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We have launched our TV channel titled, 'Mentor TV' to give relevant videos on the six vital aspects of life (referred as Vital Six which are Personal Finance, Self Development, Healthy Body, Healthy Mind / Spirit, Healthy Relationship & Happiness). The video will be simple, action oriented and enjoyable.
Enjoy the grandeur- Personal Finance
Yesterday, I wrote on our response when we come across grandeur around us. There seems to be a Universal Rule on enjoying the grandeur.
Hypoglycemia
Recently my colleague's mother suffered from Hypoglycemia, which is a great challenge for any diabetic under medication. My heart always goes for such people. In Grandma’s Home Remedy, we discussed a few simple remedies for this, of course subject to getting this cleared with your doctor. Thanks to Grandma!!
Health is vital for Life Harmony
Everyday I am reminded of this. As my mentor puts it so beautifully, "If you truly love your family, please take care of your health."
Immunity
All of us need to work on improving our immunity to fight against several bacteria and viruses that are around us. I have given a few simple food that can help us in this regards and give us a more Healthy Body.
Financial Mentor
I firmly believe having a Financial Mentor and doing a monthly review with him/ her will make a huge difference to ones prosperity.
Sense of humour
Sense of humour is a great advantage. Even if you don't have it, you can learn appreciate humour. This will improve your energy level and prosperity. No Finance minister can tax your humour and resultant happiness. Over a period of time, you will develop Unconditional Happiness.
Grandma’s joyful Recipe - Episode 3 (Seven Cups Cake)
What people like about Seven Cups Cake?
- Very delicious.
- Easy to prepare.
- Lifts your mood to one of celebration.
Ingredients:
- Milk- 200 ml
- Gram Dhal powder- 200 grams
- Ghee- 200 ml
- Coconut- 1 (medium size)
- Sugar- 600 grams
- Cardamom- 5 pieces
Preparation:
- Boil 200 ml of milk and allow it cool.
- Grate the coconut and grind this in a mixer grinder so that it becomes a smooth paste.
- Now mix gram dhal powder, milk and coconut paste in a vessel without any lumps.
- Place a frying pan (preferably with a thick base) and switch on the stove.
- Add 50 ml of water in this pan and add sugar to the water.
- Once the sugar gets dissolved add the mixture in the vessel to this sugar solution.
- Powder the cardamom pieces and add to the boiling mixture.
- Keep stirring this mixture in low heat.
- Now place another pan in the adjacent stove and pour the ghee into this pan.
- Once the ghee gets hot, pour the ghee to the mixture in four parts with a gap of 5 minutes between each part.
- As the mixture is boiling, take a tray of one inch thickness and grease the entire tray using 2 teaspoons of ghee and keep it ready.
- At one stage the mixture will become thick and roll like a ball without sticking to the pan.
- Now pour this mixture on the greased tray.
- Allow it cool for 5 minutes and cut it into pieces of desired shape using a clean knife. Now the delightful Seven Cups Cake is ready for eating.
Grandma’s joyful Recipe - Episode 2 (Chakkarai Pongal)
What people like about Chakkarai Pongal?
- The very thought of it is mouth-watering.
- Lifts your mood to one of celebration.
- Harbinger of good events and festivals.
Ingredients:
- Jaggery - 500 grams
- Raw rice - 200 grams
- Moong Dhal - 4 teaspoons
- Ghee - 50 ml
- Milk - 150 ml
- Sugar - 1 teaspoon
- Cardamom - 5 pieces
- Nutmeg - a pinch (powder)
- Cashew - 12 pieces
- Kesari colour - a pinch
- Pachai Karpooram - a pinch
- Raisins - 10 pieces
Preparation:
- Take raw rice and moong dhal in a big vessel and wash well.
- Add 600 ml of water and 150 ml of milk to this mixture and place the vessel in a pressure cooker.
- Switch off the pressure cooker after you hear 4-5 whistles.
- Take the mixture and smash it well and allow it to cool.
- Place a frying pan on the stove and add 150 ml of water and jaggery.
- Heat the pan till the jaggery gets dissolved.
