Lemony Chicken

I decided to make Schezwan Noodles for a Sunday lunch but what to make along with it as a side was a question. Tarun wanted to have some chicken dish and thus tried my hands at Lemony Chicken.



Ingredients:

• Chicken Breast tenders - 4 pcs
  
• Thyme - 1 tbsp


• Garlic - 4 cloves chopped finely


• Ginger - 1 tbsp chopped finely


• Tomato Puree - 1 tbsp


• Green Bell Peppers - 1 medium size


• Black Pepper - 1 tsp


• Salt - to taste


• Oil - 1 tbsp
  
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Spring Onion - to garnish
  

Procedure:

1. Cut the chicken breast tenders into medium size pieces and pierce them with the fork


2. Marinate the chicken with the salt and the thyme and place it in the refrigerator for 30 mins.


3. Heat the pan and put the oil.


4. Once the oil is warm, add the garlic and ginger and saute for 3 mins.


5. Add the chicken in the pan and cook till it is almost cooked.


6. Add the tomato puree and the green bell peppers and mix well.


7. Cook till the chicken is fully cooked.


8. Add the Lemon juice and the Lemony Chicken is ready to serve.

Granish it with some lemon pieces and spring onion.

Writing after a long time - to coolfolks - A Tribute

This is the mail i sent to coolfolks ( my college friends and we communicate through this group in yahoo).
Hello All,

Writing in coolfolks after a long long time i guess, as in all bday wishes, guggu wishes on my behalf as well and thus i am saved :P to write the mails but my wishes are also in the mail sent by Guggu.

Well me and guggu remembered our college days a lot on Jul 4th. nothing specific of the day, just that USA independance day falls on that day.
We went to see fireworks to SFO downtown and they were really fun.
While coming back through BART (Metro as in delhi), saw few ABCD teenagers... .wondering what does ABCD means (American born Confused desi's)..... they were just talking, talking chatting, gossiping... ...as we used to do in our college days....still feel we our young and still collegeites. ..but when sa w them, felt we are a bit old.
Every teenager in that group almost resembled, one of our folks in our group....
One was that def Guggu, with a kada in one hand and height arnd same as guggu, marring style and flirting with gals.....talking talking talking..... and after a while, that guy's mom called....and he was like , yeah mom started already, will reach home soon....as that happens with Guggs now also....Mama' s boy for sure :)
Other was Monika for sure who was the most talkative in the gals group and standing with guys and gossiping... ...
One guy was very very quite and mirrored Gupta ji.....
The other guy resembled Cheems, not tall as cheems but standing with mirror guggu and just making Noise at the top of the BART and every other person in BART was watching him.....
One gal was Deepti quite tall, first half talking and the other half sat quitely.....
I couldnt find myself in that group but Tarun pointed to one gal who was sitting between two gals, sandwhiched, as jagah nahin thi as 3 gals were sitting on one seat, that was me....chhoti si kahin bhi fit hone wali....
so 3 guys and 3 gals, college going....both of us just lived another day of the college with them....it was soooooooooooooooooo fun listening to their gossips and talks......remindin g us of our pasts and the wonderful time all of us spent together.... .
College is associated with good as well as bad memories...personal ly i thought, i would never remember my college life as i didnt want to remember.... .but after college and so many yrs have gone by, sometimes, things come in such a beautiful way in front of u that u tend to remember the most wonderful time of our lives - College Days......

I might have forgotten (intenionally) the college life if Guggs and you beautiful people were not a part of my life during that time....

Thanks to all of you making my college days so wonderful and rememberable. ...

Love you all guys and gals. Happy Friendship day. (Friendship day is no where near but still want to wish you alllll)
Chhavs

Sometimes

Sometimes when i get up in the morning, everything looks so bright and joyful but few mornings are really lethargic and off the mark.
Sometimes i want to complete all the work which is pending and get ready, few days just goes by not doing anything, not even the basic things which you should be doing.
Sometimes the evenings are so pleasant, and few evenings are depressing.

Is it just the weather, or the people around you or you yourself who is the reason for all this.
Why this happens and i am sure this has happened to all of us in our life time.
Is it like when we are happy, every thing around us seems so joyful and when we are not happy, everything is so dull.
I think we all know the answer to this question but sometimes you would want to write few word to express yourself.

