Musings of a bored girl

Shahi Tukda literally means the royal piece which has its roots in the Mughal cuisine. It is particularly prepared in the holy month of Ramzan and Eid. This dessert has variations like the hyderabadi double ka meetha served at functions and weddings. This is my simple version of the dessert.  Ingredients For the bread. 4 bread slices Oil -2tsp For the Cream sauce (Optional) Condensed milk - 1/2 cup or 4 tsp Milk -1/2 cup, ( more if you require) Corn flour 1/2 Cardamom powder a pinch For the Sugar Syrup Sugar- 1/2 cup Water enough to cover sugar. Almonds and Pistachios finely chopped for garnish Method  For the cream sauce. In a bowl, take the corn flour and add 2 rsp of milk and blend well to form lump less liquid. Keep it aside. In a pan take the condensed milk and add the rest of milk. Bring to boil. When it starts to boil, simmer and slowly add the corn flour mix . it will thicken very fast so keep stirring continuo

Getting bored this summer? Here is a simple DIY photo frame which can be made from things around the house.  Materials needed : Cardboard frame cutout ( Old broken frames can be recycles) Paper- Newspaper, old recycled paper from magazines Adhesive Scissors Colours- Acrylic (it is water proof and stays longer) Brush to paint Beads/ glitter/ other household things- to decorate.  I have used all recycled things lying around the house and easy to use. The first step is to start rolling the paper into rolls and then gluing it. Once it is dry, these rolls have to be rolled into coils of different sizes.  Once you have made a number of coiled rolls, lacquer it with a mixture of adhesive and water, This will strengthen the coils and the paper would never come apart. In the meanwhile, paint the photo frame base in the colour of your choice. Even though the frame would be covered but it is necessary so that tiny crevices dont look blank. Once the