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Cutlets are the favorites at home. Be it any ingredient, the name Cutlet gets more votes at home.So the need to differentiate the recipes for cutlets and give a unique flavor to each veggie is a must . Ingredients: Carrot-5  Potato-3 Salt-to taste Chilly powder-2 tsp Barbeque sauce-2tbsp Lemon juice/Mango powder-1tsp Cornflour-1/4cup Water-1/2 cup Breadcrumbs-1/2cup Method: Boil,Peel and smash the potatoes thoroughly Shred the carrots and steam it. Leave it to cool Mix potato,carrot,salt,chilly powder,sauce,lemon/mango. Make small balls and pat it flat by hand. Add water to cornflour and mix well Dip the cutlets and crumb coat it It could be grilled on a pan Or it could be deep fried too.

There always lies a mix and match set that we picked up for numerous reasons or no specific reason at all. There always are plenty options to jazz it up.That could be a challenge tooooo...When our conscious thinking sketches a look for the set that is just lying for years together, OOOPS!comes the real big challenge. Suddenly the garment disappears and wakes our mind about whom we lent it to?,is it with d dry cleaners?,Unwashed and found in the laundry pile?,after all that is sorted out..for that desi look we just remember we dint have an apt footwear. A flamboyant prospective look that we decided to drape ourselves in, gulps out a solid 30 mins of our precious time. Did we get to wear what we initially thought..No way! Anyone who could relate to this could get an idea here.. Following comes as an option to forget the mix and match and make it as a SKD (Salwar, Kameez, Duppata) set. PRIORITY: Find out that one mix and match set of Salwar, Kameez from your wardrobe that

Isn't it fun to make something for babies on your own... It is! Been browsing around the popular websites to buy a baby bed bumper.All the cute one narrows down to Quirky prints or Applique work on it. What started as a DIY project for cost cutting, really surprised me with a quick completion time and lesser raw materials yet with a personal touch. Now all I required was the baby crib size and the ready made bumper sizes.I stuck to the ready made measurements which is currently in the market after ensuring that it goes well with the cot that needs the bumper. This time let me try to give a approximate expense and materials required to make a 10*160 inches bed bumper. Foam or Wadding- 80 inches White cloth-1.25 meters Checked material-1 meter Lining material-2 meters Designs Tracing materials Acrylic colours Paint brushes -Flat and Round Colour mixing palette Acrylic paints Threads for Sewing Total expenses: 1500 rupees approximately What

I know the picture quality could have been much better.The mural has a hefty frame work and is double nailed to the wall. Clueless about how to click a picture nailed high to the wall and with a mirror background which reflects. Now that all the excuses are said,( which can be expected for almost 50 pictures, since its all dated at least 5 years back.)Starting with being thankful to the guru who taught me,let me mention few things about this mural. Materials Used: Glass 4mm thickness-24*24" A zoomed picture of  any God/Goddesses Colour pencil-Yelow Acrylic colours Craft Clay Kundan stones- Tear drop,Round -25 each Fevicol Method: Draw the outline of the selected picture using a colour pencil.Plan on the places where clay shapes can be used. Preferably use the clay for the jewelry and colour it. Stick decorative stones over the clay shapes after the paint dries. Await till the work gets dried. Clean the glass perfectly and paint the face.Acrylic colour dries fa

Ceramic bowl painting techniques sounds easy with simple tricks.All we need is a ceramic paint kit and a few items that can be pulled instantly at our home. Materials: Single color ceramic bowls Ceramic paint kit-No bake required Round tip brush-2 The rest of the things could be gathered at home and will be mentioned i the methods. Method: Technique 1: Pour some paint of 3 colors in a palette. Draw the desired outline with a colour pencil. Use a Q-Tip and start dipping and painting along the outlines. Technique 2: Draw an outline on a strip of paper for a uniform repetition and cut it into a strip. Tape the strip and draw the outline. Fill and outline the design. Technique 3: Load enough paint and squeeze the paint on the rim of the bowl and allow it to drip. Repeat with as many number of shades as required. Multi colour effect can be attained when the next colour drips and mixes naturally over the previous colour while it is wet. Technique 4: Mask the bow

For those who aren't very familiar with the freehand and other techniques in ceramic painting this  mosaic inspired fish design comes in with out a challenge.All we need majorly is a tile of your choice that is available.Choose any light color to make it more attractive and it leaves us with more imagination in the choice of colors. This art work could be framed, plastered onto a rough wall like a collage work and most importantly leaves us with a choice of fixing it anywhere without a necessity of safeguarding it much like a glass although this too is a object that could brittle. Materials: Ceramic Paint kit Brushes- Flat brush can be avoided at a beginner level. Palette Method: Draw the outlines using a pencil.Using a normal pencil is of great advantage as erasing is much easier without leaving any marks behind. Now the only task left behind is making small squares out of the brush. Playing with light and dark of a single colour gives a good depth to an