CLOCK WITH POPSICLE AND POLYMER CLAY WORK..........

CLOCK WITH POPSICLE AND POLYMER CLAY WORK..........

 I had some ice cream Popsicle and polymer modelling clay [which was a left over of my son's project work]. I bought a clock in a budget shop. Thinking of doing some craft work I got an idea of  giving the clock an upgraded look with the things I had................. hmmmmmmm............. the finished work was satisfying to me.................

Ice-cream Popsicle 

Polymer modelling clay Rose with leaves

Upgraded Clock

NAN KHATAI COOKIES

NAN KHATAI  COOKIES

Nan Khatai cookies brings me the nostalgic days................Those days  my Mum do Nan Khatai  cookies at home of which I used to eat more than my siblings .............. I longgggggggg for my Mum's cooking ...........So I decide to do it by myself with the recipe my mum has given me before................. Of course the outcome was quite satisfying and it was very near to my Mum's cookies...................... I made these cookies last year but could not upload it for some reason ........... Only today I found time to upload them....................


Ingredients:-


All Purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Butter - 1 stick
Baking Soda -  1/4 tsp
Salt -  1 pinch
Cardamom powder -  1 tsp (optional)

Method:

      1.  Pre-heat the oven at 150C for 10 minutes.

      2. Grease  your baking tray with butter  and set aside.

      3.  Powder the sugar along with cardamom pods.

      4.  Sieve the maida flour along with baking powder. Also sieve the powdered sugar upon maida.

      5.  Mix the flour well with your hands.

     6.  Add butter to the flour and keep mixing, first the flour becomes like crumbles. keep on adding the butter till flour comes together as a smooth pilable dough. Do this process patiently, this process takes 10 minutes.

      7. Once you get the smooth pilable dough, pinch a small ball of dough and roll it with your palms. Slightly press it with your palms, so that the ball flattens a bit. Place the flattened ball over the tray . Likewise fill the tray. Press nuts of your choice over each nankhatai.

Before baking

8.      Bake the Nankhatai in pre-heated oven at 150c for 10-12 minutes. Till the bottom of the nankhatai turns light brown in colour. Change the sides of tray in between, to ensure even baking.

After baking

 9.   Remove from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling wrack and let it cool for another 5 minutes

Ready to eat

 Tasty cookies ready to Eat.................

My Orchid

My orchid has bloom some flowers

My Chillies

My chilli plant has given long chillies  my neighbors are more excited than me to see them growing...............

My Rose plant

My Rose plants has given me some flowers.................

Fruity booties

Fruity booties

I have reposted this booties from my other blog     http://zeez-craft.blogspot.sg/

I felt so happy on uploading this booties in a IL Forum on which I got more compliments from many new people and that got me many new friends on that forum. I got this pattern from a website. I was attracted by the colors used so I used the same. I just love them

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Nighty with Kamal Kadai Embroidery

Kamal Kadai Embroidery


The  first Nighty stitched  gave me confidence to go on............... I tried the other Nighty with Kamal Kadai Embroidery. In this nighty kamal kadai embroidery was a trial ........... I was satisfied with the finished product.....

Kamal Kadai Embroidery

Nighty I stitched first

Ribbon Embroidery 

This is the Nighty  I stitched first.  I stitch my own chudidar but  stitching a nighty for the first time made me a bit nervous. But the outcome was satisfying. I have done some Ribbon embroidery around the neck and front

Ribbon embroidery 

Tissue Box Cover

TISSUE BOX COVER  

I made this tissue box cover a few months back. I love this dark brown color when I got the yarn thought of making something I use daily. Then got the idea of crocheting a cover for my tissue box.First one is the side view of my cover and second one is the upper view.

Tissue box cover

My Crochet works

ALOO GOBI

INGREDIENTS :

Large cauliflower                             - 1
Potatoes boiled and peeled           - 2
coriander finely chopped               -1 tbsp
Green chillies                                   - 2
Onion finely chopped                     - 2 
Turmeric powder                           - 1tsp
Coriander powder                         - 1 tbsp
Lemon juice                                    - 1 tbsp
Curds                                              - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds                                  - 1 tsp
oil                                                    - 2 tbsp

Ingredients to ground:

Onion                                             - 1 

Grated coconut                            - 2 tbsp

Cilantro chopped                         - 2 tbsp

Green Chillies                               - 3

Ginger                                           - 1 inch 

Garlic chopped                            - 1tsp

Corn flour                                    - 1/2 tsp

Aloo Gobi Preparation:

Cut cauliflower into florets. Simmer in boiling water for 3 to 4 minutes.
Drain, keep aside. 

Chop potatoes into medium chunks.

Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, allow to splutter.

Add onion and green chilli, saute till golden brown.

Add grounded paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, saute for 2-3 minutes.

Add curds, stir continuously, till boiling resumes.

Add potatoes, cauliflower, cook till gravy thickens.

Stir occasionally to avoid burning.

When gravy is thick and oil separates, add lemon juice and it is done.
Garnish with coriander, serve hot.

BREAD HALWA

Ingredients:

Bread Loaf - 1

Milk - 1/2 liter

Cashew nuts - 100 gm

Raisins - 25 gm

Sugar - 150 gm (1 cup)

Ghee - 100 gm

METHOD

Cut bread slice in to small pieces.

