Recipes, -Sabudana Khichdi

A dish speically made during fasts - sago cooked with potatoes and crushed peanuts

Cooking Time: 5-10 minutes
Servings: 4

 Preparation Time: 2-4 hours
 Category: Veg

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Ingredients

•	Sago (sabudana)	1 1/2 cups
•	Peanuts	1/4 cup
•	Green chillies	4-5
•	Potato	1 medium
•	Ghee	3 tablespoons
•	Curry leaves	1 sprig
•	Cumin seeds	1 teaspoon
•	Salt	to taste
•	Lemon juice	1 teaspoon
•	Fresh coconut scraped	2 tablespoons
•	Fresh coriander leaves	a few sprigs

Method
Wash sabudana two to three times and then soak in one-cup water for three to four hours. Sabudana grains should be separate and moist.

 Roast peanuts on a hot griddle, peel off the skin and then grind coarsely. Wash green chillies, remove stem and then chop finely. Peel and wash the potato and cut into half cm. cubes. Wash and chop coriander leaves.

 Heat ghee in a pan, add curry leaves, cumin seeds and chopped green chillies. When cumin seeds crackle add the potato cubes. Cook till the potatoes are done. Add sabudana, scraped coconut and ground peanuts, sauté for four to five minutes, stirring well. Sprinkle a little water, add salt and lime juice. 

Mix well. Remove from heat. Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot

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GADGETS - TABLETS, Government for providing Aakash tablet at Rs. 1,500

Government is keen to take Aakash tablet to the people at a cost of Rs. 1,500 apiece, Telecom and IT minister Kapil Sibal said Monday."I asked Rajat Moona (Director General,C-DAC) to help us in Aakash. Let us take that Aakash to the people of this country for a sum of Rs. 1,500. Each student must have a Aakash in his/her hand so that they can see the world with it," Sibal said at a function New Delhi.
At present, the government purchases the device from Datawind, the maker of Aakash tablet PC, at Rs. 2,263 apiece.
The government will distribute the tablet to students at subsidised rate of Rs. 1,130 apiece.
Sibal said that there is need to gain expertise in providing cutting-edge technology at affordable prices to people, and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) should work towards developing such technologies.
The minister also said that C-DAC should work in the direction of providing cheap and effective technological options for the security of women.
"Recently, we had this very very unfortunate event in Delhi and I called Rajat and said I want a technological solution of the safety of girls and women in our country.
"I want a wrist watch, which will video graph, which will set up an alarm, which will call up dedicated lines. Lets have a GPS system and lets produce this for less than Rs. 1,000 for the citizens of our country for their safety," Sibal said.
He added that the country needs to scale up its technology skills and attain self-reliance.
"As we look into the 21st century, we realise that there are several areas where we need to be self-reliant. Super computing is of exceptional importance one such area. I see C-DAC as a technology leader in the world. India should provide technological solutions to the world," he sai

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USEFUL, MapmyIndia adds Lx340 navigator to the portfolio, at affordable price

MapmyIndia has announced the launch of their new navigator Lx340, priced at Rs. 8,990. This is the latest addition to the range of in-car navigators that the company offers.

GPS navigation services provider MapmyIndia has updated the in-car GPS device offering with the latest offering – the Lx340 navigator. The device has been priced at Rs. 8,990. This device brings 3D Maps to the affordable navigator segment. Incidentally, 3D Maps is something seen in the more expensive devices till now.

Shivalik Prasad, Executive Director, MapmyIndia, says, “With Lx340, we’re making available to all car owners in India, a powerful and premium GPS navigation and entertainment experience, at a very affordable and attractive price point. We’re excited to further accelerate the strong proliferation of in-car GPS navigation systems in India and power every car in India with a MapmyIndia product in the coming time, and will continue to innovate and invent new products and technologies to deliver the best navigation and driving experience to Indians.”

The Lx340 has a 4.3-inch display with a 480x272 pixel resolution. The device comes with 2GB built-in storage, and a microSD card slot for memory expansion up to 8GB. The device runs on Windows CE 6.0 operating system, which is pretty much standard across most devices that we have tested.

The maps installed on the device include door-to-door navigation to house addresses in 39 cities, 7.08 million points-of-interest across various categories covering 4,551 cities at street level with localities, streets, landmarks and 5,79,000 towns and villages connected by complete highway network across India. Additionally, 3D landmarks across various Indian cities and 2D building footprints across 36 cities.

