Food fun

Good morning! everybody, While reading some old issues of Graphiti . I came across some food related facts and words which I would like to share. Julienne- cut in thin strips
Aroma - pleasant smell , Sauteed - fry in shallow fat , Simmer- stay or keep just below boiling point. Some facts In Tuscany there is a tradition of dipping biscuits into a glass of strong wine after a meal. Many sweets in India are covered by a thin layer of silver called ''Varak '' made by beating silver inside a sheep's intestine. In Assamese food Khar is Soda-bicarbonate made by burning the trunk of a Banana tree. Some items of  Lebanese Cuisine Tahini ( Sesame seeds and Olive oil) , Harrisa (chili sauce) , Khoubiz (sweet bread) , Tabouleh (salad) ,Fattoush (salad) , Baklava (sweet pastry) Baba ghanoush (egg plant ). In Udupi food Avil is fresh vegetables with coconut  yogurt, chillies and Cumin. Sous Vide is Vacuum packing and cooking slowly for hours in hot water. If I get to know more I'll surely share with you . Bye! Bye!

Tangy affair

My first Goan food experience was in 2006 in Goa . If you ever go to Goa , for eating I would recommend  "Viva Panjim" in Panaji (Panjim ) . It is in Fontainhas. It is a small and cozy room; you can smell prawns , , garlic  lobsters and other sea fish. We had ordered for Solkadi {a dish prepared with coconut milk , crushed Kokum  garlic and chopped chillies}. We had ordered for Bombil with extra Recheiado [red Goan masala]. The waiter had recommended us to take Bhakri [a thick bread made of dry shrimps] as it would go well. My mother liked the Sturgeon fish sauteed in butter the best.  Soup of clams , mussels and lobsters were among my father's favourites.  It was dessert time now , we had ordered foe the one and only dessert Goa is famous for,   Bibinca a delectable sweet made of coconut milk , milk , egg yolk , honey , pure ghee , it is done in rich layers. My father ordered for some real Port Wine. Viva Panjim is run by Linda D' Souza. Over all my Goan food experience was great!

Making Music

Hello everybody! how are you, fine I hope. Did I tell you that I learn piano .I love playing piano and my teacher Sharmistha  Shome . Today I will tell you all about my exams , grades etc. I learn it under the ''ASSOCIATED BOARD OF ROYAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC''. We have exams every year , theoretical as well as practical. Altogether we have 8 grades in piano. ''All of the grades are difficult but if you try hard you will be able to do it well'' . Well this what my teacher says, but sometimes I really don't agree with her. But the preparatory is the easiest grade that I found . After taking the grade 2 exam I am now in grade 4.. For exams we have to learn Scales, Arpeggios(Short tunes) , we have to play three Pieces of different moods . Sight reading (Short and unseen piece of music) , Aural tests ( singing , clapping to beat , the examiner will play a short piece of music 2 times and in the second time he will make chanes we 'll have to identify it etc) are also there. Our this year's examiner was Martin Richards, he was a strict person. To be honest I am quite bad  in singing but very good in pieces. There is one more thing in Aural Tests that   the examiner the will play a full piece and we will have to say how loud or soft it was , mood of the piece etc. I am eagerly looking forward to my grade 4 exam and I hope I do well .

Firsts in India

A very good morning to all my friends viewing my blog and ''Subho Bijoya'' . Being an Indian I think I should know the first things that happened in India. I have got some information that I would like to share. Nowadays all of us use credit cards but do you know which was the first Indian Bank to launch a credit card? It was ''Andhra  Bank'' which launched it in 1981. The most common form of entertainment for Indians is watching the television ,at least for us children . But do you know who manufactured the first television set in India? It was the''ELECTRONICS CORPORATION OF INDIA Ltd'' in 1959 . We should always wash our hands with soap ,but how many of us know that ''Lifebuoy'' was the first branded soap in India. These days almost every body has a car but do you know that the first car introduced by the '' HINDUSTAN MOTORS" was called the Landmaster , forefather of the Ambassador . As most of the men in India drive car most women drive scooty (scooter)   but do they know that '' Lambretta'' by the ''Innocenti Company'' was the first scooter in India. Everybody loves chocolates and ''Dairy Milk was the first branded chocolate in India launched by Cadbury.  Denims are very popular among youth . But do you know that '' Flying Machine was the first denim brand in India . Just grab a bottle of Cola and that makes your day but do you know that Double Seven was the first Cola brand in India. Just one more fact to go . Do you  know that ISI Kolkata was the first institute in India to buy a computer and D.D. Majumdar wad the first to use it . Bye Bye.

Ace sports persons of India

We all are interested in sports ,I believe, so today's blog I will dedicate to sports.I will write about sports- persons who were the first to have achieved something for India in their sport.
Do you know who was the first Indian to get an Olympic Gold?
Answer:India got its first Gold in 1928 in Hockey . India defeated hosts Netherlands 3-0. India won the match for a player called Dhyan Chand. After that India received several medals in Hockey in Melbourne Olympics , Tokyo Olympics and Moscow Olympics.
Do you know who was the first Indian to receive the '' Super Series Tittle''.
Answer: It was none other than  Saina Nehwal.  It was Saina's gold that raised India in the second position in the '' XIX COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010'' in the medal's tally.
Do you know who was the first Indian to swim across the ''English Channel''.
Answer : It was a man called Mihir Sen , he crossed the ''Channel on 27 September 1958 in 14 hrs and   45 minutes.
Do you know who was the first Indian to get a ''CWG'' medal
Answer : It was Rashid Mian Amwar , he received the bronze medal in wrestling in the ''Freestyle Welterweight '' Catogary in 1934 London  Empire Games as the Games were called that.  

The Legend of the Legends,'' Bob Dylan''

A very good morning to all my friends viewing my blog, I am sure that none of us our austere people so we all love music and today I will tell you about one such legend 'Bob Dylan''. Currently I am listening to a lot of old and classic Western songs and Bob Dylan is one of my favourite now I will write my favourite lines of some songs written by him. ''Blowin' in the wind'':
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man
how many seas must s white dove sail
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
I hope you liked it and I look forward to write  more lines in future.