Boil the milk in a separate pan.

Now heat ghee in a wok.

Then add the crumbled bread  stir fry. Once the bread crumbs soak the entire amount of ghee  turns golden brown in color, add the cashews and raisins then stir fry.

Once the cashews & raisins turn golden brown, add the boiled milk. Keep stirring as the milk would start throwing out. Mix well ... keep stirring for 2 minutes even after the milk has been absorbed completely.

When bread looks  dry, add  sugar stir it well for at least a minute. And turn of the flame. Once the sugar has been absorbed, you are ready to relish the yummy Bread Halwa.

Easy to make and Tasty to eat. This taste will remember u the Gulab jamun flavour.

POTATO PATTIES AND RAGDA [PEAS MASALA ] CHAT

POTATO PATTIES AND RAGDA [PEAS MASALA ] CHAT

INGREDIENTS :


FOR RAGDAS: [ragdas is nothing but the peas masala u get in marina beach]


Dried Yellow Peas - 1 cup

Onions - 1 medium

Red Chili powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Roasted Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1 pinch

Salt to taste

Oil - 1 - 2 tsp


FOR PATTIES :

Potatoes - 4 big

Fresh Peas - 50 gms

Green chilli paste - 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Roasted Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Bread Slices - 3 nos


For Assembling the Potato Patties


Patties

Sweet and Spicy Curds/Yogurt

Tamarind Chutney

Green Chutney (Coriander- Mint- Green Chilies)

Chopped Onions

Chopped coriander leaves

Chat Masala

Sev [omma poddi]


METHOD :

Wash and soak the Yellow dried peas overnight or at least 6-8hrs.

Pressure cook it for about 4 -5 times or till it is tender.

Heat a non stick pan, add 1 tsp oil saute finely chopped onions till brown.


then add 1/2 tsp of ginger garlic paste.


Then add Chilli powder, Coriander powder, Cumin powder, salt and 


turmeric. Saute well.

Add the cooked peas, mix well.


Add enough water to get a thick gravy. Bring to boil. Ensure the gravy is


loose and not thicken. It should be of pouring consistency.



TO MAKE PATTIES :


Boil the potatoes blanch the green peas for 5 min.

In a bowl, take the peeled potatoes, blanched peas, bread slices (soaked 


and squeezed from water), green chilli paste, red chili powder, roasted 


Cumin powder, salt to taste.Mix well.

Then divide into small balls and flatten them into discs.Roll them over bread 


crumbs.

Shallow fry these patties on both sides by sprinkling oil over them.

Once they turn golden in colour and have those nice spots, you can 


remove.


TO ASSEMBLE THE RAGDA PATTIES



Have the finely chopped onions, coriander leaves.


Have the Tamarind Chutney and Green Chutney.In a bowl, place two patties next to each otherPour the Ragda over the patties.


Add the tamarind and Green chutney as required. Sprinkle chat masala over this.


Then goes the onions and coriander leaves.
Finally the sev.


This receipe is a little bit time consuming but taste will encourage u to
prepare this one often. Really really a very taste chat for children and
elders.

Spicy Chicken Kebabs

Spicy Chicken Kebabs



Ingredients
Chicken - 1 - 1.5 lb cut into medium sized pieces Maida (or all purpose flour) - 2 tbsp Chilli powder - 2 tsp (or to taste) Lime Juice - 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp Salt - to taste Food coloring - a little Oil - for shallow frying

Method

Take a bowl and mix all of the mentioned ingredients (except oil) and allow to marinate for 3-4 hrs. Then, heat oil in a flat pan and shallow fry (put them in and when one side gets brown , turn the pieces over and let the other side get cooked) the marinated chicken pieces till golden brown. (Note: When frying the pieces, put the flame or heat to a medium-high setting so that u ensure the chicken gets cooked properly while frying on both sides). Pat dry the fried chicken pieces with paper towels to remove excess oil. Garnish with sliced onions ( cut lengthwise) and lime slices before serving. Serve hot.

SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

Hi friends,

Imp Note : Please read  fully

let's say it's 6.15p m and you're going home
(alone ofcourse), after an unusually hard
day on the job.

You're really tired, upset and frustrated.

Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain
in your chest that starts to aviate out
into your arm and up into your jaw.

You are only about five miles
from the hospital nearest your home.

Unfortunately you don't
know if you'll be able to make it that far.

You have been trained in CPR, but the guy
that taught the course did not tell you
how to perform it on yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART
ATTACK WHEN ALONE


Since many people are alone when they

suffer a heart attack, without help,

the person whose heart is beating

improperly and who begins to feel faint,

has only about 10seconds left before

losing consciousness.


However,these victims can help themselves

by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.

A deep breath should be taken before each cough,

and the cough must be deep and prolonged,

as when producing sputum from deep inside

the chest.



A breath and a cough must be repeated about

every two seconds without let-up until help

arrives, or until the heart is felt to be

beating normally again.



Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs

and coughing movements squeeze the heart

and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing

pressure on the heart also helps it regain

normal rhythm. In this way, heart

attack victims can get to a hospital.


Tell as many other people as possible about this.

It could save their lives!!