The Pride of Rajasthan - Pyaaz Ki kachori

Summary:- If you are in Rajasthan and haven’t tried this pyaaz ki kachori, then your trip is surely incomplete. These kinds of compliments you must have always got from people. And, somehow this is true too.

So, here is the full recipe we have shared. You can make these kachoris at your home too.

Ingredients required:-

Onion - 1

Garam Masala Powder - ½ Tsp

Green Chilli - 1

Garlic paste - 1 Tsp

Besan (Gram Flour) - 1 Tsp

Asafoetida (Hing) - A Pinch

Mustard Seeds - ½ Tsp

Boiled Potato - 1

Sugar - ½ Tsp

Red Chilli Powder - ½ Tsp

Ginger Paste - 1 Tsp

Dry Mango Powder (Amchur) -      1 Tsp

Coriander Seeds - 1 Tsp

Cumin Seeds - ½ Tsp

Refined Oil - As Required

Water - ½ Cup

For Dough:-

All Purpose Flour - 1 Cup

Salt - As Required

The Process to make Pyaaz ki Kachori

1. First, take a deep bowl, and add All purpose flour, refined oil, salt and make a stiff dough using appropriate water. Once done then keep it aside.
2. Meanwhile, chop onions and green chillies and mash boiled potatoes. Keep both of them in separate bowls.
3. Now, take a pan and add refined oil and heat the oil on medium flame. Then add ingredients like ginger paste, garlic paste, cumin seeds, asafoetida, mustard seeds, and sugar. Mix them well and saute for few minutes.
4. Then add chopped onion, coriander seeds, green chillies, and salt into the mixture and mix them well.
5. Wait until onion turns little brown then add mashed potatoes, red chilli powder, amchur powder, gram flour, garam masala, and sugar and mix the mixture properly. Wait until oil starts extracting from the mixture and then put the flame off.
6. Now take the dough and divide into equal portions. Take one portion and roll it on the flat surface. Then put onion mixture at the center. And seal the edges by joining together. Then again roll it as per your desired length. Repeat the same step with the remaining stuff.
7. For deep-fry, take a pan and heat the oil on medium flame. Once the oil is heated then add Kachoris into the oil and deep-fry them until golden brown.
8. Pyaaz ki Kachori is ready. Serve them on chutneys.

Jalebi infused with Vanilla flavored rabdi

Jalebi definitely isn't for health conscious people. But, if had one bite of it, you can't resist for sure. Especially, when Jalebi is infused with Vanilla flavored rabdi. The taste of the Jalebi just gets doubled. Also, one can give a traditional touch to the Jalebi by infusing in cardamom and rose water.

Ingredients:

Jalebi:

• 1½  cups Maida (plain flour)
• 3 tablespoon rice flour
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• Salt as required
• 2 cups Water
• 10-15 Saffron strands
• A pinch of Yellow coloring (optional)
• 1 tablespoon Rosewater
• A pinch of Sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• Pure ghee for frying

Sugar Syrup:

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2/4 cup water
• 2-3 cardamom pods
• 1 tablespoon rose water

For vanilla rabdi

• 2 cups of milk
• 3 tablespoon raw sugar
• 1 vanilla pod + scraped beans

Making of Jalebi:

1. Take a bowl and add Maida, yogurt, rice flour, salt, saffron, yellow color, rosewater, and water. Mix all the ingredients well and prepare a batter. Leave it covered aside for 6 hours at room temperature or overnight in a fridge.
2. Add baking soda to the mixture and keep it aside for 20 minutes.
3. Transfer the batter into a squeeze bottle with a fine tip opening.
4. Heat the ghee in a kadai. Once the ghee is heated, pour the batter of Jalebi forming a spiral shape. Let the Jalebis get fried on low heat.
5. Meanwhile, take a bowl and heat the water along with sugar. Add cardamom and let it thicken till 2 string consistency.
6. Dip all the Jalebis in the sugar syrup and let it stay for about a minute.

Preparing the Rabdi:

1. Take a pan, heat the milk, sugar, vanilla beans, and pod on a low flame. Let the milk thicken.
2. Once thickened, take the Jalebi in a bowl and pour the vanilla flavored rabdi over it.

