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CHILD PLANS AND THE DO’S AND DONT’S

According to a survey in 2014, our country has around five cores of students who graduate and want to study further but cannot because they lack funds. This is when child plan comes into the picture. In a developing country like India, education cost are touching the sky, and if this is the situation now, I wonder what will happen when the current generation will have their kids go to college. Some years back, educational institutions raised the fees by 8.5%. If you think about this, then even the inflation rate is less than 8.5%. If we talk about 2009, that is ten years back, then for graduation, per year a student would need 22,000. If we fast forward to five years, then the per year graduation cost was estimated to be 37,000. Which is almost double. Hence, to make sure that your child does not face such a situation, a child plan is very important. If you go to see the percentages, the average person in India earns around 62,000 per year. And for a student, the expenditure for

Queen of Indian sweets: Rice Kheer

One of the most popular Indian sweets, Kheer is also known as the Queen of Indian sweets. Made with rice, milk, nuts, and many other ingredients, the dish is like a treat on your taste buds and worth eating. Ingredients: 1/4 cup basmati rice 1-liter full cream milk. 6 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder 1 pinch saffron strands 1 tablespoon chopped almonds 1 tablespoon chopped cashews 1 tablespoon chopped unsalted pistachios 1 tablespoon golden raisins Rose water or kewra water Making of Rice Kheer : In a bowl, add rice along with enough water an rinse a couple of times. Drain all the water and add fresh water and soak rice for about 15-20 minutes. Meanwhile, take a big kadhai and add full cream milk to it. Keeping the flame low, heat the milk. Make sure that you stir at regular intervals so that milk doesn’t stick to the bottom of kadhai. Now, remove one tablespoon of milk from the kadhai in a small bowl. Add a few saffron s

Oats Idli Recipe: The Novel And Healthy Dish For You To Prepare In Urgency

Total Time: 30 m Preparation Time: 10 m Calories: 451 Servings: 10 If your guests are coming over suddenly and you do not have time for making an elaborate meal, then try the amazing and quick Oats Idli recipe that is made with semolina, oats, buttermilk, yogurt, peas and carrot. Ingredients for Oats Idli: Oats - 2 1/2 cup Baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon Salt - 3 pinches Green chili - 1 teaspoon Asafoetida - 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds - 2 tablespoon Semolina - 2 1/2 cup Peas - 6 tablespoon Coriander leaves - 1 handful Curd (Yogurt)- 1 1/2 cup Carrot - 6 tablespoon Sunflower oil - 1/2 cup For The Main Dish: Buttermilk - 420 ml How to prepare Oats Idli: Step 1) Clean & chop every vegetable, put them aside. Dry roast the oats into a vessel on a moderate flame for around three to five mins. Remove, cool & grind to a soft powder or coarse. As the oats are done with roasting, place them into a bowl & put aside. Then, into the same vessel,

Mallige Idli Recipe: The Refreshing Breakfast Idea

Total Time: 1h 20 m Preparation Time: 20 m Calories:969 Servings: 10 An ideal meal for the South Indians comprises idli, dosa, sambar, uttapam, vada that is even the specialty of their food. South Indian dishes has made its place for itself in each region of our country. Idli is popular to be the perfect breakfast for everybody as they are really light for the stomach & much delicious too. We must not necessarily have to prepare sambar for eating it, even chutney or ketchup goes along with it. Mallige Idli is one of its recipes that is so popular on the menu of South India. The mouth-watering idli is prepared with urad dal, rice and else normally available elements. Ingredients for Mallige Idli: Rice - 3 cup Pressed rice - 1/2 cup Salt as per requirement Baking soda - 1 pinch Sago - 1/2 cup Urad dal - 1 1/2 cup Fenugreek seeds - 1 teaspoon How to prepare Mallige Idli: Step 1) To make this dish, clean & soak the rice, sago, urad dal, fenugreek see