This weekend, as I washed and dried all the bottles under the sun I decided to do some dal-sorting. Most of the dals were beyond their expiriy date. Some jars even had a small, yet, thriving eco-system in them.
Idea! I had 3 pretty-OK shaped bottles. Few nice looking but not edible dal packets. And some time to spare.
So came up with these for my kitchen window sil :-D
Felt they looked nice!
(click image for an enlarged view)Want to try? Its too simple to be explained in steps. So here goes some tips:
- Ensure that the jars are perfectly dry before you begin this!
- Take care to use a funnel to put the dal through narrow-mouthed bottles.
- Masoor dal gives a vibrant look to it. Use it in plenty.
- I used an old packet of rock salt for the white portion. Salt/Sugar can also be used.
- I even stuffed a few dried-red-chilles near the top of the bottle.
- You can add ANY stuff from your kitchen here. Don't stop at dals. I have added even a saunf layer!
- And yes, you might have to sacrifice some of the good green-gram and other dals which you use frequently. Don't depend ONLY on the stuffs which have outlived their expiry dates!
That is it, I guess :-D
My attempt doesn't look all that neat. But I got so excited with the idea that I had to-had to-had to blog it :-p
10 comments:
next time vertical aayi arrange cheythu nokku.. steps njan paranju tharaam.. :)
Good job... angayude oru kalabhodham...
Btw, kazhikkan ulla sadanangal waste cheyyaruthu... :P
Its sooo WOW!
I'm all for DIYs and re-using stuff creatively. and psst.. I must have a few packs of assorted dals waiting for their expiry dates in my kitchen shelf too.. lemme go check! :P
kollam kollam ... nalla designs :)
hmmm,our grainaries r rotting away,mayb yu shud sell them tis idea :P
brigthens up yur kitchen cool :)
@sandeep uvvu uvvu :-p
@Vimal Gasper Heheh.. Angayude food-obsession :-p !
@usha thanks! and hurry up :)
@sandeep unnimadhavan :-D Danks!
@kangna aah.. u think i should! I could do with some money infact :-p
Looks Good!!!
:) nice creativity! Adding to it, a tip to cook it all in one go without taking time to separate them.
Dump all these into a bowl containing water. Let the rock salt dissolve; by that time dals and grams will get softer. Drain the salty water and add fresh water. Skim out the Wet red-chilles. Cook all of them together. Add oil and wet red chillies.
I hope saunf won't taste that bad!
hey..it is coollll..hope the local insect population doesnt add one more layer to that ;)
That looks so cool!
Post a Comment