DASAVATHARAM MP3

Banner:Oscar Films
Cast:Kamal Haasan, Asin, Mallika Sherawath, Jayapradha, Rekha, K R Vijaya, Nagesh, Nepolean, Santhana Bharathi, M S Bhaskar, P Vasu, R Sundarrajan, Ramesh Khanna, Erode Sounder, Pandu
Direction:K S Ravikumar
Production:V Ravichandran
Music:Himesh Reshammiya


Song List:
Kaa.. Karuppanukkum - Download
Kallai Mattum Kandal - Download
Mukundha Mukundha - Download
Oh..Ho...Sanam - Download
Oh..Ho...Sanam (H.R) - Download
Ulaga Nayagan (Come Dance With Me) - Download


The long awaited DASAVATHARAM audio was finally released in Chennai on April 25th. The Audio was released by Asian Global Superstar Jackie Chan. It was noted that this audio release was delayed due to the availability of Jackie. This Function was held in a grand manner with the Cheif Minister present, the DASAVATHARAM team and many esteem actors and actresses.

Amitabh Batchan and Mamooty were the first to view the screening of DASAVATHARAM in Chennai yesterday.
Hope the Music hits every house so so grand just like its function!!

Joseph D Grant Park

This Saturday, after a mini lunch @ DOSA CAFE in white Rd, We went for a drive thru the mountains and hills nearby..We found this interesting recreational park called
JOSEPH D GRANT.

LOCATION:

*18405 Mt. Hamilton Rd., San Jose, CA 95140, in the east of Santa Clara Valley.To travel to the park by taking Highway 101 or Highway 680 to Alum Rock Avenue eastbound in San Jose.
*Turn right onto Mt. Hamilton Road and travel eight miles to reach the park entrance.
*Quimby Road is very narrow and is not suitable for RV's and large trailers

This is the largest of Santa Clara County's regional park and recreation areas.

This 9,560 acre park includes some of the County''s finest open space resources, as well as rich environmental, cultural and recreational assets. The landscape is characteristic of the east foothills of the Santa Clara Valley with grasslands and majestic oak trees.

LICK OBSERVATORY

Lick Observatory is on Mt. Hamilton, conducting both research and public programs .

Lick Observatory was the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory.

The observatory was constructed between 1876 and 1887, from a bequest from James Lick. In 1887 Lick's body was buried under the future site of the telescope, with a brass tablet bearing the inscription, "Here lies the body of James Lick."

Tradition maintains that this road has exactly 365 turns. (This is approximately correct, although uncertainty as to what should count as a turn makes precise verification impossible). Even those who do not normally suffer from motion-sickness find the road challenging. The road is closed when there is snow at Lick Observatory.

With the growth of San Jose, and the rest of Silicon Valley, light pollution became a problem for the observatory. In the 1970s, a site in the Santa Lucia Mountains at Junípero Serra Peak, southeast of Monterey, was evaluated for possible relocation of many of the telescopes.

In 2006, there are 23 families in residence, plus typically between two to ten visiting astronomers from the University of California campuses, who stay in dormitories while working at the Observatory. The little town of Mount Hamilton atop the mountain has its own police and a post office, and until recently a one-room schoolhouse.

With all this information gathered much as I could, We returned to home.

To all those blog readers interested in science and space information, Lick Observatory is a nice place to Visit.

Hasty Dish - Thakali vengayam thokku (Tomato Onion Gravy)

Today time wasn't sufficient for me to prepare something good and nice.
Last night I had prepared Chapathi dough ready( added some methi leaves for different taste.. bored of eating the same way everyday!!)

So what else to make for lunch box?? Think saratha Think Fast!!
Yes!
Got it...

Prepared 3 chapathis out of the dough.
Guess what for side dish??

THAKALI ONION GRAVY!! (one of my favourite for Chapathi!!)

