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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

30+ rangoli kolam simple designs  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 w...
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Mixed vegetable curry no onion garlic

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This is a traditional method of making mixed vegetable curry for Bhogi festival.  This tradition has been there from time immemorial.  Probably, this idea was started to prepare a recipe from the freshly harvested vegetables that are available during Sankranti. Usually, we prepare this as a side dish for for pooris we make on Bhogi day.  Since we live in Tamil Nadu, pooris with Bhogichi bhaji and Venn Pongal (the traditional and healthy breakfast of Tamil Nadu made with rice, moong dhal and lots of pepper) is also part of our menu. For festivals onion and garlic are avoided in cooking in our family so this recipe is without onion and garlic. The vegetables usually used are sweet potato, potato , carrot , cluster beans, flat beans, green beans seeds.  All the vegetables are cooked separately in water boiled in a vessel and not in a pressure cooker because they can become too soft and some of them will not be discrete also owing to the high temperature in the coo...
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