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Mexican recipe ideas

Aug 13th, 2012
by vipul.
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If you’re like me and you love to keep a diary or an online blog then you are sure to have enjoyed browsing through my website. I love to keep a log of all the things I love about life, from my favorite PC programmes to my favorite cooking recipes.

As you can see, I am a keen cook and you may have already read or even tried my Mexican enchilada and tortilla recipes. Below is a tasty Mexican recipe which you are sure to like, but remember to stay in the kitchen and watch the pan at all times because some elements of the recipe require careful timing. So to save burning the food, it’s certainly worth staying in the kitchen and waiting until you’ve finished cooking to send that text message or play at partypoker.com. Below is a recipe for a tasty Mexican dip which is perfect for dipping tortilla chips or avocado slices into. Plus, it’s really healthy, provides plenty of fibre and counts towards your five-a-day.

Mexican dip
1 onion
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp wine vinegar
1 tsp Cajun seasoning
A tin of mixed beans
A can of chopped tomatoes
Grated cheese

Method
Begin by chopping the onion and frying it in some olive oil until it becomes soft. Then add in a spoon of brown sugar, some wine vinegar and a sprinkling of Cajun seasoning. You can even add some chilli flakes in if you want to add a spicy kick to the dip.

Cook the ingredients for 1 minute and then add in your drained mixed beans. Pour in the tin of tomatoes and let it all simmer together for around 10 to 15 minutes. Once the sauce has thickened, sprinkle a handful of grated cheese over the top. Then place the dip into a microwave proof dish and heat on high for 1 minute or until the cheese has melted.

Serve with tortillas and avocado slices.

Posted in: Cooking, Experiment, Personal.

jQuery plugin to add multiple fields (cloned elements) on-the-fly on webpage – New version

Jun 18th, 2011
by Vipul Limbachiya.
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Hi Friends,

Thanks for using my multifield extender plugin and your great response. I received many emails reporting bugs and asking support for edit mode. I implemented it few days ago and publishing new version now.

Many bugs are fixed with this plugin and you can use this plugin in edit forms with very little code at server side.

This plugin is not limited to inputs but you can even add support to add multiple files and upload them to server. I’ll upload demo of multiple file uploading using this plugin with asp.net soon.

Introduction:

What’s it : a jQuery plugin to add multiple fields (cloned elements) on-the-fly on a web page with great custom extensions – asp.net, php or any server side language

Check out demo page for more information.

What will happen at server side and how to get this data?

The plugin modifies IDs and names of all elements it has cloned and adds its count prefixing an underscore with the main element that has copied first.

eg. “txtName” is an input box and was cloned by this plugin, new input will be called as “txtName_1″ automatically.

asp.net/c# code:

Below code will give you an array of all entries made on page including main input element, you can use for any kind of input element not only textbox.


private ArrayList getTimesArray(string textBoxName)
{
ArrayList arrValues = new ArrayList();

for (int i = 0; i < Request.Form.AllKeys.Length; i++)
{
if (Request.Form.Keys[i].ToString().IndexOf(textBoxName) >= 0)
{
arrValues.Add(Request.Form[Request.Form.Keys[i].ToString()]);
}
}
return arrValues;
}

Go to live demo page

There are more details on demo page, how to setup and customize to make it fit in your requirements.


jQuery plugin to add multiple fields on the fly sample page

Download Plugin:

jquery.multiFieldExtender-2.0.min.js (Minified) ~ 5Kb

jquery.multiFieldExtender-2.0.packed.js (Packed) ~ 4Kb

jquery.multiFieldExtender-2.0.js (Uncompressed) ~ 9Kb

Download Sample files:

Sample.zip

Please let me know if any problem or any help required. Provide your feedback in comments or contact me on GMail.

Thanks,
Vipul Limbachiya

Posted in: JavaScript, jQuery, My Projects, Personal, Programming.

Upgrade to new version of Firefox without loosing your history and add-ons

Mar 22nd, 2011
by Vipul Limbachiya.
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Disclaimer: This method may or may not be proper way to upgrade Firefox, it actually disables add-on compatibility checking and so it keeps all add-ons and loads them while running Firefox. If any of your add-ons are not completely compatible and crashes Firefox, you can start your Firefox in safe mode and disable add-ons. Use at your own risk, I have followed this same method for at least 5 PCs and it did what I wanted.

Hi Friends,

It is always pain while upgrading to newer version, it ends up with loosing information and add-ons, This post will help you to find out a way to upgrade to new version of Firefox without loosing your history, form data and add-ons.

Step 1: Backup of your current profile always help while upgrading (Do this before upgrading) :

To take backup in Windows XP :

Go to: [Installation Drive]:Documents and Settings[User Name]Application DataMozillaFirefoxProfiles

To take backup in Windows 7 :

Go to: [Installation Drive]:Users[User Name]AppDataRoamingMozillaFirefoxProfiles

Where [Installation Drive] is where your operating system is installed, generally C: drive. [User Name] is your windows user name. If you are not able to see this files you can change settings in windows from Tools -> Folder Options -> View and check option to show hidden files and un-check option that says to hide protected operating system files.

