VANILLA CAKE

INGREDIENTS

2 large eggs
Half cup powdered sugar
Half cup maida
1 tsp baking powder
One-fourth cup milk
Half a cup oil
1 tsp vanilla essence





Method
Sift the flour and baking powder. Beat eggs and powdered sugar till it turns fluffy and double in volume.Add the essence. Mix in the oil to the beaten egg and sugar mixture and stir well. Into this fold in the flour gradually till the entire flour is used.Add the milk for a thinner consistency. Grease a deep bowl and pour the batter in it.Microwave uncovered for four minutes Even if it does not appear firm do not microwave for a longer period.Let it remain for 5 minutes in the oven.After taking it out allow it to cool for 5 to 10 minutes before removing it from the bowl.For those who are not having oven,place the pressure cooker on the stove and take sand in it. Heat the sand and then place the bowl in it and close the cooker with lid without using gascut.Do not use cooker weight.Reduce the flame and keep it for 30 minutes.Then take the bowl from the cooker and allow it to cool.

DO U KNOW ??????????

*As few as 15 minutes of sunlight per day on our body is needed to get the daily dose of vitamin D.If we are unable to get the rays it is advisable to take 200 IU of vitamin D.

*Parsley is the world's most popular herb.It derives its name from the Greek word meaning "Rock celery".Parsley has 3 times the vitamin c of an orange and twice as much iron as spinach.It is also recognised for its cancer fighting properties.

*Niacin, folate, vitamin B12, vitamin c, and vitamin E are the best nutrients to get memory power.Green leafy vegetables have also been shown to combat memory loss.

*Adiet rich in selenium and vitamins A,C and E has been shown to protect rats and Guinea pigs from hearing loss and to lessen the damage caused by loud noises.

THE FIRST ATOM BOMB

The first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6,1945 and the next one was dropped on Nagasaki three days later. The devastation,shattering in its magnitude,broke the morale of the Axis Powers and put an end to World WarII.
The human side of the story,involving the death of millions and the mutilation of perhaps an equal number in Hiroshima has been movingly told by Marcel Junod, who was the chief of the unit of the International Red Cross stationed in Japan during World WarII, in his book.. Warrior Without Weapons. This extract describes Junod's visit to the scene of the annihilation three weeks after the event.

BOOKS

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.Some books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Books without the knowledge of life are useless.If a book is worth reading it is worth buying.All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old. A house without books is a body without a soul.Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books is not poor.The wise man reads both books and life itself.A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.

HELEN KELLER

Helen Adams Keller(1880-1936) terribly handicapped from childhood, was endowed with grim determination to make a success of her life and with her own efforts, ably assisted by her teacher Anne Sullivan, Helen did make a resounding success of her life. Blind,deaf and mute from her eighteenth month, Helen not merely overcame the disadvantages of these handicaps,but graduated from Radcliffe College, became an accomplished writer and speaker and devoted her life to the cause of the blind all over the world.Hers is the saga of the triumph of the spirit over the body.
Helen Keller fought against her disabilities and her disabilities and became one of the greatest women of the world.

IDLI VEGETABLE DELIGHT

INGREDIENTS
2 idlis(sliced lengthwise)
1 onion(sliced)
1 small potato(boiled and sliced)
1 cup mixed vegetables,boiled(peas,carrots,beans, etc)
1 cup sprouts
2 green chillies (chopped)
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp jeera
1 tomato(deseeded and chopped)
salt to taste
1 tbsp lemon juice

For garnishing
a few fried cashew nuts,coriander(chopped)

METHOD
Heat oil and saute onions and jeera till onions are brown. Add boiled vegetables, potato, sprouts,green chillies and stir till heated.Add sliced idlis, tomatoes,lemon juice and salt and cook till the contents thoroughly heated.Remove from fire and garnish with cashew nuts and coriander.

PROVERBS

HONESTY
*Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.

*Honesty is the best policy.

*Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

*An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

*An honest man is the noblest work of God.

*No legacy is so rich as honesty.

*He that loseth his honesty, hath nothing else to lose.


*To make our children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

*Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth.

*Corruption wins not more than honesty.

*Some are born good, some make good, and some are caught with the goods.

