• Nescafe Coffee powder. (or whatever coffee brand you like)
• Milk
• Ice Cubes
• Sugar
• Vanilla Ice Cream (or chocolate)
• Hershey's Chocolate syrup
• Chocolate Sprinkles(optional)
  
  You can get the chocolate syrup and the sprinkle from your nearest confectionery or supermarket.

1. Take 4 tablespoon milk in a bowl and add 1 tablespoon coffee powder into it.(Increase or decrease this quantity as per your taste)  Stir well until coffee powder dissolves completely into the milk.
2. Take three-fourth of milk in a glass and add it into the blender.
3. Now add 1 tablespoon of sugar into the blender.
4. Pour the coffee-milk mixture from the bowl into the blender.
5. Pour Hershey's chocolate syrup into the blender.
6. Add two scoops of vanilla ice cream into the blender. Not to mention, this will give the desired thickness to the cold-coffee and add to the taste.
7. Add 3-4 ice cubes into the blender.
8. Blend the entire mixture until the mixture is frothy.
   
   

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9. Now take a glass, and apply chocolate syrup on its inner walls, so the texture looks beautiful from outside.
   
   

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10. Pour the nicely blended cold-coffee in the decorated glass.
11. Put an ice-cream scoop over it. You can also use whipped cream or just use the froth from the blender.
12. Now you may add some chocolate syrup all over the ice cream or use some chocolate sprinkles.
13. Tadaa! And your cold-coffee is ready.
    

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Hope this article helps you in the long run.

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Let's begin with something very common- stress, we deal with it everyday. But do we really know how to deal with it? 

There are days when you are gloomy, and you don't feel like doing anything. You end up spending the entire day on your bed, scrolling through the social media, nothing constructive. This plethora of sluggishness is one of the many symptoms of stress.
If i am not wrong, to deal with stress you talk to your friends, or your parents, or listen to some happy music, or eat something that teases your taste-bud. Different people, different ways.
But the big question is- How often do you talk to yourself? You must be wondering why am i asking you this!
For that matter, just keep in mind 'everything you need is already inside you'.
What i am trying to say is, stop depending on people. This journey is yours to make, everyone is eventually going to leave you, and you will be left with just one person- you, yourself.

Be your own friend, own supporter and own guru. Make yourself strong enough that when things are falling apart, you can take a deep breath and pull yourself up. I am not asking you to detach yourself from the people around you, all i am asking is to build your inner strength so when the days are cold, you don't have to go out looking for warmth. That is not an easy task, i know!

See, depending on others is not a bad thing, it shows that you trust the people around you, you rely on them. But there is no guarantee that they can be counted, and no guarantee that they are worth your trust. Dependency can have many repercussions. It can lead to expectations, which often leads to disappointments. So, this forms a chain of events, and the person standing at the end of this chain is you. So, at the end of the day, you are going to be hurt and awful.


Human mind is not merely a body part, it has a persona, it has the power to control things. Don't let your mood be a slave of your mind. There is nothing positive or negative, out there in the world, everything is in your head. Mind can play tricks. Suppose you are happy, it will take just a moment to make you upset about something that is not even relevant in the present, and vice-versa. Now its your time to take control over your mind and once you learn to do this, you can turn the tables for yourself.

The first and the foremost thing is to be a leader, not a follower. Be a leader atleast in your own life.
For that you will have to take a stand for everything that happens in your life. Then comes your problems, you need to understand that everything is temporary, even your problems. Your problems will vanish one day. And you will be the person to make them disappear from your life. Whenever there is a problem in your life, instead of thinking about all the people you can consult , think about all the probable solutions. Out of all those solutions, one solution will be the answer to your problem, and it is your duty to find that one solution and do whatever it takes.

Now the next thing to do is- 'Stop selling your life'. Yes, you heard it right. Over the years, you have developed a habit of whining over every little thing that happens to you. You have started enjoying when people discuss your life, when they sympathise you. It is not a commodity in the market, it is your private thing, it is your life. This very moment, remove it from the reach of others.

