SPIDER-MAN ON MY T-SHIRT!

My son Adhrit wanted a RED t-shirt with spider-man painted on it. So difficult to find a customized T, so I PAINTED ONE...

 

He is happy..

Am happy...

And

A T-shirt is recycled and refashioned.....

This is last years sport's day school T-shirt, which still fits well and is in good form

So make better use of it

 

Chose a pose of Spider-man Adhrit likes

Drew it on the T

 

Painted the Spider-man using acrylic colours. Around the school logo I painted the night city life. Acrylic paints are good for fabrics as they don't wash of with daily use and detergents..

 

The backside logo also had to be hidden..

So this satin ribbon banner with SPIDER_MAN on it was a very easy way out:)

 

Adhrit in finished SPIDER-MAN T..

He is SUPER happy

to the extent that he wears this T almost everyday

HA! HA!

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SPICY JIMIKAND OR YAM :O

 

This is a very spicy and mouth watering dish made of  JIMIKAND or YAM.

It can be eaten mixed with hot steamed rice, parathas or spread on any bread.

Ingredients:

Jimikand or yam  500grams

Tamarind  soak an inch big ball in half a cup of water, then extract the pulp and sieve Yellow mustard powder  2-3 tsp soaked in half a cup of water
Black mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Salt      to taste
Sugar or jagerry  1 tsp(only enough to balance the acid of tamarind)
Turmeric powder  1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder to taste
Oil       3 tbs (preferably mustard oil)

Method:

Peel the outer layer of jimikand or yam. Cut the yam into finger thick chunks roughly. Boil or pressure cook it till done. Mash and keep aside.

In a pan heat the oil. Put the mustard seeds and let it crackle. Put the mashed  yam  and sauté. Put salt, sugar/jaggerry and chilli powder. Keep stirring well till the mash is well mixed with spices.
Add the tamarind pulp and sauté more till you reach the right consistency you want. Note tamarind needs little cooking. Check the seasoning.
Now add mustard powder solution, mix and remove from fire.

 

Its salty, SOUR and HOT!

Its lip smacking!
Its taste bud tingling!
Its mouth refreshing!
Just enjoy!!!

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FAST & SMART T to COWL!

Is not this cowl smart?

This was so super fast and super easy to make.

This is my daughter's T-shirt that she out grew.

 

This shirt had ruffled strips of same coloured fabric sew to it as embellishment, quite like Alabama Chanin style.

I neatly cut out this lower piece from the T-shirt along with 1cm or 0.4inch extra for folding in.

 

Now neatly fold in the raw edges and sew it with simple hem stitches or sew it with single zig-zag stitch.

 

 Here, you may embellish the edges further with beads or lace, or just let it be.

 

Taa daa...

The cowl is done

Perfect for light nip in air

Super fast

Super smart

Super easy

Love the texture

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CHICKEN LOAF

Hi! This lovely young lady, Ishita is my friend's daughter, and she taught me to make chicken loaf. No other chicken loaf but a microwaved chicken loaf, all done in 20 minutes.
Thank you Ishita!

Microwave time 20 minutes

Standing time 10 minutes

Makes a loaf 1 inch thick and 10 inches circle

Ingredients

500gms chicken mince

2 bread slices

1/2 cup milk

2 eggs beaten

1 tbs chopped fresh parsley leaves

1 tbs chopped fresh coriander leaves

1 big green capsicum chopped

2 medium onions chopped

2 tsp garlic chopped

2 tsp ginger chopped

 

1 tsp dried oregano

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp chilly flakes

1 tsp powdered black pepper or to your taste

salt to your taste

 

Method

Cut the hard edges of the bread, soak them in milk, squeeze the extra milk out, and put the bread in chicken mince. Discard the left over milk.

Add in all the ingredients and mix well.

 Grease a deep 10 inches diameter microwavable dish with very little butter. Pour the mix and flatten and smoothen the top.

Microwave at high for 20 minutes uncovered and then switch off the microwave.

Allow standing time 10 minutes before taking it out of the microwave.

