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Police curry is the nick Praveen gave it after eating the egg curry that i made today. So i asked him why Police curry? Thats when he said,” the cops in India(usually belonging to the Maratha family) are known for their Non-veg cooking”. I was quite surprised when he told me about a cop who lived near our home in Bijapur who was very popular for his cooking (double income, nice!!). He charged a whopping 300Rs just for a serving of his delicious Chicken Curry. Wow! Gotta try that. Another one that goes on my “To Do in Bijapur” list.

Back to my Police curry, after gobbling it all, thought of scribbling the recipe real quick. Maybe i should consider charging Praveen too mmm…

Ingredients-
For 4 eggs.
Note- my measurements are usually eyeball amounts.

1 small finely chopped onion
Half a can tomato sauce/puree
2-3 tbsp coconut milk
1 finely chopped green chilli
2 tsp minced garlic
2 tsp grated ginger
2-3 curry leaves
2-3 mint leaves
1-2 tsp red chilli powder
1-2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
Half tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp chai masala
1 tsp heavy cream
5 tsp of Olive oil
2 cups water (for consistency)
some freshly ground black pepper
salt to taste
Cilantro to garnish.

Method-
1. Boil water. Add the eggs to the boiling water for 10-15 mins or until hard boiled. Swtich of the heat and add some ice
cubes. When the eggs cool, peel the shell and cut them into horizontal halves.
2. In a pan, heat some olive oil. Add the halves one by one and fry them until golden brown on both sides. Rest them on a
tissue paper to remove all the excess oil.
3. To this residue of oil, add the chopped onion and fry until translucent. Then add the minced garlic, ginger, curry leaves,
green chillies and fry for 2 mins. Later add the tomato sauce/puree, coconut milk and cook for another 2 mins. Add the
chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, chai masala, freshly ground pepper and salt to
taste. Cover and cook for 3-5 mins or until the oil starts to leave its ends.
3. To this mixture add water and boil.
4. After a boil, add the heavy cream, the fried eggs and mint leaves. Simmer and cook for 10 mins.
5. Garnish with Cilantro and serve hot accompanied by Basmati rice or wheat Roti’s.

ENJOIIE!

The movie says 8 vantage points. However, after almost 90 minutes of onslaught, I couldn’t find even one. This is my first movie review here and I wanted it to start on a positive note but turns out that destiny had different plans. I was given a few movie passes by my employer the other day and I wanted to put them to some good use. I and Khushi had one of the best Thai lunches ever and we wanted to complement it with an afternoon movie. But damn misfortune, we chose Vantage Point. When it comes to movies, I’m not too picky. I will pick a movie by reading a couple of reviews or just by counting the stars next to the title. And 9 out of 10 times, I like one or the other thing about the movie. Vantage Point, where do I begin? OK let me try by saying that VP is the worst movie I’ve seen in recent times and most probably a long time to come. I really do not want to waste my energy writing a full-fledged review since there is nothing to talk about for this movie, I’m serious, zip, zilch, nada, zero, nonka. The only motive behind writing this post is to save you from the misery that I’d to undergo watching this joke. I beg you, do not waste your money on this piece of *#%$ even if someone gives you a free ticket (like I was). This is the worst movie of 2008 since I’m more than confident there will be not as bad a movie as this one coming out for the rest of the year. I know I’m repeating my words, but that is how pissed after watching this movie. There is no script whatsoever, the writer I guess got bored after writing a couple pages or maybe joined the writers strike! The characters are half-baked, almost all of them out of place. And at the end of it, you’re left completely frustrated and cheated after all the initial buildup. The actual footage for the movie is about 20 minutes which has been repeated at least ten times over and again to cover the entire length of the movie. WTF?! The whole rewind concept (where the director chooses to rewind actual movie footage in real-time) falls flat on its face. What was Pete Travis thinking? Do not listen to any of the reviewers on other sites who have given the movie big thumbs ups and A pluses. Either they slept through the movie or they just want you to undergo the same misery as they did. Save your money and watch something else. A biiiigg F

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