Recipe: French onion soup

Ingredients:
Butter: 40gms
Vegetable oil: 20ml
Salt:5gms                                                            
Onions: 1kg
Flour: 5gms
Beef stock:3cubes

Crutons:
Fresh bread: 1pc
Olive oil: 20ml
Garlic: 4pcs
Parmessan cheese: 150gms

Method:
1.In heavy saucepan melt butter with oil
2. Stir in onion and 1 tsp salt over low heat till golden brown.
3.Sprinkle flour over the onions and cook for 2-3 mins
4.In a different saucepan stock to a simmer for 30 - 40 mins, season the soup
5.Preheat oven to 325 degree
6.Spread slices of bread in one layer and bake for 15 mins
7.Coat both sides with olive oil bake for more 15mins
8.Rub each side with garlic clove and set aside.
9.serve the soup in a bowl with the crouton on top of it.

Recipe: Fritata de batata

Ingredients:
onions: 1 no
Parsley: 15gms
maggi cubes/ or vegetable stock: 7gms
potatoes: 2nos                                                                              
olive oil: 45ml
eggs: 3nos
Salt: 1/2tsp

Method:
1.Peel the potatoes and onions and cut into cubes
2.Rinse well and drain the potatoes in a large skillet, heat oil and add the potatoes onions cubes
3.Lower the heat and stir gently until the potatoes are soft and onions golden
4.Beat eggs well stir in the parsley and pour in the pan When the edges are golden brown turn and lift then by frying gently
5. once the other side is golden remove from heat and serve immediately.

America's Most Surprising Six-Figure Jobs

We often associate hefty salaries with corner offices, scalpels and law degrees – but it turns out you can pull in a pretty penny working outside the financial, medical or legal fields. In fact, writers, elevator installers and art teachers are just a few of the professionals who surprisingly can score six-figure paychecks.

Forbes combed through data gathered annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the Labor Department, to find the most surprising six-figure jobs. The BLS culls its information from surveys it mails to businesses, and it releases its Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Data each spring. The report shares information about more than 800 occupations, including hourly and annual wages, total numbers of workers in the profession, and the states and metro areas that pay the best. To make the cut for our list, at least 10% of employees in the profession had to earn more than $100,000 a year.

It turns out the top earning gaming managers, post-secondary home economics teachers and art directors surprisingly make well over six figures.

Gaming managers, who are responsible for supervising gambling operations, earn a handsome annual income of $74,780. According to the BLS’ Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Data for 2011, the top 10% really hit the jackpot. These high rollers rake in $116,840 a year. The best-paying state for these professionals is New Jersey.

Home economics instructors who teach at the college level earn a mediocre average annual salary of $68,080—but the top 10% earn a stellar $110,650. These professionals are responsible for teaching courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management.  California is the best-paying state for post-secondary home economics teachers.

Incomes for art directors and makeup artists (theatrical and performance) aren’t too shabby, either. The mean annual wages for those talented professionals is $95,500 and $63,710, respectively. But the top earning art directors make $166,620, while the top 10% of theatrical makeup artists pull in $120,050. The top-paying state for both professions: New York.

Some other surprising six-figure jobs, especially from the perspective of the fragile media industry, include broadcast news analysts, authors, and technical writers. Workers in the top-earning 10% of each of these professions earn more than $100,000, according to the BLS data.

For writers and authors, it is $115,740; for technical writers, $102,250; and for broadcast news analysts, $159,530 – about three and a half times the national average for all occupations, which is just $45,230.

Water vessel captains, mates and pilots also make a boatload more than one might think. The top 10% earn an ample $119,280 a year, but on average they make $71,760. Boat captains in Rhode Island earn $123,580, making it the best paying state.

The list doesn’t end there. There are plenty more surprising six-figure jobs that don’t require a necktie or lab coat. Farming managers, film editors and transportation inspectors are some others we’ve singled out.


Here are some professions that you might be surprised to learn pay six figures. The top-earning 10% of these professionals earn more than $100,000 a year, on average, according to BLS data.

1. Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance

BLS job description: Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role. 

Top 10% make $120,050, on average. 
Mean annual income: $63,710 
Total employed: 2,040 
Top-paying state: New York


2. Technical Writers

BLS job description: Write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work. 

Top 10% make $102,250, on average. 
Mean annual income: $67,280 
Total employed: 45,120 
Top-paying state: California

3. Gaming Managers

BLS job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate gaming operations in a casino. May formulate house rules.

Top 10% make $116,840, on average. 
Mean annual income: $74,780 
Total employed: 3,570 
Top-paying state: New Jersey


4. Home Economics Teachers, Postsecondary

BLS job description: Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research. 

Top 10% make $110,650, on average. 
Mean annual income: $68,080 
Total employed: 5,490 
Top-paying state: California 



5. Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

BLS job description: Command or supervise operations of ships and water vessels, such as tugboats and ferryboats. Required to hold license issued by U.S. Coast Guard. 

