My Renovated Fish Tank

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The pics of my renovated fish tank were lying in my drafts folder since long. I renovated the fish tank on 31st oct, a day later after my b'day. It was my own bday present to me from myself :-)  With the help from one of my cousin I started on with this thing. It was tedious and it took one whole day to clean, arrange and setup everything. Though initially here the fishes are less.. I added some more later after few days....

I wanted a plain black background, there instead of buying a background picture I sticked a black t.k. sheet from behind outside of the tank. I also wanted a double theme in my fish tank this time and at the same time wanted to use both the pebbles. Hence the result is below....

After arranging the fish tank when me and my cousin bro went out for selecting the fishes in an aquarium... there we noticed this magic tap.... The tap was as if hanging in the air. No connections attached to it and still the water was flowing through it. Like a small kid I was very tempted to touch and see it, bt the guy in that aquarium stopped me from doing that. However after we got the fishes for our tank I was not in a mood to come out of that shop until and unless I find out the mystery of that hanging in the air tap. And I also wanted to touch that thing very badly, therefore started the girlgiri and ultimately that guy had to give in to my demands. He allowed me to touch the tap and also revealed the magic behind it... Isn't it beautiful and amazing?.......

Vegetable Bhakarvadi - Sanjeev Kapoor's Recipe

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This is another yummy thing from Sanjeev sir. Its a much tasty version of our good old bhakarvadi. I had a helping hand in mom while preparing this dish. My sis's friends had arrived at our place and for them we thought to prepare this dish. Believe it was like gone in seconds kind of thing. There was hardly anything left for us to eat it with content. It truly is an amazing dish.

Recipe:

Ingredients:


Refined Flour ( Maida) = 1 cup
Semolina (Rava/Suji) = 1 tblspn
Salt to taste
Oil + deep frying = 2 tblspn
French beans, roughly chopped = 100 gms
Green peas = 100  gms
Potatoes, boiled & mashed = 3
Black pepper powder = 1/4 tsp
Garam Masala = 1 tsp
Ginger - Green chilli paste = 2 tsp
Fresh coriander leaves = 2 tblspn
Coconut scraped = 5 tsp

Method:


1. Knead the refined flour with semolina, salt, 2 tblspn oil and sufficient water to a semi-soft dough. Cover with a damp cloth and set aside.

2. Blanch the french beans and green peas separately till soft. Drain thoroughly and mash.

3. Mash together the french beans, green peas, potatoes, salt, black pepper powder, garam masala powder, ginger - green chilli paste, coriander leaves and coconut.

4. Divide the dough into four equal portions and roll out into thin chapatis .

5. Spread the vegetable mixture evenly on all four chapatis.

6. Roll them tightly into cylinders and cut the cylinders into half inch slices.

7. Heat sufficient oil and deep fry the bhakarwadis, on medium heat till golden and crisp.

8. Drain on absorbent paper and serve..

Chef's Tip:

In case the filling mixture is thin, add a little poha and mix.


Sending this to

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also linking to Indrani's page


And to

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On Vegetraintastebuds and Pari's page And to srivastavacharu's blog

Baby Dresses and Quilts

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I love baby girls sooo much that whenever I've time on hands I start making up dresses for them. All these dresses below are made  from the leftover fabrics that were remaining with me. I just mixed and matched them with each other... 

This piece of quilt below is made using one of my sis's printed net dupatta. Its the one side, on other side scrap pieces of clothes are used. The pics main not look appealing but these quilts have turned out super soft....

Dahi Sev Puri

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No wonder my love for street food is never going to end. But I try to be on the healthy side and hence usually prepare them at home. This one was prepared by both me and my mom. It is the usual sev puri, We only added dahi and khari boondi for the crunchiness. It was so yummy that it finished off even before we started ;-)   AAhh nowadays stress factor is too high for me. Work, work and only work is keeping me on my toes. I am not able to experiment much in the kitchen and I believe thats the reason I get more stressed out. But all thanks to my mom, such treats in the middle of the work keep me going.. Thanks mom...

Leaf Craft

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It is very necessary to help our neighbour kids or else they do a lot of halla and disturb us. I was quiet busy with my work but they came in with theirs. I had no other option but to help them. They had this school project and for this I asked them to go and collect the leaves. They went all around the society collecting them and competing with each other who got more. However when they returned with the stuff, I sat to make this. My mind was completely blank and I just didn't knew what to do, simply went on as and as things came to me. I didn't had much time so my sis helped with the next one. The first one I made and the next was made by my sis. She really gets frustrated to do anything for our neighbour kids. And my neighbour kids too are scared of her. They only come to play when I am in the house otherwise nobody dares to come. Thats the reason I get lots of scolding from everyone whenever I am surrounded with children around me.... Life is so beautiful and kids make it more playful.....