Home Made God Mandap.

 God's Mandap.

 

Steps for Constructing Mandap:

While making the mandap I did not take any photos, so I do not have much of the photos.

On request on have noted some steps below, if any help or doubt please post comments so that I can reply for the same. Thanks.

1. Get the required materials - 

     Aluminum wall beeding, Nuts & bolts, Hard card board, Golden paper, silver paper, bells, thermocol balls, thermocal rectangular cut pieces, Golden glitter powder, golden craft thread, golden color border's(from dollar store), glue, golden glitter glue.

You can find the below Aluminum wall beeding in Home Depot store.

2. Cut the aluminum wall beeding to construct and rectangular box frame of the desired size you wish to make the mandap.I made of the rectangular box  frame of 36W X 28H X 15D (inches). Join the frame using nuts & bolt. From the base about the height of 9 inches (for some space for drawers) make the base for placing the Gods by joining the beedings

3. Cut the card board with the desired design you want for the mandap for the 4sides of the mandap and the gopuram. And also cut the cardboard for making the drawers. Glue the golden paper for the outside of the mandap and silver paper for the inside of the mandap.

4. Glue the finished cardboard to the frame to make the mandap and its gopuram.
5. Glue the thermocol balls & thermocal rectangular cut pieces with the golden glitter glue and spray some golder glitter powder on it to give it nice finish. With the golden paper make the cones to keep them on the thermocol balls. Place the balls on required places as shown in the mandap photo.

6. Use the golden border to place it on the four sides of the gopuram as required.
7. Make the holes on three sides( front, and 2 sides) of the base gopuram each at certain fixed distance. Pull the golden thread within that and place a bell within it before pulling it into next hole.
8. Use the golden thread to make the handles for the drawers. Place the drawers within the base of the mandap, may be use some round marbles below the drawers to give it the smooth flow.
9. Decorate the mandap as desired.
10. You can make a hole withing the gopuram to fix light fixture.

Peanut chutney (Palli Chutney)

Ingredients:
1 cup peanuts
1 small onion
3 red chillis
2 green chillis
salt to taste.









Preparation Method
Step 1: Place a container on the stove, add peanuts, dry roast them. While roasting add red chillis towards the end and roast both together.

Step 2: Keep them aside and allow them to cool. Once cool if required you can peel off the peanuts skin by rubbing them with the hands.

Step 3: In the same container add little oil, once hot add cut onions and fry them for sometime, add green chillis and fry them with onions.Keep them aside and allow them to cool.

Step 4: Put rosted peanuts, red chillis, fried onions, green chillis, salt in a grinder and grind them to a fine paste.Add water to get required consistency.

And this delicious peanut chutney is ready to serve with idli or dosa.

Carrot-Beans Curry

Ingredients
Carrot 2 Nos
Beans 1/4 Kg / 15-20 Nos
Grated Coconut (Optional)
Dhaniya powder
Chilli Powder
Few Curry leaves
Coriender leaves
Salt to taste
Oil 1 Tbsp
Water 1 Cup

Popu Ingredients

1/4 Tbsp Mustard

1/4 Tbsp Jeera

1/2 Tbsp Urad Dal

1/2 Tbsp Channa Dal (Senaga Pappu)

Preparation Method

Step 1: Peel carror skin, wash cut in the small cubes as shown below. Wash and cut beans also in to small pieces.

Step 2: Add 1 cup water in a container with the little salt, cut carrot and beans, place the container on stove wit lid closed. Let it boil for 5 min. Filter out the water once carrot and beans are boiled.

Step 3: Place a container on stove add oil, once hot add the popu ingredients. Allow it to splutter. Add Curry leaves. Add the boiled carrot and beans. Add salt mix and let it fry for 5 min with lid closed.

Step 4:  Add chilli powder, dhania powder and grated coconut, mix well and let it fry for 2 mins. Once ready add coriender leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.

Kacchi Dabeli

A Snack item prepared by Swapna. This is a very tasty snack with a mixed taste of sweet, sour hot.

Ingredients

9-10 Pav/ Buns.
2 medium Potato (Boiled)
1/2 Cup Pomegranates seeds.
1 Onion sliced in to small pieces.
1/2 Cup roasted Peanuts.
1/2 Cup Sav
1 Tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala
1/2 Tbsp Chat Masala
1 Tbsp Dabeli Masala
Green/ Mint Chutney
Tamarind Chutney

Preparations

Step 1: Prepare dabeli masala by mixing, mashed potato, pav bhaji masala, chat masala, channa masala, salt to taste. Mix all thoroughly to make a thick paste.

