Mango Pickle - Maanga Thokku - Homemade Indian Pickle

Mango Pickle – Maanga Thokku – Homemade Pickle Recipe

Posted on October 22, 2018 by HomeMakingDelight

Mango Pickle – Maanga Thokku – Homemade Pickle Recipe

Pickles are used widely in south Asia with rice as the main food. Pickles are generally made to preserve and increase the life span of the vegetables. Mango pickle is the most popular among them. It is prepared by cooking the shredded raw mango in sesame oil and flavored with the mixture of roasted spices. Don’t miss to try the recipe if you find raw mangoes on market.

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Kinzd – Women’s Leather card Wallet & Make Up Bag – Product Review

Posted on September 4, 2017 by HomeMakingDelight

Kinzd – Women’s Leather card Wallet & Make Up Bag – Product Review

Hey there fellas,

Hope you all enjoyed this summer with a great vacation. We also refreshed & recollected ourselves after a break. Here, I would like to introduce to you the products that I enjoyed using throughout my travel. As much as we love to travel, the one thing we must focus before planning our vacation is organizing our luggage. We girls always prefer to carry our own cosmetics, even if it’s for a day or week. For me, I had never been satisfied with my travel pouch before, as it was either small & I couldn’t carry all I need or it was too stiff & did not fit in my carry-on bag making it more difficult to travel with.

Finally, I am pleased with the product “Women Cosmetic Pouch storage Toiletry Travel Accessories Organizer” from Kinzd that met all my needs for a perfect make up bag. Having second thoughts about choosing which make-up items for your travel??? Don’t you worry!! Bring them all as Kinzd-Cosmetic pouch have enough space to hold all your A-Z make-up items. 🙂

Along with that, I would also love to introduce you about their “Accordion Wallet RFID Leather Card Wallet for Women Credit Card Holder” – A secure ladies’ wallet that protects your identity from Electronic pick pocketing. You know, how many times I missed to bring the store credit cards and missed their discounts?? Auh-Huh, not happening anymore!! Kinzd Leather card wallet provides enough room to fit plenty of cards and it’s easily slips even into my small purse. SO cute!! 🙂

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London Linen Decorative Indigo2ashNY Flange Throw Pillow – Product Review

Posted on September 3, 2017 by HomeMakingDelight

London Linen Decorative Indigo2ashNY Flange Throw Pillow

Back in good old days, people lived in houses that have unique style and structure. Now, with the growing population, we all have been living in few square-feet apartments with same structure and just a wall separating us. Then, what can make us feel our home unique and express our own style and character? It’s furniture and decorations we add to our home sweet homes. Furniture occupies most of the living space and makes you feel lived in, comforting and welcoming. The unique accessories we add to the living room and the furniture according to our taste & style could bring out more life & color. Unknowingly, the furniture would become part of the family when the kids running or jumping out of the sofas, drinking coffee with our guests in the coffee table, family movie nights on recliners or fascinating stories we tell our kids at the dinner table. These memories are the ones that make us feel unique and can proudly call our house an actual “home“.

I was thinking to change my old throw pillows as they started looking dull. Without the throw pillows, the couch looked plain and it kept on reminding me of missing something. I was so glad and relieved when I received the 22″x 22″ London linen Decorative Indigo2ashNY Flange Throw pillows – Indigo2ashNY from Amazon. Those perfectly fit and sit on my leather-fabric sofa and the golden color brightens the appearance and lightens up the living room by giving a new fresh look. If you are moving out to a new apartment, replacing or buying a new furniture or you want to impress the buyers for your furnished move-in apartments, then it’s time for you to check out for the “Londen linen Flange Throw Pillows”.

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London Linen Decorative Flange Throw Pillow – Indigo2ashNY Flange Pillows- Product Review

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Puffy Mattress Review – Puffy Bed-in-a-Box Best Mattress

Posted on July 19, 2017 by HomeMakingDelight

Puffy Mattress Review – Puffy Bed-in-a-Box Best Mattress

We all could agree on one thing that sleep is the best meditation ever. Working all day starting from preparing breakfast, getting kids ready to school, going to office & doing household chores till night, we all deserve the beautiful 7-8 hours of full sleep at night. To put that in better words, the common dream that we all have is lying on bed, hugging a pillow and falling asleep peacefully every night. It’s so true that sleep is the golden chain that ties our body and health together. Lack of sleep could completely knock you down as it plays a critical role in thinking & learning. Also, it ages your skin, makes you forgetful and sleep deprivation may lead to cardiovascular disease.

