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| Vinayaka/Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration and recipes |
| 2008-09-03 18:22:00 |
I know today is one of the most busiest days for Hindus. Doing Pooja, cleaning house and decorating Lord Ganesh! I know there is a lot of work. But when you do all these with love, you will never feel tired. This is what happened with me. Today my day started at 9.00AM. After packing lunch for my husband, I started to clean the house. My house was so clean that I had to spend 3 hrs cleaning!!! Then I took my bath and started preparing the Prasadams. I know its too early, but I had a lot to do. S...
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| Kara Boondhi - A quick and easy snack |
| 2008-09-02 10:54:00 |
Vinayaka chaturthi is on its way and most of us will be busy deciding on the menu. Snacks and sweets are the best part of this festival. Kara Boondhi is a very easy and quick to prepare snack.Ingredients:1 cup gram flour/besan flour1 tsp baking powder1 tsp chilli powdersalt to taste1/4 cup of fried cashews and ground nutfew curry leavesOil for fryingBoondhi maker (Vessel used to make boondi) also called Jalli karandi in tamil.Method:Make the dough by adding water with all the above ingredients e...
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| My Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream crying chocolate for Labour day! |
| 2008-09-01 10:53:00 |
I hope everyone in US and canada is having a great fun. Yes! Long weekend is always fun! Be it Thanksgiving or Labour Day. Even if we have not planned for a trip, long weekends do have their own way of treating us like we are in Hawaii. You are right. Getting up late, no work, even taking bath is optional. In my home, every weekend is like I am in Hawaii. I get up late, mostly will take my bath in the late evening, cook something very simple and lay in my bed listening to my favourite songs and ...
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| Did you know your husband cooks? |
| 2008-08-28 15:53:00 |
If I had known my husband can cook this Kothu parotta so very well, I would have definitely prepared this and sent to MBP street food hosted by Sia. I never knew my husband could cook! Poor me! He had been hiding this great secret of his from me for a long time now (we know each other for more than 5yrs). Innocent me! With this note I have to tell you how I caught him as a chef. I must say a decent chef, for a person who doesn't even move his plate after eating. I know! My mil has pampered him i...
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| Does our New Kitchen Friend ‘ Frozen Food’ have nutrition? |
| 2008-08-27 16:39:00 |
Yesterday, we went grocery shopping and as usual I was standing before the Frozen food aisle and asking permission from my better half for buying frozen vegetables , corn and coconut. It happens always with us. Every time, there will be a series of advice for me before the frozen food aisle from my husband. This time, It was different. He did not say anything. Am I dreaming? Of course not! He could not say anything because I had shown him few articles related to Frozen food and its nutrients. Do...
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| Calling all Food Bloggers for 'The 101 Recipe Series' |
| 2008-08-26 11:49:00 |
When I was browsing through for omelet recipes, I came across a few which was really new to me. With our creativity we can do wonders in cooking. Before this, I knew only 2 ways of preparing omelet. One is with egg white alone and the other with vegetables. But going through these varieties like French omelet,Spanish and Mexican omelet etc made me realise that there are more varieties of omelet to be discovered.Here is a challenge to our creativity!101 omelet recipes! I hope this will be fun and...
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| Vermicelli (Semiya) Upma with Coconut Chutney |
| 2008-08-25 10:47:00 |
Vermicelli (Semiya) is is a type of pasta, round in section and somewhat thinner than spaghetti. Vermicelli is most commonly used in Asia for preparing various recipes. To name a few, Vermicelli Pulao, Vermicelli Upma, Vermicelli Kheer (Payasam) etc.Upma is a Tamil word which is Uppu(Salt)+Mavuu (Any type of flour). A recipe made with any type of flour is basically called Upma. We can use Vermicelli(Semiya) to prepare this upma.Vermicelli(Semiya) upma is one easy to prepare Tiffen item, often ma...
