Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Fast and Healthy Snacks

a) Upma
Heat oil and put some mustard seeds, curry leaves then saute Chopped onions, tomatoes, capsicum (any veggie of your choice). Add 1 and half glass of water. When it starts boiling put suji/rawa and stir it continously until the rawa soaks all the water. To add more taste sprinkle garam masala and amchoor powder. Its a tasty and wholesome meal.

b) Murmura Snack
Soak the murmura (puffed rice)and immediately take out. Rinse all the water. Heat oil and put some mustard seeds, curry leaves then saute Chopped onions, tomatoes, capsicum (any veggie of your choice). When the veggies are cooked add the soaked murmura and have this as snack or as a great lunch. It fills you without adding many calories to you.

c) Rava Uttapa
Mix Rawa and dahi and put it aside for 20 minutes. Add chopped onions, tomatoes, capsicum, chillies and ginger. Make normal uttapas. Its fast and rocking

d) Sprouts soup
Add 2 spoon gram flour to 1 and a half glass of buttermilk (take care of lumps). Heat little oil and put mustard oil and curry leaves. Add the mixture and when its start boiling add sprouts and cook it for your desired consistency. Add salt and chat masala and enjoy the hot soup.

Friday, October 10, 2008

How Wall Street Works?

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.

The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went into the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and, as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy monkeys at $20 for each. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each, and the supply of monkeys became so small that it was an effort to even find a monkey, let alone catch it!

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him.

In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35, and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each."

The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys. They never saw the man nor his assistant again, only monkeys everywhere!

Now you have a better understanding of how Wall Street works.