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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

30+ rangoli kolam simple designs  Though I have drawn all the designs myself personally I am thankful to my family for the inputs, information and help in drafting all the posts so far.  I have used the terms kolam  rangoli quite freely in all the posts. Probably there would have been differences based on classical (!) explanations in the past but today kolams can also be colourful like rangolis both in the free hand and dots type  I find that even the terms rangoli kolam and kolam rangoli are used at  present. The only area where I think kolam are different are in sikku kolam and arisi maavu kolam. Both are beautiful, challenging and can be intricate. Rangoli is muggulu in Telugu and so this post will be useful for those in search of small and simple muggulu for beginners.  This post   may have answers  kutty rangoli /kolam designs The rangoli in the image below is one of the basic designs that can be used for learning.   Form a star w...
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Potato lemon curry Urulaikizhangupodimas


This is one of the most traditional methods of making potato poriyal . Take a little oil in a shall vessel and heat it 

The ingredients are half kg potatoes, mustard seeds, urad dhal, gram dhal, Asafoetida, turmeric powder, curry leaves, green chillies ginger, Salt and two medium sized lemons.

This is one of the most popular side dishes among children and adults alike.  Generally used as a side dish for rice, poori and occasionally chapati and dosa.

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Add mustard, urad dhal and gram dhal to oil.  When mustard stops spluttering

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Add asafoetida
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Add curry leaves
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Add finely chopped green chillies and ginger pieces

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Add turmeric powder when these are cooked

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Add the previously cooked (in a pressure cooker ) and mashed potatoes to these and mix well with a ladle

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Add salt to taste and mix well so that all the ingredients mix evenly through out

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Switch off the stove and squeeze the two medium sized lemon.  This ensures that the curry does not turn bitter.
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Potato poriyal is ready to be served as a side dish for rice.  We can use it for chapati and poori also

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Onion is not added to this category, usually. 

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