Musings of a bored girl

Maccher Sorshe Jhaal is a spicym little pungent fish curry with mustard base that is best served with steamed rice. Maccher Jhaal  or as others call it Sarsowaali Fish Curry is most common Fish curry in a Bengali household that gives a variation where fish is in everyday menu. Ingredients Rui?Katla/Parshe/Bhetki or any fish you like - 8 pieces Turmeric - 1teaspoon Salt- 1/2 teaspoon Mustard oil- 4 tablesoon + 2 tablespoon Kalonji/ Nigella seeds- 1/2 teaspoon Black mustard seeds- 2 tablespoons Yellow Mustard seeds- 2 tablespoons Green Chili- 3-4 /slit from in between Take the fish and was under the tap water, marinate with 1 teaspoon turmeric and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Keep aside.  Now take black and yellow mustard seeds and put it in the grinder, alng with some salt and 2-3 green chillies. Add a little water and grind to make a fine paste.  Take the paste in a medium bowl and add 1/2 cup of water in the bowl an...

Material needed Recyled cds- lots and lots of it. Adhesive  Scissors Decoarative material- colours, glitters, beads, paper, sketch pens Bottles, newspaper etc.  Used beer bottle and cds used to make this bottle. The cd was cut up into small pieces with scissors and then stuck to the bottle using adhesive. It gives a mosaic look. The bottle can be used for  keeping small indoor plants or simply as a decorative piece. It looks amazing when different light sources strikes it, almost giving it a disco ball effect.  Cd coasters The cds have first been lacquered with acrylic colours. It was then scratched using any sharp material like scissor, pencil, old pen etc. Any interesting designs can be made on this. To give it a finishing touch, it was given a coat of varnish and voila! The coasters are ready to be used.  The picture is self descriptive. Cd are used to make simple animals using any...