Copy and save your profile files from this folder to safe place, that will help to restore back to normal state if anything goes wrong, or you want to downgrade back to older version.

Step 2: Upgrade

Now run setup of newer version of your Firefox, complete installation as upgrade and start Firefox.

When it opens Firefox after installation it will check for add-on compatibility and will disable add-ons that are not compatible with your new version of Firefox. When Firefox opens open new tab and type “about:config” without quotes. It will ask confirmation, click on “I’ll be careful, I promise!” it will open all advanced settings of your Firefox.

Now click on the list and go to New ->Boolean menu item. Enter this text when prompted :”extensions.checkCompatibility” without quote and press Ok. Choose false in next window and press Ok.

Now do this again for your version of Firefox : Ie. if you are upgrading to Firefox version 4.0 add new preference for “extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0″

Go to New ->Boolean menu item. Enter this text when prompted :”extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0″ without quote and press Ok. Choose false in next window and press Ok.

(Easiest way to check your Firefox version is on Firefox menu click on Help -> About Firefox item, that will show version, append it to extensions.checkCompatibility. and add new preference)

Step 3: Restart your Firefox.

You are done, enjoy your new version of Firefox with all your older version of Add-ons up and running. In your add-on panel you will see a notice mentioning add-on compatibility check is disabled, you may have incompatible add-ons. Dont click on Enable.

You may not face any problem if all installed add-ons are compatible with newer version, if any of add-on breaks your Firefox you can always go to safe mode and disable add-ons. If you are not happy with new version and want to downgrade, install the version you want and replace files in the profile folder (mentioned in Step 1) with backup you have taken already.

Thanks,
Vipul

Posted in: Experiment, Personal, Troubleshooting.

Let me cook!!

Feb 1st, 2011
by Vipul Limbachiya.
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Hi Friends,

I have not posted anything to this blog since long time, the blog was almost dead. I am sharing my new experience with you.

Cooking was the thing I never experienced (I do not consider making a noodles or preparing tea and some snacks as cooking) After we bought new microwave oven I wondered Let me cook!

Enchilada is a wonderful dish and my all time favorite. So I wanted to cook it by self. I searched for the recipe online, reviewed many and found that is not so tough to make at home.

Started making a checklist of items and it was like this:

- Red tomatoes
- Green chillies
- Onions
- Boiled sweet corns or beans
- Maize flour
- Plain flour
- Dried oregano
- Paneer – Cottage cheese
- Cooking cheese
- Edible oil
- Red chili
- Salt
- Sugar

So after looking at the list I was very sure all these things will be easy to get at nearby grocery and vegetable stores. I got all things and started preparations.

Creating tortillas:

Started with this, kneaded the dough by mixing maize floor and plain floor (200gms of maize vs 150gms of plain floor) with help of water and little edible oil.

Dough made using maize and plain flour

Dough made using maize and plain flour

Then after keeping this dough aside for 30 minutes kneaded again and rolled out like this

Rolled out dough

Rolled out dough

Cooked it on tava/pan for some time and then fried and made a stack for later use.

Creating Mexican sauce:

After putting tomatoes in hot water for 15 minutes, removed their skin and crushed them. Chopped greed chillies and an onion. Took 2tbsp of edible oil and fried onions in pan. Added green chillies and waited for a while, added crushed tomatoes, salt, sugar, red chili and dried oregano. Cooked it for some time and Mexican sauce is ready.

Red tomato

Red tomato

Red tomatoes crushed

Red tomatoes crushed

Onion chopped

Onion chopped

Green chillies chopped

Green chillies chopped

Creating Enchiladas:

Now all required things are ready, lets start creating enchiladas. Take baking dish and pour 1/3 of the Maxican sauce then put tortillas and stuff them with Sweet corns or beans (or both, as per your taste) and fill it with Mexican sauce. Keep tortilla’s seem facing downside. Feel dish with sauce and garnish it with cottage cheese and cooking cheese. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 15 minutes at 200 Celsius.

Sweet corns

Sweet corns

Kidney beans

Kidney beans

Cheese chopped

Cheese chopped

First attempt was however unsuccessful, it was over cooked/baked :

First try, unsuccessful

First try, unsuccessful

But finally the delicious dish was ready, we all really enjoyed it. And now this dish is added to the hot list to cook at home.

Finally a wonderful, delicious dish is ready :)

Finally a wonderful, delicious dish is ready :)

I wish you’ll try making this dish at home too and enjoy it. Comments are welcome.

Do you want to see how do I look while cooking? ;)

Let me cook ;)

Let me cook ;)

Disclaimer: This is not a professional recipe, its been changed as per taste and may or may not be exact as the original Mexican dish. I am just sharing my personal cooking experience.

Thanks,
Vipul

Posted in: Cooking, Experiment, Personal.

Tight schedule!

