Brinjal Curry

I´m not a vegetarian but even for me it doesn´t need to be meat everytime when I cook. There is such a variety of vegetables with countless of recipe´s. Most of all in the indian cuisine.

The best veggi curries I had in India of course and Brinjal (Eggplant) was one of my favorites. I was looking for a recipe which could be similar to hat one I tasted in Chennai and ended up with trying it this way:

Ingredients:

1. Brinjal (medium,cut into small pieces) – 4
2. Onion – 1
3. Tomato – 1
4. Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
5. green chilly – 3
6. Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
7. Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
8. Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
9. Mustard seeds -1 tsp
10. salt 
11. Oil

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan. Splutter the mustard

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Colour your life....

Hello my dear ones....

Finally summer also reached Germany. We really had to wait a long time this year. So what´s better than to support it with some colour? 

Yes you guessed it right.. It´s time for some nails again. And this time even twice since time was running quite fast.

First I took it easy and tried some pastel colours. I decided for a soft pink in fullcover but it was too reserved, something was missing. So a highlight was needed and I took a purple just for the ring finger. I added a small stamping to it and that´s it.

used products:  

-Primer Soft-Nail-Expert
-Bonding gel-Jolifin Studioline
-Silk baby pink from Jolifin
-Purple from Nail-Expert
-Selex Gel thick from Jolifin
-Cleaner -Nail-Expert
-Stamping paint white - Nail-Expert
-Stamping pattern from Konad 
-High gloss sealing from Jolifin



4 weeks later I was ready for something more flashy. Red actually isn´t my colour but I wanted to give it a try. And until now I don´t regret it. 
Since one week my nails look like this: 

  

used products:  

-Primer Soft-Nail-Expert
-Bonding gel-Jolifin Studioline
-Sunset red from Nail-Expert
-Selex Gel thick from Jolifin
-Cleaner -Nail-Expert
-Stamping paint white - Nail-Expert
-Stamping pattern from Konad 
-High gloss sealing from Jolifin

So girls, go and get some of the new colours. This summer everything is allowed. From paste to caribbean and neon colours.

You don´t need to work with gel or acrylic. There are many good nail polishes available. I just prefer gel because it lasts much longer and the nails are more solid. 

Somehow or the other, beautiful nails are always an eye catcher. :)  

And what are your summer colours? 

Your SunShine 

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4 weeks in India, my conclusion

4 weeks in India, that sounds long. But it wasn´t at all and the farewell was very difficult for me, most of all from my friends of course.
I´m still missing the colours, the smell and sounds, the crowded streets and the food! Oh how I miss the food!!

The stay was full packed with various impressions. Fascinating, exciting, breath taking, beautiful, overwhelming.
I actually had no bad experiences, apart from the Hyderabad trip, which was a bit disappointing.

I never felt unsafe or have been in any dangerous situation. I guess being always accompanied by indians was quite helpful and maybe also my height was, I´m 6  feet tall. ;)
People have always been nice and kind to me, most of all curious but never really importunate.

My biggest concern was the heat. I´m not a summer person at all and 25° C are absolutely enough for me. So how should I survive the tropical heat in south India then?????
Well, somehow I did. I guess after a while I got simply used to be fully drenched already at 11 am. And I wasn´t alone with that problem. ;)

I already told you about my primary experiences in my reports. Now I will just give you some more facts and practical advices.

In total I travelled around 4100 km (2548 miles)

• Thereof 2280 km by bus and 1800 km by train. 
• My travel expenses in India added up to 600,- Euro. It´s absolutely possible to travel significantly more favourable but for me at least the accomodation should have some good standards and comfort. So I ended up between 800 & 1200 Rupees (10 - 15 Euro) per night.
• The most expensive food (Mutton fry & fried rice with various meat) was 560 Rupees (7,30 Eur)  for 2 people, 2 bottles of water included. That was in Bangalore.
• The most favorable food must

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Aloo Gobi Ki Sabji (Potato, Cauliflower dry Curry)

A week without indian food? Impossible for me. ;)
But what to cook then? Chicken again? 
Well, I love chicken but somehow I needed something else. And it doesn´t have to be meat always. 
So I choosed something veggie. I´m a veggie lover too and eat almost everything. 
When I went for shopping I saw this cute small caulifower and so the decision was taken. It will be Aloo Gobi, it´s quite a while that I had that dish. 
It´s one of the most famous indian meals and easy to make. Wanna try it?

Ingredients:

• 1 small cauliflower
• 1 medium potato
• 1 small onion
• 2 medium tomatoes
• 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
• Handful of chopped Coriander leaves
• 2 tsp Garam Masala
• Turmeric
• 1 tsp Jeera powder (dried cumin)
• 1 tsp Dhaniya powder (coriander)
• Red Chilli powder as per taste (I used 2 to 3 tsp)
• Jeera (cumin) seeds
• Mustard seeds
• Oil
• Salt to taste

First steps:

• Cut the cauliflower

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Gel nails - 12 steps to nail art design

 In the last couple of months I´ve always been asked the following questions:

"Are that your nails?" and "How does this work?" 

Well, here are the answers:

Yes, they are my nails and no tips (fake plastic nails) anymore.

We thought we should show you the single steps but first SunShine wants to tell something about it too:

Hello all you lovely people :) 

Since more than 1 year I do my and also Honey´s nails. Before that I always went to a nail art designer until she got pregnant and had to pause. I didn´t found a proper alternative and decided to do it on my own. I never took classes for it or a training. 

You need a lot of practice and patience for it, so don´t give up when it doesn´t look perfect right from the beginning. 

But please pay attention to work in a hygenic and neat way!! 

And here now the instructions:

1. At the beginning, you should check whether you have all the necessary utensils, these are: UV lamp, task light, UV gel, brushes, cellulose pads, files, buffers, cleaners, nail oil and possibly nail art, eg Rhinestones, glitter powder and UV finishing gel for the optimal completion.

2. The next step is to remove the old gel with a file and removing the cuticles with a cuticle remover. It´s not that you really remove the visible cuticles, it´s the invisible ones that are on the nail!!  Then gently push the cuticles with a manicure stick back, so that the nail can be easily sculptured.

3. Disinfect with nail cleaner

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