Which one to choose MBA or PGDM?

This is the biggest question of all time, after graduation, most of the students get confused as which course to choose for post-graduation. In India, there are several post-graduation courses are available. But, if you are looking for a management degree then you have MBA or PGDM as career options. Still, if you are in dilemma as which is the better career option out of MBA or PGDM, we must tell you that both have their own USPs and there are many differences too.

Limitation of PGDM Course over MBA Course

PGDM stands as Post Graduation Diploma in Management. Now, most of the students get confused when they heard the word "diploma" as they have a view that PGDM is a diploma, not a degree. However, MBA is a full-time professional degree. Yes, that's true that PGDM is a diploma course and the reason behind this is that, an autonomous (self-governing) Institute can only offer diploma in management courses as it is not affiliated to any university, hence, these institutes cannot conduct management courses like MBA. Many institutes do not offer MBA degrees, they only provide PGDM or PGP diploma as they are independent institutes. On the another side, MBA is provided by affiliated Universities which increases the importance of the degree.

On the same place, there are several colleges which are affiliated to AICTE  (All India Council for Technical Education) and they provide PGDM course. Some business schools are providing AICTE PGDM course which will be independently run by the institute and will be approved by AICTE, the ministry of HRD and government of India.

Benefits of Doing PGDM Course

University approved colleges cannot change the syllabus independently, it takes 3 to 5 or sometimes 7 years to change the syllabus. However, autonomous institutes offer the latest syllabus as they are the sole decision maker. Hence, students are trained on the trending and current market topics. This is one of the important benefits of the PGDM course out of the long list of benefits.

Why to choose an MBA?

Who doesn’t want to earn good and enjoy their life on their own terms? Every action we literally perform from the day we start to study is drawn towards the point of earning well in life for satisfying our own needs.

Now that we’ve been taught since childhood that those who study well, earn well and eat well in life. That actually stands true. But to study well, first, we need to figure out what do we wish to study?

Nowadays, when we are told to choose for streams, I agree that we get allocated in different science and commerce streams but one thing that binds all the streams together is MBA. Everyone, irrespective of their own streams chooses to pursue an MBA at the end of the day.

MBA isn’t just a random course which is pursued in large numbers because of herd mentality. It's the only course which ensures that you have enough practical knowledge for both the worlds as well as corporate world's each and every department whether it be finance or HR.

We have various other courses like M.A or M.Com but they do help you in specializing only in a particular field. Since your specialization is limited up to a field, the job opportunities are also automatically limited to fewer options.

And most importantly, an MBA executive degree doesn't ever have an age limit. Anyone who wants to learn about business or anyone who's already into running a business, literally anyone can be interested in and pursuing an executive MBA degree. It's a practically based knowledgeable subject to look into. Nothing should come in between you and your MBA if that's what you decide to focus on.

MBA can lead you to a more successful path with your career always being on the right gear.

MBA Marketing - A Rewarding Career Option

One of the most common and popular specialization in management course is MBA in Marketing management which many students aim for. Marketing aspirants are required in almost all of the organisations because it is a crucial activity which is performed in every organisation. Keeping this pointer in mind let us have a view on MBA in Marketing.

Opportunities & Scope after MBA in Marketing Management

It is true that marketing is an essential part of any organization in overseas and India both. A skilled marketing graduate can play an important part in identifying customer behaviors and their needs, analyzing the competition and can consequently generate business strategies more efficiently.

Some organizations engage hardcore sales while others concentrate more on digital marketing strategies. After MBA in marketing management, students can opt to go for a sales profile, If students have exceptional communication skills and they don’t want to do a tedious desk job. Otherwise, many other options are still available for students like developing marketing strategies, branding, customer relationships, entertainment, print media, promotions etc. If you are a creative person then you can opt for advertising or writing.

Students with MBA in marketing management can also take up a job in the research field if they have an analytic mind and can derive patterns and trends. Students need to do analyze their strengths, self-examine and think what suits their abilities the best.

