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I usually try to eat out on sunday afternoons. Last week was in Andhra Bhavan, veg thali and mutton curry. This week was gali parathe vali, purani dilli. Had matar, dal-aloo, mooli and kela paratha. And finished it off with daulat ki chaat. In fact it was the first time I noticed it. It’s kind of like a extremely foamy ice-cream.
As you might now, a very easy way of making ice cream is just pumping it with lots of air. A typical softie you eat might be 40% air. Also true for cheap ice creams. But the problem with this is once it melts all the air comes out as bubbles. Daulat ki chaat must use some stabilisers which ease the making and retaining of the foam at room temperatures. Here’s a pic:

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Indeed from the recipe in this page, we realize that it has cream of tartar, which is a stabilizing agent.

I am playing with LEDs nowadays. I got them from nehru place. It was hard finding the place, only after asking about 15 people. So I am putting it here so that it goes online :). There is a building called vishal bhawan and in its basement there are lots of such shops. You can get resistors, capacitors, microchips, etc.

update: Also found Janak electronics in Hauz rani. Slightly more expensive than the vishal bhavan one, but it’s not that crowded.

As most ads have copy, this one caught my eye. On the header of instructable, it was just a series of images. And the first think which came into my mind when I saw the ad was what is it. And when I was about to click it I realized it was an ad. I guess more people are deliberately shying away from clicking on ads. Which is making ad designers create ads which do not look like ads.

Google shows search results from India even when the radio button for “the web” is selected. Either it should show the real results or when it tries to be “helpful” it should change the selected radio button to “pages from India”.

Saw this fruit on the Jaipur - Delhi highway. Somewhere around 100 kms from delhi there is a dhaba called Baarmer vale. And this tree stands in front. Needless to say it has a uncanny resemblance to the valentine heart. Anybody know what this plant is called?