Nail art for Short Nails

Hi.. Today's Post is going to be about yet an another nail art thats simple, easy and quick art which suits both short as well as long nails.

Usually during festive times and functions or for other important occassions we dont get enough time to get ready so mostly we end up applying nail polish on our nails and leave it plain. For such occassions this is really helpful.

Thing's Needed...

• Nail Polish Remover - To remove old nail polish 
• Red, Green, Gold Glitter Nail Polishes
• Cotton Bud - For making any corrections
• Nail art Brush or Tooth Pick

Procedure..

• Remove old nail polish and prepare the nails for Nail Art
• Apply Red nail polish on all fingers except on ring finger
• Apply Green nail polish on ring finger
• Apply Gold Glitter polish on Ring Finger and Middle Finger
• Take Green polish and with the help of nail art brush or tooth pick draw thin vertical lines on remaining fingers.
• Let everything dry
• Apply top coat to secure the design.

Ta-da this simple Nail Art is all ready to present!!

If you like this post and need a video description on this plz refer below link

Thanks for reading.. See you with an another post.. Till then bye have a great time!!

Tomato Moong Dal/ Tomato Pesara Pappu Recipe

Who does not like Tomato Recipes not just for its taste but the cooking time it takes is very less. From a busy home maker to working people every body prefers tomato recipes not just for its taste but for the easy cooking it offers us.

One such recipe is this Tomato Moong Dal/ Tomato Pesara Pappu. Pesara Pappu is Moong Dal in Telugu (South Indian Language).

Ingredients List

• Dry Roasted Moong Dal -1Cup
• Tomato - 1 Big Chopped
• Onion - 1 Small Chopped
• Green Chillies (Slits) - 4
• Cumin & Mustard Seeds - Each 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4th Tea Spoon
• Cooking Oil - 1 Table Spoon
• Water  - 1 1/2 Cup or As Required
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Cumin Powder - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Cilantro/Corriander Leaves - For Garnishing

Procedure

• Take a  Cooking Pan/Pot
• Add Oil and let it get heated
• Then add Cumin & Mustard seeds to sputter
• Add onions, green chillies 
• Add ginger garlic paste and turmeric cook until raw smell is gone
• Add tomatoes and mix well
• Allow tomatoes to cook and then add dry roasted moong dal to it
• Keep mixing it for a minute and add red chilli powder and salt
• Add water and allow moong dal to cook for 15-20 minutes
• After dal is cooked add cumin powder and switch off the flame
• Serve Tomato Moong Dal with hot rice!!

 Video Description for this recipe is linked below plz Watch it

Catch you with an another post till then have a great time!! Bye!!

Beetroot Roti/Chapathi with leftover Beetroot curry

Most of us dont like to waste food and we end up eating leftovers as it is thus not throwing it away. But did you know with leftover curries also you can make delicious recreations. In todays post lets see one of such recipe where we can use leftover curry to make a simple delicious breakfast out of it.

Beetroot Roti/Chapathi

Ingredients List:

• Beetroot Curry - 5 Table Spoons
• Wheat Flour/Atta - 1 1/4 th Cup
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/4th Tea Spoon
• Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Dhania/Cumin Powder - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Salt - 1/2 Tea Spoon or as Required
• Water - 3/4th Cup or as Required
• Cooking Oil - 1 Tea Spoon + For Roasting Chapathi

Procedure:

(Before starting the recipe procedure let me tell you that I took small quantity of spices just to give taste to the plain wheat flour since our curry already has all the spices added to it before do not add more)

• Take Atta in a mixing Bowl and add ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, dhania powder, salt and 1/2 tea spoon oil.
• Mix it well.
• Now to this add beetroot curry and combine everything together by mixing well.
• Keep adding little quantity of water to make a smooth dough out of it
• Add remaing 1/2 tea spoon oil and knead the dough.
• Leave the dough to rest for 10-15 Minutes.
• Again Knead the dough to ensure its smooth.
• Make small round balls out of the dough.(I prefer medium size and thin roti's so took 1 big lemon size balls)
• Flatten the dough ball to make a chapathi.
• Heat the Tawa/Skillet.
• Roast Chapathi on both sides with little oil.
• Serve this Beetroot chapathi/roti with dahi/boondhi raita and pickle.

Do try this recipe and let me know how it turned out.

Youtube Video for the same recipe is linked below Please Watch it.

See you with an another post till then have a great time!! Bye!!

Strawberry Lassi

Lassi is a sweet yogurt drink. There are different types of lassi's and today let see how to make Strawberry Lassi.

