RK Saranya

  My first attempt to write something in Tamil: கண்ணாடியில் பார்த்தால் முதலில் காண்பது தன் கண்க‌ளே. In the mirror you see what your own eyes show I believe that no matter what happens around or how others see you or reflect, the most important thing is how you perceive, present and see yourself through your own understanding of self.

 Catching Wasp In summers, the jasmine flower creeper near the window bloomed to its fullest. The entire room smelled good. At night, it made weird images on the windowsill and wall. Occasionally, bees and wasps built their homes on the trees in the front garden which can be seen from the window. Once it so happened that a wasp entered the bedroom through the window. I was scared that it would somehow bite me. I came up with a brilliant idea to catch it alive and leave it in the garden. For that, I sat silently and watched it intently. Once it sat on the teddy bear in a corner, I got a small towel to hold it. I carefully kept the towel on the wasp. Bundled it softly with care. I was super happy that I did it. Now, I just had to leave it in the garden. Suddenly, I felt an excruciating pain in my wrist. I screamed aloud - Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Heard a “Thud” sound. Dropped the towel and ran to the living room. Mummy fell from chair. She was lying flat on the floor and so did the ch...

  Vegetable Biriyani Basmati Rice - 1 cup. Water - 2 cups Carrots, beans, cauliflower, potato – diced ¼ cup each Green Peas - ½ cup Onion - 1 medium size (sliced thin lengthwise) Tomatoes - 2 medium size (finely chopped) Coriander leaves – ¼ cup (finely chopped) Mint leaves – ¼ cup (finely chopped) Curry leaves - ¼ cup (finely chopped) Dry Whole Spices (star anise, cardamom, clove, cinnamon, Red Chilies, and bay leaf) - 1-2 pieces each Cumin - 1 teaspoon Fennel - 1 teaspoon Green Chilies - 2-3 sliced. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tablespoon (Prefer grinding in mortar) Red Chili Powder - 1 tablespoon Coriander Powder - 1 tablespoon Ghee – 1 tablespoon Oil - 2 tablespoon Turmeric Powder - 1 teaspoon Salt - 2 tablespoon Optional - A dash of lemon juice after adding rice. Deep fried onion slice at the end. Milk cream/curd after cooking the vegetables. A variety of other veggies like beetroot/cauliflower/corn/mushroom etc or instead use paneer alone....

  Pumpkin Roast Ingredients: Pumpkin - 250 g Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon Cumin - 1 teaspoon Oil - 2 tablespoon Turmeric - 1 teaspoon Red Chili Powder - 1 tablespoon Salt - 2-3 teaspoon Jaggery – powdered/crushed – 2 tablespoons (Can use sugar if jaggery is not available) Optional - Can add 2-3 sliced green chilies and few curry leaves for added spice after mustard and cumin splutters. Ground peanut can be added in the end to enhance taste. Cooking time - 10 minutes Serves 4-5 people as a side dish for rice or roti. Process: 1)       Wash and cut the pumpkin into bit size pieces with the skin on 2)       In a pan, heat oil and let the mustard and cumin splutter. Add pumpkin pieces to it. Give a nice stir. 3)       Add salt and turmeric. Stir well and close the lid. Let it cook for 5 mins. 4)       Add red chili powder. Stir it. Let it cook for 5-10 min...

 Earn Respect Respect you and your time If you yourself don’t Then, no one else won’t Poured from soul is supreme   Respect is like an energy, an aura Neither be created nor destroyed Amplifies with humble gratitude Dissolves in thin air, rare to see an aurora  - Saranya

  Beans/Beetroot/Carrot Poriyal or Sabzi (Vegetable)   Ingredients: Beans - 250 g Onion - 1 medium size Cloves of garlic - 1 or 2 Dry whole Red Chili - 3-4 pieces Mustard Seeds - 1 teaspoon Split Bengal Gram (Chana dal) - 1 teaspoon Split Black Cram (Urad dal) - 1 teaspoon Cumin (Jeera) - 1 teaspoon Oil - 2 tablespoon Salt - 2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi) - A pinch Asafetida (Hing) - A pinch Grated Coconut - 2 tablespoon Curry leaves - 4 to5 leaves Coriander leaves - 4 to 5 leaf stalks  Water - 1 cup Process: 1) Wash beans and roughly chop it. In a pan boil water, add pinch of salt and chopped beans. Cover and boil at medium heat until the water dries up. It will take 5-10 minutes. 2) Take a pan. Heat oil. Add Chana dal, urad dal, jeera, mustard seeds to splutter. Then, add dry red chili, curry leaves, Asafetida, chopped onion and garlic. Add salt. Add the ingredients in the same sequence. Sauté it with closed lid for 5-10 minutes until the onion caramelizes. 3) In th...

  In my shared journeys to grow clientele, a delivery team has always played a vital role in winning a deal. It was a peculiar case where it took 3 long years for a client to consider to us aboard. Every time it felt that we are winning and lost at the very nearing last round. I always believed that one day, we’ll win. I had this confidence as I always responded with right proposals on time and received equally positive response until, we lost at the end.   In this first year, I sought support from one of our technology team who had both domain expertise and technical know-how. On the D-day when we were to qualify the technical round, we had the presentation ready. As the delivery person accompanying me was a veteran, he even had 2-3 copies of ppt slides printed in case external device or presentations are not allowed in client’s premise. Our faces fell together when post presentation, the client asked doubt on a specific business case. My learned colleague didn’t have an ...