Top 10% make $119,280, on average. 
Mean annual income: $71,760 
Total employed: 30,220 
Top-paying state: Rhode Island

6. Art Directors

BLS job description: Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual communications media, such as print, broadcasting, and advertising. Direct workers engaged in art work or layout design.

Top 10% make $166,620, on average. 
Mean annual income: $95,500 
Total employed: 30,680 
Top-paying state: New York

7. Transportation Inspectors

BLS job description: Inspect equipment or goods in connection with the safe transport of cargo or people. Includes rail transportation inspectors, such as freight inspectors; rail inspectors; and other inspectors of transportation vehicles, not elsewhere classified. 

Top 10% make $110,210, on average. 
Mean annual income: $65,770 
Total employed: 24,810 
Top-paying state: Washington, DC

8. Broadcast News Analysts

BLS job description: Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources. 

Top 10% make $159,530, on average. 
Mean annual income: $76,370 
Total employed: 5,200 
Top-paying state: Florida

9. Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

BLS job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities. 

Top 10% make $112,150, on average. 
Mean annual income: $70,010 
Total employed: 3,340 
Top-paying state: Kansas

10. Insurance Sales Agents

BLS job description: Sell life, property, casualty, health, automotive, or other types of insurance. May refer clients to independent brokers, work as an independent broker, or be employed by an insurance company. 

Top 10% make $115,300, on average. 
Mean annual income: $62,970 
Total employed: 321,780 
Top-paying state: Rhode Island


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P.S: Even you can try this jobs and earn some good amounts.....:-D

Recipe: Cucumber with laban

Ingredients:
Cucumber: 1/2no
Small onion: 1 no
Fresh parsley: 10gms
Natural yogurt: 475ml
paprika: 1 1/2 gms
salt: to taste
White pepper: as required
Mint leaves: for garnish

Method:
1.Finely chop the cucumber and onions and mix it with crushed garlic and finely chopped parsley
2.Lightly beat the yogurt and add the above mixture and season with salt and pepper to taste
3.sprinkle with the little paprika and chill for at least 1 hour
4.Garnish with mint leaves and serve with warm pita bread or as an complimentary to meat, poultry and rice dishes.

Recipe: Hummus

Ingredients:
Cooked Chickpeas: 175gms
Tahina paste: 120ml
Garlic cloves: 3 nos
lemon: 2nos                                                                                
Water: 65ml
Salt: to taste
Freshly ground blackpeas: as required
Fresh raddish: to serve
Olive oil: 15ml
Finely chop parsley
paprika: 2.5gms
black olives: 4nos

Method:
1.Place the chickpea, tahina paste, garlic, lemon juice, seasoning and little water into the food processor until smooth adding little water if necessary
2.If you dont have a blender or processor mix the ingredients in a small bowl until smooth
3. Spoon the mixture into a shallow dish make a tent in the between and pour olive oil, garnish with parsley, paprika and olives and serve it with raddish 

Recipe: Tom Yum Soup

Ingredients:
Shrimps: 250gms
Water: 750ml
Garlic cloves: 2nos
Kaffir lime leaves: 5 nos
Fresh galangal: 5 nos
Fish sauce: 60ml
Shallots: 2nos
Straw Mushrooms:1/2cup
Lime juice: 60ml
Blanch Chilly paste: 1tsp
Lemon grass: 2stalks
Cilantro or coriander: 1tsp

Method:
1.Rinse the prawns shell and place them in a large pot with water heat to boiling point strain the broth and discard the shells
2. Add the garlic lime leaves, fresh galangal, fish sauce, lemon grass and shallots to the stock Than the mushrooms and chilly peppers cook gently for 2 mins if using
3. Add the shrimps to the sauce and reheat to boiling point when the shrimps are cooked place the lime juice and black chilly paste in a serving bowl pur the soup into the bowl stir garnish with cilentro leaves and serve hot.  

Recipe: Darsan with ice cream

Ingredients:
Flour: 150gms
Egg: 1no
Salt: 20gms
Honey: 20ml
Roasted sesame seeds: 10gms
Oil: As required
Water As required
Vanilla ice cream: 200ml

Method:
1. Mix flour and salt together.
2.Make a well in the center and add the egg
3. Add about 2tbsp water and mix well to form a smooth soft dough ( add more water if needed)
4.cover and rest the dough for 1/2 hour
5.roll out into a thin sheet and cut into 1/2cm with strips
6. Deep fry the strips in hot oil till crisp and golden brown
7. Drain on kitchen paper
8. Heat sugar with honey on low heat till sugar is melted and turns light brown
9. Add sesame seeds and pour over the fried strips toss well
10. Serve with vanilla ice cream