Ingredients
Method
- To make the green color, boil the spinach leaves for 5 minutes in water. Drain and grind without adding water to get a fine puree.
- Add this puree to 1/2 cup whole wheat flour in a bowl and mix well.
- Make a smooth paste using 1/2 cup water.
- Spread the paste on a large plate and dry in sun for 2 days. Scrap out the dried paste from the plate and powder in a grinder jar.
- To make the yellow color, add turmeric to besan in a mixing bowl and make a smooth paste using water.
- Spread the paste on a plate and allow it to dry completely in sunlight.
- Scrape the dried paste and make powder using grinder
- For the pink color, pell 1 small beetroot and add the chunks to a grinder jar. Pulse 3-4 times without adding water.
- Add the beetroot puree to a bowl with whole wheat flour. Mix well and adding water making a fine paste.
- Spread the paste evenly on a plate and dry in sunlight for 2 days.
- Scrap out the dried paste from the plate and powder using a grinder jar.
Notes
1. You may add rose water while making paste.
2. If you do not have ample of sunlight available or no time to sundry, spread the vegetable purees on to a ceramic plate and microwave for 2-3 minutes on high. Scrape out the dried paste and powder it.
3. These colors can also be used as face packs later on , by mixing them with milk or rose water and applying on our face .
2. If you do not have ample of sunlight available or no time to sundry, spread the vegetable purees on to a ceramic plate and microwave for 2-3 minutes on high. Scrape out the dried paste and powder it.
3. These colors can also be used as face packs later on , by mixing them with milk or rose water and applying on our face .