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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.   ...

Eggless red velvet cake recipe

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Vegetarian Red velvet cake step by step pictures | My daughter's recipes  To make the batter, take 1/2 cup of buttermilk in a large bowl.  To the buttermilk add 3/4 cup of white sugar.  After adding the sugar, add 2/3 cup of oil. I prefer using vegetable oil or any oil that doesn't have a strong flavor. So I would not recommend using anything like olive oil or peanut oil.  Add a teaspoon of vanilla. Better the quality of vanilla, better the taste.  Using a whisk, mix them together until the sugar dissolves and it becomes homogeneous.  Place a sieve over the bowl and add 1 cup of all-purpose flour, also called maida.  Add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder. Again, better the quality of cocoa powder, better the result. I have used Hershey's cocoa powder.  Finally, add 3/4 teaspoon baking soda to help the batter rise in the oven.  Sift all ingredients together. I recommend sifting the ingredi...