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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...

Puran poli Indian paal poli or boli recipe for festivals

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Paal Poli or Milk Poli Fridays    How to prepare? For one measure of maida (refined wheat flour) add one tablespoon fine sooji ( or rava ).   Mix thoroughly to get dough.After 30 minutes, make small balls of dough as we do with poori.  Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into circular or triangle shapes.   Boil the milk well, stir continuously to prevent milk from boling over.  Add required quantity of sugar according to individual's taste, cardamom powder, saffron while stirring the milk.    Remove from the stove, to reduce the heat - however the milk should not become cool. Fry the pooris in oil.   Using a fork prick the dough in one or two places so that air is not trapped inside (so pooris will not puff).   It is important in this recipe that puris do not get inflated (!).  After frying, soak the pooris in the boiled milk for a few seconds (till the next poori is fried) and remove it.  Place it on a plate. If ...