Monday 14 January 2013

Psychology vs LAW!

A guy asked a girl in a library, "Do you mind if I sit beside you?"

The girl answered with a loud voice, "I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU!!!"

All the students in the library started staring at the guy, and he was embarrassed.

After a couple of minutes, the girl walked quietly to the guy's table and she told him,

"I study psychology, and I know what a man is thinking. I guess you felt embarrassed, right?"

The guy responded with a loud voice, "$200 JUST FOR ONE NIGHT!? THAT'S TOO MUCH!!!"

And all the people in the library looked at the girl in shock, and the guy whispered in her ear,

"I study law, and I know how to make someone feel guilty.

Sunday 13 January 2013

The Well-Dressed Salesman


A little old man answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a very well-dressed young man in a navy blue pinstriped suit, red silk tie, white shirt, shoes polished like black mirrors, and carrying a vacuum cleaner.
"Good morning," said the young man. "If I could take a couple minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners."
"Get lost, Mister fancy suit!" said the old man. "I haven't got any money" and he proceeded to close the door.
Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his polished shoe in the door and pushed it wide open.
"Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration."
The old man again told him to get lost. And with that, the young man emptied a bucket of mud all over his hallway carpet.
"If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this mess from your carpet, Sir, I will personally eat the remainder.
"I got a better idea" said the old man, looking the young man up and down "If you don't clean it all up, I'll swap those fancy clothes of yours fer my overalls."
"Fine, sir!" said the young man confidently.
"That fancy suit and tie are gonna look good on me!" said the old man."But take them shoes off first!"
"But sir! I haven't demonstrated the vacuum yet!"
"Yes, you have. The electricity ain't workin"..."

WHAT THE FISH?



The staple food of Goa is rice & fish curry made in this style is tangy and spicy! Tuna tastes especially good in Goan Fish Curry but you can also use any fish with firm white flesh.

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg fish cleaned and cut into pieces
  • 1 1/2" lump of tamarind
  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • 1 large onion sliced
  • 1 large tomato sliced
  • 7-8 dry red chillies
  • 2 tbsps garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp ginger paste
  • 1 1/2 cups grated fresh coconut
  • 2 tbsps coriander powder
  • 2 tbsps cumin powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  • 2 green chillies slit
  • 2 tbsps vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil
  • Hot water for gravy (approximately 2 cups)
  • Salt to taste

Preparation:

  • Soak the tamarind in 1/2 a cup of hot water for 10 minutes. Now mash the tamarind with your fingers to mix it well into the water. Strain through a sieve to extract all the pulp. Keep pulp aside.
  • Put the onion, tomato, coconut, ginger, garlic, dry red chillies, all the spices and the tamarind pureĆ© into your food processor and grind well to make a smooth paste (masala).
  • Heat a deep pan on a medium flame, add the oil and heat.
  • Add the green chillies, masala paste you just ground to the oil and fry for 5 minutes.
  • Now add the 2 cups of water (add more water if you would like more gravy) and bring the gravy to a boil. Reduce the flame to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Add salt to taste.
  • Gently add the pieces of fish to the gravy and cook for 10 more minutes. Do not cover the pan at any time during the cooking.
  • Turn off the fire and serve immediately with plain boiled rice.

Tips & Variations :

You can use prawns, pomfret , king fish or any other fish of your choice to prepare this curry.
Do not over cook the fish or it will disintegrate into the curry.
You may use a combination of scraped coconut & coconut milk.
If you do not like excess coconut then you may use half coconut.
You can grind the masala paste; use warm water to extract juice & then make curry.
You can use only tamarind pulp or only tomatoes, bimlees or bindi sol which is also known as sol/sola/amsol/kokum.
Using coconut oil gives a good flavor. Coconut oil is used to prepare traditional curries.
You can prepare the curry without oil by thinning the masala paste & directly boiling it.