Step 2: Cut bun into half slice keeping one end intact, apply green chutney, Tamarind chutney on the top and bottom side of the bun, add dabeli masala, onions, sev, pomegranate seeds, roasted peanuts. Stuff all this in a proper quantity so that nothing much falls out of the bun.

Step 3: Heat pan for sometime, apply some butter or ghee on both sides of the bun and heat it on both side by pressing it against the pan.

Once baked on both the sides your Kacchi Dabeli is ready to eat!!!!

Wheat Dosa (Godhum Pindi Dosa)(Quick Dosa)

Ingredients:

1 Cup Wheat flour
3 Tbsp Rice flour
1/2 cup Butter milk(Thick Consistency)
2 Green chilli's cut into small pieces
1 onion sliced into small pieces.

salt and red chili powder for taste




Preparation:

Step 1: Add and mix all the above ingredients in a container.

Step 2: Keep adding water in small quantities to the above mixture until you get a thick consistence as normal dosa batter. Keep aside batter for 10-15 minutes.

Step 3:Heat the dosa pan for sometime and then spread the batter on it slowly. Little slow then the normal dosa. If needed you can spread onions on the batter and press them slowly so that they get stuck to the dosa batter.

Step 4 : Once the bottom side is cooked properly turn it to other side if required for little time and when done remove it.

yummy yummy colourful dosa is ready...

Pudhina(Mint) Pachadi

Ingredients:
Mint-2 small bunches
1 Tbsp oil.
1 Tbsp lemon juice.
1/2 Tbsp mustard seeds
1/2 Tbsp urad dal
1/4 Tbsp methi seeds.
2 dry red chilli's.
salt to taste





Preparation:

1.Pour oil in a container ,once hot add mustard, urad, methi ,allow it to splutter.

2.Switch off stove and then add red chilli's to above mixture and allow then to fry for few minutes.

3.Keep it aside and let the above mixture cool for some time.

4.In the same container add pudhina(mint) leaves and fry them for sometime and then allow it to cool.

5.Grind the step 3 mixture and then add mint leaves ,salt and then grind it again to a thick consistency.

6.Take out the mixture in a bowl and add lemon juice and mix it thoroughly and let it settle for sometime. So you are all set for a very tasty chutney.

Garden Stuffed Paratha

This is a very healthy, highly nutrient, very tasty paratha, which my friend Swapna made for us at dinner. I liked it very much so got some photos/recipe during preparation and blogged it to share with all.

Ingredients

For Dough
1 Small bunch Spinach
2 Cups of Wheat flour
1/2 Tbsp Ajwain
1 Tbsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
Water to prepare dough
Salt to Taste

For Stuffing
1 Cup Grated Beetroot
1 Cup Grated Carrot
2 Boiled Potato (Mashed to paste)
1 Cup Soaked Green Moong Dal
(Mashed to slight paste)
1/2 Cup Soaked/ Frozen Green peas
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
1/2 Tbsp Garam Masala
Little Coriander Leaves
Salt to Taste

Preparation of Dough
Step 1: Wash Spinach thoroughly and boil in little amount of water for 5minutes. Once cold grind it to a fine paste.

 Step 2: Take the required amount of wheat flour and mix it with the Spinach paste, then add little salt, Ajwain, Ginger-Garlic Paste and again mix all to prepare a thick dough. Keep it aside for some time.

Preparation of Garden Stuffing
Step 1: Mix all the ingredients mentioned above for the stuffing and keep it aside for some time, during this time all the ingredients mix with each other to give a nice taste and flavor.

Preparation of the Paratha
Step 1: Take sufficient quantity of the dough to make a lemon size balls.
Step 2: Press the dough balls to make it round and flat, like chapati.

Step 3: Add the sufficient amount of Garden Stuffing on the flattened dough, and fold the dough to cover the Garden Stuffing from all sides.

Step 4: Press the dough again to flatten it to the extent that the inside stuffing should not come out more.

Step 5: Heat a flat pan on medium flame, add the above paratha on the pan, add some ghee/ oil on it. Let the paratha fry for some time on the both sides.

And so the Paratha with all the garden vegetables stuffing so ready to eat.

Thank you Swapna for preparing this dish for us at dinner. While writing this blog I was very much eager to prepare it my self and eat with you all again. Will try for sure.