Ingredients 1 1/2 cups vermicelli (MTR semiya or other brand, angel-hair pasta) 1/2 cup onions, finely chopped 1/2 cup carrots, cut into fine cubes 1/2 cup bell-peppers (capsicum), cut into small cubes 1/2 cup tomatoes, cut into small cubes 1/4 cup peas (optional) 1/2 tsp rasam powder (MTR or other brand) 2 tbsp cilantro (coriander leaves), chopped 3 cups water For Seasoning 7-8 tsp vegetable oil 1 1/2 tsp urad dal (black gram) 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 5-6 green chillies, finely chopped Preparation If you're using long (angel hair) pasta or vermicelli, cut it into 1/4 inch pieces. Roast the vermicelli or pasta in 2 tsp of oil for a couple of minutes, until brown. This prevents the upma from becoming sticky. You can skip this step, if you like. Heat oil in a shallow pan, and add the urad dal and mustard seeds. When the seeds start to splutter, add the add green chillies, ginger, curry leaves, and onions, bell-peppers, and carrots, along with some salt. Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally, until onions become translucent, and other vegetables are cooked. Add the tomatoes and peas and saute for 2 ...
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Ingredients Bread - 1 loaf Onion(big) - 3 finely chopped Chillies - 3 finely chopped Tomato - 3 finely chopped Kadugu (mustard) Kadalai Parupu Ghee - for frying and roasting bread Sugar - to taste Salt - to taste Method Cut bread slice into cubes. Roast the bread cubes using ghee and keep aside. Pour ghee in a tawa, add kadugu, kadalai parupu. Fry till golden brown. Add finely chopped onions and fry till golden brown. Add chillies and tomatoes. Add salt to taste. Fry till there is no water content in the mixture. Add the bread cubes to the mixture. Mix well till the mixture gets mixed with the bread cubes. Add sugar and then mix well. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot. Tomato sauce will go well along with Bread ...
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New Delhi, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), today urged Hindi and English media to come forward and give priority to urdu programmes for the promotion of the language. Talking to mediapersons here, NCPUL Director Hamidullah Bhatt expressed concern over absence of urdu language from the secular structure of the country. The Council had organised an interactive session for the promotion of urdu language. With advanced technology, now it is very easy to translate urdu into any language, Dr Bhatt said. Since Hindi is spoken by a majority of people in the country, the promotion of urdu language should be made in line with the national language, Dr Bhatt added. ...
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Kathmandu, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a loan for six drinking water projects in Nepal. The projects are in Rupandehi, Dhangadhi, Morang, Jhapa, Arghakhanchi and Baglung, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The loan agreement was signed Dec 29. About one billion Nepali rupees ($13 million) will be spent, said Sushil Gyawali, the executive director of the City Development Fund ...
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Beijing, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved loans worth USD 800 million to China's east Anhui province to improve the water and surrounding environment of a major lake, authorities said Tuesday. The loans will be used to intercept sewage flowing into the Chaohu lake, dredge the tributaries, renovate dikes, build lake bank roads as well as reinforce environmental monitoring, Xinhua quoted an official as saying. The ADB is already handling the first loan of $250 million. As one of China's five largest freshwater lakes, Chaohu lake, covers an area of 13,000 square km. Heavy use and local industrial development in recent years have made it one of China's most polluted ...
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Jalandhar, January 29 (Doaba News Service)- The supply of petroleum and diesel to various parts of the region was affected following a strike by the Jalandhar Oil Tanker Union here yesterday. Transporters are protesting against a fine of Rs 6,000 per vehicle levied by the Indian Oil Corporation for VTS equipment for keeping track of vehicles from oil depots en route their destination. Scores of trucks could be seen parked outside the depot of the corporation at Suchi Pind till late in the evening. Kishan Lal Sharma and Ashok Sarin, leaders of the union, said the company had deducted the money from their dues by levying charges for the equipment on their vehicles that were not functional due to some technical glitch. The authorities have so far deducted Rs 5 lakh from then and efforts were afoot to deduct Rs 30 lakh in the next instalment, they added. What has irked the agitators is the unilateral decision of the company even when the equipment had developed a snag for no fault of theirs and that, too, after three years of its installation. “We can understand the fine if the equipment had been stolen or was damaged by them but charging Rs 6,000 for a faulty piece was ...