The Lx340 navigator brings in the new 'Don’t Panic!' GPS navigation software interface for instant route calculation and re-routing feature to keep user on track all the time with powerful, easy to use single-line search to find any place easily. There will be visual & audible alerts for lane guidance, over-speeding & road signs.

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MOBILE - SAMSUNG, Samsung Galaxy Grand, Galaxy Young and Galaxy Flame: Specs, features

Samsung is so fast in launching its handsets, that others are finding it hard to keep a tab on the number of smart-phone it launches on almost daily basis. Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3 Mini, Galaxy Grand and then the new handsets including Galaxy Young and Galaxy Flame. These are merely a few handsets that the company has introduced in recent months. In between there are numerous other handsets that don’t really come in so exciting specs and features, nonetheless attract a large number of customers.

This policy of Korean tech giant Samsung seems to be paying handsomely as it is able t attract almost every important or even lesser important segment of smart-phone buyers to its fold. If you want the best handset, there is either Galaxy S3 or Galaxy Note 2. But if you don’t want to pay sky high price and still want to get great handset you have Galaxy Note original and Galaxy S2. Then for someone who wants good specs in smaller size, there is Galaxy S3 Mini and if someone wants a bigger handset with toned down specs, here come Galaxy Grand. Samsung is following a please all policy and it is giving it rich dividends.

After launching Galaxy Grand Duos Sammy is launching two more low-end phones are added to the Samsung’s lineup of Android phones. The long-rumored Galaxy Young and Galaxy Flame with Android Jelly Bean have been confirmed by the South Korean tech giant. The devices are meant for customers who are budget conscious and don’t want to spend much money on a phone. Both the handsets are nice products for budget conscious consumers and they do also share almost the same specs and innards. There is a change in display size of the devices, however. Here is our overview of the key features and specialties of the Samsung’s new low-end Android handsets.

Both the handsets come loaded with 4.1 Jelly Bean. The new Android update adds smarter and intelligent user experience to the phones. Because of Android Jelly Bean’s capability for “seamless screen transitions between apps and taking and sharing photos,” the new Samsung phones are great products. Both the Young and Flame are powered by 1GHz processors and they have 4GB internal memory in common. Well, 1GHZ CPU is capable enough to provide you better operating speeds for great multitasking and faster web page loading. 4GB internal memory is less, but it is much more for a person, who wants to get a low-end phone like the Young or Flame.

As far as the battery of both the handsets is concerned, Samsung has packed 1,300mAh batteries inside both the Young and Flame. It will help users enjoy increased multimedia use and long talk time. Well, most of Samsung’s handsets are known for their decent battery life. The handsets preload a variety of Samsung’s native apps for better functions. Samsung Game Hub Lite is one that is meant to let you access to “fully-optimized” and “best-in-class” games. The S Cloud, Samsung’s device management software, is also there. It is a nice way for you to sync and back up storage of information like contacts, SMSes, bookmarks and more.

Both the handsets come with a great feature of Motion UI: The new Samsung phones are known for their intuitive Motion UI. As per Samsung, you can “simply shake the devices to refresh and update widgets and other content.” In case you are unable to pick up a call, “you can just turn over the device to mute the ringer,” says Samsung in its press note. Fine, both the Young and Flame will come in two versions; single SIM and Dual SIM. You can buy dual SIM version in order to use two SIM cards at the same time. Samsung has indeed designed the devices with some innovative features to its dual SIM capability. “Hybrid Dual SIM lets you use 3G data on one SIM while receiving a call on the other SIM,” says Samsung.

As far as Young is concerned, it comes with a smaller 3.27-inch display. It is a 480 x 320 resolution LCD screen. It has 768MB of RAM. The handset mounts a 3MP rear camera and a VGA front camera for video chats. You have features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, A-GPS and digital compass in addition. “With a compact, curved frame, the Young has been designed with an ergonomic style and finished with simple clean lines, providing a comfortable grip. Beyond its chic design, the 3.27” full touch HVGA resolution screen makes viewing photos, messages and multimedia clear and detailed,” says Samsung.  When it comes to the Flame, the device sports a somewhat larger 3.5-inch display with the same screen resolution. The handset has a 5MP rear camera with autofocus and other advanced features. It also has a VGA front camera, 512MB of RAM and optimal NFC as other attraction points. “The Fame is a stylish device coupled with a sophisticated, simple and powerful user experience,” says Samsung. The handsets are really attractive for people who would love to go for budget handsets.

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