City of Nawabs and kababs that Drives all along!

Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, thrives along the banks of Gomti river. The Gomti river originates from Fulhaar Jheel (Gomat Talab) which is 3km east of Pilibhit district, and flows southwards through Lucknow, Barabanki, Sultanpur, Faizabad and Jaunpur before merging with the river Ganga near the holy city of Varanasi. According to Hindu Mythology, the river is the daughter of Sage Vashist and therefore considered sacred.

Lucknow is the heart of the art, cuisine, dance, culture and music of North India. It was the cradle of the Hindu-Muslim-Sikh symbioses that made India great. Lucknow is the home of Urdu, Hindustani and Hindi languages. A historically important city for many centuries, it was at the heart of North Indian culture. In particular, the city was famous for its Adab and Tehzeeb (manners and hospitality), intricate embroidery, beautiful gardens and dance forms such as Kathak. It was also one of the major sites of the 1857 Indian Mutiny (or the First War of Indian Independence). The Hindi spoken in Lucknow is considered the most mellifluous and full of alacrity.

Lucknow is also known for its elaborate cuisine and Chikankaari or exquisite shadow-work embroidery on fine muslin cloth.
It was the point at which the British came to India that Lucknow was made into an authoritative capital. There were numerous uprisings amid the British standard by Indian radicals and numerous terrible episodes left Lucknow scarred with offensive recollections. Notwithstanding, since autonomy, it has picked up facilitate progress, competently combining the past with the present.

The Drive Destination:

1) Bara Imambara-Built by the fourth Nawab of Awadh Asaf-Ud-Daula in 1784 Bara Imambara is formally known as Imambara-e-Asafi. The structure is known for it's one of a kind development the thick piece vaulted rooftops have no braces or pillars as backing. Rather, the rooftops are upheld by the interlocking arrangement of blocks.

The Culinary Delight:

The cooking of Lucknow has its own particular unmistakable distinction and personality. The most celebrated dishes of Lucknow are kormas, kaliya, nahari-kulchas, zarda, sheermal, roomali rotis, warqi parathas. Assortments of Kebabs are Kakori Kebabs, Shami Kebabs, Boti Kebabs, Patili-ke-Kababs, Ghutwa Kebabs and Seekh Kebabs.. It is the fixings that are exceptional as well as the way they are made by master hands and the way they are presented.Tunday Kebabi, Idris Biriyani and Prakash Kulfi are the most acclaimed nourishment joints.

Lucknow is additionally known for its Chikankaari or dazzling shadow-work weaving on fine muslin fabric.

These all features make Lucknow an all-round delight for delicious cuisine and perfect drive only with Tata Motors!

The delicious Rice Kheer

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice – 1 cup
Whole Milk – 2 cups
SugarFree Natura – 3 tbsp or to taste
Raisins – 1 tbsp
Chopped Pistachios – 1 tbsp
Chopped Almonds – 1 tbsp
Powdered Cardamom – 1/8 tsp
Saffron – a pinch

Method:

1. In a heavy bottomed pan, on medium heat, add in the the Milk and the Rice.
2. Grind the Saffron with a little bit of SugarFree Natura  and add it to the Milk.
3. Meanwhile, soak the Raisins in a little bit of water to help puff them up.
4. Keep stirring the pan and make sure it does not burn at the bottom.
5. Cook till it is of desired thickness.
6. Once it reaches the desired thickness, add in the SugarFree natura. Mix well.
7. Add in the Dry fruits – Raisins (without the water), Pistachios and the Almonds.
8. Turn off the flame and add in the Powdered Cardamom.
9. Serve hot or cold.

Tips:
1. If you are making the rice just for the Kheer, over cook the rice just a little.
2. This is a great recipe if you don’t have a lot of time but alternatively, you can add in raw rice and cook it in the milk and it tastes great. But be very careful and and keep stirring frequently.

Stay Healthy This Summer With Dabur Honey!

Honey has always been my favorite sweetener for a lot of my dishes. Its impeccable taste and the right blend of sweet taste make me go gaga over every dish that is prepared using it. Indeed what makes it truly great is the fact that it not only tastes great but also is an extremely healthy and nutritious natural ingredient.

Honey can be very well utilized to make a number of dishes. It can also be essentially used as a great replacement of sugar. You can have a honey tea, honey milk, honey juice etc. This would not only help you in keeping the sugar consumption of your body in control but would also offer you extra advantages of honey benefits.

Food is something that we all love and live for. Every one of us desires to have our favorite dishes at regular intervals. But at the same time we have to also take care of our health and body fitness. So the best way forward is to have a dish that not only tastes great but also offers exceptional nutritional benefits. Honey dishes certainly fall in this category.

I have been advised by a lot of my elders in my family to make honey an important part of my regular diet. Our family traditionally uses honey as a significant part of our regular diet. Some or the other dishes in my house regularly make use of honey as the prime source of sweetener.

