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Tapelentu (a snack from Andhra Pradesh) Ingredients ([X] I used ;-) | [O] Optional | [I] Innovate) (approximate, please use your judgment based on your experience in cooking!) [X] Rice Flour (250 g) [X] Channa Dal (2 table spoons) [X] Salt (to taste) [X] Red Chilli powder (if you are used to eat a little spicy stuff) [X] Green Chillies (4/5 finely chopped) [X] Onion (1 large; finely chopped) [O] Onion stems (½ bunch finely cut) [O] Coriander leaves (few leaves; finely chopped) [I] Green leaves (few leaves; in case kids do not like greens push them in!) [I] Curry leaves (few leaves; finely chopped) This is how I did! I put all that marked [X] and put them in a plate to make the dough with warm water (I used normal water, but I remember my mother using warm water) just like what you would do to roll a roti. Make them into 10-12 balls (these usually dry up very fast so cover it with a wet handkerchief). Get a round bottom tava (the usual kadai). Heat it a little. Pour some oil along the s...

"can you hear me", "can you hear me now", "your voice is breaking", "can not see your presentation", "can all of you who are not presenting mute yourselves", "looks like he is having network issues", "may be she should login again" "network issues" "server issues" Several months ago when I was invited to chair one of the two tracks in an International conference, I readily agreed to be the Session Chair because of its relevance to the work I do additionally it was on a Saturday and it was a one day conference so a morning flight out of Mumbai and evening into Mumbai from Delhi so it suited me and was not going to interfere with my work work! Then the entire world was more or less on its knees with extensive travel restrictions and stay at home directives. So the physical conference turned virtual. So now I was to chair a virtual session! Google Meet was the virtual venue which I was using for t...