Til Ladoo(Sesame seed ladoo)

Happy Sankranti

 Til Ladoo, a famous maharastrian and rajasthani sweet recipe that people prefer to eat in winters because it comes under warm food categories, is

the healthy recipe of the month.

You will be amazed to see the nutritional value of til:

·         A handful of sesame seeds contain calcium more than a glass of milk, prevent osteoporosis to a greater extent.

·         The sesamolin and sesamin in sesame seeds protect against cardiovascular disorders and diseases.

·         The high copper content in sesame seeds prevents and give relief in arthritis and strengthens the bones and joints

·         Til oil is known for its medicinal properties for massage on joints for elderly specially in winters.

 Lets make some ladoos at home today within 10 minutes. 

Til Ladoos are made with til(sesame seeds) and jaggery (gur).

Such a simple list of ingredients…right. (some people add roasted peanuts

 and a bit of oil to it)

Take equal quantities of crushed gur and grinded( softly for sec) sesame

seeds. Roast the seeds in a pan/ kadhai till it turns very light brown and

then add jaggery (gur) to it. Mix both the ingredients properly and then

 switch off the flame and cover the pan with lid for a few minutes(2-3

minutes) (to settle down gur with seeds). Make ladoos(small balls) of this

mixture with hands while its warm and then let them cool. Once they are

cool they can’t  be reworked so do a bit of hurry while making them.

Enjoy Sankranti with til ladoos………………: ) agoodstuff

Sabudana Khichdi (sago dish) – a perfect breakfast food

This breakfast recipe is one of the easiest meals which can be made in minutes if you have soaked sabudana (sago) with you.

Sabudana is a high energy but a low nutrient food so it has to be mixed

with some good nutrient vegetables or fruits to make a full meal.

Sabudana has to be soaked for 4-5 hours in a very little water after gently washing them.

Take 2 spoons of oil in a pan and add cumin seeds (zeera) to it. When they start cracking, add 1 chopped potato and let it turn very light golden. Now add 1 nicely chopped green chilli, one small chopped (toasted/grilled) capcicum , half finely chopped carrot and finally, the soaked and squeezed sabudana (sago). Add a little bit of salt and mix the ingredients on low heat for 2-3 minute only and then turn off the flame . Keep stirring the ingredients as sago has a tendency of getting sticked to each other. Add roasted peanuts, green coriander (hara dhaniya)or curry leaves, one spoon finely chopped onion, ½ spoon lemon juice and then mix the ingredients.

Serve this high energy khichdi in breakfast with hot ginger tea……enjoy

the winters………………: ) agoodstuff

Strawberry and sprouts salad

A nutritious salad diet in morning with some multigrain cereal keeps you

fit, fresh and healthy for the entire day. Making different salads

everyday is again a tedious mind exercise. Lets keep the life simple and

 make a fabulous salad in a few minutes.

 

Make some whole green gram (sabut moong dal) sprouts by hanging the

soaked dal in a water soaked muslin cloth for 24 hours(keep adding few

drops of water in every 5-6 hrs). The sprouts are the least expensive

superfoods which are full of protein and vitamin c ( anti oxitants).

Recipe: For 1 plate salad take ½ cup sprouts, 4  strawberries , 1 tomato

 chopped, ½  capsicum grilled on tawa with olive oil , 1/2 orange , ½ apple

sliced (grilled on tawa/griller with a few drops of olive oil and then add a

pinch of salt and  pepper to it. Orange slices make your salad more juicy

and tangy and little spices like pepper makes it ummmmmm…..munch on

 food.

Make it today and add a little of blue crumbled cheese or crumbled paneer

 to it and  eat it with a multigrain brown bread  toast ……….....……… : )agoodstuff

Mobile cover DIY

Make a simple and cozy cover for your mobile with your old clothes or sweaters. As we have already made a few usable things out of old woolens and recycled them very smartly, so, either you can cut out a piece of old woolen or you can use the left out pieces of the lower or sweater used in the previous DIY project for socks (make woolen socks at home from old sweaters). All the recycling projects (the woolen recyclying) are quite interesting, effective , easy and a real fun to do.
Just follow the steps shown below in pics and your mobile cover is ready without any hastle.

1.    Cut a piece of the sweater’s sleeve. Turn it inside out.

 

2.    Mark the size of the mobile and leave margins at top and a little bit

at sides( this margin will go under sewing)

 

3.    Now sew at the marked line and cut out extra portions.

4.    Now turn the piece inside out again and the cover is ready.

 

Keep crafting with woolen coziness this winter and send your beautiful and

 innovative ideas for recycling the woolens at agoodstuffhere@gmail.com.

Enjoy: ………………: ) agoodstuff

Woolen socks DIY from recycled sweaters

Another woolen recycle project is the making of beautiful socks for your kiddos and that too without knowing knitting. This DIY project is really simple with little steps and fun to do with your old sweaters.

Lets make it………………..

Material required:

Old woolen sweater sleeves/  kids old paijami or lower

A marking tool(washable wax color(cryons))

Scissor, needle and some yarn to sew

Making:

Place kids foot on the lower and mark the  shape of the foot (specially the

 toes ) and be sure to keep a margin of 1cm while marking as it will go

under sewing area.

Now turn them inside out and sew in socks shape.

Once sewing is done cut down extra woolen material outside the sewed

area. Turn the socks inside out again and see what a masterpiece you have

created : )

The overall product will look so cute that I can bet, you are gonna make a

few more after this and every new socks would be far better product than

the previous one as practice makes us perfect. Do a little bit of

embroidery if required.

Keep sewing and recycling old woolens………………: ) agoodstuff

Old sweaters recycling

Don’t giveaway your old sweaters to anyone as this winter you can create

 magic out of them. Lets recycle those woolens and use them in making new

 things or making the old ones usable.

Kids outsize the last year sweaters very easily and we are left with no

choice but to give away them to somebody else. Cut down your old useless

sweater's border  and sew them below the borders of your favourite sweater to 

increase the length. Have a look at the pictures and you can figure out the easiness 

and practicality in the same.

         

You can always decorate them with a matching patch or making small

embroidery of similar colors.

It’s a beautiful craft and a beautiful way to retain your favorite woolens

for another year……recycle old things………: ) agoodstuff

Plastic Flower Lights for festive season: A DIY Project

 

Can you imagine any purpose of used aerated softdrink plastic bottles? Yeah, I know most of the people specially kids make pen or pencil holders or stands out of them.

One more easy and quick use of these is in making of colorful flowers to decorate the room walls, vases, garlands etc.

 

 

Lemme explain you the things required in this project.

1.    Plastic coke/pepsi/soda or any other drink bottle

2.   A scissor

3.   Acrylic pearl or metallic paints of your choice or faux stained glass color for a glassy effect

4.   And above all a little patience…. : )

Making is again very simple. Remove the cap and cut the bottle  as shown in the pics below.

 

 Now, cut the petals out of it and it is really easy to shape them as the bottle material is not so hard. Large size petals should be cut in starting so that you can cut them or trim more easily to make equal petals.

Fold the petals in outward direction and hold them there by pressing them in that direction. As a flower shape has come to your piece, you can paint it from outside to give a glassy look or oteherwise paint them from inside to have a normal look.

 

 

 

 

Use this recycled bottle thing to brighten up your house and garlands with lights on Christmas/New Year and all the year around…whenever you feel like……………… : ) agoodstuff