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| Beetroot Halwa - A dessert which may lower your Blood Pressure! |
| 2008-08-22 10:37:00 |
Beetroot or simple Beet is a very ignored vegetable as far as I know. Most of the kids, even adults hesitate to eat any food made out of Beetroot. This may be due to its colour or the taste. But today, I am very much determined in sharing the nutritional value of Beetroot so that we do not miss a great source of nutrition in our diet."Beta vulgaris, commonly known as beetroot or beet which is the common American English term for the vegetable, is a flowering plant species in the family Chenopodi...
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| Falafel with Pita bread, wow its Arabic! |
| 2008-08-21 10:06:00 |
It was during April'07, when we first stepped into our apartment in Chicago. My first US visit. I was all excited to spend my life as a full time homemaker. Not all will love this position. Though cooking at home is what we prefer, we love to experiment new cuisines. Food is our passion. My husband is a great food critic. Even now sometimes he is the one who checks for salt in my recipes! Though we entered US in April, we did not have car till September'07 and you know how life is in US without ...
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| You too can bake a simple yet delicious chocolate cake |
| 2008-08-20 10:43:00 |
Cakes - You can not throw a party without them. Be it a birthday party or bridal shower or baby shower or anniversaries there will be cakes. Why go to special days, even your weekend parties won't be complete if you do not have cakes. When it comes to cakes, no one can say 'No' to chocolate cakes. why cakes? Anything with chocolates can't be ignored, at least it is like that for me.There are a different ways of baking a chocolate cake- With eggs, without eggs, the vegan way. But I am going to sh...
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| Red Kidney Beans (Rajma), corn chipotle Salsa |
| 2008-08-19 10:16:00 |
Trying out new cuisines gives you a pride. Whenever you taste a new dish prepared by the cook in you, don't you get a sense of accomplishment? I do! It gives great job satisfaction. Trying out new recipes have become an undefined task for me. Browsing through my fellow foodies blog and finding something interesting and cooking it is real fun! It makes me feel like I am in school and I am completing my day's assignments!Yesterday, when I was struck by boredom, I wanted to cook something so that I...
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| Donate for a Heart - An appeal to all the fellow bloggers |
| 2008-08-18 12:10:00 |
When I saw today's post in srivalli's Cooking 4 All season, I was really upset! The story really affected my mood. Why should such agony and pain come to people and that too poor people? Only God has answers to it. But, we can make a difference. We can contribute to this fundraiser and make 'Lakshmi' live longer at least for her kids.Ramya, from Ramyacooks won the Eat health Protein Rich contest and won $20 prize money. She was so sure that the money must be given to a non-profitable organisatio...
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| Homemade Delicious Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies |
| 2008-08-18 10:53:00 |
Kids go wild when they see cookies, especially chocolate chip cookies. Why kids, even adults can't control their appetite for chocolate chip cookies. This type of cookies is very famous in the United states and is often baked in most of the homes here. I bet there will be no parties without these chocolate chip cookies! They are so scrumptious and have such a great aroma and texture to them. When I started my baby steps in baking, I wanted to bake this cookie and throw a party at my place, just ...
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| Eat Healthy - CALCIUM Rich Contest |
| 2008-08-15 17:50:00 |
I am really thankful to all the foodies who participated and supported the Eat healthy- Protein rich contest. You can find the event round up details following the link. This time it is 'Calcium' and the rules are different. CALCIUM - It is a Chemical element with atomic number 20. Wow! Don't you guys get reminded of our school days where we have to memorize the Atomic Table for our chemistry exams? hmm...memories....ok coming back to calcium. Calcium is essential for the normal growth and maint...
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| Food Blogging Tips to increase traffic |
| 2008-08-15 17:05:00 |
I have been thinking. We, foodies put a lot of effort in maintaining our blog. What if we do not get the deserved appreciation? What if all our efforts are going waste? Every blogger is blogging with a hope that more people read his/her blog. What if there are only few readers? Of course you will have your friends and relatives to read your blog. But is the reach enough? I was browsing through the Internet for some traffic tips to increase my blog traffic and came across this article written by ...