Now, it’s pretty much clear that if we sleep better then we can certainly live better. There are few things we need to consider for better sleeping – sticking to bed time schedule, watching what we eat, reducing the use of electronic devices, exercising & improvising our sleeping environment which include the light exposure, noise, room temperature and choosing the right mattress. We all have different level of comfort zone when it comes to mattress firmness, foam toppers and pillows. Sometimes, we woke up with neck or back pain or feeling too warm after our sleep, it’s all because of not choosing the right mattress. If you are looking for the right mattress to pursue your sweet dreams, we would like to introduce “Puffy“.

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Joyal Beauty – Super Brightening Vitamin C Eye Gel Product Review

Posted on June 30, 2017 by HomeMakingDelight

Joyal Beauty – Super Brightening Vitamin C Eye Gel

Joyal Beauty – Super Brightening Vitamin C Eye Gel – Most of us don’t live in the world where we can get solid 8 hours of sound and deep sleep. With a few habits we had picked up in this era like late night study, overnight party, watching movies in iPads & laptops and not to forget the inseparable sixth finger – the mobile phone which is pretty much the first & the last thing we see everyday, our eyes don’t get enough care. This results in wrinkles, puffiness, crow’s feet and dark circles around the eyes. Don’t you worry, you are not alone in this. If you are looking for an organic eye cream product to take care of your eyes in a natural way then, there are ‘N’ number of options available. We would like to suggest one such product which I recently tried “Joyal Beauty – Super Brightening Vitamin C Eye Gel“.

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SaleBhai – Website Review – Online Shopping for sweets, snacks & handicrafts

Posted on May 27, 2017 by HomeMakingDelight

SaleBhai – Website Review – Online Shopping for sweets, snacks, dry fruits & handicrafts

Hey guys,

We all have branched out to various cities, states & countries seeking different opportunities. Technology has been helping us stay in touch with our roots, no matter where we live. When I had to move out of the country, I started missing our traditional food very badly. It’s true that we won’t realize what we have, until we miss those. I always dream of how nice it would be to get my native sweets & snacks delivered internationally at my door steps. 😐 It’s slowly getting realized these days. There are so many online shopping websites that deliver our desi products internationally. While searching for such websites, I came across – SALEBHAI – an online shopping platform for all your native food cravings. When I checked their website, I came to know there is much more than food in their website like health & herbal products, arts & crafts, gifts and puja needs.

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We all have been ordering pizza for home delivery with a few clicks. Won’t that be cool if we could do just the same for our desi foods from our favorite location? SaleBhai covers the products from the length and breadth of India. So, you don’t have to think about planning a holiday, booking tickets and all other hassles when you have a desire to taste authentic Assam tea or to buy genuine handcrafts from Rajasthan, saffron from Kashmir, or homemade chocolates from Ooty. SaleBhai offers them all; you can buy anything from anywhere and it will be delivered right at your doorsteps. 🙂 Continue reading →

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Kadala Curry – Peanut Gravy – Groundnut Curry Indian Recipe

Posted on May 25, 2017 by HomeMakingDelight

Kadala Curry – Peanut Gravy – Groundnut Curry Indian

Kadala Curry / Verkadalai curry is an easy side dish in which the dry groudnuts are pressure cooked to soft and mixed in the onion tomato spicy gravy base, flavored with mint and cilantro. The tanginess of lemon really brings out the taste of this spicy gravy. This is usually served as a side for chapathi or roti varieties. And, it would go well for dosa, idly or pooris.

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Chapathi is always there a couple of times on our weekly dinner menu and our channa masala gravy usually tags with it. I have been trying to increase my protein intake for a few days now. I was browsing for ingredients that has high-protein content and I was surprised to know that the protein content in peanuts (46%) are a bit higher than chickpeas (38%). That’s how I ended up making this Kadala curry as a sidedish for chapathi instead of our usual channa masala. 😀

Usually, in kerala, kadala curry is cooked from black chick peas. In Tamil Nadu, we call most pulses as “kadala” or “kadalai“. Channa or chick peas are called kondakadalai or mookadalai and peanuts/groundnuts are called verkadalai or nilakadalai. If you are here looking for chick pea recipes, please check out our Channa puli kolambu and south Indian style channa masala gravy.

