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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

Though I have drawn all the designs myself personally I am thankful to my family for the inputs, information and help in drafting all the posts so far.  I have used the terms kolam  rangoli quite freely in all the posts. Probably there would have been differences based on classical (!) explanations in the past but today kolams can also be colourful like rangolis both in the free hand and dots type  I find that even the terms rangoli kolam and kolam rangoli are used at  present. The only area where I think kolam are different are in sikku kolam and arisi maavu kolam. Both are beautiful, challenging and can be intricate . Rangoli is muggulu in Telugu and so this post will be useful for those in search of small and simple muggulu for beginners.  This post   may have answers  kutty rangoli /kolam designs The rangoli in the image below is one of the basic designs that can be used for learning.   Form a star with two inverted triangles.   ...

Bisi bele bath recipe and side dish

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If you are looking for bisi bele bath recipe , powder of bisi bele bath or sambar sadam Karnataka style this post may have the information you seek. Bisi bele bath or bisi bele huli anna translates to hot dhal sambar rice is one of the most popular lunch recipes and is from Karnataka. This tastes best when eaten hot .  Onion raitha a suitable side dish as also potato chips. For one cup rice take one cup toor dhal ( Some take half cup dhal for one cup rice , this is the combination adopted in our family ) Traditional sambar sadam recipe  Add a pinch of turmeric powder and cook them both in a cooker so that the resultant mixture becomes semi solid  The vegetables used are carrot , potato , green peas.  We can also use beans and pea nuts.  Chop them into small pieces as shown and cook them also in a cooker Take a gooseberry size tamarind and soak in water when we start the process of cooking  The toor dhal , rice , turmeric powder combinatio...