Marvel’s Avengers vs. DC’s Ambition

  by Rahul Parshotam The first Avengers comic book was released in 1963. Can you imagine how unbelievable it must be for the kids who grew up in the 60s reading comic books, and now in 2012, they get to see their super hero team in live action form? It must be a thrilling experience! [...]

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Restaurant Review: Dosa SF

Contributed by a Kshatriya Community Member Dosa South Indian Cuisine 1700 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA (415) 441-3672 www.dosasf.com View Larger Map Dosa on Fillmore is doing something absolutely amazing with their cooking. I have often eaten Dosas, but this restaurant has taken the entree to a new level and finesse, besides adding some very [...]

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Welcome to the New SKMMC.com

We’re excited to announce that after months of development, the new SKMMC.com is ready for public testing. You’ll notice that we are on the beta.skmmc.com site for now. Once we publicly test the site, we’ll move everything to the main site. Here are some of the new features of the site: Fresh New Look! We have a brand [...]

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Video Slideshow: 2012 Spring Social / Kabob Party

Special thanks to Nayan Kaba for creating this Video Slideshow  

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Recipe: Achar Chicken

Serves 4-5 people Achar Chicken Ingredients: 1 Bag (3.5 oz) Achar Gosht Spice Mix with Garlic + Ginger (Laziza Brand) Pack includes 2 bags (photo of package) 1 Bell pepper cubed 6-10 green chilies (Serrano or Jalapeno) slit once through the middle 1-2 tablespoons fresh or bottled lemon juice 1-1   ½ stick butter, ghee (or [...]

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Marvel’s Avengers vs. DC’s Ambition

May 9th, 2012 rahul
DC / Marvel

 

by Rahul Parshotam

The first Avengers comic book was released in 1963. Can you imagine how unbelievable it must be for the kids who grew up in the 60s reading comic books, and now in 2012, they get to see their super hero team in live action form? It must be a thrilling experience! However, to reach this point, Marvel had to intricately plan their previously released movies.

In Iron Man 1, the audience was introduced to Nick Fury played by Samuel L. Jackson where he hints briefly at The Avengers. In Iron man 2, we meet Natasha Rominov aka Black Widow. Natasha Romanoff decides in Iron Man 2, that Iron man can join the The Avengers Initiative, but Tony Stark cannot.  In Thor, we meet Agent Barton aka Hawkeye who is played by Jeremy Renner. In Thor, we are introduced to Thor’s step brother, Loki, who is the main villain in The Avengers. In Captain America, we are introduced to the Tesseract, which Loki, in The Avengers, uses to open a portal for his army to come to Earth.

Cleary, Marvel had to intricately plan how to progress with their movies in order to make The Avengers a reality. Unfortunately DC, the other big comic book publisher in the U.S. has not been able to duplicate Marvel’s success. In my opinion, DC also has an ambition to introduce their superhero team known as the The Justice League, onto the big screen. The Justice League includes, Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Martain the Manhunter.

However, in order to this, their movies have to make money. The Batman franchise has done extremely well, but the Superman and Green Lantern movie did not receive a lot of praise.  This has a put damper on DC’s efforts, but they are not giving up. There’s a new Superman movie coming out in 2013, and is titled Man of Steel . The movie is being directed by Zack Snyder, and produced by Christopher Nolan.  In my opinion, Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan are two of the best directors in Hollywood and the new Superman movie is going to kick-ass.

Even after Man of Steel does well, it will still take several years before we ever get to see a live action version of The Justice League, but we can hope.

Sources: Wikipedia.org, IMDB.com, TV Interviews

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SKMMC Photo Archive for Years 2008-2010

April 26th, 2012 admin

This is an archive of some of our older SKMMC event photos from 2008 to 2010:

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Update Address Book

April 25th, 2012 admin

This form will allow you to add or update an entry in our SKMMC Address Book / Phonebook.

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Recipe: Fulia

April 20th, 2012 rahul

FULIA

Contributed by: Deepa Bhukhan

Serves 8-10 people

  • 1 ½ lb flour
  • 1 ½ tsp. salt (level)
  • 1 ½ – 2 tsp. jeeru (cumin seeds)
  • 3 tsp. yeast
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • 1 ½ – 2 cups warm water
  • 1 tsp. ghee
  • 3 1/3 cup oil

Method:

Mix the warm water with yeast and sugar.  Set it aside till it rises/foams.  In a bowl add flour, salt, jeeru, ghee and 1/3 cup oil.  Make dough by adding yeast water.  Knead the dough till it forms a ball.  Roll dough out into approximately 2 inch rounds with a rolling pin.  Heat remaining 3 cups of oil in kadai.  Gently drop dough rounds into heated oil.  Flip once after dough rises in the heated oil, then remove onto paper towel lined dish.

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Visa for India

April 7th, 2012 rahul

Contributed by Rahul Parshotam

Many of our family and friends visit India every year, but getting there requires a visa. This is the web site you can use to get a visa: https://indiavisa.travisaoutsourcing.com/oci/homepage

Read the directions carefully, because if you get them wrong, your application will be sent back to you. Make sure you type out your mailing labels, or your envelope will be sent back to you.