Ingredients List:

• Sweet Curd - 1 1/2 Cup
• Strawberries - 8 (chopped)
• Sugar - 8 Tea Spoons (Sugar can be substituted with Honey as well)
• Whole Milk or Milk Cream - 1/2 Cup
• Cardamom Powder - 3-4 Pinches (optional)
• Ice Cubes - 2

Procedure:

• In a blender add freshly chopped strawberries, sugar and cardamom powder make it into a puree.
• Now to that add curd and milk and blend untill smooth consistency.
• Take this into a serving glass and serve it with ice cubes and some finely chopped strawberries on top.

You can also watch the below video for the same recipe.

Thanks for reading!! Catch you with an another post till then have a great time!!

My First Ever Michael Kors

So happy to share my new watch from Michael Kors!! Being a watch lover but still not own many of them this brand watch was definetly in my wish list and Finally it happend to be on our wedding anniversary as a gift from hubby.

Wedding Anniversary gift = Favourite Watch is a big YAY!! 

This is a beautiful Chronograph watch from Michael Kors Parker collection with model number MK6238. The perfect combination of navy blue with gold tone is what I liked a lot about it though the same combo might not go well with lot of outfits but still this watch with perfect outfit will be stunning.

There were many colors in this collection but I went with this one. The moment I saw it in one of the outlet malls I fell for it and instant love has happend <3. 

The Product details as mentioned are

• Gold tone stainless steel & navy tort acetate bracelet.
• Round case 39mm with glitz set bezel
• Light gold chronograph dial with numeral and glitz indices three hands, three subdials, date window and MK logo
• Quartz movement
• Water resistant to 100mtrs.
• Two year limited warranty

Though I have seen it in an outlet mall my hubby gave me a surprise ordering it online from amazon. I should say amazon(prime) has delivered a genuine watch safely and fastly by my anniversary and made my day complete. Price of the watch was $133+Taxes.

Hope I start to collect more watches and build up my collection!! :) :)

Thanks for reading see you with an another one.. Till then Have a great time!

Menu Planning for Guest - Simple Indian Menu

Last Month we had one of our Friend's Family visiting our place for Lunch. So my preparation have started two days before like making the menu list (keeping our friends taste in mind), buying all the grocery for the cooking items and planning everything in advance.

Guest visiting our home and that too for lunch or dinner, preparing everything for them on time is little hectic but planning the menu before and making small preparations in advance will make us feel lot more relief and we can welcome our guest with all smiles and confident.

Lets see what my preparations were for the special lunch..

Since my menu was Simple Indian cuisine I kind of combined both south indian and north indian recipes!!

My menu included

• Mixed Salad
• Moong dal(green gram) vada with Peanut chutney
• Dry Chilli Chicken
• Veg Rice
• Egg kurma(punjabi style)
• Onion tomato raita
• Putharekulu from India Parcel(forgot to take pic)

Preparations made in advance..

• For moong dal vada soaked moong dal a day before for 5-6 hrs then grinded it coursely at night and stored it in the fridge. 
• Marinated the chicken with spices and kept in the fridge overnight. This not only saves our time but also increases the chicken taste.
• Prepared onion tomato paste for egg kurma in advance.

This way most of our time will be saved and all our food items will be on time hot and ready for our dear guest!! Since this is a simple menu for a small family it was easy preparing things in advance but in future posts lets also discuss on big fat menu and its preparations.

For desert served Putharekulu that we got from India Parcel.

This is what our Friends brought for us isn't tempting!! :)

See you with another post till then have a good time!!

Summer Chic Nail Art

This super pretty n chic nail art is not only easy to do but also looks colorful on the nails. This is perfect for summer's and in fact this design is perfect for any season just change the colors according to the season and it gives new look to your nails. You can also coordinate it according to your outfit.
Do try it.. its simple and easy!!

All you need is

• 4 different color nail polish (You can use any colors).
• Top coat - to ensure the nail art last for long.
• Base coat - to protect nails from damaging due to excess apply of polishes.
• Cotton bud - for correction purpose and to remove any excess nail polish.

Nail polishes I have used for this design

Lets Start..

• Prep up the nails with a base coat and apply any of your desired nailpolish on the nails as shown in fig.

• Now take another color from two end's draw slight curve with the polish brush and join them both in the center to form a V kind a shape.(see the below fig)

• Fill the entire down space with the same color. It looks like a love symbol.

• Repeat the same steps with other two different colors as shown in the figures down.

This is final finish of the nail art apply some Top coat for long lasting power. This nail art can be modify according to personal preferences by using more colors or can limit it to fewer one's.