How to make beetroot tikki

Beetroot ki tikki                          

Ingredients
600gm Beetroot
300gm Carrot
120gm Potatoes (mashed)
4 Green Chilies (seedless and finely chop)
5gm Ginger
1.5gm Shahi jeera
2 gm Black Pepper (Crushed)   
15gm Cornflour
15gm Tempura
75gm Breadcrumbs
1/4 tsp Green Cardamom Powder
1/8 tsp  Mace Powder
1/4 tsp  Cinnamon Powder
2 tbsp Cooking Oil
2 tbsp Butter
Salt to taste

The Beetroot Coulis

60gm Beetroot (cube, boil in 240ml/1 cup of vegetable stock for 30 minutes & cool)
5ml Balsamic Vinegar
2 tsp Olive Oil
Juice of one lemon

The Filling
75gm Hung curd
8 Cashew nuts (chopped)
12 Raisins (chopped)
2 Green Chilies (deseed and finely chopped)
5gm Ginger (finely chopped)
1 tbsp Mint (finely chopped)

Method:
Peel beetroot and carrot, wash, cut cubes, put in separate handi/pan, add enough water and boil until cooked (approx 10 minutes).
Drain, cool, grate beetroot and carrot and keep aside.
Finely chop the green chilies and ginger.
Heat oil and butter in a frying pan, add shahi zeera, , the ginger, green chilies, black pepper and stir. Then add the grated beetroot and carrot, cook for approx 4-6 minutes. Then add potatoes and salt, and cook till the moisture has completely evaporated.
Now add the remaining ingredients, except corn flour and tempura, stir, remove, adjust the seasoning and cool. Mix well and divide into 16 equal portions and make balls.

For the batter:
Put tempura and corn flour in a bowl, add 140 ml / ½ cup water and mix well.

For the filling:
In the yogurt add cashew nuts, raisins, green chillies, ginger and mint.
To create the patties, flatten each ball between the palms to make round patties, place a portion of the filling in the middle of each, seal, make balls again and carefully. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Remove the patties from the refrigerator, dip in tempura and corn flour batter, roll in breadcrumbs and keep aside.

For the Beetroot Coulis:
Put boiled beets in a blender and pulse to make a puree. Remove and pass puree through a fine mesh sieve.

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Grieving father of MH17 victim pens open letter to Putin

A grief-stricken father whose 17-year-old daughter was a passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 has penned an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In the letter posted to Facebook, Hans de Borst wrote that his daughter, Elsemiek de Borst, had planned to become an engineer.

"Elsemiek would next year take her final exam, along with her best friends Julia and Marina, and she did well in school," de Borst wrote. "She then wanted to go to TU Delft to study engineering, and she was looking forward to it! She is suddenly no more! From the air she was shot in a foreign country where a war is going on."

Elsemiek, he wrote, was traveling from The Hague to Malaysia with her mother (de Borst's ex-wife), brother and stepfather on MH17. She was one of 193 Dutch victims of the crash. The Boeing 777 en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam was shot down over the Russia-Ukraine border, killing all 298 passengers and crew.

"Many thanks to the Separatist leaders of Ukrainian government for the murder of my dear and only child," de Borst wrote. "Gentlemen of the above, I hope you're proud of including her and her young life was shot up too, and you can look in the mirror!

"Thanks again," he added, signing the letter: "Sincerely, Elsemiek's father, Hans de Borst from Monster, whose life is ruined."

De Borst wasn't the only grieving Dutch parent to address Putin.

"Mr. Putin, send my children home," Silene Fredriksz-Hoogzand, whose son Bryce and his girlfriend, Daisy Oehlers, were among those killed in the crash, told Sky TV. "Send them home. Please."

Fredriksz-Hoogzand told the Associated Press she was appalled at the way the crash site was being handled.

"I am not a politician," she said on Sunday. "But I know for sure that Mr. Putin can do something.

"No words can describe it," Fredriksz-Hoogzand continued. "Bodies are just lying there for three days in the hot sun. There are people who have this on their conscience. There are families who can never hold the body of a child or a mother."

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Match Referee: David Boon

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Al Qaeda plans final jihad in India

NEW DELHI: In India Al Qaeda is at the gates, and there are enough jihadis within already. Intelligence agencies say the terror network is making inroads into India, sowing the seeds of a “final war” across the country.

Information gathered on the Al Qaeda’s India plans point to a mobilisation of its resources for jihad. The ideological goal of the group, as detailed in the report, is chilling: Ghazwa-e-Hind, or the final battle in India.

