Ingredients
1 cup Lentil
½ cup Bengal Gram (split)
¾ cup Red Gram (split)
2 nos. Onion(large(finely chopped))
2 nos. Potato(medium(diced))
1 no. Tomato(large(finely chopped))
2 nos. Eggplant(medium(diced))
½ cup Pumpkin (Red)(diced (optional))
½ cup Fenugreek Leaves((finely chopped))
¾ tsp. All spice powder
¼ tsp. Garlic(paste)
¼ tsp. Ginger(paste)
½ tsp. \½ bunch Red Chili Powder
1 tbsp. Vegetable OilSalt to taste
Mint for garnishing
1 no. Onion(sliced)
5 pieces Cinnamon(whole)
3 pieces Cabbage
2 nos. Cardamom(black/green)
4 nos. Bay leaves
4 tsp dhansak masala (powder) 3 cups rice 5 whole cloves 2 tsp sugar 1 tbsp butter/oil
Directions
For Dhansak :
Wash all the dals and pressure cook with haldi, salt, half the amount of onion, potatoes, brinjals, methi and red pumpkin for 3 whistles.
Mash to a rather fine consistency(no whole vegetable should be evident).
In a kadhai heat oil and add the ginger-garlic paste and dhansak and garam masalas.
Stir till oil seperates from the masala.
To this add the rest of the chopped onion & fry till light brown.Add the tomato and cook till the mixture becomes pulpy.
Add chilli as required.Now add the dal and simmer for 10 minutes till gravy thickens.
Garnish with mint and serve hot with Brown Rice and papad.
For Brown Rice :
In a pan heat butter and add the whole masala; fry till fragrant.
Add the sugar and let it brown, then add onions and fry till brown.
Add 5 cups of water and bring to boil. Add the rice, salt and cook till done.
Tuesday 25 March 2008
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Top UK police chief is found dead
The head of one of the biggest police forces in Britain has been found dead.
Michael Todd, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, disappeared while out walking on Snowdon, north Wales, on Monday night.
Rescue teams found the 50-year-old's body on part of the mountain called Bwlch Glas on Tuesday afternoon.
The cause of his death is not yet known but suicide is understood to be one line of inquiry. Letters addressed to his family were also found.
Deputy Chief Constable Dave Whatton confirmed the death of his friend, a father-of-three, in a statement outside force headquarters in Manchester on Tuesday evening
He said: "Yesterday, Michael Todd, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police was off-duty and walking in Snowdonia.
"Last night we became concerned for his welfare and as a result searches started to find him.
"These searches have continued today and unfortunately this afternoon a body has been found.
"I and all the officers of Greater Manchester Police and all the members of Greater Manchester Police Authority are absolutely shocked by what's happened and what has taken place in the last 16 hours."
Mr Whatton said although the body had yet to be formally identified, he believed it was that of the chief constable.
Reports of his disappearance emerged after a large scale search was reported in Nant Peris, above the village of Llanberis, Gwynedd.
The Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team began the task of taking his body off the mountain on foot on Tuesday evening.
It was brought down at about 1930 GMT and transferred by ambulance to Ysbyty Gwynedd, a hospital at Bangor.
Rescue spokesman Ian Henderson said teams had been hampered by "appalling" weather conditions, including heavy rain and high winds, which meant rescuers could not use a helicopter.
Mr Henderson confirmed that the alarm was raised by walkers who found "personal effects" belonging to Mr Todd while out on the mountain.
His body was spotted just before 1500 GMT about 200 yards away from the spot where the items were found, he added.
Sources at Greater Manchester Police said that among the items found with him were personal letters written to his loved ones, the BBC's Nick Ravenscroft said.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith led a series of tributes to Mr Todd, saying she was "saddened" to learn of his death.
"Chief Constable Todd has had a long and distinguished career in various forces and has contributed greatly to the fight against crime and terrorism," she said.
"My thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues."
Taser stunt
Tributes also poured in from police bodies, chief constables from other forces, senior MPs and political figures in Manchester.
Mr Todd, a former Met Police assistant commissioner, joined GMP in 2002. He also worked in Essex and Nottingham.
He was appointed chief constable in Greater Manchester, England's third largest force, in October 2002 following the retirement of Sir David Wilmot.
He had been a police officer for more than 30 years, having joined Essex Police in 1976, and was tipped to become Britain's highest-ranking officer - a future Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
Mr Todd's most high-profile media appearance was when he allowed himself to be hit by a Taser stun gun to prove they were a safe alternative to firearms.
Michael Todd, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, disappeared while out walking on Snowdon, north Wales, on Monday night.
