Nothin’ at all…says Bollywood’s ‘Badshah’ Shah Rukh Khan

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Bollywood’s reigning royal couple, Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan, are ensconced in a deeply comfortable cream leather couch in the living room of their beautiful home, casually dressed and exuding a zest for life which tells you why they command the love of millions.

We are at Mannat, a 7-storey mansion, in a living room that, with its sumptuous furniture, massive art pieces and oversized coffee tables strewn with silver champagne urns carrying imported wines, shows off the impeccable taste of the style diva that Gauri Khan is.

Security beefed up for Friday prayers

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Hyderabad May 08: Police force has been beefed up in Bholakpur as several mosques are located inthearea.WithlargeturnoutlikelyforFridayprayers,
police officials do not want to take any risk so increase the number of pickets. Six police pickets were set up on May 5, the day seven deaths were reported from the area. Two more pickets were added as a precautionary measure. Apart from the pickets, two mobile parties have also been deployed to keep tabs on the situation, Musheerabad station house officer P Venkata
Ramana told.

Saudi mulls child marriage law as divorces rise

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With skyrocketing divorce rates and a flurry of cases in which older men married young girls, Saudi Arabia is considering a new law to prohibit girls marrying before the age of 18, according to press reports Saturday.

Recognizing changes in contemporary society and the prevalence of divorce among girls married before they turn 18 years old, Justice Minister Mohamed al-Eissa declined to disregard fatwas that permit minor marriages but said that such religious rulings do not address its drawbacks.

Day temperature to fall further in Delhi

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New Delhi, May 06 : Delhiites will continue to enjoy a break from the scorching heat with meteorological officials today forecasting a further fall in day temperature.
The maximum temperature today will hover around 37 degrees Celsius, four degrees below the normal for this time of year. The minimum temperature settled at 24 degrees Celsius, an official at the Safdarjung met office said.
“Delhi will enjoy a pleasant weather with maximum temperature recording a downfall,” the official said.

India may come under pressure from US to sign NPT

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Washington, May 06: India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel should join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the global pact meant to limit the spread of atomic weapons, a senior US official said on Tuesday.

Speaking on the second day of a two-week meeting of the 189 signatories of the pact, assistant secretary of state Rose Gottemoeller also defended a US-India civilian nuclear deal, which developing nations have complained rewards New Delhi for staying outside the NPT.

“Pakistan’s Pants are on fire”: US Congressman

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Washington, May 06: The United States on Tuesday pressed Pakistan to confront Taliban militants whose influence is spreading in the nuclear-armed country but said it solidly supports Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.

“Pakistan must demonstrate its commitment to rooting out al Qaeda and the violent extremists within its borders,” Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said in prepared congressional testimony.

HARA MASALA MURGH

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Chicken cooked in green masala

Preparation Time : 30 minutes

Cooking Time : 30 minutes

Ingredients

Chicken 1 kilogram
Fresh coriander leaves 1 cup
Fresh mint leaves 1/2 cup
Green chillies, slit 6
Coconut, scraped 1/2
Cloves 4-5
Almonds 15
Yogurt 1 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Oil 3 tablespoons
Green cardamoms 4
Onion , chopped 2 medium
Ginger paste 1 tablespoon
Garlic paste 1 tablespoon
Coriander powder 1 tablespoon
Cumin powder 1 tablespoon
Chicken stock 2 cups
Fresh cream 1 cup

Method

Qaabooli Recipe

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Qaabooli is like a Hyderabadi biryani where layers of dal and rice are set one after the other and then allowed to cook till done. Here is a mouth watering recipe of qaabooli.

Ingredients:

Rice 1 kg
Bengal Gram Split (chana Dal) 250 gms
Salt to taste
Green Cardamoms 6 no
Cinnamon 2 inches stick
Cloves 8 nos

How to make qaabooli:
Wash and soak the rice for half hour. Then boil with salt and half the whole garam masala till almost done.

Wash and soak the chana dal for half an hour. Boil with salt, a little turmeric powder till just cooked (al dente).

