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DIY Alert: Super easy Name Plate for your home

Hello dear people, as promised I am up again with a super easy summer DIY for you all. 

This one is super easy and super fun to make. Specially, when it is summers and all thy kids are bored in their vacations. Don't worry Mommies, I have just the best thing for you where you can indulge your kids also. 

And for those who are just too bored or maybe have less time then this is just perfect to lift up your mood.

So guys, I have a cute and easy DIY Name Plate for you all. This is floral, colorful, easy and so much fun. 

I have made a basic one which will give you an idea, but you can always add in different colors, variations and customize it by your choice. 

Below is the link to my Youtube channel, drop in comments, thumbs up and even pictures if you guys tried it and had fun.

https://youtu.be/hbUs0Zk-axs

Lots of love.

Our first Vlog on Goa: Unlimited Addition

Dear Readers, we are glad to announce that we have published our very first video on our Youtube Channel. It is a Vlog on our Goa trip we took in April 2017 to celebrate our first wedding Anniversary. Check it out guys, the details are listed below:

Hotel: Park Inn resort by Radisson.
This huge resort is located very near to Candolim beach. The resort has close to 300 rooms and looks like a small township of their own. The hotel has a 24*7 food service for the rooms and an amazing restaurant, the chef serves some really lip smacking Pasta in red sauce. The pool bar kept us high on energy all the time. You can also make an appointment with the hotel spa, we got a couple package booked for a 60 minutes Aroma massage.

For the room booking, you can pre book your room according to the view you want. The best view would probably be a pool facing one. Fortunately, we got one of the most wanted rooms on the ground floor.

One con of this hotel was that there were no lifts. The hotel had rooms till the 4th floor, but no lifts.

Day to day Itinerary:
Day 1: Because our train was 3 hours late, we reached our hotel around 11:30 am. We were instantly greeted by a bright red colored welcome drink and some scented warm towels. We had to wait for around 40 minutes to get to our rooms as the housekeeping was still going on. Just as we got to our room, we quickly got ready and started walking till the main road to rent a bike. The charges were 300 bucks for one day. We took the bike for 2 days and went to Phat Fish near Baga Beach to have our lunch. This restaurant serves amazing sea food, although the vegetarian food was just about average.
After having our lunch, we headed to Baga beach and I got my hair beading done (25 bucks per bead). We took 2 lounge chairs on the beach (100 per chair) and relaxed. The sun was settling down and the gleaming crystal clear waters made it look like a scene just out of a fantasy. Around 7 pm, we came back to our hotel and took a one hour rest.
We ordered some snacks in our room and at around 10:30 pm, headed to the club LPK (Love, Passion , Karma). It was a Weekday and so the charges per couple were 1500 bucks with unlimited drinks in the disc. The property is huge and the construction is beautiful, we could only wonder how full it must be in the weekends. The DJ played well known English and Hindi songs, but the unlimited drinks were not that good in taste. We ordered a Hukka with single flavor of green apple. It was nice but a little expensive.

Day 2:  It was a Wednesday and the only whole day left with us in Goa, so we decided to hit Candolim beach after our breakfast in the hotel. After Candolim, we relaxed in our hotel pool and had our lunch there. At around 3 pm in the afternoon we started for Anjuna flea market which is very famous. The specialty of this market is that it is only on Wednesdays. You can find a lot of things for your home, some antiques, fashion jewelry, clothes and what not. We saw the sunset at Anjuna beach and went to Fisherman's cove for dinner near Candolim beach.
The best crispy potato snacks ever, plus the hukka and the pasta. This restaurant definitely makes to one of the best places to have food in Goa. The waiters are very polite and the service is also quick.

Day 3: Our last day of the trip. We grabbed some breakfast and went to take a couple aroma spa in the hotel itself which was quite relaxing and calming as we had to leave by 12 noon.

Here is the link to the video we have posted on our youtube channel. Check it out guys, let me know how did you like it.

https://youtu.be/n6LxR78UtmQ

My colourful bowl of healthy salad..

Yes, everybody is trying their best to loose weight.. or to remain fit always.. and so am I..

After alot of researching on what kinds of combinations of veggies would go together I finally made one lip smacking salad..

Usually when Salad comes in mind, everyone thinks of fresh cut veggies, but here I have made a hot crispy salad..

Ingredients:

Red cabbage: Half roughly chopped                                
Capsicum: Green and red roughly chopped
Corn kernels: Handful
Zucchini: Half cut
Broccoli: Slightly blanched
Salt and Pepper: According to taste
Olive Oil: 1 tbsp
Red Chilli sauce: 2 tbsp
Vinegar: 1/2 tbsp
Soya sauce: 1/2 tbsp

Procedure:

Take a pan or a kadhai, heat olive oil in it and just as the oil is about to burn, add all the vegetables in it. 
Keep the flame on high and after 2-3 minutes add all the sauces and salt and freshly ground black pepper into it. 
Mix again for 3-4 minutes on high and serve hot. 

 

Note: Usually we have a perspective in mind that we will feel full only when we eat something hot.This salad not only makes you full but also like a full meal because of its nutrition value.

Flat spinach noodles with veggies in classic arabiata sauce..

