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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.   ...

Pudina thengai pottukadalai chutney


Mint coconut fried gram dhal chutney for dosa

Take half a kernel coconut and  cut into pieces called badhai in Tamil .  I do not grate.  I grate coconut only for burfi.

Add fried gram dhal .  We can increase or decrease the quantity depending upon whether we want  the coconut flavour to me  more or gram dhal flavour more.

If you are looking for different type of mint chutney , mint coconut chutney , coconut chutney different chutney,  this post may be helpful.

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Two green chillies again the quantity depends upon how hot you want the dish to be
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A handful of washed mint leaves

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Four small cloves of garlic
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Instead of tamarind ,  I squeeze half a lemon
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Since the coconut is not grated ,  dry grind  first so that the pieces are converted into fine pieces
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Instead of water ,  I add coconut water
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Now wet grind the mixture
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Saute with mustard , urad dhal and washed, dried curry leaves
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Chutney is ready for dosa , idli as a side dish 

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