FRUIT SALAD RECIPE

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Ingredients:

3 Bananas
1 Apple
2 Orange
1Ripe Mango
1 Bunch Green Grapes
1/4th cup Pomegranate seeds
Few canned Cherries
1 Guava
1/2 cup sugar (or to taste)
1 lemon juice

Preparation:

Peel and cut all fruits into banana and apple in the end to avoid browns.
Pour lemon juice immediately on fruits.
In a little water add sugar and half melt it on heat.
Mix melted sugar to the fruits. Refrigerate it and serve the fruit salad chilled.
Note: Salt and chaat masala can also be used

–Agencies

CHICKEN MAKHANI

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Chicken in spicy and creamy gravy

Preparation Time : 25-30 minutes

Cooking Time : 40-45 minutes

Ingredients

Chicken 800 grams
Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
FOR MARINADE
Ginger 2 tablespoons
Garlic 2 tablespoons
Yogurt 1 cup
Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Lemon juice 2 tablespoons
Garam masala powder 1/2 teaspoon
Mustard oil 2 tablespoons
Butter 2 tablespoons
FOR GRAVY
Ginger 1 tablespoon
Garlic 1 tablespoon
Green chillies, chopped 2

Kheer

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RICE KHEER RECIPE (Rice Pudding)

Ingredients:

1/4th cup long grain rice (washed and drained)
4-5 cups milk
2-3 cardamom seeds (crushed)
2 tbsp almonds (blanched silvered)
A pinch of saffron threads, soaked in a little hot milk
1 tbsp skinned pistachio nuts (chopped)
1 tbsp raisins (optional)
2-3 tbsp sugar or as desired

How to make kheer:

Put the rice, milk and cardamom in a pan, bring to boil and simmer gently until the rice is soft and the grains are starting to break up.
Add almonds, pistachio, saffron and raisins and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

RECIPE FOR JALEBI

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Ingredients:

2 cups All purpose flour (maida
)
11/2 tbsp fine grained semolina or rice flour

1/4th tsp baking powder

2 tbsp curd (plain yogurt)

11/4th cups warm water

1/2 tsp saffron threads, slowly dry-roasted and powdered

3 cups sugar

22/3rd cups water

1/2 tsp green cardamom seeds powder

11/2 tbsp kewra water or rose water

Ghee or vegetable oil for frying

How to make jalebi:

Mix the flour, semolina or rice flour, baking powder, curd and 3/4th cup of the water in a bowl (preferably a ceramic bowl).

Mix well with a whisk.

Easy Mutton Biryani Recipe

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INGREDIENTS:
Mutton – 1 kg
Basmati rice – 1 kg
Ginger paste) – 3 tsp
Garlic paste – 3 tsp
Curd – 1/2 cup
Saffron powder – 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves and mint leaves (finely chopped) – 1 1/2 cups
Green chilies – 6 nos
Oil – 3 tbsp Garam masala powder – 3 tbsp
Bay leaves (Karuga/Vazhana ela) – 2 nos
Cardamom(Elakka) – 3 nos
Cloves(Grambu) – 4 nos
Cinnamon(Karugapatta) – 3 pieces
Onion – 4 – 5 nos
(thinly sliced)
Sai jeera – 1 tsp (optional)
Ghee – 1 tsp
Colour – 2 pinch
Salt – As reqd
DIRECTIONS:
1)Wash the meat pieces very well.
2)Squeeze out all the water very well.

BADAM KA HALWA

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Ingredients:

2 cups Badam
2 1/2 cups Sugar
2 drops Kesar Colour
1 cup Ghee
1 cup Milk

How to make badam halwa:
Leave the almonds in hot water for 1 hour.
Remove the outer skin and grind to a paste with the milk.
Make sugar syrup and boil till it reaches a one string consistency.
Add the badam paste and cook till it thickens.
Add the kesar colour.
Add ghee little by little stirring continuously on low heat.