If you are a peanut lover, you would totally dig this kadala curry recipe. 🙂 The cooked salted peanuts were tasty just as they were and I ended up eating half of those as such (which I had planned to save for making my yummy peanut salad). Though, it’s just a onion-tomato based gravy, the flavored peanuts along with the tanginess of lemon would make the gravy extra-delicious. If you are so bored of making your usual gravies for your dinner, here is a healthy alternative recipe to meet your expectation!!! 🙂

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Mother’s Day Giveaway – Free Personalized wood frame from CutOutArt

Posted on May 5, 2017 by HomeMakingDelight

Mother’s Day Giveaway – Free Personalized wood frame from CutOutArt

Dear all,

Mother’s Day Giveaway – Free Personalized wood frame from CutOutArt & Home-Making-Delight – With Mother’s day coming up, most of you would have already planned for gifts for your moms. If not, here’s an option for you to get an awesome customized gift – A personalized wood frame for your mom FOR FREE as a gesture from Home-Making-Delight and CutOutArt. 🙂 Go on, read and you could get yourself or your mom a cool custom art gift for free just by following a few steps.. 🙂 All the best 🙂

Gifting choices are more for us nowadays. We could buy clothes, jewels (may be a ring or necklace or an anklet), perfume, her favorite coffee or may be a trip to her dream place. If you would like your gifts more personalized & customized, you can always go for photo-printed mugs, T.shirts etc. Photo printed mugs are kind of out dated now. So, We have decided to get a personalized wood frame (Photo-printed) with our family photo for our mom for this mother’s day from CutOutArt. Also, we are also planning to get our own customized fruit basket with all her favorite fruits and chocolates. 🙂 We got her a coffee powder already, as she’s a big fan of coffee. 🙂

Although we are promoting this giveaway for the upcoming mother’s day, it’s not limited to gifts for your moms. You can print your little one’s photo in wood and frame it in his/her bed room. A family photo would be a great idea for living room. If you love pets, you could take one with your pet and frame it. You could hang that personalized wood frame on your wall or place it in your office desk. You could make a collage or print your favorite place in the world in wood. What if it’s your wedding photo printed on a wood and framed to be cherished forever??!? 🙂 It would be way cooler than your usual photographs, I bet. 🙂

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Baked Okra Recipe – Bhindi Fry in Oven – Quick Starter for Parties

Posted on May 4, 2017 by HomeMakingDelight

Baked Okra Recipe – Bhindi Fry in Oven Recipe

Baked Okra Recipe is a non-sticky baked version of our bhindi fry in which the finely chopped & seasoned lady’s fingers are baked in the oven after which they are sauteed with onions. Finally, they are garnished with freshly grated coconut. Easy, risk-free, non-sticky & baked okra version for the okra lovers out there. 😀

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Baked Okra Recipe – Fried bhindi from Homemaking Delight

As much as I loved to eat bhindi fry aka okra fry, cooking “bhindi fry” was not my favorite during my initial cooking days. It was mainly because of its sticky nature and long minutes of sauteing okra in kadai with constant stirring to get the perfect okra fries. During that phase, I had made a few funny dishes in the name of bhindi fry. 😀 Hope, people who had tasted that, had quite forgotten and moved on now. 😐 Here’s the solution to the biggest okra problem ever – how to cook okras fast, tasty and non-sticky. 🙂

Pan-fried okras are good to make in small quantities. But, when you are planning to prepare in bulk for any party or get-together, baked okra is a better option that saves a lot of time. You don’t need to worry about adding curd or rice flour for making non-sticky vendaikkai fries. Just, layer the bhindi in single layer and bake. It won’t be sticky at all, when it comes out of the oven fully cooked. You can have it as such with some freshly added coconut or saute them with onions & curry powder for more flavor. So, don’t have any second thoughts on buying lady’s finger from the market fretting on its stickiness. Remember, that our baked okra recipe is there to save you. 🙂

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Mashed Red Pumpkin Curry recipe – Parangikkai masala sabzi

Posted on May 3, 2017 by HomeMakingDelight

Mashed Red Pumpkin curry recipe – Parangikkai masala sabzi

Hi there,

Red Pumzpkin Curry recipe – Parangikkai masala sabzi – Mashed red pumpkin cooked with onions & chosen Indian spices – A very simple & spicy side dish cooked with mashed red pumpkin and a few chosen spices to go with rather plain/mild dishes like mor kolambu or pulao or even with Chapathi or roti varieties.

I am a picky eater. I eat very less (This doesn’t include cakes, chocolates and snacks especially mullu bonda 😀 ), but I am so choosy with my food as well as my cooking. When it comes to cooking vegetables, I have a big constraint list based on the veggies. For poriyal or side dish types, veggies like carrot, beetroot, radish, cabbage must be grated. Beans, long beans, broad beans must be chopped very thinly. Veggies like bitter gourd, turkey berry, banana flower must be cooked with dhal as “paruppusili“. For masala poriyal or karaporial, there should be onions and for plain veggie curries, there should be grated coconut finishing. 😀