WAY TO SUCCESS

"WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY"

This saying is a very valuable guide to success.The two qualities essential to success are perseverance and determination.In everything that one undertakes to do,one must have the determination and resolve to see the thing through.Difficulties and obstacles are bound to crop up in the course of attempt. But they can be overcome by a strong will.As the difficulties and disappointments are overcome, hope and encouragement will arise, and these will be helpful to get over further difficulties.Failure should never discourage a person from carrying out his plans.Wise persons should know that great things are achieved only by constant,untiring and hard work.Failures must be regarded only as stepping stones to success. Nothing great can be achieved without a strong will or a determined effort. Everyone who desires success must surely bear this motto in mind.

RIDDLES

QUESTIONS
1.What is it that wipes its face with two hands all day?

2.I see him, but he does not see me.

3.What four letters would frighten a thief?

4. The white man with a black hat.

5.There is a woman who wears a crown and has eyes all over.

6.A rock was split and a rock was seen;
That rock was split and silver was seen;
In the well of silver,water was seen.

7.Who am I?
I wear a white petticoat and I have a red nose.
The longer I stand, the shorter I grow.
Who am I?

ANSWERS

1. A CLOCK

2.A MIRROR

3.O I C U(oh I see you)

4.A MATCHSTICK

5.A PINEAPPLE

6.A COCONUT

7.A CANDLE





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PROVERBS

*Repairing the cow -shed after the cow is lost.

*A sparrow does not skim over a rice mill.

*Constant grinding can turn even iron into a needle.

*Birds listen to day-talk, and rats to night-talk.

*A rotten tree does not produce fruits , and empty words have no value.

*Together, people can move mountains; firewood bunched together can produce higher flames.

*The hardest rock erodes in water.

*Rippling water shows lack of depth.

*The sweetness of sugar does not remain sweet on our tongue for long, but the sweetness of good words stays sweet in our hearts forever.

***HAVE A NICE DAY***

DO YOU KNOW???

Bengal's sorrow_ Damodar river
Blue mountain _ nilgiris hills
City of palaces_ Calcutta
China's sorrow_ Hwang -he river
City of dreaming spires_ Oxford
City of golden gate_ San Franscisco
City of seven hills_ Rome
City of sky scrapers_ New york
Cockpit of Europe_ Belgium
Dark continent_ Africa
Dairy of Northern Europe_Denmark
Empire city_ New york
Eternal city_ Rome
Forbidden city_ Lhasa
Garden city_ Bangalore
Hermit kingdom_ Korea
Herring Pond_ Atlantic ocean
Holy land_ Jerusalem
Holy mountain_ Fujiyama
Island of cloves_ Zanzibar
Island of continent_ Australia
Island of fire_ Iceland
Island of pearls_ Bahrain
Island of springs_ Jamaica

READ AND ENJOY

Expansion and Contraction

" Explain the theory of expansion and contraction,"the teacher asked one of the pupils.

"A substance expands when it is heated and contracts when it is cooled."

"No wonder we have long vacation in summer and a short one in winter,"remarked another pupil.


A NAUGHTY BOY

Little Anish came home from school and said to his father ,"Dad,,what would do,if I said I got one hundred percent in arithmetic today?"

"What? A perfect score? Oh,I would faint away,"said the father.

"You see,I don't want you to faint.That's why I restrained myself from getting more than fifty."

THE GREEDY DOCTOR

There was an herb doctor in Korea, who was famous for his ability and also
for his greed.
Once, he cured a child of a difficult disease and as a token of her gratitude, the child's mother
presented the doctor with a pretty silky wallet. The woman said,"Sir, I made it myself.
Please accept it."
Shaking his head, the doctor said harshly, "I don't accept my fee in kind. Give me cash."
The woman felt hurt and humiliated. She asked , "How much should I pay you?"
" Five nyang,"said the doctor.
Without a word, the mother took ten nyang out of the silk wallet, handed them to the doctor,
and left with the rest of the ten nyang she had brought in the wallet to give him.

