Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Salad Sauce

Whether a salad for a salad sauce both were pretty new recipes for me. Being more exposed to Indian cooking an Italian recipe for challenging and exciting. After browsing through the internet and watching many youtube videos, came up with an idea. Why not try my own ingredients and make something interesting. Here is what I came up with healthy and lip licking salad sauces. My very first attempt  integrating Indian sauces to Italian recipes.   

Baked Beans mint salad sauce : Serves  3

Ingredients:


  • Canned baked beans - 1 tbsp
  • Olive Oil                   - 1/2 tbsp
  • Lemon juice              - 1 tsp
  • Salt                            - 1/4 tsp
  • Pepper powder          - 1/4 tsp
  • Mustard paste            - 1/4 tsp
  • Chopped mint           - 5-6 leaves
  • Honey                       - 1 tsp
  • Chopped ginger        - 1/2 tsp


Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and serve with any kind of salad. Lemon juice and salt can be adjusted to our preference.

Yogurt chickpeas salad sauce : Serves 3

Ingredients :


  • Yogurt                  - 2 tbsp
  • Mayonnaise          - 1 1/2 tsp
  • Chopped               - 1 tsp   
  • coriander 
  • Olive oil               - 1/2 tbsp
  • Lemon juice         - 1 tsp
  • Mustard paste      -  1/4 tsp
  • Green sauce         - 1/4 tsp
  • Salt                      - 1/4 tsp
  • Pepper powder    - 1/4 tsp
  • Honey                 - 1/2 tsp
  • Minced Chick     - 2 tbsp
  • peas          


Mix all the ingredients well together and add as topping to any salad and goes well with bread too.
Lemon and salt can be adjusted to our preference.

Green Sauce :

Ingredients :


  • Mint leaves          - 1/2 bunch
  • Coriander leaves  - 1/2 bunch
  • Lemon juice         - 1 lemon
  • Green chilly         - 5-6 nos
  • Cumin seeds        - 1 tsp
  • Roasted chick      - 2 tsp
  • peas
  • Garlic cloves       - 3 nos
  • Salt                      - 1/2 tsp


Add mint, coriander, garlic cloves, cumin seeds, roasted chick peas ,green chilly and salt in a blender and blended it into a smooth paste by adding lemon juice. This sauce is used widely in many North Indian chat recipes.Goes well as a spread on bread omelette.

Please drop in your comments. Have a Great day.



Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Top 10 Competitive Exams in the World

1. MENSA

  • It is the largest and oldest intelligence test conducted by MENSA Foundation in England
  • 98 percentile is the minimum score
  • No age restriction, the youngest was a 2 years and 4 months toddler with a score of 104 and the oldest was 102 years foe the United States

2. LNAT : 

  • National Admission Test for Law is an Aptitude test in many major law universities in the United Kingdom
  • A 150 minutes exam comprising reading comprehension and logical thinking skills

3. LSAT :


  •  Law School Admission Test  is a law school exam held in United States, Canada and Australia
  •  Its a half a day standardized test
  •  A 3 level examination
  • Reading Comprehension [4 passages each of 26-28 questions]     
  • Logical reasoning            [2 sections each of 24-26 questions]
  • Analytical reasoning       [ 1 section of 22-24 questions]                                                     

4. CSAT :


  • College Scholastic Ability Test also known as Suneung in South Korea
  • It is the most exhaustive standardized test
  •  Conducted every year in the month of November

5. GRE :


  •  Graduate Record Examination administered by ETS ( Educational Testing Service)
  •  Its is a computer based examination and the score is valid for 5 years
  •  3 hours 45 minutes exam comprising of 6 sections

6. IIT- JEE :


  •  Indian Institute of Technology- Joint Entrance Exam formerly known as CEE - Common   Entrance Exam
  •  Considered as one of the toughest engineering exams in the world
  •  Its of 2 phases - JEE main and JEE advanced with 2 question papers for 3 hours

7. All Souls Prize Fellowship Exam :


  •  Competitive exam held at University of Oxford
  •  2 day exam in the late September and each of 3 hours
  •  The most important is the Cherry Pie test

8. CAT :


  •  Common Admission Test is a computer based examination
  • One needs to score in this test to attain admission in IIMs ( Indian Institute of Management) and other premium schools in  India
  •  The only exam with Negative Marking

9. UPSC :


  •  Union Public Service Exam is held by Public Service Commission for recruitment in Indian Administrative Services
  •  3 level test SCAT (Civil Service Aptitude Test) which is a preliminary objective test
  •  Followed by a main subjective test wit an interview superseding

10. National Higher Education Entrance Exam :


  •  Commonly known as GAOKAO held in China int he month of June
  •  Its a pre-graduate level examination covering all subject
  •  The exam is administered for two to three days

Monday, July 20, 2015

Top 10 Competitive Exams in India

1. UPSC Civil Service Exam :

(i) Held by Union Public Service Commision 

(ii) SCAT- Civil Service Aptitude Test - Main Test - Personal Interview

(iii) Its takes a year for completion of the entire exam

2. IIT-JEE :

(i) Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Exam initially known as CEE - Common Entrance
     Exam

(ii) Considered as one of the toughest exams in the world

(iii) The exam is conducted in 2 regional languages - Hindi and English

3. GATE :

(i) Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

(ii) Conducted jointly by  Indian Institute of Science and 7 Institutes of Technology

(iii) The score are used for admission on Post Graduation courses ( M E, M.Tech, Doctor of 
        Philosophy) and for employment in government owned companies.

(iv) The score are valid for 3 years

4. GRE :

(i) Graduate Record Examnination is an entrance test conduced to pursue higher education in the
     United States.

(ii) Administered by ETS - Educational Testing Service 

(iii) It is a 3 hours and 45 minutes computerized examination of 6 section

5. CFA :

(i) Chartered Financial Ananlyst Exam

(ii) Its a 3 level exam.

(iii) One needs  4 years of work experience to appear for this exam

(iv) Considered as one of the toughest exams in the world

6. IES :

(i) Indian Engineering Services exam is a prestigious  post for every engineer in India

(ii) 4 stage competitive exam which comprises of 6 tests 

(iii) 12 hours of written test followed by a  personality test. 

7. NEET :

(i) National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is a medical entrance examination 

(ii) It is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India

(iii) Qualifying exam to study any graduate medical course (MBBS) , dental course (BDS) and
       post graduate courses (MD, MS)

8. AIIMS :

(i) All India Institute of Medical Science is a Medical Entrance Exam

9. CAT :

(i) Common Admission Test conducted by IIM - Indian Institute of Management

(ii) Multiple choice computer based examination for 2 hour 15 minutes

10. GMAT :

(i) Graduate Management Test is a computer adaptive standardized test.

(ii) The score is valid for 5 years

(iii) Entrance exam to pursue post graduation outside India