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Visited VivekanandhaSarees yesterday. They have an awesome collection of plain salwar materials, printed salwar materials, sarees etc.. I really liked the collection. If you are good at designing your own saree or tops, this is the best place. They have their own printing division to help you choose from umpteen blocks available. Otherwise, you can get plain cotton materials from them and choose to get it printed through my husband's cousin. I happened to visit her unit in Mandaveli for the first time. She has got a team of people to print sarees, salwars etc. I bought few printed kurta materials for 250Rs, felt its worth the money!!! I am also going to try getting my own kurtha printed sometime soon with plain materials!! My long found interest- Things seem to shape up on this after a long time...Will keep this space updated once I have one :)

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I am terribly down today! My house is really empty.. When there were inlaws at home, I feel I have sometime for myself and get to shop without having time restriction to come back home! But, currently I am all by myself in our rented flat and I feel very bored! I wish I could shop for hours together in a big mall!! But, dont seem to have the guts to step out in the hot sun!! I dont feel like doing anything at all, other than sleeping! Is it the summer or my monthly mood swings!?? God only knows!! I just felt like scribbling..Its my blog aah? Dont I have the riight to do that ? Anyone, who would like to give me company?

Get-to :: Healthy & Tasty Salad

Its summer and the scortching heat in Chennai has no way spoilt the holiday mood of the school-goers of our cousin families. After lot of plan changes,we tried to host a little less than 2 dozen people in our house to have quality family bonding time with my BIL who had come down from the US. We had lot of dishes as part of the pot-luck menu! The food item which very much appealed everyone was a different type of salad/chat !! Here goes the rough receipe- add more to this as per your imagination. If you have the patience, try to sprout beforehand green moong dhal, black channa. Slightly boil - moong dhal, black channa, green gram, sweet korn kernels, groundnuts and drain the excess water and allow to cool. Slightly cook macoroni and steam potatoes as well. In a big bowl, add little oil, red chilly powder(as per spice), salt , lemon juice and mix the seasoning well.Chop different colors of capsicum, onion(optional), cucumber(optional),tomato, pineapple(optional), pomegranate(optional). Add the chopped vegetables,macoroni, cooked potatoes and the sprouted dhals into the bowl and mix well. Tasty healthy chat is ready! Instead if you dont have the time just like my SIL, buy all sprouts from any big supermarket and prepare readily.

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Finally...a formal learning!!

I have been trying to find an eggless baking class in and around the area where I am put up in Chennai for quite sometime. I even went to the extent of dropping an email query to Rashmi UdaySingh who writes in ChennaiTimes and my name/phone no. came in paper for the same reason! My search ended last week and I finally was able to attend an eggless baking class from a very talented cook/artist Mrs. Rajalakshmi Vasanthara(98404 33022/ 24417336). She is put up in Kasturibainagar, Adyar. She conducts classes like vegetable carving,mural painting, north indian dishes,baking, chocolate to name a few ....

She taught us 5 baking dishes in a span of 2.5 hrs for a nominal cost of 500Rs. Eggless sponge cake, eggless walnut cake, chocolate eggless cake, chocolate pinewheel cookies and cocunut cookies. I am yet to try them at home. Will try and post the receipe here later. In fact I did call from another person taking baking class in Velachery seeing that Chennai Times query.. I am yet to try to meet that person though..