1/2 cup rice 1/4 cup toor dal 1/4 potato 1/4 cup peas 1/4 cup carrots 1/4 beans Pressure cook all ingredients above. In a wide pan, heat oil and add some cashews and saute, add 1/4 cup tomatoes, tamarind juice (1/2 teaspoon), some Sambhar Powder (4 tablespoons), little salt. Saute on medium heat until tomatoes…
Author: thepointlessgal
Comforting yourself
One of the things we often forget to do is to comfort yourself. If you are like me, you are most likely comforting everyone else but you, probably because we never took ourselves THAT seriously. Why? Because I grew up in India, where I met at least 20 new people everyday and made at least…
Rising with the sun – Japan
I recently visited Japan with my family. A decade ago, I had worked there for a few weeks and it changed the way I viewed the world. May be it had something to do with it being my first legit foreign country to visit. My biggest take away was to be humble no matter how…
AirBnB Refund Gotcha
I have been busy planning my trip to Los Angeles. Since it was a family reunion, I had to find a place that could handle so many adults and kids without hurting anyone’s feelings (you know what I mean)! AirBnb comes to the rescue. Although beachfrontonly.com was so tempting that we almost made the reservations…
American Airlines UPGRADE list!
I travel a lot. Why? Not because I enjoy it but I need to, for my job. I am a “consultant”. And so, I travel to Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, San Jose, Detroit…The best part of travelling a lot, especially if you are smart enough to stay with one Airline is that you…
The train leaves the station…
This is my first blog and am nervous, excited and cant wait to get started. Are you wondering what its about? Well, its about pointless things around us that really makes you stop and wonder about how or why its like the way it is to begin with. Before I start, thought I should share…
The Pointless Gal 