- Filter the liquid to remove impurities.
- Again boil the liquid till the liquid reduces half its quantity.
- Add the rice mixture to the jaggery in the frying pan and add sugar to this. Stir this mixture well till the rice and jaggery gets mixed well.
- Take another frying pan and heat the abovementioned ghee. Cut cashews into pieces. Roast the cashew pieces, raisins and nutmeg powder in this ghee.
- Add this ghee containing roasted cashews and others in the boiling pan containing rice and jaggery.
- Powder the cardamom pieces and add to the above along with a pinch of Pachaikarpooram. (Please note that the cardamom and pachaikarpooram should not be fried).
- Now add Kesari powder with a small quantity of water.
- Mix well and heat the mixture for 5 minutes and switch off the stove.
- After 10 minutes, the delightful Chakkarai pongal is ready to be enjoyed.
Grandma’s joyful Recipe-Episode 1(Akkara Vadisil)
What people like about Akkara Vadisil?
- Delightful aroma, colour and taste.
- Lifts your mood to one of celebration.
Ingredients:
- Jaggery - 400 grams
- Raw rice - 200 grams
- Gram Dhal - 1 teaspoon
- Ghee - 50 ml
- Milk - 200 ml
- Sugar - 1 teaspoon
- Cardamom - 4 pieces
- Nutmeg - small piece
- Cashew - 10 pieces
- Kesari colour - a pinch
Preparation:
- Heat 2-3 spoons of ghee in a frying pan.
- Fry raw rice and gram dhall in this ghee till the mixture becomes slightly brown in colour.
- Put this in a vessel and place it in a pressure cooker and add milk and water (100 ml).
- Switch off the pressure cooker till you hear 4-5 whistles.
- Take the mixture and smash it well and allow it to cool.
- Take 100 ml water in a frying pan and add jaggery .
- Heat the pan till the jaggery gets dissolved.
- Filter the liquid to remove impurities.
- Again boil the liquid till it becomes slightly thick.
- Add the rice mixture to the jaggeryin the frying pan.
- Powder the cardamom pieces and add to the above.
- Add 1 teaspoon of sugar to the above and boil for 5-10 minutes.
- Break cashews into small pieces and add nutmeg and roast this in a pan and add to the mixture as per step 12.
- Now add Kesari powder with a small quantity of water.
- Now the delightful Akkara Vadisl is ready to eat.
Kannadasan, an Immense Joy-Episode3
I feel delighted to highlight one more masterpiece from our beloved Kannadasan. This song is from a Tamil movie called ‘Vazhkai Padagu’ and beautifully sung by the legendary PBS. Let us read the lyric first:
What is great about this song?
- My enjoyment is beyond words. What a great imagination and flow? Why don’t you come back once more, my dear Kannadasan?
- The lovely comparisons with the moon, lotus etc.
- The lovely melodious voices of PBS.
- The lovely music by MSV.
- The lingering effect of this evergreen song.
Kannadasan, an Immense Joy-Episode2
Let us enjoy one more masterpiece from our beloved Kannadasan. This song is from a Tamil movie called ‘Veera Abhimanyu’ and beautifully sung by the legendary PBS and P. Suseela. Let us read the lyric first:
What is great about this song?
- The lovely repetition of ‘then’ (then in Tamil means honey) . Tamil is happy to be played in the words of Kannadasan?
- The lovely melodious voices of both the great singers.
- The touching effect of ‘Sahana’ Raga.
- The great music by KV Mahadevan, another genius from Tamilnadu, India.
- The lingering effect of this evergreen song.
Kannadasan, an Immense Joy-Episode1
In this episode we are going to see the beauty of a masterpiece from our beloved Kannadasan. This song is from a Tamil movie called ‘Pava Mannippu’ and beautifully sung by P. Suseela, a great singer. Let us read the lyric first:
What is great about this song?
- The lovely repetition of ‘than’. What an incomparable genius is Kannadasan?
- The style used by Kannadasan as if the heroine is communicating her joy to her companion.
- The melodious voice of P. Suseela.
- The great music by MSV, another great master.
- The lingering effect of this evergreen song.