Rescue teams found the 50-year-old's body on part of the mountain called Bwlch Glas on Tuesday afternoon.
The cause of his death is not yet known but suicide is understood to be one line of inquiry. Letters addressed to his family were also found.
Deputy Chief Constable Dave Whatton confirmed the death of his friend, a father-of-three, in a statement outside force headquarters in Manchester on Tuesday evening
He said: "Yesterday, Michael Todd, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police was off-duty and walking in Snowdonia.
"Last night we became concerned for his welfare and as a result searches started to find him.
"These searches have continued today and unfortunately this afternoon a body has been found.
"I and all the officers of Greater Manchester Police and all the members of Greater Manchester Police Authority are absolutely shocked by what's happened and what has taken place in the last 16 hours."
Mr Whatton said although the body had yet to be formally identified, he believed it was that of the chief constable.
Reports of his disappearance emerged after a large scale search was reported in Nant Peris, above the village of Llanberis, Gwynedd.
The Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team began the task of taking his body off the mountain on foot on Tuesday evening.
It was brought down at about 1930 GMT and transferred by ambulance to Ysbyty Gwynedd, a hospital at Bangor.
Rescue spokesman Ian Henderson said teams had been hampered by "appalling" weather conditions, including heavy rain and high winds, which meant rescuers could not use a helicopter.
Mr Henderson confirmed that the alarm was raised by walkers who found "personal effects" belonging to Mr Todd while out on the mountain.
His body was spotted just before 1500 GMT about 200 yards away from the spot where the items were found, he added.
Sources at Greater Manchester Police said that among the items found with him were personal letters written to his loved ones, the BBC's Nick Ravenscroft said.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith led a series of tributes to Mr Todd, saying she was "saddened" to learn of his death.
"Chief Constable Todd has had a long and distinguished career in various forces and has contributed greatly to the fight against crime and terrorism," she said.
"My thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues."
Taser stunt
Tributes also poured in from police bodies, chief constables from other forces, senior MPs and political figures in Manchester.
Mr Todd, a former Met Police assistant commissioner, joined GMP in 2002. He also worked in Essex and Nottingham.
He was appointed chief constable in Greater Manchester, England's third largest force, in October 2002 following the retirement of Sir David Wilmot.
He had been a police officer for more than 30 years, having joined Essex Police in 1976, and was tipped to become Britain's highest-ranking officer - a future Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
Mr Todd's most high-profile media appearance was when he allowed himself to be hit by a Taser stun gun to prove they were a safe alternative to firearms.
Thursday 6 March 2008
Eight killed at Jerusalem school
Eight people have been killed and nine wounded by a Palestinian gunman who infiltrated a Jewish seminary in West Jerusalem, Israeli officials say.
Witnesses said the gunman went into a crowded hall during dinner at the Mercaz Harav seminary in the city's Kiryat Moshe quarter and opened fire.
The assailant, who Israeli police said was a resident of East Jerusalem, was shot dead by an Israeli army officer.
The attack is the worst of its kind in Israel for a number of years.
The White House has led international condemnation but the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas called the attack "heroic" while not claiming responsibility.
A previously unknown group called the "Jalil Freedom Battalions - the Martyrs of Imad Mughniyeh and Gaza" claims to have carried it out, according to Lebanese Hezbollah media.
The fact that the school is at the heart of the settler movement in the occupied West Bank may have been the reason why it was targeted, BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen reports.
Many of its students are on special courses that combine religious study with service in combat units in the Israeli army, he notes.
There will be an Israeli response to this attack, our Middle East editor adds - the question is how severe it will be.
'Horrific'
The gunman entered the library at the Mercaz Harav seminary on Thursday evening, where about 80 students were gathered, and fired an AK-47 rifle for several minutes, witnesses say.
One of the students, Yitzhak Dadon, reportedly shot the gunman twice before he was finally killed by an off-duty Israeli army officer, who had gone to the school after hearing gunfire.
"I shot him twice in the head," he told the Reuters news agency.
"He started to sway and then someone else with a rifle fired at him, and he died."
Another man told the BBC that there had been "terrible scenes" inside the building afterwards.
"When we got in... we saw young, 15-, 16-year-old guys lying on the floor with their Bibles in their hands - all dead..." he said.
Jerusalem police commander Aharon Franco confirmed there had been only one gunman and said he had hidden his weapon in a cardboard box.
Imad Mughniyeh, a senior Hezbollah leader and military commander, was killed in a car bomb in Damascus on 12 February.
'Aimed at the heart'
An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman said that "terrorists [were] trying to destroy the chances of peace" but peace talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would continue.
Mr Abbas condemned the attack in a statement saying he "condemns all attacks that target civilians, whether they are Palestinian or Israeli".