A lot of people recommend cutting of sweets content completely in order to lose weight. Also a lot of people even heed to these advices and completely avoid sugar and sweets in their diet. Indeed it is necessary to understand that avoiding any component completely without having any exciting health issues can have adverse effect on the health. Henceforth if you wish to lose weight and still wish to have some sweetness included in your diet, give Honey diet a try. I can assure you that it is completely worth it and you will not be disappointed with its taste and benefits.

Honey diet can be made a regular part of our dietary scheduling by mixing it with many different components of our daily diets. If you take fruits you can mix a little amount of honey with their ensemble. If you are a regular consumer of milk, replacing sugar with honey to sweeten it can be a great idea. Apart from these consuming a little amount of honey in Luke warm water early in the morning can also help your body in cutting fat and henceforth reducing your weight.

So honey is healthy and honey diet is all you need to live a health life.

Try it today with delicious and nutritional Dabur Honey.

A gift to all Cricket lovers!

India has many religions and Cricket is also often equated as one. Our love for cricket is passed on through generations and we all love to religiously follow our cricket idols all the time.

Every devoted Indian cricket fan is actually a walking-talking encyclopedia on this sport and talks about this game never seem to end throughout office cabins or corner tea stall. But did we have the luxury of taking this game with us to all these places? No matter how reluctant we sounded for leaving a match but many a times our professional commitments took priority. With a heavy heart and in dearth of options we have to move our physical self from the front of our TV sets and indulge in the activities that define our lives.

No doubt, we surely hated missing the match.

But guess what, with regular inventions and modern tools the time has come to never miss a match even when on the move.

Yes, you heard it right! You can now take your favorite game along with you on a walk or shopping or office without fearing any interruptions or slow speed of updates.

Our favorite UC browser has come up with a fabulous and exciting new update aptly named UC cricket in their latest version. Now we all can enjoy cricket and stay updated with recent developments in the world of this sport through UC browser 10.5 with new and marvelous UC cricket feature!

One can easily spot this by opening UC browser home screen and clicking on the blue icon named UC cricket.

So no more sick leaves or killing someone in the family on an important cricket match day, because it is all in your pocket now. You can take along cricket to your office and flaunt it amongst your colleagues with pride and pleasure.

This marvelous feature of UC browser present live score with auto-updates, daily cricket videos, news and everything that you desire on this sport with just a single click.

So no more relying on google because your favorite browser has got it all. Install UC browser today to experience the wonderful features and single click shortcuts to make your browsing experience more fun and exciting.

For us Indian’s who never really seem to have enough of cricket, this fabulous feature is all we could have desired from a browser of our choice. I am in love with it and I am sure that you will love it too after using it for just once. So give it a try now.

Beside this the browser also has a lot of user-friendly shortcuts which help us in finding our favorite websites with a single click.

So if you also love a good game of cricket and don’t want to miss anything about it in future, it is time that you switch to UC browser and take your favorite game with you, everywhere! Click here to know more about UC cricket!

Selfless love and pure devotion- Mother is the World!

A Jewish proverb which says," God could not be everywhere so he created mothers" beautifully sums up the feelings of one and all inhabitants of this beautiful world who are everyday blessed with this real divine angel whom we all fondly call as Mother.

She is the all wonderful, selfless and loving lady who would always care for her husband and her children before anything else.

I remember once when I had returned back home after my second semester examination and my train got delayed by almost six hours. It was 1 AM in midnight and still she opened the gate in one bell and almost came running to give me a hug that I can never actually forget.

She waited all this long through midnight just to make sure that I don't sleep on an empty stomach. She made fresh hot chappatis though I had insisted for innumerable times on phone that I will be late and will eat on the way in train.

She is the one who will look at up to you after you have taken the first bite of your food and would immediately push forward the box of salt just by your expressions without you even saying the word. She knows you inside out and their is nothing that you can hide from her.

Their is one particular incident that I fondly remember of my mother. 
It was during an holiday weekend that we were all planning for a sumptuous family dinner and she was all too excited to cook favorite dishes for all of us. When we sat to eat she was all happy to announce that she had cooked Matar-paneer-my fathers favorite dish, made stuff onion Naan- My sisters favorite and this all was going to be followed by Gazar ka halwa- my all time favorite. Their was an ultimate happiness in her eyes while serving these all dishes to us. 

Indeed my sister suddenly inquired what has she cooked for herself, she smiled for a moment, tore a bite from her plate and fed her in mouth. The twinkle in her eyes said it all. Her love is the recipe that makes everything so delicious and unforgettable.

Though my professional life I have been to innumerable five star hotels, veteran dhaba's and  prized eateries, yet still I have to find something more tasty that what she would cook for me everyday.

Their is no one more lovely and diving than a Mother and I am blessed to have her in my life.

This is a competition post written for Godrej to highlight the selfless love of the most beautiful relationship that a human being make in his/her life. This is to all the mothers in the World- Thanks for being their!

A New Life Lesson from a Stranger!

It was my first day in a new city and I was feeling extremely alone and sad. I had to leave my friends, family and city for this dream job. It is not very easy to adopt in a new city and initial few days usually tend to be very tough. It becomes even harder when you have left so many memories, somewhere else.

