Summer special

       Mango, The King of fruits

        FOOD Mango has different multi-tasking specials, which makes cooking very easy.

        Aparajitha Bukkapatanam

 Mango being a special fruit of summer season has many variations to build your own favourite                                                        dish in your way. Coming in different varieties and colours, it is a fruit used both in the southern and northern hemispheres. Suiting all the palates of the hemispheres, it has proven to be a universal fruit for sweet and tangy dishes, which are most suitable for both the palates. A clear-cut distinction can be easily made through the way it’s used in the two partitions, and their methodology of using this fruit in different ways.

         Talking about the south-Indian ways, it’s a main ingredient for many people in the twin cities of Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu, where most of them use it in pickles. Pickles vary in their taste and several other estimations like sugar, red-chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder and many other. Small districts like Kakinada, yanam, Rayalaseema  are few of the examples, where we can find this distinction in their pickle making. 

                                                           In the case of other varieties, mango is a main source for many sweet dishes like fruit-salad, mango mocktails and liquids, which help us in keeping the body temperatures constant during the scorching summer season. Mango has got many other variations like panna, pachhi-pulusu, theeyapuli and many more, which make our day-to- day cuisine very interesting. In the Northern India, mango-milkshakes are a common companion with various kind of paranthas, which helps in equalising your diet. Mango milkshakes are also a main source of coolants, as they accompanied by basil or coriander leaves, which fulfil this particular property.

             In the case of classy dishes, mango is a main ingredient in cakes, fruit-tarts, cupcakes and pies. Television shows like Donna Hay, Rachel Allen: Bake, Nigella Kitchen, Kylie Kwong are few of the  cookery shows, which show the use of this fruit in their dishes. Mango is mainly looked upon as a main ingredient to prevent harmful diseases resulting due to the seasonal changes in some parts of the country. The use of this fruit is a main source to get resistance even in the scorching sun, or in the bad-weather conditions prevailing differently in both the parts of the hemispheres.

              Mango in short can be called as “Jack of All Trades” useful in both the parts equally and can      be rated to be the king of fruits inspite of its rare availability in the summer season.

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Flower article

Rainbow colours in the city

Aparajitha Bukkapatanam       


IN FOCUS Flowers are blossoming in the streets of Hyderabad, giving it exquisite beauty.



 When we see flowers, decorated on cakes and as showpieces in our room, our surroundings get very unique and colourful. In the same, flowers can make our environment very unique and beautiful. Whenever we see something exquisite on the roads of tank band and other areas like jubilee hills, Vasant nagar or Hitec city, we feel very royal and sophisticated that we travel these roads in Hyderabad. In the same way, flowers also create a same feeling when we see them growing in our locality. There is a saying that God created Adam and Eve, who were the first humans to come onto this earth and were living in a paradise of trees and blossoms, spread in their world as well as in their minds. This type of beauty was persistent till Adam and Eve ate the fruit of knowledge, opening their eyes to enter the reality and destructing their quiet and peaceful life.
 
So is the case with the present day generation where majority of them are aware only of their material needs. But the faith of maintaining the surroundings is momentarily restored in few places like, Banjara Hills and Jubliee Hills, the known streets of Hyderabad. These places are growing the majority of trees, which make them very different from other congested areas.  A passer-by can admire much of its beauty in houses as well as on the roads, which embellish the surroundings perfectly. Exotic varieties of flowers and inflorescences are the distinguished characteristics of these localities and attract many people to look at the artistic bungalows, with the blossoming flowers.  Rich colors of orange, red, green and purple shades make these places outstanding when compared to other places in Hyderabad. The seasonal changes bring varieties of colors to these streets, raising them to the level of the evergreen blossoms of Jammu and Kashmir or to that of the royal color combinations of Beverly Hills. So, do have a sunny side-up in your locality, to list yourselves in the unique collection of streets. 

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