Ghazwa-e-Hind refers to an indoctrinated view of a final apocalyptic war in which India will be conquered by a jihadi army. All soldiers of this army are guaranteed a place in heaven. This term is freely used in jihadi circles and on the web, but is considered bizarre by others.

Sources say the security establishment has been on the trail of launch-pads being set up within the country, and is also in touch with its counterparts in West Asia in order to crack the growing network. An intelligence report on India being used a hunting ground for global jihad reveals al Qaeda’s diabolic roadmap. To begin with, the terror group that was created and led by Arab fighters now has recruits from Kashmir-centric groups. “Not only Kashmiri groups but Taliban and al Qaeda affiliates have stakes in the larger scheme of Ghazwa-e-Hind where India is regarded as next battleground in the End of Times’ battle. This ideology is likely to be used to drive Taliban and Al Qaeda affiliates into Kashmir,” says an intelligence report.

The Al Qaeda nexus with Kashmir-centric groups indicates it has a readymade jihadi framework in India. There is other proof too of Al Qaeda using its nexus with Indian groups to spread its ideology. An online English publication of Al Qaeda called Azan which is not available to the general public but is circulated through changing e-mails and encryption tools is being downloaded by Kashmiri groups. Sources say this only underlines the trend of terror groups within India getting attracted to the Al Qaeda and global jihad ideology.

Agencies fear that the Azan tactic of spreading the terror group’s ideology can spawn anonymous and isolated modules that will be difficult to detect but potent enough to carry out big attacks. Intelligence reports also state that groups like Tehreek-e-Taliban have also declared they will open ‘offices’ in Kashmir. It has been revealed that a Taliban flag was hoisted at a point overlooking Srinagar last year and the walls of Hari Parbat fort were painted with slogans like ‘Welcome Taliban.’ Sources say there is an urgent need for the home ministry and intelligence agencies to understand the threat. “Indicators need to be monitored to prevent the situation from worsening,” said one global jihad that can later be used wage war against India.

There are also distinct inputs on Qaeda running a separate terror module in India as the home grown terror outfit IM is making efforts to global and establish strong links with groups like Al Qaeda, Taliban and Hizbut Tahrir. There is also evidence of Al Qaeda keeping a close watch on activities in India.

The chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Bhatkal says that organisations al Qaeda and Taliban are helping IM. It also mentioned that the investigation revealed that some IM members fighting on the Afghanistan- Pakistan Border. NIA has said in the chargesheet that Riyaz Bhatkal, a top IM commander based in Pakistan, travelled to tribal belts on the Af-Pak border for establishing contact with al Qaeda. “After the meeting, which was very fruitful, al Qaeda gave specific tasks to the IM for execution and agreed to train their cadres in terrorist activities,” the chargesheet says.

Xiaomi Releases India-Specific Theme in MIUI Theme Store

Xiaomi Releases India-Specific Theme in MIUI Theme Store

by Ketan Pratap, July 15, 2014


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Xiaomi marked its entry to the Indian market with the launch of its Mi 3 flagship. It also announced the Redmi 1S and the Redmi Note smartphones. To celebrate its entry, the company on Monday had announced a new India-specific theme in its MIUI theme store.

The latest India-specific theme comes with various wallpapers of Indian landmarks and icons designed for the Indian users.

The news was confirmed by Xiaomi's Global Vice President, Hugo Barra who said in a Facebook post, "Namaste! To celebrate our launch in India tomorrow, we've made this beautiful theme specially designed for you - Mi fans from India! If you have a Mi phone or are running Mi Launcher on your Android, it's now available for you to download from the MIUI Theme Store. Kya aapko pasand aaya?"

For those unaware, the Xiaomi's MIUI is a highly tweaked version of the Android and features number customizable themes. It is a highly tweaked version of the open-source Android operating system and brings a number of customisability features such as a brand new dialler and messaging interface on the handset, while also adds various privacy protection tools. Notably, Xiaomi says updates for MIUI are provided every Friday, adding that the UI is updated based on user feedback. The company claims that the MIUI has over 1.5 million registered users.

Xiaomi, often called the 'Apple of China', launched its first smartphone in Indi, the Mi 3, at a price point of Rs. 13,999 and availability starting July 22.

The Xiaomi Mi 3 runs MIUI version 5, a highly tweaked version of Android 4.4 KitKat. It comes with a 5-inch full-HD LCD display (1080x1920 pixels) offering a pixel density of 441ppi. Other highlight specifications include a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM8274AB) processor; 2GB of RAM; Adreno 330 GPU; 16GB of inbuilt storage, and 3050mAh battery.

