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A recipe for Raagi Malt /Raagi Ambli/Ambil --Guru's version :)

Raagi Malt is a great healthy drink [native to Karnataka] to beat the summer heat. In bangalore you can get raagi flour in all supermarts.Buy a small packet coz it gets spoilt very soon if unused [from my personal experience]. Here's the recipe from the master chef "Guru" Serves : 4 Ingredients: 1. Water [ 4 tea cups] 2. Finger millet [Raagi] flour : 2-3 tea spoons 3. Curd : 3/4th cup 4. Coarsely Chopped garlic : 1 clove [Very little just to give a faint taste ] 5. A little finely chopped ginger 6. 2 chopped curry leaves and little coriander 7. Salt to taste [ 1/2 tea spoon or a little less as per your taste] 8. 1/2 chilly [Optional] Preparation Time: 10 mins Method: Mix the raagi flour with water so as to avoid lumps. [Mixing with your hands will ensure this] Add the garlic,ginger,curry leaves Heat it for 5-8 mins with constant stirring to avoid lumps on a low to medium flame [Dont let it get too thick ] Add the curd , salt and mix it with a curd churner Garnish it wit

" Outliers -The Story of success " by Malcolm Gladwell

A brilliant book and it would be one of the most informative and interesting book i have read to date. It dwells on the lives of the most successful people ,the circumstances what helped them become what they are. Its not a self-help book.Its backed by factual data, runs down to the cultural roots of people's lives and the time they lived in .It's more like Freakonomics in my view. Do read it.Watch out for the theory of Hofstede's cultural dimensions.Chapters like "The ethnic theory behind plane crashes","The 10,000 hours rule","The story of Joe Flom" seemed particularly interesting to me. A must read for one and all.I genuinely felt sad that the book ended.