Jun 29th, 2010
by Vipul Limbachiya.
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Hi Friends,

I have been very busy these days and not able to post anything since couple of weeks. However I am managing my daily photo blog on Ahmedabad pics regularly.

Now days busy with many things, trying to create another jQuery plugin that can help many people. But you’ll still have to wait for at least few weeks!

Thanks,
Vipul

Posted in: Personal, Uncategorized.

Daily Ahmedabad Photo : અમદાવાદ ની રોજ-બરોજ ની ઘટના, લાઇફ-સ્ટાઇલ અને અન્ય વિષય પર હરરોજ એક ફોટો!

Apr 14th, 2010
by Vipul Limbachiya.
2 comments

Hi Friends,

I have just launched another blog dedicated to Ahmedabad photos (http://rojnuamdavad.wordpress.com) I’ll try to add a pic daily related to Ahmedabad life-style, places, malls, multiplexes, roads, misc or random.

http://rojnuamdavad.wordpress.com/

I am managing it from last week and its fun having such photo-blog!

I wish for support from you all to keep encouraging myself to publish more and more interesting photos of our Ahmedabad.


First post

Please visit it here and all your C&C are most welcome!

Thanks,
Vipul

Posted in: Lifehack, Personal.
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Create a jQuery plugin with help of online-tool

Apr 6th, 2010
by Vipul Limbachiya.
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Hi Friends,

I came across a very good tool online that helps to create a jQuery plugin. Today I wanted it to use but I did not find it on my online/offline bookmarks so had to search on net again for it after few efforts I found it finally, so thought better to share on blogs!


Started - Jumpstart Your jQuery Plugin development

http://starter.pixelgraphics.us/

What it offers:

- Select classname
- Select Namespace
- Include options to be Getter, Options or Comments
- Function Parameters
- Default options

On Create action it shows all generated code in a text area that can be used in your plugin development. And it also allows to download generated code file.

Thanks,
Vipul

Posted in: Bookmark, jQuery, Personal, Programming, Web 2.0.

GMail Rich text area loading takes forever.

Apr 6th, 2010
by Vipul Limbachiya.
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Hi Friends,

Here I come with another issue, From last couple of days since I updated Firefox to the new available version (3.5.9) GMail sticks on Loading rich text area while composing email. And also had few issues while loading Buzz.

I thought it could be a temporary issue and delayed the investigation for a while. But that made me little worried if it is an actual issue at Firefox or GMail.

To troubleshoot try this:

Start Firefox in safe mode

- Start -> Run -> firefox -safe-mode
- Choose Firefox (Safe Mode) from program’s list

Verify now if it works, it will definitely.

So the issue could be with a plugin or an add-on you may have installed on your Firefox.

I started disabling add-ons one by one, on my first guess it seemed to be some text replacement/manipulation add-on that could be cause of this.

I had installed Lipikaar firefox plugin (http://www.lipikaar.com/download/firefox) I just disabled it and restarted Firefox. And that’s all it started working fine as before, I retried enabling and disabling this plugin and I made myself sure about the cause.

However I’ve not gone in to the deep to findout the exact cause with this plugin but as it was not for me in daily use so just disabled it and now my GMail works well!

If you have not installed Lipikaar plugin than you might have any other such plugin that could have created a problem while loading GMail rich text area. Try troubleshooting as I mentioned above and you’ll be able to get it working again.

Thanks,
Vipul

Posted in: Personal, Troubleshooting.

Coppersmith Barbet – Behavior watch. Pics taken at Indroda nature park, Gandhingar, Gujarat.

Mar 16th, 2010
by Vipul Limbachiya.
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Hi Friends,

Sharing a series of pictures of Coppersmith Barbet – Behavior watch. Pics taken at Indroda nature park, Gandhingar, Gujarat.

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Thanks,
Vipul

Posted in: Birds, Birdwatching, Personal.

Solution : Error while Build project in VS 2008 : Files has invalid value "���.

Mar 11th, 2010
by Vipul Limbachiya.
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Hi Friends,

Today I faced another weird problem with my project while building it in Visual Studio 2008.

The error was saying:

Files has invalid value “���.

Clicking on it was opening no any reference or file to understand where exactly the error is.

I searched on net and found few causes of this, they might be:

1. It may be due to SVN file merge or conflict.

2. May be your project metadafile is corrupted.

3. Or project’s file list of reference is corrupted.

4. I’m not sure if there is anything else

To solve this, first of all check your project’s solution file and .suo file for any of illegal characters in it. If it’s a problem caused by SVN merge/conflict you may find “<<<<< .mine” within it in text editor. Just try to fix it or get correct copy from SVN that will do.

If the file containing reference of files/dlls itself corrupted, Just search for files *.FileListAbsolute.txt from root folder of your project and check all files for any illegal characters in it first. Try to fix it manually or you can get a correct copy from SVN if available or just delete that file and VS will manage to create a new one for you and it will work again.

So that is my finding, wish if it could help you too.

Thanks,
Vipul

Posted in: C#, My Projects, Troubleshooting.

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