Temptation

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Abc Wednesday, Abc Wednesday Round 5, cake, choclate temptation, chocolate, wordless wednesday

T is for temptation… chocolate temptation

Need I say anything else :) and that makes this post eligible for a Wordless Wednesday too :)

PS: thank u all for sending in those icing recipes, i am having a ball trying all those out :) blogsphere does rock

Edited to add : recipe on popular demand

Ingredients

Cake

• 2 large eggs
• ¾ cup pwd sugar
• 2/3 cup ordinary sugar
• 2/3 cup curd
• 1/3 cocoa pwd
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 11/2 cup(200 gm) plain flour
• 1 tsp soda bicarb
• ½ cup (90 gm) oil

To Soak

• ½ cup cold milk
• 1tbsp sugar
• 1tsp rum/brandy (optional)

Chocolate Cream Filling

• 150 gm cream (3/4 cup)
• 3 tbsp pwd sugar
• 3-4 tbsp cocoa pwd
• ½ tbsp vanilla essence

Topping

• 50 gm fresh cream
• 1 tsp butter
• 2 slabs (40 gm each) dark amul/nestle/bournville

Method

1. Grease an 8-9 inch round tin. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius/350 degrees F
2. To prepare cake, mix ordinary sugar, curd, vanilla essence and cocoa in a pan. Beat well till sugar dissolves. Keep aside
3. Beat pwd sugar and eggs till frothy and double in volume.
4. Add oil to the eggs gradually, beating all the time
5. Sift flour and soda together
6. Add ½ the flour and ½ the beaten eggs to the cocoa mixture. Mix well. Add the left over eggs and flour and mix gently till smooth. Bake at 180 for about 40 mins. Remove from oven and cool.
7. Cut through the cake horizontally with a sawing motion with a serrated knife. Separate it, keeping the inside surfaces facing up.
8. Mix ½ cup cold milk with 1 tbsp sugar and rum. Soak the cake pieces with this milk.
9. To prepare filling, beat chilled cream with sugar, cocoa and essence till soft peaks form. Beat further carefully till stiff peaks are formed
10. Place a piece of cake on a serving plate. Spread the chocolate cream and invert the second piece of cake on it.
11. To prepare topping, break softened chocolates into small pieces. Heat cream in a heavy bottom pan on low heat. DO NOT BOIL. Add chocolate pieces and butter and stir continuously till chocolate melts.
12. Pour this over cake immediately. Spread with a long knife dipped in cold water. Keep in fridge for 30 min for icing to set.
13. Decorate as you want

Recipe Source : originally Nita Mehta’s bakes and cakes, sent to me by gracious Uma

Tumsa Nahin Dhekha

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Abc Wednesday, Abc Wednesday Round 5, o p nayyar

I missed it fro 3 weeks owing it to various problems but here it is this week and hopefully should continue

So O is for Late O P Nayyar… what a magical touch he had… his numbers peppy and catchy… I am a huge fan

Some of his super hits movies include

• Aar Paar
• Naya Duar
• Mr & Mrs 55
• CID
• Tumsa Nahin Dhekha
• Phir Wahi Dil Laya Hoon
• Mere Sanaam
• Kashmir Ki Kali
• Howrah Bridge

According to wiki

“During the 1950s, the state-controlled All India Radio found O.P. too “trendy”, and put for quite some time a ban on broadcasting most of his famous tunes”

I wasnt aware of this

Leaving u with two of my most favorites

I started by thinking I will list 2 songs and see, I will stop now :) feel free (rather pls do) add ur fav O P Nayyar song in the comments

Tum Itna Jo Muskaro Rahe ho

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Abc Wednesday, Abc Wednesday Round 5, jagjit singh

I love I just love Jagjit Singh…

His voice has a charisma and feelings that is beyond explanation…. and oh the lyrics that his Ghazals have…. Can never get enough of it…….

How much ever I try I can never ever pick one ghazal which is a favourite

I think the first ever ghazal I heard of his was the very very popular Yeh Daulat bhi le lo

I loved it back then instantly but now when I hear it, every word is like brilliant… I just want my childhood back

ye daulat bhii le lo, ye shoharat bhii le lo
bhale chhiin lo mujhase merii javaanii
magar mujhako lautaa do bachapan kaa saavan
vo kaagaz kii kashtii, vo baarish kaa paanii

muhalle kii sabase nishaanii puraanii
vo budhiyaa jise bachche kahate the naanii
vo naanii kii baaton mein pariyon kaa deraa
vo chahare kii jhuriryon mein sadiyon kaa pheraa
bhulaae nahiin bhuul sakataa hai koi
vo chhotii sii raaten vo lambii kahaanii

kadii dhuup mein apane ghar se nikalanaa
vo chidiyaa vo bulabul vo titalii pakadanaa
vo gudiyaa kii shaadii mein ladanaa jhagadanaa
vo jhuulon se giranaa vo gir ke sambhalanaa
vo piital ke chhallon ke pyaare se tohafe
vo tuutii hui chuudiyon kii nishaanii

kabhii ret ke unche tiilon pe jaanaa
gharaunde banaanaa banaake mitaanaa
vo maasuum chahat kii tasviir apanii
vo kvaabon khilaunon kii jaagiir apanii
na duniyaa kaa gam thaa na rishton ke bandhan
badii khuubasuurat thii vo zindagaanii

Some Trivia from Wiki

Jagjit Singh was born in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. His father Amar Singh Dhiman, a government employee, was a native of the village of Dalla in Punjab (India) and his mother, Bachchan Kaur from Ottallan village, Samrala. He had four sisters and two brothers and he is known as Jeet by his family.He was raised as a Sikh.

