Floral painting

It has been long time i did a painting i have been working on that, I had plan of drawing  a dark fall and ray of sunlight (inspiration from the meramec carvans, st.louis) but it turned out like a dark canvas :)  then drew some flowers on top of it to spice up a bit and now the final version .  Hope it luks gud :).
I also wanted to try out glass painting for along time and so went out yesterday with my friend to hobby lobby (great place we both dono how our time runs when we are inside hobby lobby :) gr8 store gr8 place to get inspired as well) got all the stuffs and I hope will upload an glass painting soon, have to play with the colors and find out becoz all the colors in the kit seems to be very light.

Initial version

Final version :)

Bread Uttapam !!!

The title seems little different and yes when I was breaking my head for the evening snack, I was actually planning to make onion bajji instead for no reason I started surfing the net for some other different idea and then I came across a unique name as  "Bread uttappam" and finally decided to try that.

Ingredients and making is so easy.

Bread - 4 nos

Rava/Semolina - 1/2 cup

Curd\Yogurt - 1/2 cup

Veggies required -  It depends you can add any veggies which you like

onion - nicely chopped- 1/4 cup

Carrot - nicely chopped- 1/4 cup

Capsicum-  nicely chopped- 1/4 cup

Masala Required

Red chilli powder - 1/4 tbps

Cumin powder - 1/4 tbps (optional)

Mix everything except the bread to make a dough like consistency add 1/4 cup of water and don't make it too watery if batter become watery add some rava to it.

Place the pan and heat it, then add some butter or ghee lightly on the pan and then place the bread and place the batter on top of the bread and after a minute place the bread upside down and allow it cook and again replace the bread and once cooked its ready to eat :) (best part) 

My bread uttapam snap

and the link to youtube if my explanation is not clear for you guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8SBMwJSL58

 

Happy vishu!!!!

Ormakal Koodu Kootiya manasinte Thalir chillayil,
Ponnin niramulla Orayiram Ormakalumayi,
oru Vishu koodi varavayi.
Othiri snehathode Orayiram
“Vishu Asamsakal”
 

Vishu stands for new and fresh
Life is always new and fresh
Let us strive to make all days a happy Vishu.
Happy Vishu

our vishu kani this year!!!!

Body Attack!!!!

What is Body Attack?

Body Attack is a sports-inspired cardiovascular workout for building strength and stamina. It is a high-energy interval training class combines athletic aerobic movements with strength and stabilization exercises. Upper and body conditioning exercises are involved.

 According to Les Mills (Creator of Body Attack), here are the benefits of Body Attack:

• Burn calories for a leaner body
• Improve co-ordination and agility
• Increase heart and lung capacity through a full-body cardio workout

Review of Body Attack – Cardio Workout That Builds Your Stamina
 
   We have taken 3 classes so far and find this one is the challenging workout so far when compared to others like Zumba (My fav one :)) or  Body Jam. Initially we thought it would be an easy one and after first class we were like so tired and now we feel this workout helped us to increase the stamina now in one hour class we were able to 1/2 hour properly.

In summary, you will have warm ups with low impact moves. Then, with medium impact moves, your heart rate and energy level will increase. Subsequent tracks will challenge your stamina. Push ups and abdominal exercises are normally the next routine. Lunges will be done to strengthen the legs. Finally, you will cool down with stretching.

 Beginner Advice:

• You will run and jump a lot. Get a good pair of shoes for foot stability.
• Also, wear something comfortable.
• Because of the intense moves, you will sweat a lot. So, bring a towel and water bottle.

 Sources :
link for body attack - one of the track of the whole workout link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Yg2TTSd7A&feature=related

The blog where the information and photos are awesome, for more ideas you can checkout that too.
http://munfitnessblog.com/review-of-body-attack-cardio-workout-that-builds-your-stamina/