AWS Community Builders – Christmas and New year 2023
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Published: 2022-12-20 13:15:00


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## What surprises you most about the community builders program?

AWS Community Builders is a program that offers technical resources, training, and networking opportunities. High quality technical training are offered. I've had an opportunity to attend a couple of the technical sessions offered by the team, and each time I do, I always learn something new and intriguing that surprises me and inspires me to continue learning more about the aws service or topic.

## What’s your background and your experience with AWS?

I am a certified Solution Architect associate and Cloud Practitioner. I started my journey with AWS by attending a technical bootcamp organized by Accenture and She builds cloud on AWS Lex. I created a simple website that enables a customer to start a chat with a pre-built widget using Lex service. This fascinated me towards AWS. I am deeply inspired by the technical trainers and the members of SheBuilds Team who gave me a platform to attend wonderful sessions and interact with fellow members to dive into aws. The interest and passion to learn and dive into AWS is one thing that keeps me motivated to get cloudified with AWS


## What’s the biggest benefit you see from the program?
The biggest benefit is without a doubt the chance to read fellow community builder's technical articles and learn from them as well as the chance to share my own technical contents with them, whether it be a DevTo post or video content.

## What’s the next swag item that you would like to get?
 I would love to request an AWS Cloud Quest  subscription access for   AWS Solutions Architect if possible. because I am interested to learn by playing games

## What are you eating for dinner today? 

**Idiyappam (Rice Noodles) and Vegetable Kuruma (Vegetable Curry)**


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<u>Recipe </u>

**Idiyappam (Rice Noodles)**

- First, combine 2 cups of toasted rice flour with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl.

- Add 3 cups of water and 1 teaspoon of oil to a pot.
- Allow  the water to a boil
- Add the boiled water  to the rice flour in batches.
- Mix well with  a spoon.
- Keep on adding the hot water in batches until the flour turns moist
- Kneed the dough for 5 minutes until it becomes soft
- Now grease the idiyappam mold with oil and insert in the dough.
- Press the idiyappam into a spiral shape onto the greased plate.

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- Place the plate with idiyappam to the steamer and get it steamed for 15 minutes
- Switch off the steamer and Take out the freshly cooked idiyappam 


**Vegetable Kuruma (Vegetable Curry)**

- Firstly, in a large nonstick pan, heat 2 tbsp oil.
- Add 4 pods cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon, 4 cloves, and ¼ tsp pepper.
-Sauté the spices turn aromatic for 1 minute
- Now add 4 shallots, 2 chilly, 1 inch ginger, 3 clove garlic and few curry leaves to the pan
- Sauté until the onions shrink slightly.
- Add 1 carrot, 1 potato, ½ cup peas, 6 beans and ½ tsp salt to the pan and sauté them for 2 minutes in low flame
- Add 2 cup of thin coconut milk and mix well. 
- Cover the pan with glass lid and slow cook for 7 minutes
- Garnish with Coriander leaves and Saffron strings



## Is there anything else you would like to say about the community builders program in 2022?

AWS Community Builders Program is one of the best Programs which I love being a part of.