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Restaurant Review: Dosa SF

March 21st, 2012 rahul
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Contributed by a Kshatriya Community Member

Dosa South Indian Cuisine

1700 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 441-3672
www.dosasf.com


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Dosa on Fillmore is doing something absolutely amazing with their cooking. I have often eaten Dosas, but this restaurant has taken the entree to a new level and finesse, besides adding some very interesting and original ingredients. Great food, excellent service and a lovely ambiance with soaring ceilings and warm, relaxed lighting all added up to a memorable evening every time we have been here. Highly recommended!
We usually catch a movie after dinner on Bay street in Emeryville. It’s a great place (Bay Street) to hang out in the evening.

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Poll: What do you think of the updated SKMMC.com website?

March 19th, 2012 admin
What do you think of the updated SKMMC.com website?
Horrible!
It\'s OK, needs more work.
Great update!
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Welcome to the New SKMMC.com

March 17th, 2012 admin
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We’re excited to announce that after months of development, the new SKMMC.com is ready for public testing.

You’ll notice that we are on the beta.skmmc.com site for now. Once we publicly test the site, we’ll move everything to the main site.

Here are some of the new features of the site:

  • Fresh New Look! We have a brand new, fresh look to the site that uses WordPress, an open and proven Web publishing system.
  • Facebook Connect: You can connect and sign-up to this site using Facebook. Once you have been approved, you’ll get to see member-only content like the SKMMC Address Book in the future. You can also share posts that you like on Facebook. Be sure to register today by clicking on the link Register link at the top of the site and using your Facebook login so we know it’s really you.
  • Commenting System: Voice you opinion on news and posts to our site.
  • Community Contributions: Anyone can contribute to the site! We’re looking for contributions from everyone in the Mandal. Do you have recipes, reviews, news, advice, stories, or any other information that you feel the community could enjoy? Simple contact us at webmaster@skmmc.com and we’ll give you special permission to submit content.
  • Polls: We’ll be hosting polls to get your thoughts on a variety of topics. Be sure to take the one we have up now and voice your thoughts on the new site.

This is just the beginning. We have big plans over the next few months to continue to grow the site and serve the Kshatriya community. We’d love your thoughts and feedback on the new site at webmaster@skmmc.com.

Jatin Billimoria
SKMMC Webmaster, with special thanks to all on the Website Committee:

  • Rahul Parshotam
  • Kiran Rathod
  • Dharmesh Bhukhan
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Video Slideshow: 2012 Spring Social / Kabob Party

March 12th, 2012 admin
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Special thanks to Nayan Kaba for creating this Video Slideshow

 

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Recipe: Achar Chicken

March 6th, 2012 rahul
Achar Chicken

Contributed by Niranjana Bhukhan

Serves 4-5 people

Achar Chicken

Ingredients:

1 Bag (3.5 oz) Achar Gosht Spice Mix with Garlic + Ginger (Laziza Brand) Pack includes 2 bags (photo of package)

1 Bell pepper cubed

6-10 green chilies (Serrano or Jalapeno) slit once through the middle

1-2 tablespoons fresh or bottled lemon juice

1-1   ½ stick butter, ghee (or oil)

5-6 ripe tomatoes blended (or chopped)

2 lbs boneless or whole chopped chicken pieces

2-3 cups Yogurt (beaten)

3-4 teaspoons homemade

fresh masala (ginger/garlic/chili paste)

Garnish cilantro (optional)

Directions:

  1. Take 1-2 tablespoons of Achar Gosht Masala from (one bag) and mix with lemon juice and fill in the green chili that you slit through the middle earlier.
  2.  Stir fry the bell pepper and put aside.
  3. Fry meat and fresh masala for 2-3 minutes in butter, then add tomatoes, continue cooking for another 7-10 minutes.
  4. Then put yogurt, bell pepper, and remaining Achar Gosht masala bag in chicken and cook while stirring for about another 10 minutes.
  5. Put masala filled green chilies all around top of chicken, cover lid and cook on medium heat for another 8-10 minutes. Leave covered so chilies cook.

Now, your Achar chicken of unique taste is ready. This dish tastes good with plain Paratha, and is available frozen ready to cook.

Vegetarian option:

½ amounts of ingredients for 14 oz paneer

½ cubed and fried in little butter ahead

A message from Niranjana Bhukhan:

For all the ladies who love cooking like I do, it’s a creation, an art to cook. We create, change, and substitute ingredients to our taste. One dish does not remain our favorite; all ingredients do not always stay precise and same. Cook with whatever is available, but it makes the best home cooked food made with love in the mind and expectancy for the meal eaters to enjoy the food. We eat at restaurants and find their flaws and then we create an alteration at home, to cook the dish better, that should be the attitude for all cooks. Be better! Cook better, Cook healthier!

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