US President George W Bush condemned the attack "in the strongest possible terms" and UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said news of the killings was "shocking".
"They are an arrow aimed at the heart of the peace process so recently revived," Mr Miliband added.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also criticised the "deliberate killing and injuring of civilians" in what he called a "savage attack".
Hamas praise
In the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, gunmen fired into the air after news broke about the attack.
This heroic attack in Jerusalem is a normal response to the crimes of the occupier and its murder of civilians
Sami Abu ZuhriHamas spokesman
A loudspeaker in Gaza City reportedly broadcast the message: "This is God's vengeance"
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the group "blesses the heroic operation in Jerusalem" calling it as a "natural reaction" to Israeli attacks.
Last week, Israeli forces launched a raid into northern Gaza in which more than 120 Palestinians - including many civilians - were killed.
Shortly after the Jerusalem shooting, the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said four of its fighters had been killed in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis.
Israel says the recent military offensive has been designed to stamp out frequent rocket fire by Palestinian militants.
Rocket attacks have hit deeper into southern Israel, reaching Ashkelon, the closest large city to the Gaza Strip.
Are you in the area? Have you been affected by this incident or have you seen or heard anything? Send your comments or pictures by clicking on "Comments".
Witnesses said the gunman went into a crowded hall during dinner at the Mercaz Harav seminary in the city's Kiryat Moshe quarter and opened fire.
The assailant, who Israeli police said was a resident of East Jerusalem, was shot dead by an Israeli army officer.
The attack is the worst of its kind in Israel for a number of years.
The White House has led international condemnation but the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas called the attack "heroic" while not claiming responsibility.
A previously unknown group called the "Jalil Freedom Battalions - the Martyrs of Imad Mughniyeh and Gaza" claims to have carried it out, according to Lebanese Hezbollah media.
The fact that the school is at the heart of the settler movement in the occupied West Bank may have been the reason why it was targeted, BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen reports.
Many of its students are on special courses that combine religious study with service in combat units in the Israeli army, he notes.
There will be an Israeli response to this attack, our Middle East editor adds - the question is how severe it will be.
'Horrific'
The gunman entered the library at the Mercaz Harav seminary on Thursday evening, where about 80 students were gathered, and fired an AK-47 rifle for several minutes, witnesses say.
One of the students, Yitzhak Dadon, reportedly shot the gunman twice before he was finally killed by an off-duty Israeli army officer, who had gone to the school after hearing gunfire.
"I shot him twice in the head," he told the Reuters news agency.
"He started to sway and then someone else with a rifle fired at him, and he died."
Another man told the BBC that there had been "terrible scenes" inside the building afterwards.
"When we got in... we saw young, 15-, 16-year-old guys lying on the floor with their Bibles in their hands - all dead..." he said.
Jerusalem police commander Aharon Franco confirmed there had been only one gunman and said he had hidden his weapon in a cardboard box.
Imad Mughniyeh, a senior Hezbollah leader and military commander, was killed in a car bomb in Damascus on 12 February.
'Aimed at the heart'
An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman said that "terrorists [were] trying to destroy the chances of peace" but peace talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would continue.
Mr Abbas condemned the attack in a statement saying he "condemns all attacks that target civilians, whether they are Palestinian or Israeli".
US President George W Bush condemned the attack "in the strongest possible terms" and UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said news of the killings was "shocking".
"They are an arrow aimed at the heart of the peace process so recently revived," Mr Miliband added.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also criticised the "deliberate killing and injuring of civilians" in what he called a "savage attack".
Hamas praise
In the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, gunmen fired into the air after news broke about the attack.
This heroic attack in Jerusalem is a normal response to the crimes of the occupier and its murder of civilians
Sami Abu ZuhriHamas spokesman
A loudspeaker in Gaza City reportedly broadcast the message: "This is God's vengeance"
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the group "blesses the heroic operation in Jerusalem" calling it as a "natural reaction" to Israeli attacks.
Last week, Israeli forces launched a raid into northern Gaza in which more than 120 Palestinians - including many civilians - were killed.
Shortly after the Jerusalem shooting, the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said four of its fighters had been killed in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis.
Israel says the recent military offensive has been designed to stamp out frequent rocket fire by Palestinian militants.
Rocket attacks have hit deeper into southern Israel, reaching Ashkelon, the closest large city to the Gaza Strip.
Are you in the area? Have you been affected by this incident or have you seen or heard anything? Send your comments or pictures by clicking on "Comments".
Monday 3 March 2008
801, Victor Center
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I am in the process of editing this fast-paced story, and would do with some support from you.
Thank you !
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