Ingredients:

Tomatoes - 4 (big)
Onion - 1 (big)
Curry leaves
coriander leaves
Sambhar Powder - 1tsp
Red Chillies - 2
Oil
chana dhal , urad dhal , mustard seeds, cumin seeds (for seasoning)

Method:
* heat oil in pan.
*add the seasoning ingredients.
*add cut onions. Fry till golden brown.
*add cut tomatoes, curry leaves
*Fry till water oozes out.
* Add salt, sambhar powder and little jaggery powder (if needed)
garnish with coriander leaves.

Easy to make side dish on a Rush Morning!!!

Try it and say it!

Sri Ramanavami Celebrations.

What is Sri Ramanavami??

Ram Navami is a Hindu holiday. It falls on the ninth day of the Hindu lunar year (or Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami), and is a celebration of the birthday of the Hindu god Rama.

Well since it was a Sunday here, I had a lot of time to prepare for the occasion.
The day started with Ravi and me sharing our house chores.
He was upto cleaning the home like vaccum carpets, dusting..etc.
Me ? whatelse? had bath and started of with the preps for prasadams.
Since we skipped our morning breakfast, We wanted to prepare lunch soon.
My menu of the day was: *Kosambhari *Neer Mor * Panakam *Rice & Rasam * Peerkangai Thuvaiyal( nothing to do with the occasion..just had the skins left for quite a while.. didn't want to get it rotten..so went off with it)

After a lot of experiments..I landed up making the prasadams and here is how I made it..

Prasadams made :

RECIPES:

Neer Mor:
Ingredients:
• 2 Cups plain yoghurt • 2 Pinches asafoetida powder • 1 Stalk curry leaves • 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds • 1 tsp Grated ginger • 1 Green chilli • 1/4 Cup chopped coriander leaves • 6 Cups chilled water • 1 tsp Oil • Salt to taste

Beat the yogurt till smooth.
Pour water and churn the mixture well.
Tie grated ginger in a muslin cloth and squeeze the juice into buttermilk.
Add salt and stir.
Heat oil in a small pan.
Add cumin seeds and asafetida. Allow the spices to splutter.
Add chilli and curry leaves.
While the spices are sizzling, add them to buttermilk.
Add chopped coriander leaves and stir well.
Pour into a glass.
Chill for an hour. Ready to serve.

Panakam:
Ingredients (To serve 4 persons)

Jaggery (Powdered) - 1 Cup.Water - 3 CupsLemon - 2 Nos.Dried ginger (Powdered) - 1 ½ Tsp.Cardamom (Crushed) - 2 Nos.Pepper & Salt (Crushed) - ½ Tsp.
Procedure
Mix the jaggery in water and dissolve it well. Filter the ingredients in a cloth. Add lemon juice, dried ginger powder, Cardamom, Pepper and Salt. Mix this well. Serve chilled. This can be served as a welcome drink to quench the thirst and cool the system in the hot summer months.

Kosambari
Kosambari is like a salad,usually made with carrots or cucumbers.I like to call this as ‘Indian Salad’. It is served in temples as ‘prasada’. At my mom’s house during any festival this is a must side dish to go along rice and rasam.

Split moong dal 1/4 (cup soaked in water for 1/2 hour)
Carrot 1 peeled and grated

Grated Green Mangoes
Cliantro few chopped
Lemon/lime juice 1tsp.
Salt to taste.
For seasoning
Oil, mustard, urad dal and red or green chillies 1.

Method.
Soak split yellow/moongdal for about half hour. Then drain the water and mix veggies.
Mix together soaked dal, grated carrot , coconut, cilantro leaves, lime juice.
Add salt to taste.
Heat oil, when its hot add mustard seeds,urad dal and chilis to it. When urad dal starts to change colour turn off heat and this seasoning to veggies. Mix well.

Then the Pooja was performed..

well hopefully, all the three dishes came out wonderful..
Our lunch of the day was the same with addition of Rasam Sadam and Peerkangai thuvaiyal.

Evening a friend of Ravi's dropped by with their sets of Prasadams... Vadai and Paal Poli.
Lots of dishes are yet to shared..
Hopefully expect more in my next blog..
eat healthy, stay healthy.