He went to Khalsa High School in Sri Ganganagar and then studied science after matriculation at Government College, Sri Ganganagar and went onto DAV College, Jalandhar to graduate in arts. He is a post-graduate in history from Kurukshetra University.

Some Trivia from me : he went to the same college as my dad at the same time and used to live in the street behind them ;) and yes while we are at it… its Dad’s happy birthday song…. Dad wishing u a very very happy birthday

I so love all ghazals by him that I am really at a loss on which to put here and which not… I have also attended him live 3 times and everytime has been awesome

So u guys tell me do u like him? What are ur favorites and I will put them here :D

Edited to Add :

Prats favorite

hitchu’s favorite

our anthem while making the house

PS : and yes guys make ourself proud of the blog samaj we have… lets gather as many votes as we can for the deserving Hitchu………

Iron Maiden and more

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Abc Wednesday, Abc Wednesday Round 5, asha bhonsle, cheeni kum, ijaazat, Ilaiyaraaja, iron maiden, r d burman, sadma

I is for Iron Maiden and their brilliant track Fear of the dark…

I is also for Ijaazat… one of the best musics of a movie… four songs and all four best… I can never ever decide which ones I like better… Asha and RD at best

I is also for Ilaiyaraaja.. a great great musician…

One of my all time favourites

and another one from the same movie which is Ojas’s favourite, he goes akhiyum akhiyum every night

the more latest from cheeni kum

H is for Hariharan

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abc, Abc Wednesday, Abc Wednesday Round 5, hariharan

H is for Hariharan … I love his voice… love the way he sings… The above song is one of  the most beautiful song I have ever heard I think… The lyrics, the meanings… awesome… isnt this what the world needs right now… how I wish we could get away with Religion and make the world a peaceful place… a very moving video… It never fails to move me…

Some trivia from Wiki

• Hariharan grew up in Mumbai in a Kerala Iyer family
• Holds a bachelor degrees in science and law
• His debut song was Ajeeb Saaneha Mujh Par Guzar Gaya Yaaron and won him Uttar Pradesh state award, as well as a Best Singer National Award nomination

• He has sung more than 500 Tamil songs which is his highest in his career.
• The year 1996 was a career milestone; he released the fusion album Colonial Cousins with Bombay-based composer/singer Leslie Lewis. This was the first Indian act to be featured on MTV Unplugged. It won a string of awards including the MTV Indian Viewers’ Choice award.
• Hariharan has also acted in a Tamil film with Khushboo, titled Power of Women
• In 2004, he was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri and Yesudas Award for his outstanding performance in music.

His voice has a passion that is so natural…Can u ever forget Bharat humko jaan se pyaara hai

It can move every Indian..

and his claim to fame

Chanda Re, the most beautiful song and N’s favourite

He has sung some lovely ghazals and some with Zakir Hussain too

I just almost all his songs and a lot of his ghazals… finding it so difficult to mention all of them here… so come tell me what are u favourites?

on a side note H is also for Himesh Reshamiya who I absolutely detest

PS: I made this yummy choco marie bites/mini cakes and they came out Yuuuuumy according to Ojas

For the rec hit here

The Legendary Nightingale

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Abc Wednesday, Abc Wednesday Round 5, geeta dutt

Geeta Dutt!!! I am in total awe for her… just love the way she sings, I think one of the best things about her was that she used to sing from heart and it used to show

Some of the trivia from her own site

Geeta was on born on the 23th of Nov 1930 in Idlapur village in Faridkot district.

Her father, Devendra Nath Chowdhury was the village zamindar.

Her mother Amya Roy Chowdhury was into music and shayari and Geeta was the only one of her        ten children (6 sons, 4 daughters) who picked up her mother’s interest in music.

She studied at the Anglo Bengali School. She was interested in music so started learning music        from Pt Hirendranath Chowdhury. She would practice for 3 hrs every day.

In 1942 her family migrated to Bombay, India. They started living in Hindu colony, Dadar.

The original name of Guru Dutt was Vasantkumar shivkumar Padukone, so after the marriage        Geeta Roy should have become Geeta Padukone. Instead she opted for Geeta Dutt, to match        Guru Dutt.

At the time of their marriage Geeta was one of the top singers while Guru Dutt was a struggling        director. This led to talk that he married her for financial security. This hurt him and he wanted        her to stop singing. To avoid marital tensions she stopped singing for a while.

She sang approximately 1200 songs in Hindi films. The decade wise breakup is 340(approx.) in        the 40’s, 755(approx.) in the 50’s, 85(approx.) in the 60’s and a few songs in the 70’s. (Info        courtesy HFGK by Hamraaz)

The last film she sang for was Anubhav (1971), MD – Kanu Roy.

