Kolam by Sudha Balaji

Cone dosa recipe | Cone shaped dosa All  of us want something different in taste, in plating when it comes to cooking.   So, the popular cone dosa, that has the shape of a cone is one of the favourites of children. Dosa, idli and Pongal are among the most popular breakfast recipes in South India.  All the three are healthy  Take a ladle of dosa batter and spread evenly on a tava , starting from the centre and moving towards the periphery as shown in the first image.  Spread the batter as thinly as possible. Place the stove at high and let the dosa batter become a little crisp.  Using a knife cut the dosa being cooked from the circumference to the centre  so that the dosa is separated from the edge to the centre.     Using a wooden ladle gently fold the dosa as shown in the pictures below to get the shape of a cone.  The cone dosa is ready. We need not turn it to the other side.  Actually, it is not possible b...

Diya decoration with CD rangoli | eco friendly For this simple CD craft , draw rangoli designs on CDs with cotton bud dipped in honey.  Sprinkle semolina and tap gently to remove excess semolina ( or rava ).  A beautiful and easy Diwali diya decoration is ready for us to decorate our homes and show off. The lighting of diyas gives a beautiful and divine ambiance for this easy craft for Diwali Apply honey inside the patterns and paste kundan stones Diwali diya decoration with floating rangoli  Probably one of the most innovative and creative ways of decorating our homes with rangoli is using a floating rangoli and using the floating rangoli to light a diya.  The steps are as   Fill water in a vessel almost to the brim. Sprinkle rice flour throughout the water surface so that it forms a thin layer. Now place a CD rangoli or any other CD art on the surface of the water. In the remaining space draw rangoli patterns to decorate around t...

Some simple tips and tricks in cooking .  First is of course the common pulka roti.  Make a circular shaped dough. Heat a pan and place the rolled dough on the pan. How to make a round pulka roti or chapati | How to make pulka puff Make a round shape using the dough.  For this we have to flatten the dough on the rolling stone and roll the dough with the rolling pin.  When rolling pin is moved backward and forward the dough should also rotate (in the clockwise direction) .  This will happen because we usually apply more pressure on our right hand if we are right handers.  So the rolling pin while moving backward and forward will pull the dough or turn the dough towards the right also.  When both happen simultaneously - rolling the pin back and forth and rotating the dough towards the right we will get an almost round or circular shape chapati.  This explanation is given to show how it happens.  While we do we should try to do th...

Geethala muggulu for Sankranti | New Year | Pongal Variety geethala muggulu in this post!  I am asked on YouTube that my bangle wearing style is very beautiful!  It is just our tradition is wearing green glass bangles separately or with gold bangles. So when I wear two gold ornaments on the hand and that is invariably the right hand  , the green glass bangles are between them.   If I wear 4 gold bangles, I wear green ones between any two gold ones.  I am pleasantly surprised that I am observed so closely in my rangoli videos.   Actually, one lady raised doubts about who is drawing the kolam when I changed my style of wearing bangles! Geethala muggulu video please! This is the request many a time on YouTube. So, I create lots of designs.   This video is one of them.  This muggu was created spontaneously the circular design is simple and beautiful too.  The video is 👉  muggu video   Sankranti was Pedha Panduga for...