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Saturday, May 21, 2016

Mango Halwa - Luscious treat to Mango lovers

I love mangoes and guess most of us have a fetish for mangoes. This season I tried a new variant of Halwa with a twist named Mango. I have tried my hands on besan halwa, common carrot halwa, beetroot halwa, flour halwa, lauki halwa but this one is a real yummmm.
Its very simple, easy to make and luscious to the palate.

Ingredients required:
1. Roasted Suji - 1 cup
2. Sweet Mango - 1, finely chopped
3. Sugar - as per taste
4. Ghee - 1/4 cup
5. Dry Fruits (of your choice) - 1/4 cup
6. Cinnamon- 1/2 inch
7. Bay leaf- 2
8. Cardamom- 2
9. Clove -2
10. Warm Water- 2 cup (keep adding as per requirement)

Simple procedure:

In a pan heat ghee and add garam masala, fry for 30 sec, add 2 cups water, chopped mangoes and sugar to taste. After 5 mins of boiling add the roasted Suji gradually so that there are no lump formation along with the dry fruits. Cover the lid and keep the gas heat to low flame. Stir in between so that the halwa doesn't get burnt.
Remove once water is absorbed and serve hot. This dessert is not very high on calories but a tasty mango treat to the lovers of the king of fruits.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Add colour at home with recycled flower vase

Dear Viewers,

I have made a colourful vase with cute flowers out of waste materials. You can also recycle stuff at home into decorative piece. I have mentioned below the do-it-yourself (DIY) tutorial for craft lovers.

Items required for the Vase:

1. Any kind of Glass bottle. (Mine is a ketchup bottle)
2. Wool with few contrasting colours. You can use blue, green, yellow, orange, red...)
3. Any Craft glue, (I have used fevicol craft adhesive)
4. Tissue paper to clean ad dry the bottle.
5. Scissor

The flowers are made from crepe paper. Feel free to contact for the flower making tutorial.

Steps :
1. Clean and dry the bottle and make it ready for the transformation.
2. Start applying glue from the base to 1/4 of the bottle.
3. Roll the woollen ball around the bottle and cut at 1/4 length.
4. Next keep applying glue to the ext section and add another contrasting colour wool one after another till the top.
5. Keep it in a moisture free area and let the vase dry completely.

Simple yet beautiful!

Tips: Apply adhesive in sections so that it doesn't dry up or mess your hands and the bottle.

Most important criteria for any craft work is to have patience and enthusiasm.

For those of you who will try this DIY, I would love to hear your feedback.

Cute Floating wall art

My way of renovating boring room into cute interesting 3-D wallart :p I am sure kids would love to decorate their room and with little help from grown ups there is no limit to your imagination.