Avatar - a revolution in the world of cinema with an "OK" story - I am dissapointed

Avatar 2009, saw in 2010, after a month it was released. I wanted to see this movie as a 3D imax movie and i did just the same.
Before i watched this movie in the theater and even before the movie was released, i watched it (few scenes), but not the trailers in the theater, otherwise i wouldn't have mentioned it.
Very few people get a chance to be a part of the survey which selects which clips should be shown in the trailer of the movie. I was one of the "lucky" selected to give my feedback on what should be shown as a part of the trailer of Avatar. When i did this survey, i was not aware that this movie would be a box office hit and all weekends full for the next so many weeks. In the feedback, i said that i might/might not watch this movie. Scenes shown to me were not very impressive and i was also not very impressed with the blue aliens. I hated them.
After watching the movie, my feedback remains the same.
I watched it as a 3D imax movie. It was not a very pleasent experience to watch a 2 + hrs movie with the 3D googles on. Eyes were really tired after a while and by the end of it, i was totally exhausted.
I liked the movie for the kind of technology used and the special affects and thats it.
The story was off the mark with respect to what they have tried to show. I felt that in order to show the special affects, the story has just been forced in.
There were few scenes which were typical bollywood, reminded me of the "jhad phoos" magic which is done in India to remove the supposedly evil spirits. That was really funny and horrible at the same time.
I felt the story was slow and i got a chance to take a nap as well in between.
All in all, a one time watch but dont bother for a 3D experience. You and your eyes will be totally tired after the movie.
I feel the hype is more for the movie than the movie actually is.

2009 set 2010 dawn

Another year is coming to an end and this is going to be my last blog in the year 2009.
I hope to pen down more blogs next year than i was able to do this year.
Time flies by so quickly that we are already near to end of another year.
January is the only month where we realize that "oh, its a long year", but after that you doesnt come to know when it is already Dec 31st.
2009 is another year making history in every field of life.
Many disasters were averted but some still happened.
War still happened but peace was also made.
Terror attacks still happened and still going on....
Some became new mom's, some others lost their only child.
Some got promotions, some lost their job.
Some got their wishes fulfilled, some still waiting.
So its just a part and parcel of life....All the above things are going to happen in the next year and there after...so does the end of the year signifies anything? Or its just another date to make you one more year older....
I still hope that the coming year is prosperous and successful year for everyone.
Lets be positive, eat healthy, exercise, determined and lead a happy life !

Happy New year 2010 to all my blog readers !

Missing weddings has become a trend

I have not seen any wedding since my wedding...
Many weddings have come by and gone but i was always on the other side of the ocean to attend any of those.
When ever i see the snaps of my family and friends enjoying all the fun of the wedding,i am jealous.
People say that you have to sacrifice some things in order to get some and, in marriage, you have to compromise.....I feel thats all true ...In marraige you have to compromise and i also compromised a lot....you guys will be curious to know what i sacrificed....all the marriages since my marriage.....;)
Its just that my circumstances have been always different during any marriage time and forunately or unfortunately, i am not able to attend....How my marriage has played a part in this? To be honest, its just a cliche but my marriage has nothing to do with me not attending marriages but it has always been my work....why i said marriage before becuase if i would not have got married, i would not have missed so many of them becuase i would not be a part of my new family then where all of them happened (Tarun's side cousins) :) Howz that....
But i stll miss all the festivites and hasna gana .....I miss you guys....

Digital Fortress - a disappointment

Finished reading digital fortress 2 weeks back. Was very enthusiastic to read that book because my previous reads of Dan Brown have been just awesome but DF disappointed me.
It had an element of suspense as in other books but some how it never took control of the readers mind, atleast not me.
This book reminded me of the various bollywood scenes and the climax. I guess thats the reason i didnt like it. Unlike other books, it never got the reader involved in itself. It had a fast moving pace but in between it used to go so slow that you might want to skip the pages and read the end.
I was expecting the similar kind of suspense, fast, chemistry between the characters as Dan Brown potrayed in his other books but this one didnt take my heart.
Probably this one was his initial one, so i guess i read his books in a bit different order and i have to say that he is definitely improving :)