There are various institutes and business schools which are providing MBA in Marketing. ITM group of institutions at Mumbai (Dombivli) is one of them. They are providing MBA specializations in Marketing and Digital media which is a 2-year full-time program and their placement percentage with the decent package is really high. Apart from the syllabus, they conduct several activities which help students to understand the real corporate world.

Tips for choosing an ideal nursery school for your child

Tips for choosing an ideal nursery school for your child

Pre-planning is always important before you start anything new. Same goes for the nursery school.
Choosing the right nursery school is very important. Take into consideration the following points before you choose a nursery school. Sending a child into the nursery school will always prove to be the right decision concerning your children's future.

1. First and foremost step to take into consideration is the research part. Research well on the nursery schools near you. Take suggestions from your neighbors or other parents in your friend circle. Ask them the information like why they chose this particular nursery school, what all things were they looking for, what they didn't like about other nursery schools, etc.
2. Another important point to take into consideration is the area. Always opt for a nursery school that is nearby your area. Else you and the kid will end up with the unnecessary traveling just because you chose a different nursery school. Consider the child and then make the decision.
3. Nursery school is all about the necessary learning and education. Always opt for a nursery school that has a proper model of education and has done quite well in performance. After all, you want your child to get the best education, learning, and a proper start to his/her educational career.
4. Choose a nursery school with convenient school timings that suit both you and your child.
5. A good nursery school is the one who has an excellent online presence with their website. These days social media network is in trend, and everyone follows the trend. And so does these nursery schools. Having a Facebook page seems to be more genuine and interactive. Apart from Facebook, it is also good to have other social media handles.
6. Once you are done with research, make sure that you personally go and visit the nursery school. Give a check on the infrastructure, curriculum, their teachings methods, teacher's attitude, and nature, etc. and when you are sure of all these things, come to a conclusion and select that particular nursery school.

Jalebi or The Indian Pretzel

A fond and distinct memory from my childhood, that of me having garma garam (hot) jalebis with rabri or sometimes milk, is quite vivid in my mind, even now I remember those days, those were some wonderful worth remembering carefree days, I wish they could come back. To speak of jalebi and my tryst and love for it, I have a ton of stories and for you to hear them will require some time for sure if not a lot.

I still remember in my childhood I used to refer to jalebi as 'round and stop', basically due to the fact that it is prepared that way, where one   round and round the jalebi batter and once certain rounds are done, he gives it a stop and there its done, then he soaks in in sugary syrup to give it its sweetness. During childhood, I used to love watching jalebi being prepared live in front of me.

One of India's most famous and loved dessert is the jalebi. Though jalebi is not Indian yet we Indians have taken it to our liking so much that it’s no longer foreign to us, it has become truly Indian now. As mentioned above, jalebi is said to have originated in the Middle East and it was brought to India during the Medieval Period. Moreover, the term 'jalebi' is derived from the Persian word 'zolbiya' or the Arabic word 'zolabiya' which mean a similar dessert. There are a number of stories and mentions of jalebi in numerous books and accounts of the Medieval Period, which throw light on the recipe and ingredients of the similar dish which is identical to the modern-day jalebi, thus creating a strong connection between the Medieval Period jalebi and the modern ones.

Indian desserts are famous throughout the world not just for their taste but also for the less number of ingredients used and the simplicity in which they are prepared, and so is jalebi. Most Indian desserts are simple comfortable snack which can be had anytime anywhere without any fuss, so is jalebi. We Indians are blessed to have a sweet tooth and we love our desserts so much may it be gulab jamun or rasgulla, may it be barfi or sandesh/peda, may it be gajar ka halwa or moong dal ka halwa and so do we love jalebi as well.

Jalebi is basically prepared by - making a batter out of maida (all purpose flour), then deep-frying it in oil, the shape has given is in the form of pretzel (a number of circles), once it is fried, the jalebi is soaked in sugar syrup and there you go, your juicy tasty jalebi is ready. Jalebi can be had either warm or cold, the taste is quite subtle mainly due to the less number of ingredients used, it has a chewy texture. Most people prefer jalebi warm or hot, however, I prefer them cold as the sweetness increases as it gets colder. Jalebi tastes best with milk or rabri or even kachori.

A simple delicious dessert loved by one and all, jalebi truly is one of the best desserts.