As i have discussed above that mind has a persona, treat it as a completely separate entity, your sound self. When you are vulnerable, when things in life are not right, discuss life not with the people around you, but with your sound self. Talk to yourself, whenever you are alone or before going to sleep. Introspect your deeds, your problems and you will definitely see yourself growing.
I know these things are a level up, and i may sound a little crazy, but believe me, it works like magic.
Try doing it for a month, and see the change in your personality. It will make you more confident and a better being.

Take command. Try living your life, crutches free. Try being your own guru.

Read another mind boggling article- "Lets be a little selfish today"

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Biryani is an urdu word derived from the Persian word "birian" which means fried before cooking. Persian language was the official language of medieval India, used by various Islamic dynasties.

The grandeur of biryani is unparalleled. Its wonderful blend of flavors, mouthwatering aroma and tantalising taste makes it - "The biryani".   

Biryani is the one thing that is unanimously loved by all. People from different regions create their own versions of biryani, so there is mughlai biryani, hyderabadi biryani, lakhnawi biryani, sindhi biryani, calcutta biryani and the list goes on.

The victims of Chennai floods in 2015 were promised biryani along with other relief materials by the volunteers. Howsoever when the volunteers approached them with sambhar rice instead of biryani amidst the shoulder-leveled standing water and heavy rain, the flood stuck people expressed huge disappointment.
After all it was Biryani for Christ sake!

Ajith, a tamil film star is very fond of biryani, and he loves to cook it for everyone while shootings. He has seved biryani to the shooting crew multiple times. His mammoth love for biryani inspired director Venkat Prabhu and he named his black comedy film- "Biryani" in 2013.
Now I am expecting movies like 'hum biryani de chuke sanam'.

A local dentist and his friends found a cockroach in the biryani served by a multi-cuisine restaurant Hazratbal in Srinagar. To their surprise, they found the kitchen of the restaurant too unhygienic. The story went viral and a group of young foodies send 1000 cards to the restaurant owner saying- "Get well soon."

180 rooms in Hotel Grand Kakatiya were booked for Dhoni and the team along with other BCCI officials during his captaincy in 2015. When one of the Dhoni's teammate brought home made Hyderabadi biryani for the team and he was not allowed to enter the Hotel premises, they immediately vacated the hotel and moved to Taj Krishna.

They should have bribed the hotel security guards with plateful of biryani, what do you think?

During the release of Rajnikanth's movie Kochadaiiyaan in 2013, when the fans realised that the film is going to be a box-office disaster, they organised a rally in Bangalore, where they used Biryani as a bait. The locals were promised free biryani for watching the film.

Even biryani couldn't save it, i am wondering how bad could it be!

The bride called off the wedding when the groom's family made a ruckus over the taste of biryani, in 2014. Later the bride's family sent 30 kg of biryani to the groom's family but they sent it back saying that it isn't mutton biryani. 

This groom's family was really obsessed with biryani, isn't it?

Biryani was served to the participants of the 59th National Shooting Championship held in Delhi in 2015. The shooters from all over India were served Biryani at a nominal cost by Nawabuddin, popularly known as Nawab bhai. Nawabuddin has been cooking biryani for the past 6 years. He himself is a shooter and participated in around 20 championships. 

Maybe I would participate next year.

Biryani motivated people for communal work. IAS Officer Prashant Nair promised Malabar biryani to the people for cleaning a 14 acre lake in Kozhikode. Removing water hyacinth from the lake was a monstrous task, but biryani got people together and it was a great success. 

An amazing barter system, i must say!

The Chennai elections of 2009 was won by DMK party, because they promised a biryani to every voter along with other baits like liquor, clothes and mobile phones. After this attempt of tempting locals, the election was notoriously named 'Biryani Bypolls'.

As if using biryani as a bait or bribe wasn't enough. When Sania Mirza visited Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan during the shooting of Dilwale in 2015, she carried a box of Hyderabadi biryani for them. Bouquets and chocolates are old school now, maybe next time biryani will make its way to the Coffee with Karan hamper. 

A legal battle is going on in the court of New Jersey between the two Indian food joints- Paradise Biryani Pointe and Paradise Biryani Grill. The former accused the latter for copying his trademark biryani recipe which the former claims to have developed over 7 years.

Divided by regions, bonded over biryani. That's how it is in India. 
May be its time to rephrase the old cafe coffee day tagline and say 'A lot can happen over a biryani'.
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