Decorative Hanging Ganesha

 Another decorative hanging which I created.My plan was to make 3 such Ganesha faces and attach back to back.But the plan failed and I ended up making this hanging instead and found a cozy corner in my garden.In the process of making one face got damaged .

Baby Plant Hibiscus

Its summer here with plenty of rains .I bought about 5 different colour hibiscus plants. They are about a foot long and are flowering .I have placed them in pots as there is some landscaping to be done in our garden will put them in the ground once the project is done.Here are the flowers they are awesome .

Decorative Pot with Dionaea muscipula

I have plenty of terracotta pots. They boring to be seen without any colours on they .So here is beautiful pot I painted with acrylic paints and added a few decoratives.Inside this is a beautiful insect eating plant  Dionaea muscipula . Have placed this pot and plant near the kitchen window. Haven’t seen the plant catch any insect so far.

Lamb Ball Curry

The only dish I like of lamb is this curry.There are several versions of this curry.This is my own.

I normally get diced meat for this recipe then mince it myself in the processor.

Here is what you need.

For making ball

Lamb mince -500 grams

Ginger Garlic -1 tsp

Mint Leaves –Handful

Coriander leaves –Handful

Chili Flakes –1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

For making curry

Roast in oil

Onion-1to blend,1 to fry

Tomato-1

Few pepper corn

Coconut-3tsp

Ginger Garlic mince 1tsp

Coriander pwd-1tsp

Cumin pwd-1 tsp

Garam masala-1/2 tsp

Turmeric-1/2 tsp

Chili pwd -1tsp

Khus Khus-2 tsp

Bay leaves-2

Salt to taste

Fry all the above ingredients one by one expect the powders and blend it in to a fine paste.

In a pan add oil. Add bay leaves, sliced onions, ground paste, add water if required. After a couple of mins add the powders one by one and stir.Meanwhile blend ginger, garlic, Chili flakes ,mint and coriander leaves and the lamb mince in  processor.

Make lime size balls and drop in the the cooking gravy with some water if required ,place a lid.Let the meat balls cook well for 20 mins in low flames.This spicy curry goes well with rotis and rice.Can add a dash of lime and garish with coriander leaves.

Decorative Hangings

During my recent trip to India I came across several places where these decorative handicrafts were sold .They looked also good and attractive. Unfortunately I couldn’t buy them .Reasons being weight and fragile.

Anyways I was looking at decorative stuff to fill up my new house which we bought soon after returning from India.

I wanted these kind of handicrafts….so I made it myself.I used clay to make the elephants,colored with acrylic paint,some decorative beads and jute thread to hang.

The making

Close Ups  End Result

 

 

Close Ups

 End Result

Feels rewarded after a long processes.

Hope you like it too.