Ingredients For Sugar syrup 2 cups water 2 cups sugar 1 tsp saffron (kesar) strands 1/2 tsp cardamom powder For Malpua 200 gms flour Ghee or oil for deep fry of malpuas 1 ½ litre Milk For Rabri 1 litre Milk 1cup sugar Chopped Slivered almonds and pistachios for garnishing How to make Syrup In a pan, mix 2 cups of water and 2 cups of sugar and boil. Keep on boiling the syrup until you get a single-thread consistency. {Read More}
Chapter 4 – Few days Before The D-Day
March 19, 2013 2 Comments
Previously: Chapter 3 – Those 9 Months The last visit to the Gynecologist turned out to be very disappointing for me. How can the date of my baby’s arrival be so professionally fixed? How come I will not have the fantasized Bollywood style delivery when I will wriggle in pain and my husband will rush me to hospital 😉 Add to all this the realization that my chances of having a normal delivery are almost zero. I took getting {Read More}
Lucky Balloons – Party Game
March 19, 2013 2 Comments
Number Of People Required To Play The Game No restriction, as many as you want. Things Required Balloons How to Play Blow the balloons as per the no. of the guests. While blowing the balloons insert a slip with something funny written on it like sing gyatri mantra, sing a nursery rhyme, say I Love You three times,stand on one leg for 30 sec., do reverse counting, do some mono acting etc. and blow 4-5 balloons with no slip. Give {Read More}
Create Breaking News – Kids Party Game
March 18, 2013 Leave a Comment
Things required Some old news papers of same date, magazines of same month Blank Chart papers. Markers, glue sticks, scissors How to Play Divide the children into groups of 4-5 each. Let the group sit together. Give them old news paper, magazines,markers,glue sticks, scissors etc. Ask them to design the front page of the newspaper by writing current events, using these old newspaper, magazines. They can also write their own articles or topics just to make an attractive front page {Read More}
Balloons Over & Under – Party Game
March 18, 2013 1 Comment
Number Of People Required To Play The Game No restriction, as many as you want. Things Required Water filled Balloons How to Play Divide the players into groups consisting of 7-8 players each. Let all the players of each group stand one behind the other. Keep one bucket full of water filled balloons in front of the first player. As the time starts, first player has to pass the balloon over his head to the player behind him. The next {Read More}
Water Balloons War – Party Game
March 17, 2013 3 Comments
Number Of People Required To Play The Game No restriction, as many as you want. Things Required Water filled Balloons T Shirts of Red and Yellow Color as per the no of players. How to Play Divide the players into two groups and name them as team A and team B. Let all the players of the team A wear t-shirt of Red Color and Team B players have to wear t-shirt of Yellow Color. Give water filled balloons to {Read More}
Holi Tambola – Party Game
March 16, 2013 5 Comments
Number Of People Required To Play The Game No restriction, as many as you want. Things required Make a list related to holi for ex. hara gulal, lal gulal, chandan, pichkari, balloon, gujhiya, thandai, bhang, laddoo, tesu ke phool, kanji, jal jeera, bhang ke pakore, rangoli, dahi bhalla, festival, holika, prahlada, falgun, brij ke holi, Lord Krishna etc. List all the above things on a board similar to tambola board Tickets are to be made just as tambola tickets ie. {Read More}
Belly Dance – Party Game
March 15, 2013 4 Comments
Number of People Required To Play The Game No restriction more the no, of guests, more fun it is going to be. Things Required Empty rectangle cardboard boxes (one box per guest) 8-10 small plastic balls per box Ribbon/cotton lace Music How to Play Tie the ribbon/cotton lace at both sides of the box. Now tie the box around the player’s waist with the help of the lace/ribbon so that box is just below the belly. Fill balls in the {Read More}
Chapter 3 – Those 9 Months
March 14, 2013 1 Comment
Previously: Chapter 2 – Visit to Gynecologist & Baby heartbeat On Monday, I told my manager that I can go to US for 2 months instead of 3 and my manager willingly altered my travel plan. With my SOS medicines and wishes of my family I left for US. My colleague, to whom I had told the whole story, took good care of me during travel. Taking my huge luggage off the conveyor belt to putting it in overhead bin {Read More}
Thandai – Holi Special Recipe
March 13, 2013 1 Comment
Ingredients 1 litres water 1 1/2 cups sugar (as per taste) 1 litre milk 1 tbsp. almonds chopped 1 tbsp. dried watermelon/muskmelon (kharbooj/tarbooj) seeds 1/2 tbsp. khuskhus (poppy seeds) 1 tsp – Peppercorns (whole) 1/2 tbsp. saunf (aniseed) 1/2 tsp. cardamom powder 1/4th cup chopped Pistachio (Pista) 1/2 tsp. rose water (optional) 1/4th tsp Saffron (Kesar) threads How to make Thandai Boil the milk in a pan and allow it to cool. Soak sugar in 1/2 liter of water and {Read More}