How to find the Perfect Foundation!

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Ever found yourself lost and confused when it comes to buying the perfect foundation and yet affordable? If yes, you are at the right place.  Come get all your answers in this quick tutorial we have put up for you to make these major life decisions easier! 😉

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Moong Dal Sabzi/ Split Yellow Lentils

Have you wanted to make something healthy yet yummy? Something that doesn’t require buying 100’s of healthy ingredients before getting started? Well, I’ve been there and most of the time I’m inspired to cook healthy meals, I often end up not doing it because I do not have those ingredients in my pantry and then you know what happens :p Mission healthy food : FAILS! Hahaha

But who comes to rescue during these tragic moments of course my MOM 🙂 This lentils recipe is not only super yummy but super super healthy as well and guess what : all the ingredients used are almost available all the time. So instead of having you all to read more of my stupid tragic stories, let’s just get started.

Ingredients :

• Moong Dal/ Split yellow lentils – 1 cup
• Medium sized tomato – 1 roughly chopped
• Calabash /bottle gourd/ Lauki – 1/2 cup roughly chopped
• Small onion – 1 roughly chopped
• Salt
• Red chilli powder – 1 1/2 tsp (you can add more or less as per your taste)
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
• Kitchen king masala or Garam masala – 1/2 tsp ( optional)
• Fresh lemon juice – 1 tsp (optional)
• Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves – 4-5
• Ghee/ Clarified butter or oil – 2 tbsp

Method :

• Wash the lentils and let it soak atleast for 30 mins ( It cooks faster if done this way. If in a hurry, it can be skipped as well)
• Put lentils, veggies and a little salt to a pressure cooker and let it cook up to 3 whistles.

 

• Let the cooker cool down, then open it and whisk the dal/ lentils till everything looks incorporated.

• For the seasoning, take a small pan or kadai – add ghee (can be substituted by oil), mustard seeds, cumin seeds, turmeric powder and red chilli powder.

• As you see them splutter, add them to the lentils. Add salt as per your taste.

• Add the Kitchen king masala/ garam masala and switch off the stove.
• Add lemon juice and mix everything together.
• Tada!! The yummy dal is ready to be served with roti’s/ rice or can just be eaten as is.

Note :

If the dal looks dry, you can add water to it. I added 1 cup of water and let it boil before serving it

Hope you all enjoyed this recipe.

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Stay happy, stay healthy 🙂

How to choose ‘the perfect’ Lipstick!

Hey lovelies!!

Lipstick, like clothing, has become seasonless- matching your own coloring is the goal now for the most of us!!

Have you had trouble choosing the right lipstick shade for your specific skin tone? I’ve always been overwhelmed with the enormous variety of shades available in the market today & have always wanted to try them all ! Haha 😉 As a result, I ended up buying a lot of them and when I actually had to put it on, it just doesn’t work!  They simple lie in my makeup bag and eventually I end up trashing it or giving it to my mom! What a shame right!?

To avoid all this and help choose the right shade, we have come up with these tips and ideas that will help you all make a better decision. Also, end up saving money right?

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Chocolate Truffles!

Chocolate!! – This is just enough to make my heart want more!! The word itself has so much power, that nothing more needs to be added.

And chocolate truffle – its like a true bliss, like heaven! Haha 😉

That’s how crazy I am about chocolate and anything related to it. So, one day I finally decided that I’m going to learn the art of making Chocolate truffles from one of my very close friends here at Stanford. And to my surprise, it was by far any of the easiest and yummiest recipes I’ve ever had. Trust me!! – Don’t believe it? Then see it for yourself.

Let’s get started!

Ingredients :

• Unsweetened baking chocolate bar – 4 oz
• Dark chocolate (Ghirardelli/ Nestle or any kind) – 8 oz
• Condensed milk – 14 oz
• Unsalted butter – 1 stick or 8 tbsp
• Cocoa powder – for garnishing
• Cointreau(orange) liqueur, Chambord (Black raspberry)Liqueur – 2 tbsp (optional, can be totally avoided)

Method :

• In a deep bottomed pan, melt butter. Do not over heat the butter. As soon as it starts melting, switch off the stove.

• Add both the chocolate bars and mix well.

• Add condensed milk to the above mixture.

• Pour into a bowl and stir vigorously until smooth.
• Mix until all the ingredients are incorporated well and the consistency turns thick.
• Add any liqueur of your choice at this point. This step is totally optional.

• Remember : it should not be a pouring consistency. But not too thick either.
• Let it freeze atleast for an hour, to the point you can scoop it.
• After an hour, take the bowl out from the freezer.
• Scoop out one tbsp of the mix and make small balls by pressing it between your palms.
• Continue till you finish all the truffle balls.
• Roll in cocoa powder or even finely chopped nuts of your choice.
• Tada!! – Chocolate truffle balls are now all ready to be eaten 🙂

 

ELF Haul & Mini Review

Who doesn’t like inexpensive & drug store make-up products which are actually are too damn good to resist!!

One of the few very good brands I’ve been addicted to is ELF.

Take a look at some of their product reviews in this video we put together for all you lovelies 🙂

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