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| Here they come again! |
| 2008-08-13 09:44:00 |
There are a lot of food events taking place around the world online. Food events makes us feel we are important. Contributing to a food event is not that easy. You have to prepare something with love. Hope everyone will agree with that. For me, Food events have made my life more exciting, interesting and what not. When ever I come across a food event I start to think what I can prepare for that event. what I get in return? - Joy of participation, one more recipe to my blog and of course apprecia...
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| Featured Blog of the Month - Aug '08 |
| 2008-08-12 13:47:00 |
This is the first time I am featuring any blog in mine. When I was thinking what I can do to encourage our fellow bloggers, this is the first idea that came to my mind. Each foodie is special in their own way. Working hard to keep the blog running, taking eye catching pictures - A life of a food blogger is more busy than what we think. I conducted an Eat Healthy - Protein Rich Contest in my blog and the blog with the most entries to that contest will be honoured and featured in my blog. This is ...
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| An Authentic South Indian Sweet/Dessert and Awards |
| 2008-08-12 09:24:00 |
If anyone asks me, which would you call as an authentic South Indian sweet, I would probably think and tell more than one. Yes! Indians especially the South Indians, love sweets. One such rich sweet is 'Sweet Pongal' also called Chakara Pongal. It is made with Rice and Moong Dal. You can also call it Pudding? I guess so.Not sure though.Anyways, Ven Pongal and Chakara (Sweet) Pongal are made specifically on one of the South Indian Festival called 'Pongal'. Pongal is considered to be the harvest f...
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| And the Winners are... |
| 2008-08-11 11:20:00 |
It is a long awaited result. I don't know about you. But it is for me. Hosting a contest is really tough and it also gives you a great pleasure and a sense of self satisfaction. Hope I am doing justice to it. I started the Eat Healthy- Protein Rich contest nearly 2 months back and this was for initially 30 days. But, due to requests from my blog friends, I extended the contest for 15 more days and yes it was a hit. I totally received 170 entries and I chose 15 out of them to compete for the $20 ...
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| Beat the Heat with these refreshing drinks! |
| 2008-08-11 09:16:00 |
There are lot of reasons to love summer. Morning Walk, Playing in the park, Picnics, just standing under the sun, swimming and it goes on. But, all of us will feel one thing in common when we talk about summer - 'The Heat'. Beating the summer heat is one big 'chore' for a lot of us. Drinking lot of water will help us overcome dehydration caused by over heating. In addition to water, what we love during summer is Ice creams, Milkshakes and juices! With all this in mind there are a lot of events h...
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| Red Bell Pepper Chutney/Dip and only 2 days more |
| 2008-08-08 09:28:00 |
Yes! Only two days more. We have already received more than 250 votes and currently, 'Arisimparupu sadam' by Ramyacooks is in the Lead followed by 'Cowpea leaves Stir' by Kailas kitchen. C'mon hurry up and vote for your favourite and make them win! Isn't voting Fun!Now coming to my Bell pepper chutney/Dip. Inspired by the VOW Bell Pepper event, I wanted to cook something with Bell Pepper. Usually I do not use Bell Pepper in my recipes because my husband is not a big fan of this vegetable. Howeve...
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| Eggless Vanilla Nuts Cookie/Biscuit |
| 2008-08-06 14:14:00 |
With all the voting going on for the Eat healthy event, I am full of excitement. Thanks to all. Do vote for your favourite protein rich recipe before 10th Aug'08 in My BlogWhen I started my food blog, which is nearly 5 months ago, I came across many blogs dedicated to baking. Initially, I used to think that baking is very tough and you must go to classes to learn the art of baking. But with the help of my other foodie friends, I am now proudly presenting my first ever baked cookie/biscuit.Though...
