Monthly Archives: December 2008

Operation Eyesight – Update from Colombia, South America – Thanksgiving

  Operation Eyesight: A Legacy of the 7th World Zoroastrian Congress, Houston. Update from Columbia, South America — Thanksgiving Week, November 2008 A team headed by Khush Bodhan, Lions Club of California and Nevada headed for Columbia, South America as part of the ongoing mission to share the gift of sight with the needy. Work at the camp where eyeglasses

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Inauguration of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Memorial Museum, Navsari

(Report by Marzban Jamshedji Giara)   Click here for the Report on the Sir J.J.Memorial Museum sir_jamsetjee_jejeebhoy_memorial_museum     

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Shenshai Calendar

Homi Limbuwalla has created a great Shenshai Calendar with the Roj and Mah on Google Calendars. Have a look and find ways of using it 🙂   –   Click here

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Badam Paak

1 ltr milk 125 g cream 1kg almonds,blanched 350 g butter 1/2 ltr rosewater 2 tbs crushed nutmeg and cardamoms 4 cups sugar a pinch of salt Cook milk on low heat till it is reduced to half. Cool it and then add cream. Fry almonds lightly in butter till golden. Cool and grate coarsely with a bit of  cold

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Chocolate Walnut Brownies

Chocolate Walnut Brownies made easy (Make it for the New Year…enjoy home baked goodies!) Ingredients: 1 cup refined flour (Maida) 2 chilled eggs 3 heaped tablespoons cocoa powder 1 cup caster sugar (or use powdered sugar) 1 teaspoon vanilla essence ½ cup walnuts broken into small bits ¾ teaspoon baking soda ¾ cup butter Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees

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Atash Behrams on Google Map

I have created a Google Map of all the 9 Parsi / Zoroastrian Atash Behrams in the World. (8 in India and 1 in Iran) http://homilimbu.com/Parsi.htm The Location may not be exact, so please email me if there are any changes to be made and any further information you would like me to add I am currently in the process

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Kolmi no Patio

You will need: – 5-6 curry leaves (preferably dried leaves) – 2 onions finely chopped – 3 tsp cumin powder – 3 garlic cloves cut fine (or use garlic paste) – 1 tsp turmeric – 1 tsp chilli pwd – 3-4 tomatoes blanched and pureed or (canned puree) – 30-40 yummy prawns 🙂 – 1 tbsp vinegar – 2 tsp

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Vasanu

For the first time, Vasanu recipe is now online. Grandmother’s recipe from Wadia Baug. It is to be made exactly as follows: 1 1/2kg ghee 1/2kg char jaatna magaz 50g baval nu goonder (resin of the baval tree) 2 1/4kg sugar 500g ghau nu doodh 500g cummar kakri 400g dates 100g akhrot (walnut) soak overnight in hot water, peel and chop

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Parsi Home Remedies

To improve memory In the old days, a mother would give her child five blanched almonds soaked overnight and crushed with a tsp sugar crystals and ½ tsp butter, 2-3 weeks before school examinations. It is supposed to improve one’s memory. For prickly heat Mix sesame seed oil, multani mitti and rosewater to a paste. Apply and leave for about

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