Customize soap DISPENSER

UPGRADE OLD SOAP DISPENSER TO FANCY LOOKING DISPENSER

I'm bored of using the soap dispenser with its brands flashing on me. I wanted it to look cute or beautiful, be something everybody will enjoy using, and not cost a fortune. And, when my friend asked me where to find a cute, low-cost soap dispenser, I realized it was time to update my own.

You can transform old soap dispenser into something guaranteed to amuse. A creative way to spruce up your kitchen soap area or bathroom.I am sharing my experience below with the pictures!!

Below are the pictures of the process :

1. First, neatly remove the sticker and wash off the dirt and stains.

     

2. Now you can choose any combination of patterns or paint as desired.

3. Voila!!! You have your customized soap dispenser.

    

You can always Customize it to match the decor in your kitchen or bathroom. Just make sure you enjoy doing this activity. 

Scrabble Art for walls...

I have recently moved to a rented apartment. The apartment is great , but I had to keep staring at some walls which were ripped off the paint at few places by earlier residents. I'm sure many of you'll would agree with me on those little compromises we make when we don't really have much choice. After a lot of inspiration on pinterest I figured out its time to test my creativity. I went ahead and purchased a thermocol sheet , had my hubby to cut out the tiles and painted the tiles with the letters of my choice. Once it was done, we began sticking the tiles to our wall using a scotch tape (which can be removed from walls later and it does not really leave any marks on wall). And it did make a huge apartment wall look so fabulous.I'm loving it. This is a really good solution for people like me who hate those bad walls and want to do something for it. It fits within budget. If we have lived in USA or Europe its easier to buy the scrabbles tiles of your choice and even online order them. But, to save the money and also because the apartment is not really mine, I opted for thermocol tiles.

Below are the picture of before and after the SCRABBLE WALL Fixture. Do share your thoughts with me as to how you feel it has come out.

The Blank and sad looking wall

Painting letters

Cutting tiles and painting them

The Scrabble wall..the final result!!!

CHICKEN KEEMA /MINCED MEET BALLS

Keema is nothing but minced meat of any type. Chicken Keema Balls are generally used as starters or used to go along with drinks. It surely tickles the taste buds and I love it spicy. There are many variations of chicken keema balls, however this is the most simplest one and I added a little of Soya sauce to make it more Indo – Chinese.

Ingredients :

Minced chicken – 500 gms

Chopped Onions – 1

Egg – 1

Cornflour –  5 tbsp

Chopped green chillies ½ cup

Curry leaves

Coriander & Mint leaves

Coriander powder – 2 tsp

Chilli powder – 1.5 tsp

Pepper powder – 1 tsp

Chopped Garlic – ½ Cup

MSG (Mono sodium glutamate) – a pinch

Soya sauce – 1tsp

Spring Onions for garnishing

Procedure

Take the minced chicken or we can use chicken cut into small pieces. Take any water that oozes out of chicken.

Marinate the chicken with chopped onions, one beaten egg, little corn flour, chopped green chillies, curry leaves, coriander leaves, coriander powder, chilli powder and pepper powder for an hour or so.

Make small balls of this and deep fry them to golden brown.

Later, in a wok add chopped garlic and finely chopped chillies and sauté for a minute or two on low flames. Don’t allow the garlic to turn brown. You may add a little of MSG (upto your taste) and 1tsp soya sauce.

Add the keema balls to it and toss it for 2-3 minutes.

Garnish with spring onions and mint – coriander leaves. Your Chicken keema balls are ready to serve now.

Hope you enjoyed the taste. Do let me know your reviews on the below.

Gajar ka Halwa / Carrot Halwa

One of the most popular Indian dessert, here's for you the 'Gajar ka Halwa' recipe. It is delicious warm or cold and loved by one and all...

Ingredients

·         1 kg carrots

1 1/2 liter milk

8 green cardamoms

5-7 Tbsp ghee

5-7 Tbsp sugar

2 Tbsp raisins

1 Tbsp shredded almonds

2 Tbsp chopped dates

·          

Method

Peel and grate the carrots.

Simmer in milk with the cardamom until liquid evaporates.

Heat ghee in a heavy pan and add the carrot mixture.

Cook over a gentle flame for 10-15 minutes.

Stir in sugar and continue cooking until the halwa turns deep reddish color.

Stir in dried fruit and serve.

Do try this and share your comments on the recipe...

Cute homescreen on mobiles!!!! COCOPPA

Hello Friends

To start off,  I'm a technically challenged person as i find it very hard to understand the technical stuff /Jargon's for simple stuff even on a cellphone.So my old phone was screwed up and I needed a new phone. While everybody looks into the techie side of gadgets, I was simple in my requirements of a cell phone with a good camera and wide screen with android in it.I recently got a new Android phone - Micromax Canvas 4 which is pretty cool. I love to have a personalized screen with all the menu customized by me, which is generally not an option in most of the cell phones. So I looked up to Google Play and with a bit of research here and there, I hit upon this wonderful app called COCOPPA. This works on IPhone as well.It goes with the tag line - 

Let's make the cutest home screen
in the world♪ 

It is a very simple app (especially for people like me!!!) All it took was few minutes for understanding and voila!! I had a brand new customized screen for my cell phone and not the limited stuff we got on the cell. I have shared the snap of my screen. 

I just wanted to share how I transformed my home screen with you'll, who must be searching for help online like me.. 

So..Ready for transforming your screen :

1. Search for the Cocoppa Icon/Wallpaper which is a free app and Download - Install it.

2. When you open the app, you can find some Icons / Wallpapers /Stamps - select either of them based on your requirement.

3. I started with selecting the wall paper for my Home screen. You can move down the page, where it has various search options as in snap.

4. Once you like the wallpaper - click on the Set as Wallpaper and your wallpaper has been selected.

5. Now comes my favorite part -menu icons.

6. Lets take the simple icons- such as messaging  / Gallery - do a search based on the criteria of your choice , select the most favourite one you like and then you would be prompted to Set up link. Click on it and you can choose the application of your choice and there you go..

 

7. I have set up icons for my regularly used applications viz., Phones, Contacts ,Messages,Gmail, Chrome, Camera ,Notebook etc.

8.You can anytime go back to the other icons that you have. Make sure you don't delete them.

9. Enjoy your personalized home screen on your mobile and be envied by your friends.

Hope this post was of some help to you. I would love to listen from you, both good and bad comments are welcome!!!

Cheerz

Shilpa