The GatesNotes....Inspired by Bill Gates

Bill Gates Talks with Florence Daka, an HIV-Infected Mother of Four

The high rates of HIV transmission from mother to child can be prevented with effective HIV drug treatment.

"On my trip to Zambia earlier this year, I visited the Coptic Mission Hospital in Lusaka and had a chance to meet with Florence Daka, a mother of four who is alive today because of the effectiveness of HIV drugs.

It was important to hear Florence’s story, because she helped me understand why the decision to get tested and take HIV drugs isn’t always so easy. In Florence’s case the drugs also prevented transmission of HIV to her newborn son – an example of what can be achieved if we keep our focus on HIV treatments, in addition to fundamental research. In Zambia, the spread of HIV from mother-to-child is one of the most frequent ways AIDS has spread—where more than 15% of the adult population is living with the disease but many do not know it."  By Bill Gates

Inspiring "Stem cells"......

Timothy Ray Brown, who is believed to be the first person ever to be cured of HIV

http://timothyrbrown.com/

களவாடிய பொழுது......

ஒற்றை நூலில் உயிர் தாங்கி
ஒரு காலில் தவமிருந்து
ஊஞ்சலாடும் மலரே !
மகரந்த மணம் பரப்பி
மங்கை நீ தூது சமைக்க !
உயிர்  தேனும்  உண்மை தேனும்
உன்னுள் நான் தேட !
களவாடிய பொழுதுகள்  - ஆம் !
நானோ உன்னிடம்  கொள்ளையடிக்க
நீயோ என்னிடம் கொள்ளைபோக !



(Got the shot @ evening walk) Inspired By the Pic to pen this poem..

Chicken Dum Briyani (Oven Top)

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 large onions, finely chopped
• 3 medium tomatoes chopped
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 Big fresh ginger root
• 1/2 a bunch fresh mint leaves
• 1/2 a bunch fresh coriander leaves
• 4 to 6 nos green chillies
• 1 small lemon
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/4 teaspoon kari masala powder
• pinch of nutmug powder (If you have)
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 8 nos cardamom
• 8 nos cloves
• 2 pieces cinnamon stick
• start anise small piece
• mace little
• bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon salt
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• 1/2 a cup plain yogurt
• 1/2 a cup coconut milk
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• 6 nos chicken drumstcik (Its your choice)

Giner & Garlic Paste: Add ginger,garlic,cumin,fennel, (4 nos) cardamom,( 1 piece) cinnamom,(4 nos)cloves and pepper together and make it as a fine paste. This would serve as a fresh briyani powder add on. 

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• 3 cups basmati rice - Soak rice more than an hour and drain the water completely and keep aside.
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Directions

Pic 1

1. In a large skillet, add butter stir still it turns into ghee (clarified butter) and 4 tablespoons vegetable oil and then seasoned with cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, bay leaf and mace(javitri).  then add cut onions, fry them until onions become soft and golden. Add ginger-garlic paste and salt. Adding salt at this stage helps onions and the paste cook fast. Stirring constantly until content smash well gives you the oil out. It would take long time may be around 15 to 25 mints. Pic 1 shows the stage when to add tomatoes.

1. Once the onions and ginger & garlic paste turned into give you pungent smell of finely smashed content add the green chilies, mint & coriander leaves saute till it blend well then add cut tomatoes. Saute the tomatoes till it become smashed and mix well with the contents to give you a blend paste of all the ingredients and could be see the oil on top. This is crucial stage that determine the delious taste of the briyani. You should have a real patience to saute to get the oil out and float on top of the ingredients. Trust me if you strictly follow the instruction it will definitely result in appetizing taste Briyani. This would take considerable amount of time.

1. Then add all the powders as mentioned above saute and mix well.
2. Once the raw smell of powders has gone add the cleaned chicken pieces and lemon juice.

1.  Cook everything for 15 mints 
2. Add the drained rice and mix well. The water measurement is for a new rice 1:2 ( 2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice) ;for old rice 1:2.5( 2 and half cup of water for 1 cup of rice)

1. In this preparation I have taken 3 cups of new rice so I need totally 6 cups of water. As I'm taking 1/2 cup yogurt and 1/2 cup coconut milk ( totally 1 cup) and the rest 5 cups of water. At this stage check for salt and add right amount as per your taste. Perfect water measurement is a very important criteria  and gives you perfect dry, unsticky briyani. 
2. Good job...we have done our work..awesome. Now putting into dum is our next step. Set the oven at 420 degree at broil mode and Pre heat the oven. 

1. Pour entire content into the container which is going to go into the oven. Seal the container with aluminium foil and close with tight lid. Put inside the oven carefully and leave it for an Hour. The complete cook time is one hour. Every 20 mints slightly mix the content without breaking and disturbing the structure of the rice. So that we could get the super lenghty rice.

1. After an hour remove the container from the oven and remove the foil. Ooooo...what a smell...The BRIYANI is ready for  

 Bon Appetite! - Yummy Chicken Briyani...

Haiku..

கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சம் வழிகள் கேட்டால் ...
கொஞ்சும் கொஞ்சும் வலிகள் தந்தாள் ...
வஞ்சி அவள் என் நெஞ்சில் நின்று .....



Inspired By Karky'S "கொஞ்சம்" from "Naan E".......

Moments.........

The moment of removing hurting clip from the hair....
The water we drink when we are really thirsty....
The breeze we feel when we are burning out of hot sun....
The place we get to sit after prolonged painful standing...
The candle light power when we ran out of electricity....
The moment we receive the long awaiting call...
The moment we receive the most awaited email...
The smile from strangers when we go for a walk with depressed mood....
The food we get when we starve....
The moment of changing to pajamas from day long formal suit....
The moment we know the result of the tough exam result as "PASS" ....
The moment we receive the surprise gift which was on our wish list since long....
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Fill the space ....The most delighted moments...........