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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.   ...

How to make karacha maavu dosai

Karaicha maavu dosai or karacha mavu dosa

This is one of the quickest and easiest dosa recipes to make.  This dosai can be made in a jiffy.  After it turns brown in colour as in the  photo remove it from the pan. Serve with chutney or sambhar !

Procedure
  • Take equal measures of rice flour, maida and wheat flour in a vessel
  • Add water and mix well till the viscosity is as shown in the image below
  • Add chopped green chillies, coriander leaves, asafoetida, salt and stir well.
  • The batter is poured on the pan as shown in the second image
  • Add oil around the dosa and allow it cook on one side
  • Then turn the dosa again add some oil. 
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Next is a variation of godhumai maavu or wheat flour dosai. 
The ingredients are
a) Two cups of wheat flour
b) one third cup rice flour
c) one fourth cup  wheat germ ( optional )
d) one table spoon flax seed powder ( optional )
e ) Chilli powder and asafoetida
f)   Salt , required quantity 

Add all the ingredients to form a mixture and mix well.  Add water and mix well with hand or ladle so that there are no lumps. Water added should ensure that the consistency or viscosity is sufficient to pour the wet flour mixture 
On a tava or pan pour the wet flour or maavu to make the dosa as shown in the final photo.

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