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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
Tell us about yourWarden’s Project.
We had to pick a subject we were
passionate about and I decided to create a
cookbook. I was struggling to find a topic
that would interest me and was thinking
of ideas around food as I quite enjoy
cooking and love trying out different types
of cuisines. I have a very strong opinion
that Indian food tastes the best when
cooked at home, so I decided to share
my grandma’s simple and easy recipes by
creating a cookbook.
How many recipes?
There are in total 29 recipes in the
cookbook inspired by what we cook at
home on a daily basis. Some of the recipes
that are included are not dishes you will
find on an Indian restaurant menu, which
makes the book quite unique.
Is there a theme?
The theme is traditional Indian Punjabi
food cooked on a daily basis in a
Punjabi household. The focus is on my
grandmother’s cooking which hasn’t come
from the pages of a particular recipe
book. The recipes have been passed on
from one generation to the other just by
observation and verbal instructions or
helping out in the kitchen.
Building a
Mini Segway
Koji Shukawa tells us about his Warden’s
Project: “I began thinking about Raspberry
Pi in the Easter holidays after Dr Antoniazzi
told us that he would be starting a Raspberry
Pi Club. Raspberry Pi is a low cost computer
designed to enable people to learn about
and explore computer programming. When
I began to think about my Warden’s Project,
using Raspberry Pi seemed the obvious
thing to do. Initially, I wanted to build a
drone, but I had already built a small car
using Raspberry Pi, and I was interested in
the challenge of trying to make two wheels
rather than four self-balancing. Mr Barstow
helped me use the 3D printer so I could
build the body of my mini Segway, and I
added the computer, the wheels, the various
electronics and the sensors. I created a
programme to control the balance, and also
an app so I could operate it with my mobile
phone. When it’s on, the Segway balances,
although it wobbles a bit. I would like to keep
working on it at Teddies Pi Club to make it
more stable and add other features, like a
camera to shoot videos while the Segway
is moving around. I worked on the project
with Dr Antoniazzi for a few hours a day for
several weeks to get the programming and
electronic connections right, and I was very
pleased with the results.”
If you would like to see Koji’s impressive
project in action, look at the Pi Club’s
Twitter feed,
@TeddiesPiClub
.
TheWarden’s Project
What were the biggest challenges?
Getting the quantity and correct measures
for the ingredients of the recipes was
the biggest challenge as my grandma
does everything by estimation which only
comes from experience. So trying to get
the correct measures down meant that
we had to first pen down the recipes
and then make each one of them from
scratch to test for correct quantities of
ingredients, which was hard work due to
the project deadline.
What did you learn?
I learned how to be creative when
cooking and how just a dash of herbs
and spices here and there can change the
flavours drastically.
It was also a steep learning curve
for me in terms of trying to put a book
together which I assumed would be nice
and simple. However, it was harder than
I had anticipated as everything had to be
perfect and in the right order.
Proof-reading was the most time
consuming part of the entire project as
I didn’t fully appreciate the finer details
that had to be kept in mind when writing
up which meant I had to go though
about four draft versions before we got
to the final version.
How can people buy it and how
much does it cost?
I am asking for donations and something
around £10 would be wonderful, but
people can give whatever they think
is appropriate. Proceeds will go to a
charity called Contact Elderly who match
frail, elderly people who live alone with
volunteers who take them to tea one
Sunday every month. You can buy a
copy by emailing my HM, Mrs Gowen:
gowenp@stedwardsoxford.org.
What’s your favourite recipe?
My favourite recipe is a simple lentil
recipe, called Tadka Dal (Sunday Dal).
As you can guess from the name, we
have this every Sunday!
Cooking up a Project
By Reha Soni