Food:Bhajjis,Pakodas - And the rainy day

Hot Bhajjis and hot tea to go with on a rainy day is the best treat. Bajjis are my favourites for ages and dont miss a chance to grab some, given an opprutunity. I have been in chennai most of my life and have been a regular to few bhajji shops around Virugambakkam - that is the place I live in chennai with my friends Shankar and Sabari. Thought will give those shops due respect for the amazing bahajjis and other snacks that they make.....to start with my initial fancy for bhajjis started in my school going days...

I think there is no difference in the way Bhajjis and Pakoda/Paloras are made I guess, just that the way they are called in North and South indian cusine.Bhajjis are usually made with fresh Vegetables dipped and covered in full, in a batter made of spiced up Besan flower.The popular choices of vegetables are ....

• Onion (Thin slices cut as rings)
• Chilli (Whole or slit into two, length wise)
• Cauliflower
• Egg
• Bread

• Eatery 1: There was this tiny shack diagonallly opposite to Kaliamman Koil , he later moved to a shop with concrete roof on the corner of Kaliamman koil street and reddy street, He made amazing Egg Bajjis (Mutta Bajji - as called in Tamil), and also excellent Paprupu vadai (Filafil made of grounded dal and spices) .These were his best though he made chill and Potato bondas. Suggest you try the mixed combo of the above two on a plate with some onions and chutney to garnish.One cannt miss this shop due to the crowd outside the shop. Hardcore veggies who dont even eat egg - stay clear as he uses the same oil to fry egg and vegetarian food.
• Eatery 2: The one good for Cauliflower Pakodas is on the way to chinmaya Vidyalaya in Virugambakkam. Take the right just before the bridge on Kaliamman Koil street and about 300 meters away , you cant miss this shop on the right. He also makes Good Cutlets and also Pazampori ( Ripe Kerala Banana covered with a batter made of Maida and fried).He also makes other snaps which is not worth mentioning.
• Eatery 3: The one good for chilli Bajjis are the shop on the corner of MGR street and Arunachalam Road ( Land mark is the corner where the Public trasport buses turn towards Saligramam). Onion Bajjis are also worth mentioning.
• Eatery 4: Another exciting place to source Cauliflower Pakodas is one oppsoie to MMM hospital in Mogappair. I think the secret is that , they use chicken 65 masala masala with the bajjis ..Veggies...this is pure veg....this is just the masala and does not contain any non-veg in this.

Found a couple of receipes on the net:

http://mykitchenhobbies.blogspot.com/2007/11/mirapakaya-bhajji.html

http://www.aachiusa.com/starter.html

Buddies...if you know of any good eateries for snacks...feel free to drop me a note to add to this.Managed to pick up some directions from Google Map.


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Technology:On-Line share trading sites

.....finally deciding on which side of the bed to get out of ..I drag myself to the living room, where my room mates (Manish and Ashish) are busy in front of the TV flipping between NDTV Profit and CNBC....buzz word....Asian markets are down/up and So was NASDAQ last night when we were snoring away...Moral of the story...Indian Markets might also crash/gain...eagerly waiting for the opening bell to ring....Ah! Not bad day markets are good and time to buy.....oops...that is the problem now...that is what the rest of the world thinks as well and thanks to the online trading sites I hope to make some money...however trying to beat the rest of the world to log into some of the Online trading sites is a challenege.

The endless wait continues and the stocks would have continued in the opposite direction of what you hoped. I am sure with the technological advancements we could have avaoided that, least this is not a free service and they charge a hefty fee for the same.

I think the solutions for the same are:

• SEBI as a regulator needs to set standards on how the online trading sites needs to work in terms of their availability, response times. If they fail to meet certain SLA's , there should be a fine.
• Tools like TIVOLI , Mercury etc needs to be used by the Service provider to know the realtime status of the system before the user reports an issue or slow response.
• Service providers should not add more users to already overloaded existing user base unless they do a performance and capacity planning . I appreciate the fact that not all users login in at all times, however the design of the technology should be able to meet that goal when need arise with an agreed SLA.
• Where ever SLA's are not met, users should be compensated.