police.

"Take  reqd permission to erect Box-Arches. Lets pledge not to pit holes on road. Let celebrate the festival with sense of security and responsibility" CP Pune.

As an ordinary citizen, I don't go digging on roads. But at the same time I can take the effort of calling the authorities of non compliance by some 'mandal'.

As far the msg from the police is concerned, I believe giving contact numbers of authorities will help more than just the awareness message. I know I am not allowed to dig up the road for my convenience.

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