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Dahi Vada

 
DESCRIPTION:      Dahi Vada is a popular snack in India. It is prepared by soaking vadas (fried flour balls) in thick dahi (yogurt). Dahi Vada is also known as dahi bhalla in Punjabi, thayir vadai in Tamil, thairu vada in Malayalam, perugu vada in Telugu, mosaru vade in Kannada, dahi bara  in Odia and doi bora in Bengali. In North Indian version Dahi vada, they are served with green chutney or saunth( tamarind sauce ) sprinkled with some spice mix.      PREPARATION:      Preparation time: 9 hrs   Cooking time: 45 mins      INGREDIENTS:      For making vada (35-38 small vadas)   -1 cup urad dal   -1 green chili - chopped    -½ inch ginger - chopped    -1 teaspoon cumin seeds    -1 pinch asafoetida    -3 tablespoon water for grinding the                batter or as required   -salt as required    -rock salt        For dahi vada:   -2 to 2.25 cups curd    -½ to 1 teaspoon chaat masala or as               required   -¼ to ½ teaspoon red chili powder or as        required    -1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder    -black…
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Dal makhani

 
DESCRIPTION:       Dal makhani or dal makhni is a popular dish from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The primary ingredients are whole black lentil, red kidney beans, butter and cream. The dish gets its richness from the use of cream, however, it can also be prepared with yogurt, milk or no dairy.       Dal makhani is a staple in the Indian subcontinent. The traditional preparation of dal makhani involves a series of time-consuming procedures, which can take up to 24 hours to complete. With the availability of modern cooking equipment, namely electric pressure cookers, the preparation time of the dish has reduced significantly to 2–3 hours.      PREPARATION:      Preperation time: 4 hrs   Cooking time: 3 hrs      INGREDIENTS:      -½ cup whole black lentil / sabut urad dal   -¼ cup rajma / red kidney beans    -2.5 cups water for pressure cooking   -1 small black cardamom/ badi elaichi   -1 small bay leaf/ tej patta   -¼ to ½ tsp turmeric powder/ haldi   -Salt as needed   -2 tbsp oil or butter   -¼…
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Canara Bank Limited

 
Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, a philanthropist, established the Canara Hindu Permanent Fund in Mangalore, India, on 1 July 1906.The bank changed its name to Canara Bank Limited in 1910 when it incorporated.   Today, Canara Bank is one of the major public sector banks owned by the Government of India. Its headquarters is in Bengaluru. As it was established at Mangalore in 1906, that also makes it one of the oldest public sector banks in the country. The government nationalized the bank in 1969. As of 31 March 2017, the bank had a network of 6083 branches and more than 10519 ATMs spread across India. The bank also have offices abroad in London, Hong Kong, Moscow, Shanghai, Doha, Bahrain, South Africa, Dubai, Tanzania and New York.      Canara Bank sponsors two regional rural banks (RRB): Kerala Gramin Bank Pragathi Krishna Gramin Canara Bank is a state level led bank in Kerala.
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Corporation Bank

 
Corporation Bank, the oldest banking institution in the erstwhile undivided South CanaraDistrict of the Madras Presidency and one of the oldest banks in India, was founded on 12 March 1906 in the Temple Town of Udupi by a small group of philanthropists, as there was no such bank at Udupi, an important trading centre next to Mangalore. The first branch of a modern bank established in the district was the Bank of Madras, one of the three Presidency Banks, which set up its office in Mangalore in 1868, largely to cater to the business needs of a few British firms dealing in export of plantation products.       Today, Corporation Bank is a public-sector banking company headquartered in Mangalore, India. The bank has a pan-Indian presence. Presently, the bank has a network of 2,440 fully automated CBS branches, 3,040 ATMs, and 4,724 branchless banking units across the country. The bank has representative offices in Dubai and Hong Kong.   As of 31 March 2016, the total business of the bank was…
Score: 1.05

State Bank of Mauritius (SBM)

 
The government of Mauritius established State Bank of Mauritius in 1973 under the name State Commercial Bank. In 1994, SBM opened its first overseas branch in Mumbai, India. In 1995, the bank was listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. Then in 1997 the South African bank Nedcor acquired 20.1% of SBM’s voting equity. That same year SBM opened its second branch in India in Chennai, and the next year one in Hyderabad, India. Banque SBM Madagascar, a fully owned subsidiary of SBM, started banking operations in Madagascar in January 1998. The company operates from Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. The next year, SBM and Nedcor established SBM Nedcor International (SNI) as a 50/50 joint venture to engage in offshore banking, and SNI started operations in 2000. In order to avoid any conflict of interest with SBI International, Mauritius (formerly State Bank International), another joint venture offshore company between SBM and State Bank of India, SBM disinvested its 49 percent…
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Doha Bank

