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LEMON RICE RECIPE

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Ingredients:

2cups boiled Rice
1/3rd cup Lemon Rice
6Tbsp Oil
1/2tsp Black Mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
3-4 green chilies
Salt to taste
1/4th tsp. turmeric powder
1/4th cup peanuts

How to make lemon rice:

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, allow to splutter.
Add turmeric powder and peanuts, fry till brown.
Now add green chilies, curry leaves, salt and fry for 2 minutes.
Take it off from the flame and add lemon juice and mix well.
Now add this to the boiled rice and mix well.Lemon rice is ready to be served.

INDIAN FRIED RICE RECIPE

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This is a typical Indian fried ric recipe.Spices and ghee is added to the boiled rice.

Ingredients:

400 gm Rice
100 gm Ghee or butter
65 gms onion
2 gms cinnamon
2 gms Bay leaf
1 gm peppercorns
6 gms Salt

How to make fried rice:

Heat the ghee in a large saucepan and add the finely sliced onion.
Fry till golden brown, remove from the pan and keep aside.
To the hot fat, add the washed and drained rice and the spices.
Keep stirring and fry for 4-5 minutes till the rice appears glazed. Add salt and boiling water an inch above the rice.

Dahi Ke Kebab Recipe

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This is an unusual recipe of dahi ke kebab.Here dahi or yougurt is mixed with cottage cheese and then made into tikkis.

Ingredients:

1.2 ltrs yoghurt
100 gms cottage cheese grated
40 gms chopped onion
30 gms chopped ginger
10 gms chopped fresh coriander
cornflour to dust
30 gms cashewnut powder
30 gms chopped raisins
4 gms white pepper powder
4 gms cardamom powder
salt to taste
oil to grill

How to make dahi kebab :

Hang yoghurt overnight.
Saute the onion and ginger in minimum oil till it sweats.
Mix the other ingredients.
Adjust seasoning and shape into tikkis.

China blames recent unrest on foreign-based separatists

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Geneva, August 08: Last year’s unrest in Tibet and July’s violence in Xinjiang were instigated by separatists abroad, China told a United Nations human rights hearing on Friday.

“Facts have fully shown that the two incidents were premeditated and organised crimes of violence, directed and instigated by separatists abroad and carried out by separatists inside China,” said Duan Jielong, who led a 30-strong Chinese delegation attending a UN examination on China’s record on eliminating racial discrimination.

Obama taps Kennard as EU ambassador

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Washington, August 08: US President Barack Obama has nominated former top communications watchdog William Kennard to become the US representative to the European Union.

Kennard is currently a managing director at The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, and sits on the board of The New York Times Company, which publishes the influential daily.

He was previously Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

No proposal for disclosure scheme for black money: Govt

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New Delhi, August 08: The government is not mulling over any proposal currently to offer disclosure scheme for black money, Parliament was informed on Friday.

“…There is no proposal at present for bringing a disclosure scheme for black money,” Minister of state for Finance S S Palanimanickam told Lok Sabha in a written reply.

India reports 163 polio cases this year

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New Delhi, August 08: India has reported 163 polio cases so far this year and is among the four countries Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan, besides India – where the deadly paralytic disease continues to be endemic.

Informing the Rajya Sabha Friday, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said only four countries in the world are endemic for polio and have never stopped transmission of the wild poliovirus.

China for ‘fair’ settlement of boundary row with India

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Beijing, August 08: As India and China launched the latest round of their boundary talks in New Delhi, Beijing today said it favoured a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution” to the vexed issue based on the spirit of “mutual understanding and accommodation”.

“China is willing to make joint efforts with India in the spirit of mutual understanding and accommodation to seek a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution to the issue,” Jiang Yu, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said.

Too much money with Shah Rukh Khan

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Mumbai, August 08: What seems to be the never-ending saga between Income Tax Department and Bollywood, the latest frenzy says King Khan is in soup.

It appears that the Income Tax Department has filed a case against SRK at Bombay High Court. While Shah Rukh wanted to apply for tax deduction showing foreign expenses, the Income Tax Department is not too sure.

King Khan had appealed for tax deductions on his earnings on the Swiss watch Omega. SRK was also in the same trouble in 1998-99. His total earning this year is Rs 20 crore which also includes his foreign earning of Rs 29 lakhs.

Iran bomb-grade uranium not expected before 2013

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Washington, August 08: The State Department’s intelligence bureau has concluded that Iran will not be technically capable of producing weapons grade uranium for nuclear weapons before 2013, the US intelligence director has told Congress.

The assessment by the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research was included in written responses to questions submitted to Congress by the Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair.

Pak confirms Baitullah’s death; US won’t

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Islamabad, August 08: Uncertainty loomed on Thursday night over the report of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud’s killing as the White House refused to confirm the report even as Pakistan went all out to claim it was true.

The Pakistan government and Tehrik-e-Taliban earlier in the day confirmed the death of Baitullah Mehsud and his second wife in an August 5 drone strike by US forces in south Wajiristan region of Pakistan.

Swine flu: 96 fresh cases; Govt says don’t panic

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New Delhi, August 08: Reacting to the chaotic situation in some parts of the countries over spread of swine flu, the Government said on Friday there should not be any panic over the situation as India was not as badly affected as other countries around the world.

UK to help B’desh in 1971 war crimes trial: Report

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Dhaka, August 07: Britain will share crucial records with Bangladesh to facilitate the controversial trial of the 1971 “war criminals”, as Pakistan was asked to prosecute those involved in the “genocide” by its Army during Bangladesh’s “Liberation war”.

