Summer Sewing Projects.....

My sewing skills  have been improved a little bit ... I've made some dresses&skirts(which is easy to make)...

In this dress I have faced difficulties while join the center & side parts to get correct shape !

This green dress is first dress I have sewn fit to my daughter's size...

Pleated Dress !

I like this jumper design !especially those pleates !

I planned to sew dress  like this pleated jumper.All i need is body & skirt !Here's how I made it !

 

I made a little embellishment with ribbon & beads

A different Dal !

Ingredients

Moong dal (Green gram ) - 1/2 cup
Onion(small) - 1 no.
Tomato - 1 no.
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Green chilli - 2 nos
Carrot(grated) - 1 no.
Garlic - 1 clove
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil
coriander leaves for garnish
Ghee (optional) - 1 tbsp

For seasoning:

Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds  - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves

Method 

Pressure cook moong dal with turmeric powder,asafoetida,garlic & chopped tomato with enough water.(For me its take 3-4 whistles).Once done and when the pressure releases mash it finely and keep side.

Now heat oil in a pan and add mustard,cumin seeds,curry leaves... let them splutter.
Then add chopped onions followed by green chillies.Saute them for a while and then add grated carrot.
Sprinkle some water cover and let  cook over for 5 to 6 min.
When done add mashed dal ,1/2 cup water ,salt and pepper powder.Add ghee(but its purely optional).
Bring to boil over low flame.Gernish with coriander leaves.Serve with chappthi or parotta.

If you want spicy adjusts with more chillies or pepper powder.
Suggestion : You can also add corn kennels,fried panner to the dal.

Daisy chain

I love this design.... I learned this from a book "Easy beading" by Susan M. Banker.

Here is the steps

• Thread the needle onto 40" piece of thread
• Attach the clasp to the end of the thread.Make sure it is well-secured by knot.
• Put on four petal(main color) beads.Next put on one center beads(fig A).
• Put the needle back through the first bead and pull tight (fig B).
• Put on two more petal beads (fig C).
• Put the needle back through the petal bead next to the center bead (fig D).
• Pull thread tight to make a daisy (fig E).
• Attach the jump ring on the end.

Oh nature... Jewelry set

A two strand necklace,Bracelet & earrings made with wooden beads...

Snow afternoon..

Its snowing outside.... I thought its might be lots of snow becoz of weather report ... its is far less than  expected....

Its always tedious job for me  to decide lunch menu on a weekend. I usually cook non-veg item. Instead of my regular cooking i'm thinking of trying something new.... so i started surfing .... usually i starts with spiceindiaonline.com. Becoz Mullai's ( owner of the website) recipes are tastes good .Her presentation... instructions with photo is very useful. we would know how its look like finally when came out.I've decide to try egg briyani. I usually cook briyani in pressure cooker. In this recipe she tried with regular vessel.
So I followed her recipe and cooked, Lets see how it turned around (Photos below)
Mullai always rocks... Its came out very well... Tastes good &Delicious !
Link to this recipe : Egg briyani

Couple of earrings

 I've started designing some earrings  for my niece ...

Blue leaf