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Summer season is on, so chill with different Mango dishes treat
[dropcap type=”default”]N[/dropcap]ew Delhi: With the mango season on, stir up a khatta panna, make taco or try making a pudding using mango recipes.
Chef Gautam Mehrishi, host of “Hello Summer” on Living Foodz, and Shikha Nath, Culinary Director at Copper Chimney, have listed a few recipes:
Mango Fish Tacos:
Ingredients: Peeled mango 1, Fish fillet 1, Salt as required, Ginger powder ½ tsp, Garlic powder ½ tsp, Black pepper powder 1 tsp, Refined flour 5-6 tbsp, Sugar ½ tsp, Tequila 1-1½ tbsp, Lemon juice 2 tbsp, Fruit beer 1-1½ cup, Sliced mango 1, Olive oil 2 tsp, Finely chopped capsicum ½ cup, Finely chopped onion 1, Mango pulp 4 tsp, Cream cheese 2 tsp, Finely chopped cabbage ½ cabbage, Finely chopped lettuce leaf 1, Buckwheat tacos 3, Mint leaves For garnish.
Method: Chop mango and place in a plate. Take a Fish fillet and cut it in slices. Sprinkle pinch of salt, ginger powder, garlic powder and black pepper powder to marinate the fish. To make the batter, in a bowl, add refined flour, black pepper powder, sugar, tequila, lemon juice, fruit beer and whisk it well. Now beat the fish slices. Cut peeled mango into slices and then place the slices on each fish slice and roll the fish. In a hot pan, add olive oil, coat the fish with the batter and then fry it in the pan on a low flame until golden brown. To make dip, in another bowl, add finely chopped capsicum, pinch of ginger powder, pinch of garlic powder, lemon juice, oil, sugar, salt, chopped mango, cream cheese and mix it well. Now chop ½ Cabbage and 1 Lettuce leaf and mix them together.
For presentation: Take three buckwheat tacos. Take out the fish rolls from the pan and cut them into half. Spread the taco dip on each taco, place chopped cabbage and lettuce leaves over it, add fish rolls on the tacos and place them in a taco plate. Garnish it with mint leaves and serve it with dip. Mango Fish Tacos are ready to serve.
Chill this summer season with different mouth-watering Mango dishes:
Mango Chia Pudding:
Ingredients: Chia seeds 1, Soy milk 2 ½ cup, Melon seeds ½ cup, Pistachio 1 cup, Peeled mango 1, Mango seed 1, Coffee powder ¼ tsp, Dark chocolate 200 gm, Dry ice cubes 1 cup, Fresh mint leaves For garnish.
Method: Take chia seeds cooked in soy milk. In a hot pan, add melon seeds, 1 cup pistachio, lightly roast the mixture. In the same pan, add soy milk. Then peel a mango, add the mango kernel in the pan and dice the remaining mango. Add coffee powder in pudding and cook on low flame.
For presentation: Add Mango cubes in serving glass and pour the chia seed mixture on it. Grate dark chocolate and transfer in the pan and grate some extra chocolate to use it as topping. Let the pudding mixture cool for some time after it is cooked. Keep dry ice cubes ready. Now take out the pudding mixture in a bowl and add ½ cup dry ice and whisk well. Pour the pudding mixture in the glass and add a layer of grated dark chocolate. Add fresh mint leaves. Add another layer of grated dark chocolate and pudding mixture. Garnish with grated dark chocolate, mango slices and mint leaves. Mango Chia Pudding is ready to serve.
Khatta Panna: This vodka -based cocktail is infused with fresh Indian Basil and the tart yet sweet flavours of raw mango.
Ingredients: Vodka 60 ml, Crushed raw mango juice 60 ml, Lime juice 15 ml, put all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake well and pour into a glass over crushed ice. Garnish with a slit chilli, salt and pepper.
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Meghalaya Reserves Legalized Gambling and Sports Betting for Tourists
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.