Just another day at work…with a touch of fun and masti!!!

The entire KKPL team

In this season of IPL, Sanjeev Kapoor’s Khana Khazana members planned up a Box Cricket Session in the office premises. “Khana Khazana Premier League (KKPL)” as it was termed, took place on May 31, 2011 where everyone decided to indulge in a cricket match in full spirits, leaving aside the work for sometime!

The office studio was transformed into a pitch where all players practiced as well before the actual matches took off. As it is rightly said, that there is a kid in each one of us, so was it experienced in KKPL – each and every member was excited as a kid to play and win.

Excellent teamwork was demonstrated by all the four teams namely ‘The Challengers’ headed by captain Rajeev Matta, ‘The TT Kings’ headed by captain Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi, ‘Khazana Knights’ headed by captain Satyaki Mukherjee and ‘PAASMA Tigers’ headed by captain Chef Anupa Das.

Match 1 was between The Challengers and Khazana Knights, of which the former team won and qualified for the finals. Match 2 was between The TT Kings and PAASMA Tigers where the latter won to play the finals against The Challengers.

The Challengers finally emerged as winners beating the PAASMA Tigers in a neck-to-neck match. The former team players no doubt played really well, but not to forget, the performances of the latter team is equally worth a mention. All the players gave a tough fight to each one of their opponents. The winning team was awarded the Khazana Hampers which consisted of various goodies.

All in all, this game of cricket, which is loved and enjoyed by one and all, ended with the right sportsmanship and just the apt mood. Each Khazana member entertained and performed with the right feel. The entire studio was filled with fun, excitement, relaxation and music. Finally, the team spirit shown by all was celebrated with coffee/tea and some yummy sandwiches!

Way to go Khazanaites!

With the summer heat pacing up, it’s time to gorge on those sinful icecreams. Here are some of them…

Green Tea and Yogurt Icecream

Citrus Icecrean

Mango and Coconut Icecream

Till I write again.

Sanjeev Kapoor

Give importance to tadka

Came to know about the training session in office on food costings, analysis and its implications conducted by our COO Rajeev Matta. They have video recorded it and so I too will get a chance to brush up. In fact, with the rising food prices, all these mathematics become important and carry a lot of weight when you have to make business decisions. Like the wise say, knowledge is important, you never know when you might need it!

I have met up with a couple of Spanish chefs and they were curious about the Indian method of tempering the food. Well, did you know that whenever we fry seeds and pulses in oil and add to cooked food, what happens exactly?

Apart from the distinctive flavour it imparts, tempering has many healthful aspects to it. First, essential fatty acids have to be supplied by the diet because the body cannot synthesize them. Fats used in tempering, particularly the vegetable oils, contain these fatty acids, as do ingredients like mustard seeds, cumin seeds and black gram dal. Besides, the vitamin A, D, E and K, found in foods like green leafy vegetables, carrots and cauliflower, are soluble in fat, and can only be released and utilized if some fat is also available at the same time. Tempering meets this requirement too. The carotene in curry leaves is also automatically transferred by this process. Many vegetable oils used in tempering are, additionally, rich in vitamin E. Further while pungency is associated with mustard, few are aware that this results only when mustard seeds are ground with water or vinegar. In hot oil, mustard seeds taste unquestionable nutty.

All this talk has transported me back home, and I can actually visualise garma garam ghar ka khana!

Am missing

Punjabi Kadhi

Khandvi

Gujarati Kadhi….all these taste better with appropriate tadka.

Till I write again

Sanjeev Kapoor.

Time for Celebration

On Saturday the scotching heat of the sun did not seem to bother the Spice Routers. I am on holiday with my family in Spain and missed out on all the action, fun and excitement of the BCL tournament.

Rajeev Matta (COO) was there with entire team from our office to cheer the team. Rajeev participated actively in the commentary box and was accompanied by his wife, son and daughter to cheer the team. The semi-finals was against the LEONS and we won the match comfortably and were off to the finals. The final was played in the evening and the team geared up for it in the break.

The final was against Print Services and we did well by restricting them to 57 runs in 10 overs. They could clear the boundary only twice in the entire inning! Bowling and fielding were superb.

Shashi played his natural game again giving a very good start. Two consecutive sixes were enough to accelerate the innings. Saurabh was a cool anchor. Captain Pawan played a powerful innings and we reached our goal sooner then required with more than two overs to spare. On the whole it was an entertaining Saturday! Sashi was also awarded the Man of the series and Hurray! We won the trophy.

With all this celebration mood, how about trying some sporting, powerplay recipes like Mango and Banana Milk Shake with Mixed Fruits, Baked Chicken Sausages and beat the heat with coolers like Iced Tea, Mango Magarita…

Till I write again,

Sanjeev Kapoor