Fih-deen Things
1. I am not near Bombay (Mumbai) and am out of harms way.
2. I didn't know about the bombings until a few minutes ago; I learned from a friend who is from Bombay. He told me that it was "some idiot" who was behind the bombings.
3. More than half the people in the villages don't know about the bombings.
4. Climbing up a 30m(90ft) iron windmill at night is both exhilarating and a little scary.
5. Being on a fishing boat in the pouring rain is amazing.
6. Making an incense holder at the stone carving shop and then dropping it and breaking it is way less cool than it sounds.
7. Corn snacks that are "Hyderabadi Style" are very spicy.
8. 4 biscuits (sweet crackers) + milk = energy, according to a biscuit prdocuer here.
9. It is official, I have now been in India long enough that I get annoyed when someone makes me pay 25 rupees for a soda instead of 20 rupees, which is the equivalent of a 10 cent differnece in price. Wow.
10. My friend Tomas from Germany hit a goat while riding on his bike yesterday. The goat fell down and then got up and ran away.
11. I have finished administering all of my surveys........now analysis.
12. Does anyone know if Hibiscus flowers and/or syrup are available in the US?
13. Neil or Deepak or any other Indian who reads this blog, can you buy Jaggery in the US? If so, what is the price?!
14. I have had an episode of diarrhea only once since I got here. This is far less than I have diarrhea in the US. Processed foods are not cool.
15. Stew Countdown: 3 days
2. I didn't know about the bombings until a few minutes ago; I learned from a friend who is from Bombay. He told me that it was "some idiot" who was behind the bombings.
3. More than half the people in the villages don't know about the bombings.
4. Climbing up a 30m(90ft) iron windmill at night is both exhilarating and a little scary.
5. Being on a fishing boat in the pouring rain is amazing.
6. Making an incense holder at the stone carving shop and then dropping it and breaking it is way less cool than it sounds.
7. Corn snacks that are "Hyderabadi Style" are very spicy.
8. 4 biscuits (sweet crackers) + milk = energy, according to a biscuit prdocuer here.
9. It is official, I have now been in India long enough that I get annoyed when someone makes me pay 25 rupees for a soda instead of 20 rupees, which is the equivalent of a 10 cent differnece in price. Wow.
10. My friend Tomas from Germany hit a goat while riding on his bike yesterday. The goat fell down and then got up and ran away.
11. I have finished administering all of my surveys........now analysis.
12. Does anyone know if Hibiscus flowers and/or syrup are available in the US?
13. Neil or Deepak or any other Indian who reads this blog, can you buy Jaggery in the US? If so, what is the price?!
14. I have had an episode of diarrhea only once since I got here. This is far less than I have diarrhea in the US. Processed foods are not cool.
15. Stew Countdown: 3 days
posted by Jon at 01:01
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ஆசிரியர் வகுப்பறையுள் நுழைந்தார்.
அவர் உள்ளே நுழைந்தவுடன் மாணவர்கள் எழுந்தனர்.
வளவன் மட்டும் தன் அருகில் நின்றுகொண்டிருந்த மாணவி கனிமொழியுடன் பேசிக் கொண்டிருந்தான்.
நான் அவனை எச்சரித்தேன்.
Jaggery is the traditional unrefined sugar of India. Although the word is used for the products of both sugarcane and the date palm tree, technically, jaggery refers solely to sugarcane sugar. The sugar made from the sap of the date palm is called gur, and is both more prized and less available outside of the districts where it is made. Hence, outside of these areas, sugarcane jaggery is sometimes called gur to increase its market value. The sago palm and coconut palm are also now tapped for producing jaggery in southern India. In Mexico and South America, similar sugarcane products are known as panela, or piloncillo.
All types of the sugar come in blocks or pastes of solidified concentrated sugar syrup heated up to 200°C. Traditionally, the syrup is made by boiling raw sugarcane juice or palm sap in a large shallow round-bottom vessel as shown here.
Jaggery is considered by some to be a particularly wholesome sugar and, unlike refined sugar, retains more mineral salts. Moreover, the process does not involve chemical agents. Indian Ayurvedic medicine considers jaggery to be beneficial in treating throat and lung infections; Sahu and Saxena found that in rats jaggery can prevent lung damage from particulate matter such as coal and silica dust (1994).
Jaggery is used as an ingredient in both sweet and savory dishes across India and Sri Lanka. It is also a delicacy in its own right. The great Indian chef and cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey writes about a jaggery board, like a cheese board, as a type of dessert course in a Bengali dinner, with varieties of palm and sugar cane jaggeries offered, differing in taste, color, and solidity. Jaggery is also molded into novelty shapes as a type of candy. Other uses of jaggery include jaggery toffees and jaggery cake made with pumpkin preserve, cashew nuts and spices.
Jaggery is also considered auspicious in many parts of India, and is eaten raw before commencement of good work or any important new venture.
See Neil, you can't believe everything you read! (I wouldn't call it research...it was the first thing that popped up on Google :-) So we could all know what Jon was asking you.
:-) I'm glad you're keeping tabs on him.
Here are some links that I believe will be interested
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