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Cooking - Sambhar 19 Sept'21

  Sambhar Serving 4 1)       Vegetable Sambhar Ingredients: 1 cup toor dal/ Yellow split Pigeon peas 1 Cup small onions/ 1 big onion chopped 1 chopped tomato 1 cup chopped vegetables of choice ( drumsticks/brinjal/bottlegaurd etc.) ¼ cup tamarind water 3-4 cloves of garlic Curry leaves Mustard Seeds Jeera Asafoetida 1 table spoon Chilli powder/ 2 table spoon sambhar powder 1 table spoon Corriander Powder 1 table spoon salt Method: Wash the lentil 3-4 times. Pressure cook it for 2-3 whistles with a pinch of turmeric, 2-3 cloves of garlic and a tea spoon of oil. Allow it cool and paste it well with the help of a wooden smasher. Heat oil in a pan. Let the mustard and Jeera splutter. Add curry leaves, 2-3 cloves of crushed garlic and onion. Sauté until it turns golden brown. Add salt, turmeric, chilli powder/sambhar powder, asafoetida and coriander powder. Add tomato as well as vegetables. 1) Sauté for a while and then add it in the cooker. Pressure co

Cooking - Pongal - 17 Sept'21

  VenPongal: For Serving 3 Ingredients: 1 cup raw rice (Wash 3-4 times and soak for 15-30 mins prior preparation) ¾ cup yellow split moong dal/Green gram (Wash 3-4 times and soak for 15-30 mins prior preparation) 1 table spoon chopped cashews 1 table spoon whole black Pepper 1 table spoon Jeera Curry Leaves 1 piece ginger – ground into fine past 1 pinch asafoetida Ghee Oil 1 table spoon Salt 5 cups of water Optional : Tumeric Powder and 1 piece green chilli   - ground to fine paste Method: Using a cooker Start to oil water in a tea pan. Heat 3 table spoons of oil in cooker. Add Jeera and black pepper in the. Let it splutter. Add curry leaves, ginger paste, chilli paste and turmeric. Roast it until ginger paste becomes golden brown. Add rice and dal. Roast until the rice and dal slightly puff. Rice has to attain a bright white colour and dal should be golden brown. Add the boiling water. Add salt. Once, everything starts to boil, close the lid for 2-3 w

Holi_English_Poem_25March21

 Holi Colour so bright – vibrant to our delight A tapestry of soulful sight, blazoning to its might Painted and tainted – howsoever soiled despite Joyful it is to pray as well as play in daylight   A story recalled generations after generations With grandma to grandchild for unknown years It all began with a humble boon To the Asura king - Hiranyakashyapu from puran   The king who self-proclaimed to be god Alas ! his son Prahlad has denied Plans were plotted to kill own son In one such instance, it ended in holika dahan   His own doomsday followed next When Narsimha tore him apart on this pretext Followed by celebrations with the end of evil A silent prayer for the peace to prevail   Continued with a tradition to meet and greet With never ending colourful retreat A feast to last forever in our minds A festival that indeed connects or re-joins    - Saranya      

Cast, Creed and What not ?

  Caste, Creed and What not!!! Indian Stereotypes   I am proud to be an Indian and I love my India .   Thanks to Dad’s transferable job and I have been to many places in India. I met people from all wakes of life during my school and college days.   At the outset, we say that India depicts unity in diversity. The stereotypes portrays vice versa.   Indians hate Indians for different reasons - regions, caste, creed, gender, languages, dialects, religions, colour and what not. Every factor of diversity breaks us and breeds hatred. But, Indians love India more than anything else and that’s what unites us.   When I was young, I never knew that KGF (Kolar Gold Field – my birthplace) is in Karnataka as all of them speak in Tamizh. Earlier, I didn’t know the difference between Tamizh and Kannada script. For me, everything written in other languages except Hindi and English seemed to be Jalebi. My mother tongue is Tamizh, so I believed that KGF was in Tamil Nadu and everyone

New Year wishes

  Every year a New Year bumps With a hope to hope more May it broaden happiness window little more May all your endeavors triumphs…

Metrics for Business Developement

  a) Quantitative 1)       1)   Reach 2)       2)  Number of follow ups to generate the lead 3)       3)  Number of leads generated a)        Leads worked upon: Leads Connected b)       Leads interested per month per channel 4)       4)  Value of pipeline 5)       5)  Average time from lead to converted client 6)       6)  Lead close/conversion rate 7)       7)  Assignment value and margin 8)       8)  Marketing/Sales Expenses 9)       9)  Sales Target analysis   b) Qualitative 1)       1)  Product/Service Knowledge 2)       2)  Communication/Expression 3)       3)  Content of Message delivered 4)       4)  Handling rejection 5)       5)  Motivation and Attitude  

Sales Personnel Skillset

  Every person has to sell self once in a while to prove what they are worthy of…Be it at home, be it at school or be it at work. It is an experience with which we learn our worth for the other person/scenario and how we could raise it up to the next level.   With my experience, I am jotting down few points that may form the skillset for Business Development: Analysis: To start with, we need to do prospecting. The root for proper prospecting is analysis of the Industry/organization/personnel whom we would approach. It will equip us with all the relevant information about the prospect and hence we could approach them with intelligence. Understanding: With the research analysis, we can exchange our place with the prospect and feel the as-is situation. To have a better understanding of the same, the prospect could be probed/empathized. It depends. Reasoning: Once we have an understanding. To build the relationship, we can reason with a solution, if we they need or give an alt

Deepavali Wishes

  May the threads of lamps (Deepavali) enlighten our lives with peace & prosperity in all earthly measures & means :)