Checking crime, tracking crime

I am fond of watching 'super-fast' news every morning. The most common news one can find almost every day is abduction, dacoity, theft, rape, murder and much more in metro cities particularly in Delhi and Mumbai.

Delhi, being a national capital should be as good as heaven for the innocent citizens, but on the contrary it is becoming a hub for all kind of small and big crimes. I wonder why and how local police and other security forces are unable to check these crimes and atrocities against helpless citizens.

Its not the case that this post is all about blasting off on the security lapse or less effective control in checking crime. The police force have been quite successful in solving crimes, but is only our security force responsible for checking and tracking crime?

We, as a citizen, simply avoid any involvement in eradicating criminal offense.

Couple of days back, a girl named Jigisha working in a BPO was murdered. Police and news channel states that the criminals used her credit cards in purchasing some expensive items from stores. All the criminals were involved were males. They had used the credit cards of Jigisha, a female. So, how come the shop keeper who accepted the card did not noticed such vast difference? The shop owner should have questioned the culprits regarding ownership of card.

No doubt that these murderers will be punished as the murder case has been resolved. But the shop-owner along with the person who accepted the credit card should also be penalized and punished.

Pasta in Vodka Sauce with garlic bread

I wonder why people go out and shed so much of money eating out when you can prepare exotic dishes in no time. It not only saves time, but also gives you a satifaction of having a good and hygenic food.

The restaurents which serves few italian dishes like pasta are either too expensive to afford or too much tasteless.

Pastas/Spaghetti is generally prepared in varied combination of sauces, herbs and vegetables. Once you get accustomed to the taste or blend of pasta, you can prepare a wide range of delicacies by adding differenct ingredients to pastas.

My favorite sauce for pasta is full of tomatoes, chillies, onion-garlic and a few vegetables. Once the pasta or spaghetti is cooked, saute some garlic cloves along with onions and chillies. Add ginger-garlic paste to add some tangy taste. Now add some tomatoe puree along with red chilly powder and turmeric powder. Cover the pan for four to five minutes so the puree is cooked properly. Now, you can add vegetables like carrot, green pepper, peas microwaved for around four minutes. For, people looking out something different, a cup of vodka or wine can be added but make sure to keep the flame at lowest level while adding vodka. Now, add boiled pasta or spaghetti and simmer for couple of minutes. The pasta is ready to eat.

Desi garlic bread are quick to prepare and good to eat. Apply some butter on any bread. Sprinkly some garlic salt on the bread. If the garlic salt is not available, one can spread garlic paste with common salt on the bread. Pre-heat the oven and put it on convection mode. Now, put the breads on upper rack for about 3 minutes and the garlic bread is ready to accompany pasta.

Holi Hai!!!

Here comes the most colorful, dirty n flirty fest of the country.... Holi!!Being a proper Surti (in every aspect), I fail miserably to imagine any fest or occasion without lots of khana-peena (food n beverages) and masti. This holi, there were a few people who were made victims of the rowdiness of our inner (can say 'sinner') soul.. Harish who happens to be one of our own gang was not even spared. He played a perfect role of a guinea pig by taking in all type of color, mud and god knows what... :)


The guys were all equipped with latest colors which reminds one how brutally he was colored for days...

The next victim Aman aka Chaman Jingaaa who kept on cursing us till we left him totally ruined..

Mr Patel being a great sport showed up after some time mentally prepared for all torture, but seemed to be more afraid of Mrs Patel rather than us and kept on looking up for the wrath of her better half.... :)

Badly burnt Bread Rolls

However hard we try, sometimes we may not get an alternative for a pan filled with hot cooking oil. A Foodie like me will cannot resist a hot and peppery dishes soaked in oil.. But where there is a will, there is a microwave!!
This weekend, I was once again urged to experiment more on healthy way of cooking oil soaked delicacy. Word ‘Bread roll’ kept hitting my ear and taste buds, so i finally made up my mind to go for it.
There are certain things which these cookery books
don't state is the easier way of cooking vegetable. Just cut finely vegetables like carrot or even onions and microwave them @ 100% for a minute or so. Same goes for vegetables like green peas or corn too but a cauliflower may take a little longer… So, i microwaved finely cut chillies, carrot peas for a minute so that they do not remain raw. The same was done for ginger n garlic paste, lil cumin seeds, red chilly powder and turmeric powder. Little oil should be added in this spices and should be microwaved for 30 secs so they are properly cooked and also don't get burnt.
Once the rolls were ready, i started grilling them after coating up with little oil. But the grilling doesnt work out evenly on every part of roll and one needs to roll them up
continuously. After cooking them up for about 15 mins, some part was nicely cooked, some part remained raw and some was burnt!!!
So, I thought of using convection mode as we do for pizza but that didnt go well either as i guess we were using a flat dish for keeping rolls and not rack.
So, my experiment for a perfect bread roll still continues… if anyone has a better idea, please suggest.

The new wave

If one could understand the joy staying alone in a bachelor accommodation, he would have also gone through the pain of nurturing himself and his little belly. After a hard(ly) working day, when you go home to find empty dishes n pans for your empty stomach, one can only feel agony and pity on thyself. Eating out everyday will again spoil your biological and monthly economic budget. And yeah, Maggi(instant noodle) does remain an edible choice after couple of days.
Though I always boast of my efficient cooking skills, I am nowhere a match for every day cooking. It sucks!
So, when my hope for a miracle was about to diminish, I was suggested to give a second thought to buy Microwave Oven. Well, I had not heard that well for this Electric Chullah and had been always advised to refrain from it as it was good for nothing.
My thought process towards microwave oven started to change on my half yearly visit to Vincy’s Beer treat in Mumbai! There, I learned how to heat up every edible stuff at one go.
On a one fine day in the first week of the month(the most happiest week in the month), I gathered courage and visited few stores where I was shown and marketed all types of Microwave ovens. Though I was running short on budget(as i always do), I again managed to gather up courage to buy a better economical version with a CONVECTION mode!
So, we had a new lazy alien cook who worked only if we compelled him to!
Fortunately, most of the experiments I started off with this new cook were not so horrible and also there hasn’t been any explosion which inspires and promotes myself to go further with my experiments.
Microwave is dominantly designed for Videshi Khana. A lot has been written and said for indian delicacies too. but, I would suggest to first understand the functions available in the oven and adjust them with Indian cooking. Like, you would find the cookbook stating to apply some water on papad heat it in microwave for 30 secs with a tissue paper down under, but it doesn state that the water needs to be applied only on the upper side of the pappad. Nor, it states that instead of water, one can enjoy it by also applying very little oil or ghee which gives feel of a fried pappad!
So, my experiments with the oven started up with desi pasta, pizza and pappad will continue till my mind gets exhausted of thinking further….