Mirror image painting on mirror :D

I tried a mirror image painting on eye shaped mirrors. The glass colors and the mirror look very bright on reflection of light

Embroidery classes

I have been trying to start embroidery and craft classes from a really long time, but didnt get much response. With this I am starting a series of classes for beginners which includes the basic embroidery. For intermediates, I will keep updating the blog with my new crafts and designs..There will be a virtual class every week at wildwings.wordpress.com.

To start here are the basic materials needed:

Fabric  : Size, type and color based on personal preference. My suggestion is to start with a cotton cloth.

Needles: The needle to be used varies with the type of fabric and embroidery work. For more details click here.

Embroidery floss (Multiple Colors)

Embroidery Hoop/Frame

Pin Cushion

Craft Scissors

Pav Bhaji – Recipe

Many people are visiting my profile for Pav Bhaji, so I thought I will post the recipe.

Here it is…

Ingredients:

For Bhaji:

Cumin Seeds/Jeera/Jeelakarra: 1 tsp
Green Chilli: 2 or 3 depending on the spice level
Ginger-garlic paste : 1/2 tbsp
Onions : 1 large one finely chopped
Capsicum : 1 large one finely chopped
Tomato : 2 Medium ones finely chopped
Potatoes : 3
Carrot : 1-2
Green Peas : 1 Small Cup
Pav Bhaji Masala
Salt to taste
Oil
Coriander : For garnishing

For Pav:

I use either dinner rolls or hamburger buns, if I dont find Pav.

Method:

1.Boil the potatoes, carrots and green peas together in a pressure cooker and smash them.
2.Grind the ginger-garlic paste and green chilli together.
3.In a pan, heat little oil and fry the jeera. Add the ground paste and saute it a little.
4.Add the finely chopped onions and fry until they become little brown.
5.Now add the capsicum and keep it covered until its cooked. Keep stirring in between
6.After the capsicum is cooked, add the tomato pieces and a little water. Keep it on low flame until it becomes little thick.
7. Add Pavbhaji masala and little chilli powder if needed.
8. Finally add the boiled vegetables and simmer it for sometime. Add the chopped coriander
9. Slight toast the pav with butter and serve while hot.

Here are the pics

Gulab Jamun

RECIPE

1.Buy a MTR gulab jamun packet

2. Follow the instructions

Unpredictable Oregon Weather

Weather at different times on the same day

12:00 pm – Sunny and Windy

1:00 pm – Cloudy and little drizzle

2:30 pm – Sunny

4:00 pm – Hail

Thanks to Oregon weather, I got to see all seasons (except Fall) on a single day …

Haldiram’s started making “Snakes”

Funny Indian store bill 🙂

మాధవ కేశవా (Madhava Keshava) – My favorite annamacharya keerthana

One of the beautiful keerthanas in the praise of Lord Vishnu by Annamacharya. Though I learned classical music, I never learned keerthanas. I learnt this one from my sister. Love this one so much that I listen to it every day. Here are the lyrics in telugu:

మాధవ కేశవా మధుసూదన విష్ణు | శ్రీధరా పదనఖం చింతయామి యూయం ||

వామన గోవింద వాసుదేవ ప్రద్యుమ్న | రామరామ కృష్ణ నారాయణాచ్యుట |
దామోదరనిరుద్ధ దైవ పుండరికాక్ష | నామత్రయాధీస నమోనమో ||

పురుషోత్తమ పుండరికాక్ష దివ్య | హరి సంకర్షణ అధోక్షజ |
నరసింహ హ్రుశికేశ నగధర త్రివిక్రమ | శరణాగత రక్ష జయజయ సేవే ||

మహిత జనార్దన మత్స్యకూర్మ వరాహ | సహజ భార్గవ బుద్ధ జయతురగా కల్కి |
విహిత విజ్జాన శ్రీవెంకటేశ శుభకరం | అహమిహ తవపద దాస్యం అనిశం భాజామి ||

Listen to the song.

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Pav Bhaji – Weekend Special

Go get the recipe here

Parachute Ride..

This weekend I went for a parachute ride. I held on to the ropes in trepidation. As I was dropping, I saw the ground, and trees far far beneath me. I struggled with the ropes to turn left, turn right, just hoping to land on my target safely, and go home.

But alas, I fell 19 meters away. Here’s to an almost perfect parachute ride, from which I escaped unscathed.

Fooled you, didn’t I? Oh well, better safe and sound in a museum than falling from the sky into water 19 meters away from land 🙂