By Tript Arora
Zafrani Kheer
In traditional Indian cuisines, sweet dishes hold a special place. According to ayurveda , the food should have three elements ie. Salt, sour and sweet. Therefore, Every Indian meal is incomplete without a sweet dish. Kheer has always been a favorite of everyone. This recipe includes a tip which reduces cooking time and effort. I have taken full fat milk and added soaked and ground rice and almonds to it, thus making it an easy and quick recipe. For extra flavour saffron or Kesar has been added. To make it more rich some more dry fruits are added. Do try it once you will love the Royal flavours it has.
We need
–             1 Litre Full Fat Milk (8%)
–            75 gm Rice
–             50 gm Almonds
–             4 Green Cardamom / 1 Tsp Cardamom powder
–            75 gm Sugar
–           Few Strands Of Saffron or Kesar
–           Cashews and raisins to garnish
Let us get started
–             Soak rice and almonds in water for 15 minutes.
–             Boil 1 litre of milk in a thick-bottom pan. When it boils, keep the flame on low and let it boil for 5 minutes. Keep on stirring.
–             Drain water from rice and almonds and coarsely grind them.
–             Add these ground almonds and rice to the milk. Keep on stirring milk while adding them otherwise lumps of rice will be formed.
–             Keep the pan on low flame for another ten minutes. Meanwhile keep on stirring the milk mixture. Scrap the milk which sticks to the side of the pan.
–             Take two tbsp of warm milk and mix  saffron strands to it. Keep aside.
–            Crush cardamom and add it to the rice, almonds and milk mixture. Let it boil for another 2 minutes. Add the saffron milk to the pan and continue to stir for another 2 minutes.
–            The Zafrani Kheer is now ready. Garnish it with chopped almonds, raisins and cashews. Refrigerate it for two hours and enjoy this Royal Zafrani Kheer.
Tip
–            Keep on stirring the Kheer otherwise the milk will stick to the pan and will get burnt. This will spoil the taste

French Manicure Ideas
A French manicure is as elegant as it gets. The classic French manicure involves a pale pink base, bright white tips and a top base. If you are doing this for the first time, here’s what you need to do.
Things you need:
–             A bowl of warm water
–            Towel
–            Base coat
–             White nail polish
–             Soft baby pink nail polish
–           Top coat
Prep your nails
Like any manicure, be sure to remove all of your nail polish beforehand using acetone-free nail polish remover. Cut and file your nails into whatever shape you prefer (pro tip: oval nails look divine with French tips). Apply some cuticle oil and gently push back your cuticles. Finish with hand cream to give yourself a salon-worthy experience.
Paint the base layer
Pick out two different colors — if you’re going classic, you’ll want to pick a sheer nude color for the base and a white polish for the tips. Start with a base coat and wait two minutes for it to dry, then use the nude polish (or whatever color strikes your fancy) all over the nail, taking care to wait two minutes between coats. While you’re painting, be sure to only do thin coats, and start at the bottom of your nail from the middle before painting the sides.
Carefully paint the tip
After you let the second coat dry, you’ll paint the tip of the nail with white (or a statement color). You can do this freehand or use guide strips to help you — just be sure that the second coat of polish is dry enough that the guide strips won’t cause any indents. Wait another two minutes for the tips to dry, and seal it all in with a top coat.
How to strengthen nails?
–             Moisturizing is a well-known secret to healthy skin, but it’s often overlooked in nail care. While dry, brittle nails can be the result of many factors, they’re ultimately a cry for moisture, so consider proper moisture the foundation of your nail care routine. When applying hand lotion, give your nails a little extra attention. There are plenty of moisturizing nail products on the market, but applying moisturizer is really only half the battle—there’s more to strong nails than a fancy cream or serum.
–            It’s common practice to cut, push back, or try to get rid of cuticles altogether, but cuticles are not the enemy. In fact, the cuticle is the nail’s natural protective seal. Messing with your cuticles can do far more harm than good
Avoid contact with water
–             Don’t stop washing your hands or shower with gloves on, but do pay attention to ways you can reduce the time your nails spend in contact with water, because excessive water contact can weaken nail structure. (Wet hair is especially vulnerable, and the same caution-when-wet approach you take to handling wet locks can apply to nail care, too.)
For example, consider wearing gloves while doing the dishes or other wet work.