BREAD CUTLET

INGREDIENTS

Family bread slices-8 nos

Boiled and smashed potato-200 gms

Green chillies-25 gms

Finely chopped onions-50 gms

Mint leaves-5 gms

Coriander leaves-5gms

Garam masala powder-2 gms

Salt-to taste

Turmeric powder-2 gms

oil-20 gms

METHOD
Heat oil, fry green chillies,onions, mint leaves.
Add salt, turmeric powder, smashed potato. Mix well.
Sprinkle garam masala and coriander and make the filling into small balls.

Moisten the bread slice.Place the fillings in the centre and roll the bread into ball shape.
Heat a tawa, put oil, flatten the bread ball with hand.
Fry both sides using oil and serve hot with tomato sauce.

STUFFED KEEMA MATAR PARANTHA

INGREDIENTS
1 cup maida
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
a little warm water to knead
melted ghee for applying inside
and cooking paranthas

For filling
250 gm minced meat(keema)
2 onions (chopped)
2 cloves garlic(crushed)
1 tsp ginger(paste)
2 tomatoes(pureed)
1/2 tsp green chillies(chopped finely)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
salt to taste
2 tbsp ghee

To make filling
Heat the ghee and fry onions,ginger and garlic till golden.
Add keema and fry over high temperature for 5 minutes.
Add chillies tomato puree, turmeric powder, chilli powder,garam masala and stir well.
Cover and cook till the keema is nearly cooked.
Add a little water if required to soften the keema.
Add salt.Simmer on low flame till keema is soften and the ghee seperates.


METHOD
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Gradually add warm water and knead until the dough is smooth.
Divide into 4 pieces and shape each into a smooth ball.
Allow to rest for 15 minutes.
Now flatten each ball and roll into a thin round.
Apply melted ghee on it and fold twice.
Roll out into triangles.
Heat a tawa and cook paranthas, using ghee onboth sides.
Place filling in the paranthas, roll up, put in a serving dish and serve hot with tomato-corriander
chutney.

SOME WORDS TO SUCCEED

*The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

*Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

*Six essential qualities that are the key to success:
sincerity,personal integrity, humility,courtesy, wisdom, charity.

*We will reach the pinnacle of success as soon as we become uninterested in money, compliments,
or publicity.

*Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

*There are no gains without pains.

*To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

*Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

*Nothing succeeds like success.

RIDDLES-PART2

QUESTIONS:
1.A clever little craftsman
Who builds houses without bricks,
White walls without windows,
Which after dismantling can all become clothes.

2.What is that which we swallow and live,
but when it swallows us, we die.

3.Big creatures can get in,but
Not! The tiny ones cannot.

4.When it was young(small) it wore a skirt;
When it was old(big) it was naked.

5.There are no milestones,
only twelve villages in single file.
There are two men-one lean, one fat-who go round.
When the lean one reaches twelve,
the fat one completes a mile.

6.What is it that takes dried clothes off and wears wet
clothes?

ANSWERS:
1.A silkworm
2.Water
3.A mosquito net
4.An eggplant(brinjal)
5.A clock
6.A clothesline

RIDDLES.......PART1

QUESTIONS:
1.It has a leg, but no thigh;
It has a head, but no face.

2.It comes and it goes;
It does nothing but flows.

3.With eight feet carrying a drum,
Frighteningly wielding two scissors;
Arrogantly walking sideways,Continuously blowing bubbles.

4.When we use it,we throw it away but
when it is not used,we keep it at the head (of a boat).

5.What is it that becomes bigger and bigger
the more it moves around?

6.Miss Red tickles Miss Black,
Miss Black tickles Miss White,
Miss White chuckles "blurb, blurb,blurb!"
(Miss Red=fire, Miss Black= pot,
and Miss White=rice.)

ANSWERS:
1.A mushroom
2.Wind blowing the kite
3.A crab
4.An anchor
5.Rumour
6.Cooking rice

WORDS THAT WORTH

*The happiest wife is not the one who marries the best man, she is the one who makes the best man of the one she married-Noel.
*Wives are young men's mistresses,companions for middle age and old men's nurses.-Francis Bacon.
*A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband-Old Testament.
*This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel-Horace Walpole.
*Two kinds of gratitude; the sudden kind
We feel for what we take,the larger kind
We feel for what we give.-E.A.Robinson.
*Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can.-John wesley

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