As Bangladesh moves ahead to kick start the trial of those accused of collaborating with the Pakistan Army during the 1971 “War of independence”, sources in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said the Labour government was willing to share its old records and provide legal assistance.

Nepal police arrest ‘mastermind’ of 2001 royal massacre

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Kathmandu, August 07: A 65-year-old man, who claimed to have plotted the 2001 royal massacre that left the then Nepalese King Birendra Shah and nine members of his family dead, has been arrested by police.

Tul Prasad Sherchan was arrested from a guest house at Sundhara in the Nepalese capital last night, Superintendent of Police, Nawaraj Silwal, said.

Sherchan, who called himself the former “chief of the Royal Bureau of Intelligence”, had claimed at a press conference on Wednesday that he was the mastermind behind the palace massacre.

Bangladesh recalls Army officers sacked by BNP: Report

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Dhaka, August 07: The Awami League government led by Sheikh Hasina has started recalling armed forces officers who were sacked by the previous government on “political considerations”, a report has said.

The private Bdnews24 news agency quoting parliamentary standing committee member on defence ministry, Idris Ali MP said a list of “victimised” officers was sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last month as she ordered their reinstatement “after thorough investigation”.

Pathmanathan — Man who controlled LTTE’s global network

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Colombo, August 07: From his secret hideouts in South East Asia, Selvarasa Pathmanathan better known as ‘KP’ controlled a global network that supplied weapons to the now vanquished LTTE which doggedly fought for a Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka till recently.

Kumaran Pathmanathan, a close confidant of slain LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, is wanted by Interpol in connection with several cases, including the assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Satyam, Raju owe government Rs 541 cr in income tax dues

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New Delhi, August 07: The government on Friday said IT firm Satyam Computer Services, its founder B Ramalinga Raju and his family-promoted firm Maytas Group along with its other group companies owe Rs 541 crore in income-tax dues.

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance SS Palanimanickam said, “As of now, the outstanding demand pending for recovery in the entire group is Rs 541 crore.”

Out of the total dues, Satyam Computer, which has now been re-branded as Mahindra Satyam, alone owes a hefty Rs 532 crore to the income-tax department.

Tata Power lines up Rs 23,600-cr capex over next 3 yrs

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Mumbai, August 07: Private utility Tata Power on Thursday said it has planned a capital expenditure of Rs 23,600 crore for the next three years to expand its generation capacity.

The company, which has so far installed 2,875 MW of capacity, currently has projects to the tune of 10,000 MW in different stages of development, Chairman Ratan Tata said.

“Our capex over (next) three years is 23,600 crore, both debt and equity,” Tata told shareholders at the company’s Annual General Meeting here. This includes Rs 1,500 crore raised through a GDR issue last month, he said.

Coal India seeks coal price hike

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New Delhi, August 07: Navratna PSU Coal India on Friday sought a hike in coal prices on the back of a decline in its retained earnings.

“Coal India has reported a sharp drop in retained earnings because of wage built annual impact. A profit of Rs 300 crore on a turnover of Rs 45,000 crore is low. We see the scope for moderate increase in coal prices,” Coal India CMD P S Bhattacharya told reporters here.

He further said there is no shortage of coal for the thermal power plants.

Sensex plunges by 181 pts in early trade on Asian cues

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Mumbai, August 07: Continuing its losing streak for the second consecutive session, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Friday fell by 181 points in opening trade on selling by foreign funds and retail investors, tracking other weak Asian markets.

The 30-share index, which had lost nearly 390 points, or 2.45 percent in yesterday’s highly volatile session, lost another 181.16 points, or 1.16 percent at 15,332.87.

Similarly, the Nifty index on the wide-based National Stock Exchange fell by 50.85 points, or 1.10 percent at 4,534.65.

NHPC IPO fully subscribed in an hour

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Mumbai, August 07: The much-awaited initial public offer of state-run NHPC allured investors and was fully subscribed within an hour of the opening of the issue on Friday.

The NHPC IPO, which is the first stake sale by a PSU company in the last one and a half years, received bids for 175.81 crore shares as against 167.73 crore shares on offer.

The issue got subscribed 1.05 times as on 1100 hrs, as per data available on the National Stock Exchange.

Bank employees to call off strike today: Pranab

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New Delhi, August 07: PSU bank employees are expected to call off their strike on Friday, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha. “The bank strike is expected to be called off today. I am being told that talks are on between the bank associations and worker unions,” he said replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour.

Banking operations across the country have been impacted severely with employees of public sector banks going on a two-day strike yesterday demanding wage revision.

–Agencies

No fears of food crisis: Kamal Nath

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New Delhi, August 07: Allaying apprehensions of a food crisis in view of poor monsoon, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath today said the country has enough foodgrain reserves to tackle even the worst monsoon situation.

“There is no panic. We have enough foodstocks to counter even the worst monsoon scenario,” he said.

India-S Korea ink market opening pact; trade may double

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New Delhi, August 07: India and South Korea on Friday signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that would enable duty free trade in goods and services between the two countries and help double bilateral trade to USD 20 billion.

Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon signed the agreement in Seoul. This is India’s second comprehensive deal with any country after Singapore.

Economy starts moving slightly: Pranab Mukherjee

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New Delhi, August 07: Economy has started moving upward due to two stimulus packages in the last fiscal, but scanty rainfall this year may play a spoilsport, government told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

“The economy has started moving slightly, but still I am not quite sure because other problems may come from adverse impact of scanty rainfall,” Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said during the Question Hour.