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| The Mega Round Up of Protein Rich Contest! |
| 2008-08-04 14:53:00 |
**WARNING** THIS IS A LENGTHY POST!I am very proud and happy to write this post for 2 reasons. First, this event is a great success and it is a pleasure sharing healthy recipes with people and the second reason is ...this is my 100th post! HURRAY! I am patting my back for reaching this level in my blog world. Now you know why this post is close to my heart. I am carefully drafting this so that this will be a great source of information filled with facts and protein rich recipes.At this moment, I...
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| Baked/Fried Vegetable Cutlet and an update |
| 2008-07-31 09:55:00 |
It has been months that I have prepared this vegetable cutlet. It is one of my hubby's favourite. Though previously, I used to deep fry it oil, this time I tried baking it. Initially I was skeptical about baking, as I am still learning as a baker. Seeing a lot of bakers and their blogs I got inspired and decided to bake it. I was lucky! The Vegetable cutlet turned out to be very tasty and great looking.With no further delay, here is the recipe of Baked/Fried Vegetable CutletIngredients:1 cup of ...
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| Specially for Dear Sia! |
| 2008-07-29 09:41:00 |
Yesterday when I was posting about my Mango milkshake I had 5 events in mind. But when I read the rules for Sia's WBB Summer Feast, I misunderstood that we have to cook something solid for this event. Today, Dear Sia let me know that she will give a warm welcome to my smoothie/milkshake , so here it goes to Sia's WBBsummer Feast. You can find the recipe of Mango Smoothie/Milkshake here. Now for my other entry to Sia's JFI- Soya. Many a times I have wondered why I need to cook soya? Though it h...
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| Mango Milkshake/Smoothie - A Refreshing Summer Drink! |
| 2008-07-28 09:07:00 |
Its summer time! Most of us will be stocking our fridge with drinks,Soda etc. With summer it is pure enjoyment. Playing, outing, walking outside, sitting in the patio for long time....those we can't do in winter! With summer in mind, there are a lot of events taking place in this food blogosphere. Now here is my humble contribution to few of the events, Mango Milkshake/Smoothie.To prepare Mango Milkshake/smoothie, you need:2 to 3 Mangoes1 cup of sugar1 tbspn yogurt1 cup MilkA pinch of saltMethod...
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| Masal Dosa - A famous South Indian Dosa variety |
| 2008-07-25 10:04:00 |
Dosa, a very famous South Indian recipe, can be served for breakfast or for Dinner. Mostly, it is preferred during breakfast, but in some houses like us, we eat tiffen for dinner and hence these dosas become part of dinner too. Most of the Non-Indians, to my knowledge, are aware of this recipe, but still there are a few who are new to this dosa. There are many variations of dosa. At this time I must say about the Dosa mela hosted by my dear Srivalli. Here you can find humongous varieties of Dosa...
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| Cluster Beans or The Indian Beans (Kothavarangai) Poriyal |
| 2008-07-23 09:31:00 |
Whenever we go for grocery shopping, we come across this cluster beans/Indian beans/Kothavarangai, but will be highly hesitant to buy because of its price. Yes, it is costly! at least in our Chicago area. Though we both do not have that much love for kothavarangai/cluster beans/Indian beans, this time I decided to try it out. Now, I was in a dilemma whether to cook this kothavarangai either as poriyal or as kootu. Both can be used as side dish. However, I remembered one of my in law's recipe and...
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| Homemade Baked Tortillas with juicy Mango Dip |
| 2008-07-22 10:23:00 |
Tortillas - One of the crunchiest snack I have ever tasted. I love the taste, but when its a fried item, it does make me feel guilty. Not that I am dieting and all, I am now a days very health conscious. When I saw these lovely,crispy, crunchy tortillas prepared at home by my dear friend Zlamushka of Zlamushka's spicy kitchen, I was really happy. Now I know a way to prepare them in my kitchen without using oil. Hurray! and here I am with the homemade baked tortilla chips. Take a look at the reci...
