A to Z Planet: March 2011

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Malai Kofta

Ingredients:
For the Koftas :
100 g, cheese
5 potatoes, baked and smashed.
1 onion, chopped
1 tbsp green peas
½ tbsp raisins
5 green chillies, finely chopped
1 inch ginger, crushed
½ tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
2 tsp fresh limejuice
½ tsp red chilli powder
Salt to taste

For Gravy :
125 g skim cream
50g cheese
100 g skim milk
1 onion, chopped
1 inch ginger, crushed
2 to 3 cloves garlic, crushed
½ tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
½ cup skim yogurt

Spices :
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp cumin seeds
2 remove shell cardamom pods
1 tbsp canola oil
salt to taste

For Garnishing :
1 tbsp grated reduced fat paneer
½ tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
½ tbsp skim cream

Method :
For the Koftas :
Combine together all the ingredients except raisins.
Make koftas putting 2 to 3 raisins in the centre.
Put the koftas in an oven, preheated to a temperature of 150º C for 3 to 5 minutes.

For the Gravy :
In a bowl, take yogurt and mix well all the spices and keep aside.
Combine the remaining gravy ingredients except coriander leaves in a grinder and grind to a paste.
Heat a nonsticking skillet and add oil.
When the oil becomes hot, put yogurt-spices mixture and fry on medium heat with stirring till a mesh type texture results and the oil separates out, about 5 minutes.
Add the paste and fry for 5 to 7 minutes and stir properly.
Add 1½ cups water and allow it to boil for 10 minutes.
Combine chopped coriander leaves.
Keep the koftas in a bowl and pour gravy over them.

IPL team squads:

Chennai Super Kings (24): Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramanium Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Aniruddha Shrikant, Ganapathi Vignesh, K Vasudevdas, Shadb Jakati, Vijaykumar Yomahesh, (Foreign) Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis

Mumbai Indians (23): Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Aditya Tare, Ali Murtuza, Ambati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pawan Suyal, Rajagopal Sathish, Surul Kanwar, Surya Kumar Yadav, T Suman, Yazvendra Singh Chahal (Foreign) Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Andrew Symonds, Davy Jacobs, James Franklin, Moises Henriques, Alden Blizzard, Dilhara Fernando

Kolkata Knight Riders (20): Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Jaidev Unadkat, Iqbal Abdulla, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manvinder Singh Bisla, Pradeep Sangwan, Rajat Bhatia, Sarabjit Ladda, Shami Ahmed, Shreevats Goswami, (Foreign) Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin, Shakib Al Hassan, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Pattinson.

Sahara Pune Warriors (30): Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Ashish Nehra, Murali Kartik, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Bhuvenshwar Kumar, Dheeraj Jadhav, Ekalavya Dwivedi, Ganesh Gaikwad, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Harshad Khadiwale, Kamran Khan, Manish Pandey, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish MIshra, Rahul Sharma, Sachin Rana, Shrikant Wagh, Shrikant Mundhe, Imtiyaz Ahmed, (Foreign) Graeme Smith, Tim Paine, Angelo Mathews, Nathan McCullum, Callum Ferguson, Wayne Parnell, Mitchell Marsh, Jerome Taylor, Alfonso Thomas, Jesse Ryder

Kochi Tuskers Kerala (27): VVS Laxman, S Sreesanth, RP Singh, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ramesh Powar, R Vinay Kumar, B Akhil, Chandan Madan, Deepak Chowghule, Kedar Jadhav, Raiphi Gomez, Sushant Marathe, Tanmay Srivastava, Y Gnanswara Rao, Yashpal Singh, Prashant Padmanabahan, (Foreign) Mahela Jayawardene, Brendon McCullum, Steven Smith, Muttiah Muralitharan, Brad Hodge, Thisara Perera, Steve O'Keefe, Owais Shah, Michael Klinger, John Hastings

Royal Challengers Bangalore (25): Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mohammed Kaif, Arun Karthik, CM Gautham, Abrar Kazi, Mayank Agarwal, Bharath Narayan, Raju Bhatkal, Sreenath Aravind, Ryan Ninan, Asad Khan Pathan, (Foreign) Tillekratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Dirk Nannes, Charl Langeveldt, Luke Pomersbach, Johan van der Wath, Rilee Rossouw, Nuwan Pradeep, Jonathan Vandiar

Rajasthan Royals (27): Rahul Dravid, Pankaj Singh, Aakash Chopra, Abhishek Raut, Aditya Dole, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Paunikar, Ashok Menaria, Deepak Chahar, Dishant Yagnik, Faiz Fazal, Nayan Doshi, Pinal Shah, Samad Fallah, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny, Amit Singh, Dinesh Salunkhe, Swapnil Asnodkar, Sumit Narwal, Ankeet Chavan (Foreign) Shane Warne, Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Johan Botha, Paul Collingwood, Shaun Tait

Deccan Chargers (27): Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Manpreet Gony, Akash Bhandari, Anand Rajan, Ankit Nagendra, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy, Bharat Chipli, DB Ravi Teja, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Ishank Jaggi, Ishan Malhotra, Jaydev Shah, Kedar Devdhar, Sunny Sohal (Foreign) Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Chris Lynn, Juan Theron, Michael Lumb

Kings XI Punjab (23): Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Love Ablish, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Paras Dogra, Paul Valthaty, Shalabh Srivastava, Siddharth Chitnis, Sunny Singh, Vikramjeet Malik, Amit Yadav (Foreign) Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Stuart Broad, Ryan Harris, Dimitri Masceranhas, Nathan Remington.