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Amritsar, January 24 (DMS)- Expressing concern over the increase in the number of attacks on Indian students in Australia, veteran Congress leader and MP Partap Singh Bajwa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to send an all-party parliamentary delegation to Australia to study the deteriorating situation there. Bajwa has also asked the Australian Government to take the necessary steps to check the “unbridled violence” against Indian students who had opted to go to that country after spending billions of dollars and had given a big boost to the economy of Australia with their efforts and money. “The PM should give personal attention to the issue. A large number of Indian students have gone to Australia after spending huge amounts and with very high hopes and ambitions. But their dreams have gone sour with increasing attacks against them. The Australian Government should also realise its duty to ensure the safety and security of Indians and to protect them against violence which has become a blot on an otherwise safe, secure and developed country,” said ...
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Jalandhar, Jan.22 (DNS)- Keeping alive the tradition of Academic Paper Presentation, teachers of CT Public School participated today in the sixth phase. It not only created aplomb but also updated the teaching faculty and enhanced their knowledge in numerous specific fields. At the very outset, Mrs. Anuradha Sharma presented her paper on “Educational Reforms”. She spoke on the Reforms made for class X by the Human & Resource Development Minister, Mr. Kapil Sibal and enlightened the teaching faculty regarding the changes done by him in catering quality education to the students throughout India, and how they can be benefited by these reforms. There after, the next academic papers were presented by Miss Pooja Sharma from English Department. She spoke on the topic Library – and its uses in modern era. Miss Pooja made the audience aware regarding the role of library, its usage by teacher and taught, its history, computerization of library, clipping management, its functioning etc. She accentuated up on the role of librarian in schools and colleges, as librarian is a one who can inculcate reading habits amongst the student community. The Principal of the school, Mrs. ...
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Jalandhar, January 19 (DNS)- BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today said he was prepared for a confrontation with the Union Government which was deliberately strangling Punjab by excluding it from national development projects. Speaking to The Tribune, Sidhu said the Centre’s attitude towards the state was evident from the way it had been treated on the issues of the freight rail corridor, industrial corridor, railway connectivity, the Amritsar heritage project and other major projects. The state had also not been included in the Mumbai-Delhi industrial corridor on which investment of Rs 4,00,000 lakh would be made. Nor was there was a proposal to extend the freight rail corridor up to Amritsar. Keeping in view the contiguity factor, Punjab should have been included in the Mumbai-Delhi industrial corridor in which Maharashtra, Gujarat, MP, Rajasthan, UP, Delhi and Haryana had been included. Punjab was yet to be linked to the national gas grid, he said. The state could not survive on agriculture for centuries and its economy required to be modernised by establishing a sizeable manufacturing sector. He said in the absence of a freight corridor, the export of various commodities ...
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Chandigarh, December 18 (DNS)- Punjab IAS officer Harjit Singh is in the dock. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asserted that the officer has apparently tried to mislead the court by making a false averment. Harjit Singh has now been given one opportunity to explain his conduct after appearing before the court. The matter pertains to a contempt of court petition filed by Moga-based district programme officer with the Department of Social Security, Women and Child Development Ashok Kumar Sharma in a service matter. Posted as Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Harjit Singh had asserted that an order pertaining to Sharma’s service condition was sent to the Director, Women and Child Development; and was received according to the office record. Appearing before Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg, the IAS officer had also placed on record a photocopy of a letter “showing receipt number 3897”. On the other hand, senior assistant, Directorate of Social Security, Women and Child Development, said the letter dated September 11, 2008, was not received in the directorate office. Taking a note of the assertions, Justice Garg on December 7 had asked for the “receipt ...
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Jalandhar, Dec.1 (DNS)- CT Group of Institutions, Jalandhar organized a placement process for its MBA students in which India ’s largest online B2B Internet Trade portal, Trade India.com selected 15 candidates for different profiles at the package of 2.5 lacs. The recruitment process comprised of PPT, Group Discussions and Personal Interview. Company Official Mr. Manoj Kapil, while addressing the students informed about the challenging opportunities and new avenues cropping up in the corporate arena in diverse sector which demands the role of a common mediator to act as bridge between buyers and sellers, importers and exporters, and the like. Trade India is a major entity involved in this task bringing manufacturers, buyers and sellers under one pedestal and kind of openings available to the students despite of the meltdown in the financial market. Trade India is having offices in different locations in India and in USA , Germany , Philippines , etc. Selected students express their happiness as they will be working with Trade India and they assured their best services to the organization. Prof. Manhar Arora (Director- Corporate Relations and Placements) said “Our ...
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