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Ada a rice pancake from Kerala

For all those who have a sweet tooth Ada is something to die for.It is nothing but thin lining of rice dough stuffed with jaggery and grated coconut.Banana plantain leaves are first cut into small pieces then shown on light flame so that they loose their rigidity and become tender.Banana plantain leaves are as such a bit hard.Soak rice in water for few hours. Then drain the excess water using a sieve. Then powder the drained rice in mixer. Roast this rice flour on low flame in a frying pan .Then take some rice flour in a pan. pour some simmering hotwater and mix with a spoon till a smooth dough is ready.Now spread it evenly on a bana leaf. Place the jaggery and coconut mixture within the same.Fold the leaf and steam in in rice cooker. After sometime once it is cool you can relish the same. Youtube and google are best places to have a view as to how it is really made.This would really aid in understanding the preparation.I am a bit doubtful whether it has to be roasted . Same rice flour is used  to make puttu (cylindrical rice pancakes a layer of rice flour and grated coconut).

Why Indian food is so delicious

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Why Indian food is so delicious: Scientists say our love of curry is down to a lack of overlapping flavours

• Scientists studied the chemical compounds in 2,000 Indian dishes
• They found ingredients were teamed together that had no similarity
• This is in contrast to many Western dishes that tend to pair flavours
• Out of the 381 cooking ingredients in the world, Indian food uses 200

With their intoxicating spices and complex flavours, Indian curries are enjoyed the world over. Now, in an analysis of more than 2,000 popular recipes, scientists have discovered the secret behind curry's popularity on a molecular level


Researchers at the Indian Institute for Technology in Delhi looked at how often overlapping flavour compounds were used in a dish's ingredients.

We found that average flavour sharing in Indian cuisine was significantly lesser than expected,' researchers wrote. The study found that ingredients such as garam masala and bell peppers are usually teamed up with other ingredients that have no chemical similarity.

Out of the 381 cooking ingredients in the world, the research team from that Indian food used 200 in their cuisine. 'Each of the spices is uniquely placed in its recipe to shape the flavor sharing pattern with rest of the ingredients,' the researchers said

COULD CURRY BE USED TO BANISH BAD MEMORIES? 

A spice commonly used in curry could help erase bad memories, according to a study.
Curcumin, a bright-yellow compound found in the root of the Indian spice turmeric, prevented new fear memories being stored in the brain, and also removed pre-existing fear memories, researchers found.
It is hoped that the findings will help develop treatments for people suffering with psychological disorders.
Psychologists from The City University of New York trained rats to become scared when they heard a particular sound. Scientists assumed the creatures were frightened when they froze.
Hours later, when the same sound was played to the rats, those who had been given ordinary food froze.
Yet the rats fed the curcumin-rich diet didn't freeze, suggesting their fearful memories had been erased.

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 The Real Story Of Audrey Hepburn Will Break Your Heart

** Warning:d There’s some grim photos at the end and you might not want to be eating while reading this **

We all remember Audrey as the cutesy call girl in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The iconic photo of her standing in front of the window at Tiffany’s became a staple of the 1960′s

But did you know she fought against the Nazi’s in WWII? She helped raise MONEY for the Dutch resistance and hid messages in her shoes. True story.

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She also won every award possible; including an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe

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And graced every magazine cover imaginable

 

She could’ve been a NYC socialite – living in a penthouse, attending galas every night, and drinking fine wine. Audrey had the world on a string…

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But she didn’t want to do that…

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Instead she joined UNICEF and from 1988 to 1992 she traveled to the worlds poorest countries. Her first stop was in Ethiopia where she visited the orphanages of starving children

“I have a broken heart. I feel desperate. I can’t stand the idea that two million people are in imminent danger of starving to death, many of them children…”

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Then she went on an immunization campaign in Turkey

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Then South America: Venezuela and Ecuador

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Then Central America: Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala

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Went to Sudan for “Operation Lifeline” where she helped ferry food to people during civil war.

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How about Bangladesh? Yup.

“Often the kids would have flies all over them, but she would just go hug them. I had never seen that. Other people had a certain amount of hesitation, but she would just grab them. Children would just come up to hold her hand, touch her – she was like the Pied Piper.” – UN Photographer

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I wish I knew what was so funny…

Another immunization, this time in Vietnam? Yup.

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And in 1992, four months before she died of appendiceal cancer, Audrey went to Somalia

“I walked into a nightmare. I have seen famine in Ethiopia and Bangladesh, but I have seen nothing like this – so much worse than I could possibly have imagined. I wasn’t prepared for this.”

September 1992, Audrey Hepburn in Somalia. © Robert Wolders

September 1992. Somalia. © Robert Wolders

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