Serve hot or cold

Soft

Aromatic

Yummy

Actually very basic, hence can be used to make many other dishes

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WEEKEND GETAWAY: CHANDIPUR

It was truely a weekend getaway from day to day nuisances. Our blissful faces confirm the truth of it.

 

We went to Chandipur in Odisha from Kolkata.

 It is one the most amazing beaches in the world.Check this link http://www.theworldgeography.com/2013/08/strange-beaches.html The Chandipur beach is listed among 15 top strange beaches in the world.

Why is it strange?

Well you can literally walk into the sea!!!

Well check this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandipur,_Odisha

Do not believe YET?

See the next three pics...

 

The first pic shows the sea near the horizon, the seconnd pic has sea about midway from horizon and shore, and third pic is at time of full high tide. These pics were taken from our guest room veranda. Took us a while to realize this on the first day.

 This pic was taken early morning about 5:30am or so, and...

 these are the same rocks at about 8:30am morning with high tide!

 

We were so excited the first day, we walked till the sea waves during the low tide (actually the horizon from our veranda). The beach is flat for stretches varying 1 to 6 kms. You can just go walking in ankle deep water till you reach actual waves.

 My little world enjoying themselves...

 

It's a serene beach with very few visitors

 Lovely breeze..

 

We were thrilled

We in the morning

4:45am

 Here is the first glimpse of the sun...

Morning in bloom...

The foot prints of my most loved people in the world...

 Adhrit and Aarotrika

 

Tracks of a hermit crab...

The beach is strewn with sea shells

just like that...

 

Guess what?

It is dusk.

The moon is out.

Lucky we, its full moon!

High tide is approaching...

 

As the tide gradually came closer, we moved slowly towards shore.

We stayed for long in the beach observation point at night and enjoyed the sea in full moon during high tide. Oh! the night before there was rains with thundering and lightening. The sea would just dazzle up with lightening. VOW!!!

 

 Our last morning of the stay

5:00am

A friend took us to see spotted antelopes...

shhh..

they are very shy animals and ever alert...

What shy? A couple of them were saved from poachers and brought up here...

So some of them show little faith in some of we fellow humans and

like to eat maize corn from their hands...

 

 Last day with the sea

Kids enjoying

As the high tide would nudge towards the shore, we walked a few more step towards shore and so on ...till it was full high tide. Now to the observation point...

 

 As there are not many visitors, no commercialization, the beach is still a peaceful rendezvous with nature 

It was a short holiday
But some holidays are experiences and calm memories
This holiday filled my heart
Am peaceful
Am refreshed
Am charged
Am ready to meet the madness of life

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AAROTRIKA !

Brother Adhrit with Birthday girl Aarotrika! Oof! so much for the posed smile..

  

The day before, I sat down with some coloured papers, pen, scissors and ribbon to make Aarotrika's birthday party invitation card...

Dear girl has her birthday during summer school break and so many of her friends go for outings and to grandparents...

Here is the cake I baked for her in microwave. Did some effort in icing and candies...

Happy birthday Aarotrika !

Please have a piece of cake...

There's a pink cake inside the cake with soft baby pink icing...

The kids need to have fun

Here they are decorating chart paper to make crowns and amulets

glitter...sequin...colours...glue please....

Here the creative masters with their masterpieces...

O! they played another game of balancing the book on head, missed the pic :(

 

There is a banner at the back for my daughter...

All home made delicacies...

and more...

enjoy...

Wish you the best in life, health and happiness...

Love...

BRACELET OR PONY TAIL BAND?

All you need is a discarded T

Cut horizontal strips of about 1 inch or 2.5 cm thickness
Now this is fun part
You just have to do it to enjoy it

Hold the two free ends of the strip and give a good pull
and you have a neat cord with free edges neatly folded in which just don't need to be stitched

I used some metal bells for glamour and cliNk.

Secure with few stitches three cords together at one end. Now plait the cords till the other end, and then neatly stitch the ends to form a band

 

Now you have a fancy bracelet

This is strechable and so can be used also as a pony tail band.

SUPERCOOL...
DO IT TO BELIVE IT...

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