–Agencies

GAJAR KA HALWA RECIPE

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Ingredients for carrot halva:

1 kg Carrots
1 litre Milk
1 teaspoon Cardamom seeds
3/4 cup Water
3 tablespoons Ghee
2 tablespoons Raisins
2 tablespoons Almonds
2 tablespoons Pistachios
450 grams Sugar

Preparation of carrot halwa :
Wash and grate the carrots. Soak the raisins in water for 30 minutes. Blanch and shred the nuts.
Put the water to boil, when it starts boiling add the grated carrots. Cook for 5-7 minutes.

Chilli Mutton Masala

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Mutton – 1/2 kg
Onion (medium) – 1 no
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tbsp
Dry red chilies – 6 nos
Green chilies – 2 nos
Pepper – 1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder – 1/4 tsp
Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
Mint leaves (Pudhina) – 2 tbsp
Dry coconut powder – 2 tbsp
Almond (Badam) powder – 2 tbsp
Curd – 1/4 kg
Oil – 8 tbsp

DIRECTIONS:
1)Pressure cook mutton with ginger, garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt, sliced onions, oil and 1 cup of water.

PISTA KULFI RECIPE

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Ingredients:

4 cups milk
8 tsp. sugar or to taste
1/2 tsp. ground green cardamom seeds (chotti elaichi)
1tbsp. skinned pista (pistachios), thinly sliced
1tbsp. skinned badam (almonds), finely ground (optional)

Preparation of kulfi recipe :
Put the milk into a wide, heavy pan and bring to boil over high heat, stiring constantly.
Now lower the heat and cook the milk, stirring constantly, until it has thickened and reduced to about 13/4th cups. (This will take about 40-45 minutes). Stir the sides of the pan constantly to avoid scalding.

GULAB JAMUN RECIPE

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Ingredients:

1 cup Carnation Milk Powder
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tablespoons butter -melted
Whole milk just enough to make the dough

For the Sugar Syrup
2 cups Sugar
1 cup water
Oil for frying

How to make gulab jamun:

Make the dough by combining the milk powder, Bisquick, butter. Add just enough whole milk to make a medium-hard dough. Divide the dough into 18-20 portions. Make balls by gently rolling each portion between your palms into a smooth ball. Place the balls on a plate. Cover with a damp yet dry kitchen towel.

RP eyes new ball for India

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Cape Town, May 04: RP Singh, who has been recalled to the India side for the World Twenty20 after being out of the India team for nearly seven months, has said he would like to take the new ball on his comeback in June. Forced out by a loss of form in subcontinent conditions, and kept there by shoulder and hamstring injuries, RP has bounced back during the IPL with commanding spells in both the Powerplays and the death overs.

Two more suspected swine flu cases in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, May 04: Even as the suspected patient from San Francisco tested negative for swine flu, two more suspected cases have been reported. While one arrived at the Shamshabad airport from Germany this morning with symptoms of the H1N1 infection, another person, who came here a week ago, was admitted to the hospital late in the evening.

40 killed in Afghan violence

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Kabul, May 03: Four civilians, including two children, were killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, while four Afghan army soldiers and 31 Taliban militants were killed elsewhere in the country, officials said Sunday.
In the latest incident, an eight-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy and two adult civilians were killed in Gerishk district of southern Helmand province Sunday morning. The bomb that killed them was placed on a motorbike in the main market of the district, Daoud Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial governor said.

Nepal government teeters as Maoists sack army chief

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Kathmandu, May 03: The violence and uncertainty that had gripped Nepal three years ago during deposed king Gyanendra’s military-backed rule returned Sunday to haunt the Himalayan republic once more as the ruling Maoist party fired its old foe, army chief General Rookmangud Katawal, causing its allies to consider quitting the coalition government.

Tension in Bihar town after Muslim’s body dug out from grave

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Patna, May 03: Tension prevailed in Bihar’s Sasaram town after the body of an old Muslim man was dug out from his grave near Sher Shah’s tomb and thrown on a pile of garbage, allegedly by activists of a Hindu outfit, police said Sunday.
Rohtas district’s superintendent of police Vikas Vaibhav told IANS over telephone Sunday morning that there was tension in the town – the headquarters of Rohtas district – and police were keeping a close watch.

A lawyer and a blonde

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A lawyer and a blonde are sitting next to each other on a long flight from LA to NY. The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.