Cloth face mask ideas - DIY

RESOURCES:

Version 1: Accordion-Style Mask

Make it just sew

Version 2: Olson style Mask 

Sew CAN She

Version 3: 

Reverse Nose fold Pleasted Mask 

Version 4: 

Turban and Long Beard Mask (coming soon)

CDC - MASKS

Other resources: 

Tom Bihn Mask link 

Olson Mask for PPE With Filter for Personal and Non-Health Care Use

Deaconess: How To Make a Face Mask

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Variety Mask Order 

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Karah parshaad recipe

Sharing my favourite parshaad recipe learnt from my grand mother - Mrs. Gurdial Kaur Grewal. She'd have it ready every time we visited her in the city beautiful Chandigarh.




Make sure you have all the ingredients together, ready to go. Here in Vancouver, we find our Indian groceries at Fruiticana (or Sabji Mandi).

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Desi Ghee (Nanak)
3/4 cup Flour (Sher Atta or Golden Temple)
1/4 cup Sooji
3/4 cup Sugar
2 cup Water



Level up ingredients with measuring cups.



Step 1: Turn gas on and put ghee once hot (medium heat)



Step 2: Turn on second gas to boil water and mix sugar till all sugar is melted and mixed to form a syrupy liquid (can be left on side on simmer in parallel)



Step 3: Once ghee has melted, add flour and sooji together



Then it's all about stirring, stirring and stirring till your arm hurts and beyond =)



Make sure to stir constantly and quickly as the flour needs to be golden brown evenly

 

At least 10 minutes on medium heat, can be done more brown according to your liking

 

Step 4: Pour the sweetened water carefully as it'll sizzle (stay back as much as possible)



Slowly add water and stir to blend the water in the flour mix



Make sure to break any small flour lumps so it's evenly smoothened

 

Stir slow and steady, leave it for a few minutes to cool off

 

Pour into a bowl, ready to eat. Voila!

 

And expect it to be gone right away...as everyone loves to eat prashaad.

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UBC Education Library (rental - free):
Ozobot Evo kit
Sphero SPRK
Microbits

Beaty Biodiversity Museum - Beaty Box (rental - $)

Field Hockey

SPEATBC Engineered Choreography

SPEATBC Engineered Choreography

Performed at the Annual SPEATBC Dinner event

On Saturday, 21st February, 2015

Director: Rajinder  Warraich

Actors: Sukhwinder Virk, Navdeep Virk, Dave Sidhu, Jessie Hundal and Harvinder Hundal

Photo Credits: Photocraft

#	Scene description	Hindi Songs
1	Student before getting admission - Everyone	Vele
2	Student saying to University	Hum tere bin ab reh nahi sakte
3	Student life - Everyone dance in pairs	Yaar anmule
4	Student saying to Degree	Tenu lai ke jana mein apne nal
5	Canadian student Visa	Yeh duniya pittal di
6	Student to Everyone (Goodbye) airplane sound	Dil hai mera deewana, yaaro main
7	Beautiful scenery, take photos	Yeh haseen vadiyan
8	Immigrant saying to BasicJob	Jaane jaa dhunta phir raha
9	Employer saying to Immigrant	Kabutar jaa jaa ja
10	Dreams break	Meri bheegi bheegi si
11	Got security job	Jeene laga hun pehle se ziada
12	Immigrant to Sun	Suhani raat dhal chuki hai
13	Everyone to immigrant: have patience, don't give up	Hole hole se dua lag ti hai
14	SPEATBC enters	Main hoon Kaun
15	Help with resume, career guidance, networking	Thore si lift kara de
16	Immigrant gets TechJob and all party	Party all night

Butter chicken recipe

Butter chicken recipe by popular demand

Ingredients:

3 table spoons of Canola oil
3 Onions (sliced)

237 ml Whipping cream

796 mL can of Whole Tomatoes (3/4 can)

Ginger

Garlic

2 Green chilli

Jeera (Cumin seeds)

2 tea spoon Salt

1 tea spoon Turmeric 

1 tea spoon Garam masala

2 tea spoon MDH Butter Chicken masala (dry)

920 gm boneless Chicken breast (cut into small pieces)

Heat the pan (medium heat), add 3 table spoons of Canola oil
Add a tea spoon of cumin seeds

After a couple of minutes, add the sliced onions

Stir the onions on medium heat for 15 minutes till they are golden brown

Get the other ingredients ready

Add the whipping cream

Stir for next 10 minutes till it is thick

Grind the tomatoes in a food processor

Add the ginger, garlic and green chillies to the food grinder

Add the onions to the food processor and grind - till it becomes a puree

Put the puree in the pan

Make sure to cover as the puree will splatter all over

Add dry masala (salt, turmeric, butter chicken masala, garam masala)

Cut the chicken pieces into small bite size portions (2 cm * 2 cm cubes)

Add the chicken pieces to the puree

Stir the chicken pieces evenly so as to cover with the curry masala evenly

Cover and cook for 30 minutes on medium heat (occasionally stirring)

VOILA!!! Butter chicken is ready, serve with Rice or Naan

Home made yogurt recipe

A co-worker asked me, 'How do you make yogurt?'
So, I explained...
Here are the steps (with photos and some tips =)

Ingredients:
2L - 3% Milk
2 tablespoons - Yogurt starter (can buy Natural plain Yogurt from store for starter)
1/2 cup water (bring to boil before pouring milk, as it prevents milk from sticking to the pan *Tip)

Utensils:
3L Pan (to boil milk)
Corelle bowl with glass lid (or anything similar)

Most important gadget:
Timer - set for 15 minutes (so the milk does not boil...cuz, trust me, it will *Tip)
Timer needs to be set according to the quantity of milk and assuming gas is on medium control

 1. Collect all materials (utensils and ingredients)

2. Pour 1/2 cup water into pan and turn on the heat

3. Need to make sure a thin layer of water is boiling before pouring milk as it's easier to clean the pot after (as the milk does not stick as much)

4. Pour 2.5 Litres of milk in pan (pan size/capacity should be more than quantity of milk so as to leave some room as the milk boils fast, i leave about an inch personally)

5. Set the heat to Medium and set the Timer to 15 minutes (varies by milk capacity and heat control)

6. Turn off gas when milk starts to boil (and place pan on a different burner for cooling)

7. After about 30 minutes, pour milk in a Corelle container to further cool off (about another hour and a half)

8. The milk pan comes out quite clean when a thin layer of water is boiled first

9. Yogurt starter ready to be stirred into the boiled milk
*I take the Malai off and don't ask where it goes (now don't tell my grandma as she would start screaming...)
Malai - A thick yellowish layer of fat and coagulated proteins forms on the surface, which is skimmed off

10. Mix the starter and pour it in the warm milk
*In case the milk gets cold, I usually put it in the microwave for 2 minutes and then add starter

11. All set to be left alone for a while (8 hours or so)

12. With cool temperatures inside the house, I usually wrap it up in a fleecy blanket

12. All bundled up
*I typically start the process at 7pm & wrap it up by 10pm; and it's all set/ready first thing in the morning

13. And the next morning; Voila, home-made yogurt is ready.
*you can probably see the thin layer of malai that got left behind at the top

14. Put the yogurt in the refrigerator (tastes good for 3-4 days)
*we like to mix Boondi, Raita masala and salt and it tastes Delicious =)