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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...

Arisi vadam rice vadagam recipe

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        Easy arisi vadam or ilai vadam This one of the simplest vadam and the quick and easy vadam.   Take one tumbler raw rice and soak in water for two to three hours.  For one tumbler rice add one teaspoon sago or javvarisi and soak both together. Wet grind in a mixer at night  Add salt after grinding.  The next day we can make the vadam after we ferment it for six to seven hours. So either we grind at night or if we grind in the morning, we can make the vadam in the evening. After 6 to 7 hours add ground green chili paste (the quantity will depend upon how hot we want the dish to be . Add asafoetida and one teaspoon white sesame seeds. Mix all the ingredients well so that we get a well-mixed batter. Elai vadam stands for making vadam are easily available in shops.   Using a elai vadam stand, spread the batter on all the plates in the stand, the way we pour and spread  batter  for dosa using a ladle (...