Scam call

Interesting conversation with a scammer!
Call from # +971503631421
Me: Hello
Scammer(in Hindi, with thick Pakistani accent): Hello, I am calling from Etisalat. You have just won a million Dirhams in lottery. We will need your bank details. After disconnecting this phone, please call back and give us the bank details.
Me(in Hindi): So you want me to call [...]

Living in the big construction site - Dubai Metro

Like everybody else in Dubai, I am so eagerly waiting for the launch.
Public transport is something, I have always missed in Dubai. An advantage and disadvantage of living in Dubai is to have a car is not a luxury.
Parking problems are something that goes with the above.
With the metro construction every where, its all the [...]

Chicken curry - roasted coconut

This is one of my evertime favourites
Ingredients
1 chicken, skinned
3 onions, chopped
1 or 2 tomatoes medium sized
1 tbsp ginger-garlic, chopped
green chilli to taste
4 whole red chillies
1tsp turmeric powder
1tbsp coriander powder
curry leaves a few
1/2 coconut grated and roasted
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp mustard seeds
Stir-fry the mustard seeds till they pop. Add the onions and fry until they turn [...]

Mango chutney

I made this mango chutney the other day to go with “Aloo parattas”. This was something my grandmother used to make during the mango season.
Ingredients
Roasted long red chilly to taste
Mango
Yoghurt
Salt to taste
Mash a very ripe mango, making sure its pulpy and not frothy liquid. It need to have the small pieces in it. Mix [...]