Pookolam - no no Coconut rangoli

By judelined on 2009-09-19 My Gallery

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Seeing so many flowers blooming in ikolam garden recently, I too was tempted to do one pookolam but no flowers what to do?? Suddenly I remember an old neighbour of mine - she was a malayalee and used to do lovely pookolams for those 10 days before onam.. Now malayalees are famous for using coconut milk in lots of their dishes so after squeezing the milk from the coconut she used to save the scrappings and mix different colours to it and dish out lovely pookolams.. Last weekend I made malai chicken for which I too used coconut milk and remembered to keep the coconut waste to try my hand at coconut rangoli.. Since I did not have many colours on hand, with whatever colour that was available I had to be satisfied with one solitary flower... I did not have the heart to remove it once it was completed so I just added frills and have enclosed the three different stages for you all to see and (hopefully) enjoy

Rangoli: Pookolam - no no Coconut rangoli

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Lata

Sat, 2009-10-03 15:10

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The solitary flower is so densely packed, richly decorated. The orange part reminds me of "'gaajar ka halwa"!

rajamma_2

Sun, 2009-10-04 01:01

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Coconut podiya vachu azhagaana poo varanja Judyji, inimel coconut vilai earinaal adhukku neenga dhaan kaaranam.Super ideakudutha auntykku oru thanks.
By the way Lataji, I am not getting the recent kolams in HOME page. seeing the cmments I opened thispage.
rajamma

vijaysowmya

Sun, 2009-10-04 02:20

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It is so neatly done and the idea is great...impressed with your creativity.

subashini

Sun, 2009-10-04 04:01

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anirudh

Sun, 2009-10-04 11:04

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very nice ...after dosa batter & now its cocount scrapping...novel idea.....hmm whats next???......i remeberred one artist who was interviewed in TV, he collects used tea dust and the coffee dust from the hotels and makes dolls using it.....so if brown color needed then you can use the used tea/coffee powder .....nice ways for recycling

yes lataji...me too not seeing the recent kolams link....but had in my favorites http://ikolam.com/recent_kolams

anirudh

Sun, 2009-10-04 11:07

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.... by the way...the daimond shaped petals are looking like colored coconut burfies with additional gaajar ka halwa :)...thanks for the yummy treat Judyji

jkmrao

Sun, 2009-10-04 12:24

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Quite a nice barphI! Very creative indeed.
I belive latAjI temporarily disabled the link to recent kOlams so that people can concentrate on the wooden dolls! But then why upload new kOlams? I am confused.
Regards! - mOhana

Sumathi.v

Mon, 2009-10-05 00:32

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Very beautuful creative work

judelined

Mon, 2009-10-05 22:31

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Thanks friends for your wonderful comments and encouragement - let's see what to do next... Anirudh infact I had already used tea leaf in one of my kolams earlier (remember the one I filled with chillie, dhanya and saffron powder??)

Yes Lata I too thought of carrot halwa when I saw the kolam on my kitchen slab..

Hehe Rajamma - sathiyama naa poruppu illai