Archive for January, 2009

Hot and Sour Soup

  Ingredients:
1/2 pound finely shredded pork or chicken
vegetable oil
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
2 cloves minced garlic
2 teaspoons chopped green onion
2 tablespoons cooking sherry
2 cups chicken broth
1 can straw mushrooms, drained
1 small can bamboo shoots, drained
2 small blocks plain firm tofu
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
white pepper
dark soy sauce
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon cold water
2 eggs, lightly beaten
sesame oil
Heat a [...]

Sindhi Mutton Biriyani Recipe

Sindhi Biryani is more spicy and tasty. Make sure that rice don’t get overly cooked, keep on checking while you are boiling them and drain them as soon as u turn off the heat. You may substitute mutton with chicken.

Ingredients:
Mutton: 1-1.5 kg
Basmati Rice (soaked in water for atleast 1/2 an hour): 1 KG
Potatoes (cut [...]

Indian rupee continues its upward journey

The Indian rupee is trading just short of a nine-year peak on Friday, on sanguine cues from other high-yielding Asian currencies that rose against the dollar, and strong foreign investments in local stocks.On July 18thh 2007, it was trading just short of a 40.28, its strongest since May 1998.
“The flows are strong this morning, but [...]