 
Doha Bank is one of the largest commercial banks in the State of Qatar. It was incorporated in 1978 and commenced its domestic and international banking services in Doha, Qatar on March 15, 1979. Doha Bank provides domestic and international banking services for individuals, commercial, corporate and institutional clients through four business groups – Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, International Banking and Treasury & Investments. Doha Bank has established overseas branches in Kuwait, Dubai (UAE), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Mumbai and Kochi (India) as well as representative offices in Japan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, South Korea, Australia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Bangladesh and Sharjah (UAE). As one of Qatar’s leading financial services company, Doha Bank is committed to making banking work for customers and clients like it never has before. Through innovative technologies and the ingenuity of its people, Doha Bank provides individuals and commercial…
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United Overseas Bank

 
On August 6, 1935, businessman Wee Kheng Chiang, together with six other friends, established the bank after raising S$1 million. The bank was named United Chinese Bank (UCB) to emphasize its links to the Chinese population in Singapore. On October 1935, UCB opened for business in the three story Bonham Building. In 1965, the bank was renamed to United Overseas Bank and opened its first overseas branch in Hong Kong. In 1970, UOB was listed on the Joint Stock Exchange of Singapore and Malaysia, at that time which Singapore did not have its own stock exchange. After it was publicly listed, the bank went through a series of targeted acquisitions. The bank first acquired Chung Khiaw Bank in 1971, which expanded its domestic presence and also gave the bank offices in Malaysia and Hong Kong. In 1973, UOB then acquired Lee Wah Bank, which provided services in Malaysia and Singapore. In that same year, the bank built a new 30 storey office tower in place of the Bonham Building, which was named…
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FirstRand Bank

 
The FirstRand Group's history traces back to the 1970s as an investment bank. The Group as currently is was established on April 1, 1998, through a merger of the financial services interests of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited (now Anglo American plc) and RMB Holdings (RMBH) in order to achieve the objective of a unified financial services grouping. These financial services interests were First National Bank Holdings ("FNB"), Momentum Life Assurers Limited ("Momentum" now part of MMI Holdings) and the Southern Life Association Limited ("Southern Life") all of which were listed on the JSE. FNB and Southern Life were delisted from the JSE and constituted as wholly owned subsidiaries of Momentum which was the vehicle to effect the merger. Momentum changed its name to FirstRand Limited and was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on May 25, 1998 with Anglo American and RMB Holdings holding 20.43% and 25.03% of the authorized capital of FirstRand respectively. Anglo…
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Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

 
   ADCB India began operations in 1980 with the objective of further developing Indo-UAE trade relations and catering to the remittance and savings needs of the non-resident Indians working in the UAE and other countries in the GCC region. Over the last 30 years, ADCB has been in India serving these "niche" segments through its two branches - one in Mumbai and one in Bengaluru. The India operations of ADCB are organised into three business segments: Liabilities, Corporate Banking and Trade Finance (CTF), and Treasury. The Indian operations of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank date back to 1980, when the former "Emirates Commercial Bank" was set up on December 9, 1980. On this day, the Bank commenced branch operations at its present premises in 75, Rehmat Manzil, Veer Nariman Road, Mumbai, 400020. In 1985, three commercial banks operating in the UAE were merged as a result of an Amiri Decree and a new bank was established under the name Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. The banks that merged were the…
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Barclays

 
Barclays traces its origins back to 1690 when John Freame, a Quaker, and Thomas Gould started trading as goldsmith bankers in Lombard Street, London. The name "Barclays" became associated with the business in 1736, when James Barclay, the son-in-law of John Freame, one of the founders, became a partner in the business. In 1728 the bank moved to 54 Lombard Street, identified by the 'Sign of the Black Spread Eagle', which in subsequent years would become a core part of the bank's visual identity. Much of the wealth of the Barclay family was founded on the slave trade: David and Alexander Barclay were engaged in the slave trade in 1756; David Barclay owned a great plantation in Jamaica, later freeing his slaves and coming to appreciate their equivalence to whites. In 1776 the firm was styled "Barclay, Bevan and Bening" and so remained until 1785, when another partner, John Tritton, who had married a Barclay, was admitted, and the business then became "Barclay, Bevan, Bening and Tritton"…
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