STYLES OF INDIA

Namaste and Hi guys! I am here to introduce you to the country rich with species and whose tradition is famous world wide. In the last blog we learned about some dishes of India. Yummy!! Today I going to introduce you with different kinds of dresses and of India. First let's start with th most famous dress of India which is known worldwide-

SAREE-     It is a kind of dress which is really diffult to carry but looks very beautiful when worn. The picture on the right side shows an bollywood actress  (katrina Kaif) in a saree. She is my one of the favorite actress. She looks really pretty in a saree. Saree is usually worn by the bride and on special ocassions like someone's marriage or something like that. Sarees are of many types- like silk, cotton, banarasi ( kind of a fabric and design), rajastani (from the north-west part of India) and many more. They are all just different kinds of prints and designs.
The most famous types of Indian saree are-

Bandhani

Patola

Gujarati brocade

Paithani

Chanderi

Gadawal

Banaras brocade

Kota doria

Kanjeevaram

Konrad

Pashmina silk

Kota silk

Puttapakshi

Baluchari

Types of saree - http://www.mapsofindia.com/india-dress.html

LAHANGA- It is a kind of a dress that is somewhat realed to saree. It has three seprate piecies. When I  was small I used to wear lahanga on marriages. In this you have a top kind of thing with a long skirt in the bottom with a light stole kind of thing for the neck. It is a dress that usually worn in south - western part of India like Gujrat, Ahemdabad and even the middle part of India like Madhya Pradesh.  
 Picture- http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com/2008/08/review-of-singh-is-kinng.html

KURTA PAJAMA- It is a dress that is commonly worn by Indian women as daily wear. It is a long top with a pajama kind of thing for the bottom and a light stole for the neck. 
 
Picture- http://mummyg.com/dhoti%20kurta.html
            

DOHTI KURTA & LUNGI -  It is a dress worn by the men of India. It is the most common traditional dress for mens. It is a kind of dress men usually wear on marriages or special occassions. The picture on the left is  of two men wearing a DHOTI ( the bottom part) KURTA ( the top part). The difference between Dhoti and Kurta is that Lungi is worn and called in the sourthen part of India.

                                            

KESHAV - It is a dress worn by women living in the western part of India. The bottom is kind of same as the lungi (dress worn by women _ above). It is dress that mostly worn by women living in the western part of India like Maharashtra(I am from Maharashtra, and I once worn this dress for fancy dress competition although I came 2nd in the competition).  

Picture- http://veralligator.tumblr.com/post/6647039923/not-so-long-ago-nauwaree-was-the-usual-dress-of                                        




       The picture on the left is of a typical men living in Rajasthan (northern part of India). The picture below is of a typical women living in Rajasthan.( This is a picture of a girl dancing).  

  
Picture1- http://www.indianetzone.com/42/costumes_rajasthani_men.htm                                              
Picture 2- http://zanbaka.com/inspiration.htm

       This is a picture of mehndi ( HENA). I know this is not realated to this topic but I just love hena- it smells really good and even looks really good when applied.                                                


Picture- http://www.ajewelrystyle.com/rajasthani-mehndi-designs-for-your-hands-and-feet/
                                                                                   

                                                                        

FLAVORS OF INDIA

 

Namaste and Hi guys to the amazing world of languages. Well it's a long time since I wrote a blog. In very blog we learn some Hindi words but in this one I will introduce you to some popular Indian dishes. So today we are going to learn about some Indian dishes. Every country has it's own taste and style of cooking. India is called the king of 'spices'. Indian food is really spicy like the Mexicans. Indian curies are famous all over the world. Another amazing thing is that different regions of India have different cuisines, with each of them having characteristic flavor. I belong to the northern part of India so I will start with a yummy north Indian dish.

First we are going to start with one of the most famous and easy Indian dish, that is the SAMOSA !!!!!!!!

 It is a kind of a snack that is common in India. It is really cheap and really tasty !!!!!!!! It is made up of all purpose flour with a spicy potato filling and is generally served with mint and cilantro salsa. You can see a picture of samosas below. Doesn't that look yummy !!!!!!!

                  http://www.pakfactor.com/samosa-the-yummy-golden-triangle.html

Now we move on to the next dish. The next dish is a sweet dish. The name of the dish is JALEBI. It is a famous desert made from curd, gram flour and roundels dipped in sugar syrup. On your right you can see a picture of Jalebi. 

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/9738857@N02/3330545665/

Now the next dish is DOSA - IDLY. It is a south Indian dish and is one of my favorite  Indian dish. Both are made from rice flour and white lintens. Dosa are like pancakes served with coconut dip and idlies are steamed dumplings served with samber ( kind of soup ).

http://www.buzzintown.com/mumbai/event--idly-n-dosa-food-festival/id--143050.html

Last but certainly not the least is a popular desert from estern part of India called RASGULA. It has cheese ballas dipped in sugar syrup with rose flavor. The balls are so soft that they literally melt in your mouth.

                                    http://www.allhealthyrecipes.net/rasgulla-recipe/

I hope all these yummy dishes have watered your mouth like mine. I had a great time writing this blog. I will see you in my next blog so stay tuned !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!