The company also announced the Redmi 1S (Rs. 6,999) and Redmi Note (Rs. 9,999) will be launching in India in August.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Marcelo looked wide-eyed, stunned when he scored the first goal of the World Cup ... against his own team. Hardly the most auspicious of starts for Brazil. But that blooper just 11 minutes into the tournament was soon forgiven and forgotten as Brazil went on to win that opening game and the 2014 World Cup quickly flowered into a roaring success, confounding doom and gloom merchants who predicted Brazil couldn't pull it off without major protests and problems.

The stadiums were (just about) ready in time. Airports held up under the strain of fans and teams crisscrossing South America's largest country. Players came ready to rumble, well prepared for hot conditions. Coaches embraced positive and ambitious tactics.

Costa Rica beating four-time champion Italy and two-time champion Uruguay on a white-knuckle ride to the quarterfinals exemplified how supposedly "small" teams showed no fear of illustrious opponents.

Shockingly in some instances of violent and reckless play, referees showed fewer yellow and red cards per game than at any World Cup since 1986. Their leniency, letting play flow, and team tactics of forward-minded, attacking football and quick counterattacks produced exhilarating and engrossing end-to-end games and what will be a record goals tally if Germany and Argentina in Sunday's final and Brazil against the Netherlands in the third-place match score five more.

Here are five high- and lowlights that helped make the most memorable World Cup in decades:

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BRAZIL IMPLODES: Germany skewering Brazil with five goals in 19 minutes in their semifinal was the football equivalent of the scene in "Bambi" when a hunter kills the fawn's mother. Watching such a tragedy befall the five-time champion at its home World Cup became difficult even for some German fans, who later said they just wanted the torturing of Brazil to stop. Second-half substitute Andre Schuerrle had other ideas, scoring two more for a record-breaking 7-1 trauma for the football superpower that gave the world Pele. By the end, the overwhelmingly Brazilian crowd in Belo Horizonte's Mineirao stadium feted German touches of the ball with shouts of "Ole!"

It was surreal, and one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history.

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NEYMAR KNEED: One of the greatest injustices of the World Cup was Spanish referee Carlos Velasco Carballo letting play run on as Neymar howled in agony face down in the turf, his third vertebra fractured. Neymar later said he could have been paralyzed had the knee to his lower back from Colombian defender Juan Camilo Zuniga hit two centimeters (less than an inch) closer to his spine. The injury in the quarterfinals put the 22-year-old out of the only World Cup he'll ever play on home soil and robbed the tournament of its Brazilian superstar.

Without its best player, the Brazil team was destroyed by Germany.

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HUNGRY FOR ITALIAN: Luis Suarez likes a varied diet. Having previously been banned for biting a Dutch player (Otman Bakkal) and a Serbian (Branislav Ivanovic), Suarez seemingly hankered for Italian at this World Cup. Sinking teeth into the shoulder of Giorgio Chiellini in a group-stage game led to a four-month ban from all football for the Uruguay striker. Deprived of his goals, Uruguay crashed out of the first of the knockout rounds.

Initially, Suarez professed innocence. He returned home to an outpouring of support. Uruguay's president, Jose Mujica, was highly critical of FIFA. Suarez then did a U-turn and apologized to Chiellini for the bite seen on TVs and talked about around the world.

Social media wits and marketers made hay. A photo of a chocolate bar with a Suarez hashtag and the words "more satisfying than Italian" got more than 48,000 mentions on Twitter.

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COSTA RICA'S KRUL FATE: With the Netherlands and Costa Rica scoreless after 120 minutes, Dutch coach Louis van Gaal made an astounding call in the final seconds of their quarterfinal: He replaced his first-choice goalkeeper with his understudy, Tim Krul. Taller, with a longer reach and prepped for this eventuality, Krul then saved Costa Rica's second and fifth penalties in the ensuing shootout, and guessed the correct way on all five.

The masterstroke made Van Gaal look like a football genius, whetting the appetite of fans of Manchester United, his next stop as coach.

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ROBIN FLIES LIKE BATMAN: James Rodriguez' volleyed goal for Colombia against Uruguay, controlling the ball with his chest, letting it drop and then hammering in with his left foot, all while turning to face goal, was poetry, the timing exquisite. It will be many fans' goal of the tournament.

But Robin van Persie's diving header that foretold the demise of reigning world champion Spain was spectacular, too. He launched himself horizontally into the air to get his head to a long pass from left back Daley Blind, sending the ball arching over stranded Spain goalkeeper and captain, Iker Casillas.

"A great goal, I have to be fair," Van Persie said. "It must be the goal of my career."

Spain never recovered, booking early passage home by losing that match 5-1, and its next game to Chile.

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