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what vegetables/ fruits can go in them?

Kichidi is a name that is used for different dishes.

In the Northern states it means a rice and mung dal dish similar to venpongal.

In Tamilnadu (and maybe Karnataka as well?), it is an upma with vegetables added to it.

In Southern Kerala, especially in Thiruvananthapuram, kichidi means a yoghurt based salad dish.

Are there any other dishes that take this name?

Everyone in the family have been cautioning me against running claiming it will cause early arthritis in knees. This is concerning to me because of family history.

I know many medical studies prove otherwise.

I’m in mid 40s and took to running 4 years ago and now getting pain in my left knee. My doctor has asked for x ray and I’m awaiting results.

I’m curious about pers experience of runners here.

My laptop battery is almost gone and can hardly have 1% of its capacity.

The laptop boots and runs off direct power with battery removed but fails to do so if the battery is connected.

I would prefer to leave the battery in the laptop even if it’s pretty much useless. any ideas?

currently it is mostly used for meat. But we also say kAikaRi (காய்கறி) which is used for vegetables. I have also heard the word Kari to refer to vegetable pieces in a stew or even to cooked vegetables.

So, I’m curious what’s the historical meaning of this word.

Inspired by responses to my comment in a different thread.

My understanding is that in India we don’t just call randomly any gravy or stew as “curry” in Indian languages because each dish has a native name whether it is a stew, gravy, soupy consistency.

But it seems in Kerala, the word curry is used more like the stereotypical western “curry”. However, in TamilNadu curry(Kari) could mean meat or depending on context vegetables as well but not to a gravy dish.

I don’t know much about other regions though I do feel each “curry” type dishes usually come with their own name.

A Canadian here. I am a fan of ABC podcasts and watch a lot of YouTube videos about Australia, particularly about the interior Australia.

Corner Gas is a popular Canadian sitcom that ran in early 2000s centered on a small Saskatchewan town, somewhat remote from most major cities. I am not sure if any of you had a chance to see it on online platforms.

I understand that Australia is similar to Canada in that large swatches of land in the interior is sparsely populated and is dotted with small towns. So, I am curious to know if there are any similar sitcoms based out of there and if so, I would be interested to watch them.

I have a 2012 1.8L and while it has its leak problems and still dealing with an ongoing oil leak, I see more people posting problems with 1.4L. So wondering if this one is slightly less problematic than 1.4?

1. Grated carrots 2.5 - 3 cups

2. Oil (Seasme oil preferred) - 4 tablespoons

3. Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon

4. Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

5. Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon

6. Chilli powder - 2 teaspoons or as per taste

7. Asafoetida powder - 1/2 teaspoon

8. Salt - 1.5 teaspoons

Procedure

Heat the oil and once it smokes add mustard seeds and let it sputter.

Add fenugreek seeds and roast till golden.

Add the powders and gently roast.

Add the grated carrots and salt and roast till it releases water, evaporates and oil separates out.

Yummy carrot thokku (pickle) ready.

I’m tired of Duolingo slowly increasing my monthly quests. I think it was 25, then 35 and that went to 50. This month it got bumped to 60.

At this point, it is almost impossible to do it with a free account. The only reason I’m incentivized to keep going is because of my 1464 day streak With 48 monthly badges streak.

How will that affect existing orbit of the Earth and other planets, if at all?

Growing up in India we were taught to respond “I’m fine. thank you. “ I thought that’s how all English speaking cultures did until visiting Canada and US where it’s “I am good. “ which sounded weird to me.

But I see more and more people in India doing “I’m good. “. Do you guys do I’m fine or I’m good?

My child is addicted to Youtube Shorts and there is no way to disable it and I can only hide the app but she is smart enough to find it. In the short term, I cannot move to another platform like Roku or another streaming device where I can not have the Youtube App.

Thanks.

Ok, I don't want to be judged. Yes, I have a Google TV.

My child is addicted to Youtube Shorts and there is no way to disable it and I can only hide the app but she is smart enough to find it. In the short term, I cannot move to another platform like Roku or another streaming device where I can not have the Youtube App.

Thanks.

I don't intend to use Windows so I don't want to pay Microsoft a licence for something that I wouldn't be using. So, buying one from a retailer and than formatting is not a good option for me unless no-OS laptops or Linux laptops are expensive option than a retail one.

It is finally looking like spring in Canada and I would like to run every alternate day keeping in mind recovery element. However, Mondays through Wednesday evenings are full of family commitments leaving only the rest of the days. Is it ok to run say, Thu, Fri and Sun with only one recovery day between?

I am not totally a beginner as I usually run outside during the spring-summer months but only run at max 5 km - never progressed beyond that.

When used as a verb, I believe it means like residing or resting, often used in context with deities in temples. I suppose Malayalam used that to mean churches and mosques.

How did that apply to schools in Tamil?

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I am so pleased to announce that I passed my FE Mechanical on my first attempt. I did my Mechanical Engineering 26 ago in India and had since mostly worked in engineering and manufacturing companies but never in an engineering role. Last year I decided to make my move to get into my original passion and chartered this course.

A HUGE THANKS TO THIS FORUM AND MEMBERS!! I could not have made this without your tips and sharing your experiences.

Months to prepare: Approx 4 months

Weekly Schedule: Approx 2 hours per day and more on weekends. It was quite tough though with family pressures, children's activities/competitions and work that I had to a few all-nighters.

Materials used: I used Lindeberg but that one was very tough and almost demotivated me. I also did Islam's questions as well. I practiced on two volumes of NCEES interactive and got 54% on first attempt and then on vol 2 I got around 78%. But that was probably because I got a copy of the old NCEES pdf and many questions were similar.

Other References:

• I did watch and learn a lot from the standard YouTube channels. A huge shout to Jeff Hansen (very mechanical engineering focussed), Mark Mattson, George Michaelson, Engineering Fundamentals and occasional Khan Academy and Chemistry tutor videos.
• I also used ChatGPT, Copilot, Le Chat and DeepSeek a lot for generating questions and getting clarifications on subjects. These LLM models were a huge help I would say. I am amazed by the way they could generate engineering and mathematical questions and also solve them.

Personal strategies: I did a lot of practice to the point I had a mental map of the handbook. Also, I didn’t refer to the book for most basic formulae saving time. Made most use of my Casio 991 calculator for things like integration, matrix multiplication, equation solving, probabilities etc.

During the exam, I mismanaged the time on the first session and spent agonising 10 days awaiting results.

If I having completed my degree 26 years ago and could pass with all the conflicts and commitments, y'all could do it too. Best of luck to all my fellow forum members.