On 20th July 1972 she passed away due to liver rupture at Harikishandas hospital.

Some of my favorites from her

Sometimes I am really thankful to youtube to keep this music alive…

PS: I know I am late but didnt want to miss an alphabet, ABC Wednesday on Thursday this time :D

Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na karo

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Abc Wednesday Round 5, farida khanum, flute, ghazal

F is for Flute

I love flute as an instrument, it has a capability of churning out the most melodious and soothing music on one side and going to a really sexy beat on the other.

Its also a instrument associated with Lord Krishna.

A relaxing calm spiritual flute

The magic Pandit Hari Prasad Chuarisia creates with flute is amazing, I always get so much peace when I hear him, see the following video to belive it, the magic between tabla and flute is amazing

And who can forget the famous Hero number with the flute.

And then there is one more song, which was very popular number in the pubs about 2 years back and had a fantastic flute tune. Ok u guys which one was it?

F is also most definitely for Farida Khanum. I adore her voice.The way she has sung Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na karo… I can hear it over and over again

Another one of hers I truly love

PS: I still have top reply to the comments of the last 2 days, will do it soooon

Sacrifice

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Abc Wednesday, Abc Wednesday Round 5, elton john, music

For me its strongly associated with Sir Elton John :)

Sacrifice- Just a simple word, I just love this song such beautiful lyrics and he has sang it so well

It’s a human  sign
When things go wrong
When the scent of her lingers
And temptation’s strong

Into the boundary
Of each married man
Sweet deceit comes calling
And negativity lands

Cold cold heart
Hard done by you
Some things look better baby
Just passing through

And it’s no sacrifice
Just a simple word
It’s two hearts living
In two separate worlds
But it’s no sacrifice
No sacrifice
It’s no sacrifice at all

Mutual misunderstanding
After the fact
Sensitivity builds a prison
In the final act

We lose direction
No stone unturned
No tears to damn you
When jealousy burns

U know when I had heard this song long ago, I used to think… its sacrifice ist a symbol of love… for a long time I used to think these are the lyrics till a friend corrected me lol :) but dont u think these would have been lovely too

Ok by now u its a musical ABC time and today’s alphabet is E…

Elton John rather Sir Elton John, I love the way his fingers move on the paino and he has playing the paino since he was 3 and started his career as pianist when he was 15. His first album was Empty Sky however Elton John is known more as his first, the reason being it was realised in the US first.

Its also more popular because it finally made him with “Your Song”

Its also listed in Rolling Stones 500 greatest album of all times. Infact Elton John stands no 6 in the most albums there,5 of his

He was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and knighted in 1998. He has also been fighting against AIDS since a long time.

He was won 5 Grammy awards, 1 academy award, 1 golden globe.

Go on hear some of his best numbers

Can u feel the love tonight

Blessed

Dont go breaking my heart

the tribute to Princess Diana, good bye English Rose

And man do u remember his engagement ring… I could die for it :)

Doors and more

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Abc Wednesday, Abc Wednesday Round 5, deep purple, doors, euphoria, jim morrison, music, palash sen

D is most certainly for Doors and the eternal Jim Morrison…

Nothing can beat the rain sound in the start of the Riders on the Storm… and what vocals…

The Indian Summer

LA Women

And then Light My  fire

I also really like the strange days

Unfortunately Morrison passed away very soon… a drug overdose made him sleep through a bout of vomit which went into his lungs… But he lives in his music…

Another D is also Deep Purple, I have never been a huge Deep Purple fan but N likes it a lot… and his favourite is the Highway Star

And back home we have my favurite Dr Palash Sen (he he I cheated I know) aka the Euphoria lead singer… Can any of us forget Dhoom Pichuk dhoom and the rage it created…I was in love with it..

And the maaire

Kabhi aana tou meri gali

There is something about his voice that I love… and u know he had acted in one movie also with the great Sush… I think he looks too cute too :)

PS: I have really been running very busy and not been able to reply to ur comments of the previous post, will do it soon guys keep them coming :)

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Come away with me

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Abc Wednesday, Abc Wednesday Round 5, music, songs

I just simply love this song…

Yes its late but its up… And this time its my favorite songs with C

Coming back to life by Pink Floyd, isnt it a wow song… I can hear it over and over and over again

and how can I forget comfortably numb… one of my fav floyd numbers

Cloud No 9 by Bryan Adams

Candle in the wind by Sir Elton John

Carelss whisper, I am sure all of us have heard this many times in college/school… the love birds anthem :)

Have u heard this song from Astitva… i love the way its sung

the ever green chukar mere man ko

I love this song and this is one of the songs in which I love the remix by Bally Sagoo too actually I think I like the remix better

Chand mera dil chandni ho tum… for some reason this song used to be played a lot in our MCA parties for dancing… the lovely slow dance

and who can forget the evergreen wahida rehman in this

chandi ratein sab jag soye hum jaage taroon se karien baatein

char dino ka saath ho raba badi lambi judai…

the classic chandan sa badan

so come tell me what are your favorite songs with C ……….