Delhi Daredevils (29): Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, Naman Ojha, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Umesh Yadav, Venugopal Rao, Aavishkar Salvi, Prashant Naik, Rajesh Pawar, Robin Bist, S Sriram, Tejashwi Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Varun Aaron, Vikash Mishra, Vivek Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Shahbaz Nadeem (Foreign) David Warner, James Hopes, Morne Morkel, Aaron Finch, Mathew Wade, Roloef van der Merwe, Andrew McDonald, Travis Birt, Collin Ingram, Robert Frylinck.

"Pakistan must guard against Yuvraj"

Dhoni’s captaincy has been smart. He has kept teams guessing with his team selection, writes Wasim Akram.

Nobody could have asked for a better ICC Cricket World Cup semifinal than India versus Pakistan . It is the mother of all battles and the world will be watching every ball of it. I have been reading quite a few opinions by former players, saying India will be the favourites, but in matches where mental preparedness and the ability to soak pressure transcend cricketing skills, I would not like to stick my neck out.

Having said that, India will be the team under pressure, not Pakistan. The media in India is big and strong. The pressure created by them is simply mind-boggling and then there are a billion people with massive expectations. The fact that Pakistan are playing away from home is an advantage. Given the high security at Mohali, the Pak team has been largely confined to its practice sessions and the hotel. Hence, there will be no dearth of focus.

India will be on a high after beating Australia and Pakistan would do well to forget the cakewalk against the West Indies . The dismal Caribbean performance took the importance out of a World Cup quarterfinal. Well, a win is always good and if it comes convincingly, nothing like it.

Beating Australia was no mean job. India rode on some stunning performances and I think Yuvraj Singh was outstanding. Before the World Cup started, almost every one said Yuvraj was over and out, but I always said he was one good innings away from striking a purple match.

The left-hander has shown great attitude. He is eager to play long knocks and he has converted good starts to fifties and a century. Yuvraj has understood the virtue of being consistent and trust me, he is only going to get better. Unfortunately, that is not good news for Pakistan . Shahid Afridi and team will have to bowl intelligently to him. They will have to stop his run-flow and that's the only way I think Yuvraj can be reined in.

If Yuvraj has been brilliant, MS Dhoni's captaincy has been judicious and smart. I admire his horses-for-courses methods and the decision to leave out Yusuf Pathan and retain Suresh Raina was a great move. It is never easy to drop a match-winner like Pathan but Raina's partnership with Yuvraj proved to be decisive against the Aussies. Now, you don't know whether he will play Raina or Pathan in the next match. So, Dhoni has created doubt in the mind of the opposition think-tank. He is keeping everybody guessing. That's smart indeed!

I think the Indian bowlers are doing pretty well. Restricting Australia to 260 was no mean task. Zaheer, Ashwin everybody are doing their jobs and the attack has a lot of variety. Zaheer has been bowling well for the last two years but in this World Cup, he has been unplayable at times. His length is perfect, he is coming around the wicket and bowling well. For a left-hander to come around the wicket means Zaheer has got a lot of confidence.

As we approach D-Day, I sincerely urge fans of both India and Pakistan to enjoy the moment. This is the first time India and Pakistan are meeting in a World Cup semifinal. The stakes are high but we must keep our emotions in check.

Power Star gets support from Siddharth

Before the release of Pawan Kalyan's 'Puli', the hype was so excessive. The batch of young heroes like Rana, Nitin and others lifted Power Star's pride to sky high. But result was a complete dud which did not have any face saving elements at least to call the film a mere average.

Now, same seems to be happening for 'Teen Maar'. Flop Star Siddharth normally known for strong support to Jr NTR and Nandamuri heroes shifted the loyalties tweeting, "saw the promo of 'teen maar'. Power star at his rocking best! My dear friend jayant seems to have a winner on his hands:)." Hype for any Pawan Kalyan movie is expected. Unlike general public and fans, these young heroes are also helping their best to raise expectations and kill the movies. What remains to be seen is how Nandamuri fans will react to this flop star's support to power star because Siddharth could have praised 'Shakti' and not 'Teen Maar'.

Funny Pic: Rajamouli in NTR’s getup!

Director Rajamouli, who is known for making high voltage action films, has dressed up like never before in this pic. He attended a theme party for which everyone has to come in seventies filmy style in NTR’s getup.

Although he wanted to look like NTR, Rajamouli ended up looking like Krishna in this getup. Standing beside him is his mentor and legendary director Raghavendra Rao.

“Attended Shobu and laxmi bday theme party a week back.All of us had to dress in 70's style.will update a pic soon.had a gr8 time. Everyone burst out laughing looking at each other.Couldn't remember a time when i laughed so much. Funny thing is we set out to make me look like NTR garu. But i ended up looking somewhere between krishna garu and sobhan babu garu,” Rajamouli twitted.
Pictures, TollyWood, updates

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Beer with kicking Cricket World Cup

Cricket is the common religion of Indians. We might have any disparities in opinions and living standards but everyone gets united for one cause of Cricket. With World Cup 2011 bringing the arch rivals India and Pakistan face to face in semis, cricket fever is back at its peak. Cricket fans in nook and corner of India show passion for their loved teams but worrisome point is youth are drinking alcoholic beverages excessively during these matches.

Youth in metros and cities in between 16 and 20 years of age raised their drinking potential by 100% from two beers to four beers during day night matches, says a survey by commerce chamber, while those between 21 to 25 years increased their capacity to seven beers and the sales of whisky, vodka, rum and wine raised by 25%.

In Hyderabad, we are to witness a special screening of India Vs Pakistan match on 30th at GMC Balayogi Stadium with a crowd of 30,000 and interestingly we are served with liquor even here too. So beer and cricket turns to be a kicking combination.