Hi guys, so I was grocery shopping with my Hubby the other day and I spotted flat noodles. What excited me more about them was that they were spinach noodles made up of whole wheat. And so I bought them 

I made them typically in a classic arabiata sauce with some of my favorite veggies.
Sorry for not being able to upload the cooking in progress pictures because the hubby was really hungry.

Below is the recipe:

Ingredients:

Noodles or spaghetti - 1 packet
Blanched tomatoes - 6 to 7
Chopped onion - 1 big
Blanched broccoli
Zucchini 
Chopped green capsicum 
Chopped red and yellow bell pepper 
Chopped garlic - 7 to 8 
Red Chilli flakes -1/2 tbsp.
Red chilli sauce -3 tbsp.
Tomato sauce - 2 tbsp.
Vinegar - 1 tbsp.
Salt, black pepper and Oil according to taste

Procedure:

Boil the noodles or spaghetti in hot water. Don't forget to add a 1 tbsp each of oil and salt while boiling.
Puree all the blanched tomatoes after removing their skin. Take a pan or a kadhai and heat oil in it. Put garlic and let them burn a little. Put the chopped onion and all the kinds of bell peppers, add in the broccoli and zucchini also and fry them on a high flame.
After this, put in the blanched tomato puree in it and put the lid of the pan and let it be there for about 10 minutes on low flame. 
Now, add in the freshly ground black pepper, red chilli flakes and salt according to your taste and amount of spiciness you want in your dish and stir. Add in the red chilli sauce, tomato sauce and the vinegar and keep it on a low flame for another 5 minutes. 
Now, its time to put in our boiled noodles. In no time, put your flame on high and stir fry the noodles or spaghetti, finish by adding freshly cut basil and parsley and serve hot.

Note:
You can keep aside the stir fried veggies and put them on the noodles last also in order to see more color in your dish.
For a much more non healthier version, just put in some processed cheese or mozzarella in the end.

Team this up with wine and enjoy 

The most moistest Chocolate Cake...

Ingredients:

All raising flour (Maida): 1 cup

Butter: 1 cup

Sugar: 3/4 cup (You can put in 1 full cup in order to sweeten it more)

Eggs: 2

Vanila Essence: 1 tbsp.

Baking powder: 1 tbsp.

Cocoa Powder: 1/2 cup

Milk: 1/2 Cup

Cake Mould

Sieve

Procedure:

Take a mixing bowl and whisk sugar and butter in it until it forms a white lathery texture and keep it aside. Take another bowl and pass the Maida, Baking powder and Cocoa powder through a sieve for  atleast 2-3 times so that it mixes well and the air gets restored.

In the butter and sugar mixture, break in 2 eggs (one at a time) and mix well but not too much. Add in the vanila essence and mix. Now, in 4-5 parts start adding in the flour, baking powder and cocoa mixture in it. Mix it slowly in a cut and fold manner preventing the formation of air bubbles.

If you feel that the batter needs some liquid (it has become hard), you can add in milk accordingly.

After this, put all the batter in the mold and tap it on the platform so that the air bubbles burst.

You can either bake the cake in a Gas Tandoor or a microwave.

For Microwave, you can take a microwave friendly bowl or a silicon cake mold. The temperature and power varies. For our office Microwave, I had set the power on 640 W for 8 minutes.

For Gas Tandoor, you can use an aluminium cake mold or a gas friendly mold. But, before putting the batter you need to grease the mold with butter or ghee or oil and then dust it with Maida. It takes around 40-45 minutes on low flame to bake the whole cake.

In between the baking process you can always put in a knife in the middle of the cake and if the knife comes out clear that means the cake is ready.

When the cake is ready, you can let it cool down and decorate it with some icing or normal sugar with a paper cut out.

Enjoy the deliciousness!

Six Yards Of Love!

When I was small, I always saw my Mom draping those floral sarees in summers. This was mostly when we went to my paternal grandparents home in Ajmer, Rajasthan in my vacations.

I don't know why, but I used to love those sarees. In the night after my Mother changed into her night suit, I always used to drape her saree all by my own and roam around ecstatically.

When I was in my college I would like to wear a saree in almost all the occasions.

And now when I am married, I don't have to think for an occasion at all. I can wear them anytime even in Office :)

So, here is my first look book of what I wore on Women's day celebration at my office.

This a Mukesh work saree, it is usually made after taking any plain color saree and ordering the work on it.

Here, I had bought a plain blood red colored chiffon saree and had ordered Mukesh work on it.

I bought this from the local market of Ajmer while I was preparing for my wedding.

The blouse of this saree was same, but I took a jute printed cloth and got the blouse stitched in order to accentuate and contradict the simple yet elegant work saree.

The jewelry that I am wearing is very suttle and not that loud.

I bought the beaded earrings from a local market in Ajmer. The necklace is a statement piece which is made of Kundan and small beads bought from the same market.

The bangles are plain and I have teamed them up with a Red oxidized Kada.

I have teamed this look up with a black bindi matching with the color of my blouse.

I have applied my favorite shade of red from L'Oreal Matte collection.

I have also applied Lakme Absolute Kajal in a winged manner to finish my look.