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RECIPE : Chepala Pulusu

Recipe for fish curry (AKA Chepala Pulusu in Telugu). Credit goes to my Athayya (mother-in-law). Lakshmi and I learnt a lot of new dishes during her brief visit to Chicago.

Ingredients

  • Cat Fish : 3Lbs
  • Onions : 3 (large)
  • Thai Chill : 6
  • Tamarind : 10 gms (or use 2 table spoon of tamarind paste) : 6i
  • Ginger Garlic Paste : 3 table spoons
  • (sambar) Chili Powder : 3 table spoons
  • Curry Leaves : 5
  • Cumin Seeds : 1 tea spoon
  • Mustard Seeds : 2 tea spoons
  • Turmeric : 1 tea spoon

Preparation

  • Skin the cat fish, cut out the fins and tail.
  • Cut the fish into medium size pieces and wash with turmeric and salt (this takes out the fishy smell).
  • Pour 5 table spoons of oil in a broad pan and let it heat for ~2 minutes.
  • Add mustard and cumin seeds and let them sizzle for ~30 seconds (this is known as thalimpu in Telugu).
  • Add curry leaves and let them sizzle for ~20 seconds.
  • Add the chillies and onions and fry them.
  • Add 1 table spoon of salt to soften the onions.
  • Add turmeric powder.
  • When onions start to brown, add the tamarind water.
  • Add the chili powder and let the contents simmer for a few minutes.
  • Lay the fish pieces on the mixture evenly (after this point, don’t move the fish pieces since they can fall apart).
  • Cover the pan with a lid and let the contents boil for 15 minutes.
  • Serve hot with white rice and enjoy :).

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March 31, 2007 by Food Uncategorized 2

Blackberry : Administrator tip

If you ever wanted to find out how to confirm that a message you have sent to a blackberry device has been delivered, you can send a message to the blackberry with just < confirm> in the subject. You will get a confirmation e-mail as soon as the message has been delivered to the blackberry device. We usually use it to check latency and other issues on our blackberry server.

March 13, 2007 by Networking Technology Uncategorized 0

HOW TO : Cognos Installation

I tried setting up Cognos (Business Intelligence tool mainly used for reporting) on a test machine for Lakshmi to play around with. After going through the install, I can say with confidence that Cognos has some of the worst documentation :). Here are some quick tips that you won’t find in the official documentation for someone trying to configure Cognos BI 8.x on a Win2k3 server running MS SQL 2005 and IIS 6.0.

  1. After installing Cognos, run the “Cognos Configuration” tool and change the “Gateway URI” setting to “http://servername:portnumber/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognosisapi.dll” in the environment section.
  2. Edit the default.htm and index.htm file in the “< cognos install directory >\cognos\c8\webcontent” directory and replace cognos.cgi with cognosisapi.dll
  3. Open ISS manager and go to Web Service Extension. Add a new web service extension called isapi and add cognosisapi.dll as a required file. Make sure to set the extension status to Allowed.

This should enable you to launch cognos and log into the web interface.

March 13, 2007 by Networking Programming Technology Uncategorized Web 1

Chicago's best Korean Restaurant

If you are in Chitown and want to taste authentic Korean food, I highly recommend San Soo Gap San located at 5247 North Western Ave. Lakshmi and I had dinner at San Soo Gap San for our anniversary :). It is not the most romantic place, but you will really get a kick out of preparing your own BBQ. In addition to falling in love with Korean BBQ, I also discovered a new beer. OB (Oriental Brewery) Lager Beer is a light lager made from Rice. It has a mild taste with a light crisp hop character. Beer lovers should try this :).

P.S: Make sure you don’t wear any expensive clothes to this restaurant. You will end up smelling like smoked BBQ, by the time you are done with your meal :).

February 15, 2007 by Food Travel Uncategorized 0

In honor of St.Valentine..

Here’s one of my favourite poem by A.S Pushikin .

I remember a wonderful moment
As before my eyes you appeared,
Like a vision, fleeting, momentary,
Like a spirit of the purest beauty.

In the torture of hopeless melancholy,
In the bustle of the world’s noisy hours,
That voice rang out so tenderly,
I dreamed of that lovely face of yours.

The years flew quickly. The storm’s blast
Scattered the dreams of former times,
And I forgot your tender voice,
And the features of your heavenly face.

In remoteness, in gloomy isolation,
My days dragged quietly, nothing was new,
No godlike face, no inspiration,
No tears, no life, no love, no you.

Then to my soul an awakening came,
And there again your face appeared,
Like a vision, fleeting, momentary,
Like a spirit of the purest beauty.

And my heart beat with a rapture new,
And for its sake arose again
A godlike face, an inspiration,
And life, and tears, and love, and you.

February 14, 2007 by Rantings Uncategorized 0