However on my very first day, I had a small conversation with one person who changed my whole attitude and filled me with optimism.

It happened when I was travelling in an e-rickshaw. Since it is hard for me to keep quiet I always end up doing small talks whenever I am travelling and the first question that is good to start a conversation is to ask about the rent of the vehicle for a day and how much they end up earning.  It always works!

Me - Bhaiya, What is the average of this battery operated rickshaw?

Him - Around 100-150 Km, it all depends on the load, traffic and stuff.

(He used quite a few English words)

Me - Till what grade have you studied?

Him- I am a graduate.

Me - From where?

He was a bit hesitant to answer it but said- Allahabad University.

Me - So you tried for job or anything after that?

Him - I was pretty sure that you will ask it, but this is my job. Though it might not be prestigious but it pays well.

Me - How much do you earn approximately per day?

Him - At least 500-700.

Me - It is a very good amount I guess.

Him - Yep, I end up earning 18K per month plus I get around 20K from my tenants.

Me - Arey Waah!

Him - Bhaiya the thing is you might think why I am doing this job, but trust me it gives me satisfaction. I earn pretty well through it and in the end and earn around 40K per month which is good enough for me.

Me - Sure it is.

Him - You know people say a lot of things about me but I feel I should appreciate the job which is giving me money, the problem with our country is that we attach prestige to the job and prefer to sit idle than earn with our able hands.

Me - Yeah, you are right.

Him - Umm I used to be a property dealer but soon realized I was not earning way too much and I had to spend money on maintaining status. I am happier now though the prestige is not there but I live with luxury.

Me - I am sure if everyone learns from you, our country will move very fast.

Him - Bhaiya, for saying purpose it is good but even you were astonished to know that a graduate is driving a rickshaw. "Angrejo ki zanjeeray to chali gayi pata nahi ye soch ki kab jaengi" (Though we are free from the chains of slavery but don't know when will we get rid of this thought process).

His last word had me wondering about our mindset and existence. What if every one of us starts thinking like this? Won’t it curb the issues of unemployment to a large extent?

Indeed we are too absorbed with the social norms to think wisely, think differently. I consider myself no exception to this and only if I would have thought like him I might have not left my city, friends and family. It is indeed time to look-up with honor towards every profession.

No job is big or small. Every hand that earns its butter and bread is worth respecting. This is my look-up story that inspires me every day to think differently and respect everyone.

This post intends to encourage and support look-up campaign of housing.com 

Now Awesomeness has a whole new level with ASUS Zenfone2!

By now, we all know and wonder how mesmerized we were with Asus Zenfone series. Their awesome quality of display, fabulous camera pictures, wonderful features, gorilla glass and all these mixed with incredible pricing made us go gaga over these amazing technological marvels.

But guess what! It is time to take this awesomeness to a complete new level.

ASUS Zenfone2

Yes, ASUS Zenfone2 is soon going to be launched in India and here we bring you a sneak peek at their fabulous features. However we would like to warn you that you may go crazy and all excited to buy this fabulous phone by only reading about it. If you want to proceed, do so with caution because ASUS Zenfone2 is so awesome, it would be hard to live without one after knowing more about it!

So here we go to learn about some fantastic features of ASUS Zenfone2:

Never before seen 4 GB RAM:

Asus Zenfone 2 is credited with being World’s 1^st smart phone boosting a 4 GB RAM. Yeah, you heard it right, a 4GB RAM, that’s what probably your laptop or PC has. So no more waiting for you favorite applications to load and also a complete relief from interruptions in your desired games, Asus zenfone has it all.

Time to unleash the photographer with in you:

ASUS zenfone2 boosts of an advanced PixelMaster camera that helps you in capturing all those beautiful moments more clearly without worrying of the lightning ratio of the venue. With ASUS Zenfone 2 you can now capture photogrpahs even in night without using flash and zero shutter lag. This wonderful technology makes your photographs even 400% brighter and helps you in maintain the clarity of your precious moments. With ASUS Zenfone2, everybody can be a better photographer now!

Enhanced Battery charging capacity:

Battery life has always been an issue with all smartphones. We all are well aware of the hustle and bustle of finding a charger and rushing towards it to keep our cellphone on and operational. ASUS Zenfone2 now supports ASUS-exclusive technology which charges our smartphone much faster than the traditional speeds of which we are used of. With ZenFone 2, this means your battery is juiced up to 60% in no more than 39 minutes. I know it is hard to believe but it’s true and coming.

So now you can efficiently charge your phone even when you rushing for a flight or meeting and do not have to worry for missing those important calls.

With all these awesome features I can surely say that I am anxiously waiting for ASUS Zenfone2. Know more about this wonderful by visiting here- ASUS Zenfone2. You can also tweet with #CantWait4Zenfone2 to show you love!

Asus Zenfone2 is going to launch in India on 23 April.

(image taken with thanks from www.asus.com)