Ganapati - Cold Porcelain craft

Om Maha Ganapathaye nama :

 

Inspired by cold porcelain works, I tried making the clay at home.

I tried many doll tutorials given in the net but didn't turn out satisfactorily. So tried my favourite Ganeshji. A god who is very simple and his form is so easy to draw or mould.

To make cold porcelain clay at home check this beautiful website. I followed stove stop method.

The idea for the idol I got from this wonderful link

The umbrella making tutorial you can check out here 

1. Popsicle Umbrella
2. Umbrella for Ganeshji 

I used an empty deo bottle's cap to seat my Ganeshji and formed the lotus around it.

 

then the mooshik who will be seen always with Ganapati Bapa

colour using acrylic pearl colours (this gives a shine)

 Ganapati Bapa Moriya, Mangal Murti Moriya

Popsicle Umbrella for my Ganpati

Sharing with you another fun popsicle project. An Umbrella.

You will need :

1. Popsicle sticks - 5 Nos
2. Yarns of different colours
3. Glue gun
4. thermocol balls / beads
5. Clay
6. Empty colour bottle
7. Acrylic Colours

Procedure :-

Arrange 3 sticks as show in the picture below to form the top part of the umbrella

Make the stick support for the umbrella by joining two sticks as shown in the picture

now when the 3 sticks you have arranged earlier has dried up, tie the yarn and wind it around the stick and take it to the next stick, wind around it...so on. the pictures that follows may give you an idea.

Now using glue gun, attach the top portion to the stick. decorate with beads / thermocol balls

Stuff some clay inside an empty colour bottle. Place the stick and cover the bottle with clay by rolling out it using a rolling pin after dusting the surface with talcom powder.

let the clay dry for 2 or 3 days. Then colour it.

Now a beautiful umbrella is ready.

I made it for my ganpati bapa for this chathurthi. ....will be making a post on it soon.

Potato Podimas / Potato curry

A traditional recipe for the potato lovers. A dry subzi goes well with sambar rice or curd rice.

Ingredients :-

1. Potato - 4 medium
2. Grated coconut - 4 tbsp
3. Green chillies - 3 nos
4. Ginger - 1/2" piece
5. Salt to taste
6. Oil for tempering
7. Mustard seeds
8. Urad whole
9. Curry leaves
10. Asafoetida powder - 1 pinch

 Procedure :-

• Pressure cook potatoes for 3 whistles. Cool and peel the skin. Gently mash it into rough medium pieces 

• Dry grind the grated coconut, green chillies without water.

• Heat oil, add mustard seeds. When it starts spluttering, add whole urad, curry leaves, hing powder. 

• When urad turns golden brown, add the potato pieces and ground coconut masala, salt 

• Cover and cook for two minutes by stirring in between.

• Yummy potato curry / Podimas ready

In this traditional recipe, i used coconut oil which is more flavourful. 

PS : You can also squeeze in few drops of lemon before serving which adds to the flavour & taste and make it more yummy.

Banana Chips (nendran kaai varathadu)

Crispy Chips always give you a good company whether you chat or watching your favourite programme in TV.  An all time favourite to one and all.

Made some crispy chips using raw banana (nendran variety) - big kela.

The speciaility of this chip is it is made using a special banana called 'nendran' (big kela), bright yellow in colour and fried in coconut oil which makes it even more attractive, flavourful & tasty which makes you crave for more, more and more...........

Ingredients :

1. Raw banana - 4 nos
2. Water - 1/4 cup
3. Salt - 1.5 tsp
4. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
5. Oil for frying

Procedure :-

• Wash and pat dry the banana. Peel (preserve this as we can make a nice & yummy dry subzi / Thoran out of it)

• Dissolve Turmeric Powder and Salt in 1/4 cup water

• Make thin round slices using a chips grater. the pieces will stick to each other. separate them and keep 10 - 15 pieces ready for each batch to fry or you can put them in water, then drain, spread on a clean kitchen towel, let it dry and then fry them.

• Heat coconut oil (don;t take it to smoking point)

• spread kitchen towel or newspaper into a basin & keep ready

• Keep in medium flame & deep fry the grated bananas when they turn 1/2 crisp, sprinkle some turmeric water into it and fry till water evaporates completely & chips becomes crisp and put them over the kitchen towel for the excess oil to get absorbed into the towel.

• Yummy banana chips is ready! Store it in an air tight container by spreading a piece of paper at the bottom.

Now sit back, relax and enjoy the crispy chips that melts into your mouth :D