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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.   ...
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Apple Tarte Tatin - My daughter's recipes

How to prepare !
Add hundred-gram sugar to a pan, heat on medium flame till it turns golden brown.
Remove from the stove and whisk in 85g unsalted butter at room temperature.
Put it back on the stove
Whisk for one more minute.
 Transfer the caramel formed to a nine-inch pan for which I use a cake tin.  Then set it aside.
Peel, slice and core 6 apples and arrange beautifully on the caramel as shown in the picture above
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How to make puff pastry
For puff pastry take 1 1/2 cup refined wheat flour, add a teaspoon of salt, make a dough with COLD water and set it aside 
Cover with a damp cloth for 15 minutes.
 Sprinkle flour on the counter kneads the dough for about 1 minute
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(a) Roll with a rolling pin into a rectangular shape.

(b)Brush off any excess flour and apply room temperature butter on 2/3rd of the dough

 (c). Leave a gap of 1/2 inch on both sides.

(d) Book fold the dough, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour.

Repeat this process from (a) thrice. we may need a 3/4 cup of butter.

Now book fold without the butter thrice with chilling in the fridge in between.

To cover the apples, roll out the puff pastry, cut out a circular portion slightly larger in diameter than the diameter of the pan.

Cover the apples with the puff pastry and tuck in the edges. Making use of the extra radius

Prick the pastry with a fork.  This prevents it from puffing up in the oven.

Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 30 to 40 minutes or until the puff pastry is golden brown.

Remove from the oven and let it cool for 5 to ten minutes before transferring on to a plate.

Apple tarte tatin is best served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

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