Icy Cool

Baloch Ka Falooda

 

• 30 Minutes
• 2-4 People

Recipe Ingredients

• Milk 5 cups
• Condensed milk ½ tin
• Gulab sharbat as required
• Fruit cock tail 1 cup
• Strawberry ice cream 1 liter
• Sliced almond and pistachio as required
• Basil Seeds 1 tbsp soaked in 1 cup of water
• Strawberry jelly 1 packet
• Ingredients for falooda
• Arrowroot 1 ½ cup
• Water 3 cups

Recipe Method

1. 1) In a bowl mix together 1 ½ cup arrowroot and 3 cups of water.
2. 2) In a separate pan heat the dissolved arrowroot stirring continuously till glossy.
3. 3) Pour the mixture into a falooda mould. Now take a vessel that has been filled with chilled water and ice. Place the falooda mould on top of it.
4. 4)Ina  separate bowl mix together  5cups of  milk and ½ tin condensed milk  and chill for 4 hours.
5. To serve
6. 1)In a long  glass pour some  gulab sharbat,1tbsp  falooda, ½ cup prepared milk mixture ,a scoop of strawberry ice cream, basil seeds and jelly.
7. 2)Decorate with sliced almonds and pistachios.
8.  

   Chocolate Mousse In Minutes

   
   
   

   • 30 Minutes
   • 2-4 People

   Recipe Ingredients

   • Cooking chocolate 300 gm grated
   • Eggs 3
   • Caster sugar ½ cup
   • Coco powder 1 tbsp heaped
   • Whipped cream 300 gm
   • Grated chocolate to decorate

   Recipe Method

   1. Melt chocolate in a heat proof bowl over a pan of simmering water, stir until melted, remove from heat and cool slightly, beat eggs, gradually adding in sugar, beat for 10 minutes until is doubled in volume, fold in cooled chocolate and coco powder until combined, in a separate bowl beat cream until stiff, carefully fold the cream in chocolate mixture, spoon into 6 serving glasses, chill for 1 hour, decorate with extra whipped cream and grated chocolate.

The star-studded wedding of Shweta Tiwari and Abhinav Kohli

Television actress Shweta Tiwari tied the knot with her boyfriend Abhinav Kohli on July 13.

 Shweta Tiwari tied the knot with with her long time boyfriend Abhinav Kohli on Saturday July 13. A look at the inside pics of the wedding which was attended by close family and friends.

sangeet ceremony...shweta and daughter

Seal 'em Up: Banish Your Split Ends

"The hair is the richest ornament of women"
~ Martin Luther

I couldn't have agreed more. A head full of thick, long , luscious hair is every woman's pride and dream. No wonder it gave the inspiration to Alexander Pope to write an entire mock epic, The Rape of the Lock on a maiden's chopped lock of hair.

I have always had cropped hair as a kid.  But there were times when it grew a little long and I had to tie them up with red ribbons  into two sections when I went to school. The physical training teacher made sure that we looked something like this.

Image courtesy: Cryptomundo.com

I wasn't half as cute as this kid but well my braids stuck like horns on my head like they were wired and made to stand up in the air.

Thankfully, my hair doesn't look anything like that now. This is a pic of my hair tied up into a ponytail with a French twist. This is one of the best ways to protect your hair from the sun, rain, and pollution. It also keeps stray hair stands from falling all over your face, a respite during summers. Also, they are a great help on bad hair days.

I remember my mum telling me how thick and long her braids used to be when she was young. Her long dark mane tied in thick braids were her pride. She still retains her thick shiny hair which would put women half her age (yes, me included) to shame. But then you have this monster called "split end" to ruin all of it.

Mum has these frayed hair ends which make the hair ends rough and dry. Having long hair which isn't trimmed for a long time tends to split towards the end. Hair as it gets older tends to lose its moisture and starts splitting. Therefore, it needs special attention and care. Regular cleaning and conditioning your hair is extremely important to maintain the luster and prevent damage.

There is no cure for split ends except of course chopping them off. The only thing you can do is to prevent them from coming back.

• If the hair ends are split and damaged, chop till the portion where the split has extended to. Regularly trimming your hair every 6-8 weeks keeps them from splitting further.
• Keep your hair tied instead of keeping them open and down when you are out in the sun. Tie a scarf, bandanna or wear a hat.
• Apply copious amount of conditioner towards the ends of your hair. Start from the portion from your ears and apply till the ends. This is the portion which needs the highest care.
• You can trim your hair yourself at home in between your haircuts at the salon. Make sure you use hair shears and not just any paper cutting scissors which will cause more harm than good.
• Stay away from harsh chemicals and SLS based shampoos.
• Don't brush your hair too often. Too many brush strokes cause more splits.
• Don't brush too harshly or back brush. Hair strands are fragile and tend to get damaged if you use a bad comb and pull them too hard.

And well if your hair is already damaged and you don't want to chop them off, you have Dove's split end rescue treatment. It seals up those split ends and prevents further damage to the hair strand. I saw visible effects on my mum's hair after three washes. Her hair looks less damaged and rough towards the ends and are now smooth and shiny from the tips to the roots.
This is what the product says-

"Split-ends mean damaged hair. The Dove Split End Rescue Shampoo is a part of the Dove Damage Solutions range, specially formulated to help bring split-ends together. It has fiber actives that work on the deepest level of your hair, to give you up to 4X lesser split-ends*. "

The product doesn't claim to revert the effects but seal the frayed ends to provide smoother and softer hair. And it does exactly what it promises leaving your hair shinier and softer to touch. Dove has always been a favorite of mine when it came to hair care products and it keeps up to its promise again.

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Why we like listening to sad music

The researcher added that music that is perceived as sad actually induces romantic emotion as well as sad emotion. (AP Photo)

 

 

WASHINGTON: Japanese researchers have found that sad music might actually evoke positive emotions. Ai Kawakami and colleagues from Tokyo University of the Arts and the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan asked 44 volunteers, including both musicians and non-specialists, to listen to two pieces of sad music and one piece of happy music.

Each participant was required to use a set of keywords to rate both their perception of the music and their own emotional state.

The sad pieces of music included Glinka's 'La Separation' in F minor and Blumenfeld's Etude 'Sur Mer' in G minor. The happy music piece was Granados's Allegro de Concierto in G major. To control for the 'happy' effect of major key, they also played the minor-key pieces in major key, and vice versa.

The researchers explained that sad music evoked contradictory emotions because the participants of the study tended to feel sad music to be more tragic, less romantic, and less blithe than they felt themselves while listening to it.

The researchers wrote in the study that in general sad music induces sadness in listeners, and sadness is regarded as an unpleasant emotion.

They said that if sad music actually evokes only unpleasant emotion, we would not listen to it.

The researcher added that music that is perceived as sad actually induces romantic emotion as well as sad emotion. And people, regardless of their musical training, experience this ambivalent emotion to listen to the sad music.

The findings have been published in journal Frontiers in Psychology.