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| Paneer Tikka Masala (Marinated Cottage Cheese cubes cooked the Indian way) |
| 2008-07-21 09:51:00 |
Paneer - One word that makes me drool. I know there are many like me who loves to eat paneer, however cooked. There are numerous recipes with Paneer - The South Asian cottage Cheese , Can I say? Paneer is a protein rich food and I thought why not cook something with Paneer and send it to my Eat Healthy Protein Rich Contest. Of course This entry will not be considered for the prize. LOL! ok fine. Now coming to the great Paneer Tikka masala. Whenever I think of tikka masala I just can't keep think...
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| Kaju Katli - The most delicious sweet with cashews |
| 2008-07-18 09:44:00 |
Whenever I go to a sweet shop, the first sweet that I will search for is Kaju katli - Cashew sweet. This is one of the richest sweet. You know why I call it rich...yes both its flavour and its cost is high when compared to other sweets. Yet, the one sweet that makes me glutton is this Kaju katli. Though it is high is calories, you can consume it occasionally, just to treat yourself for your great achievements. Till yesterday, I used to think that this is one big difficult sweet to prepare. But n...
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| Arisi Upma - A great tiffen with raw rice |
| 2008-07-17 09:07:00 |
This upma with raw rice is my favourite. It is called Arisi upma and it is a very well-known tiffen item in south India. The preparation is very simple and this dish is delicious with coconut chutney. However my favourite side dish for this food is tomato chutney.Ingredients:Raw Rice (Pacha Arisi) - 1 cupOnion 1 cup (optional)whole black pepper - 1tspChanna dal 2tspRed Chillies 3 to 4Mustard Seeds ½ tspCumin Seeds 1 tspCurry LeavesHing (Asafoetida) 1/4 tspSalt to taste1 tbsp OilMethod:It is adv...
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| Lamb Leg (Attukal) Soup - An easy and Tasty way to cook Lamb |
| 2008-07-16 11:07:00 |
Whenever I come across Soup recipe list, the fist thing I search for is sweetcorn soup in vegetarian and Lamb leg (attukal) soup in non vegetarian category. The vegetarian soup is my favourite and the non vegetarian is my husband's. Though I do not know how to cook non vegetarian, my mother-in-law fills the place. She is an awesome cook as far as non-veg is concerned. When we were in India this time, me and my husband gave our favourite menu list for her to cook and wow! every time she cooks, th...
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| I am back with Lemon Rice! |
| 2008-07-15 09:28:00 |
Have you ever felt that time is running so fast? I did, recently. My 1 month vacation is over in a blink! Wow! Going on vacation is real fun and that too when you go to your native place to meet your family and friends. Nothing can equal this joy. I had a great time in India. Ate all my favourite dishes and spent time with my family. Jeez! I miss them. Though the travel time is nearly 22hrs, I managed to sleep most of the time so that I can avoid Jet lag. Visited Tirupathi and attended few funct...
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| Eat Healthy Protein Rich Contest UPDATE |
| 2008-07-14 10:50:00 |
I am so happy to find my mail box flood with protein rich entries. So many entries with easy yet healthy recipes. Thanks to all of you who have contributed and planning to contribute. I apologize for not acknowledging most of the entries I received. As I was busy with my vacation, I never had time to reply each and every entry.Hope you all understand. I confirm through this post that I received all your entries and I appreciate all your effort. Nearing the end date for this contest, I received ...
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| Jiggiri Dost - A Sweet with Apple and Jaggery |
| 2008-06-26 07:57:00 |
I felt very bad when I missed the Open Sesame 1. It is such a lovely event giving work to our brain and our creativity. Thanks DK and siri for hosting such a lovely event. Find the event details for Open Sesame 2. I chose box no:1 and within few hours came the riddle.moniker in my name for a cityA phrase with me will make you cherishedI am so good for you in my utter simplicityIn Medical dictionary the fact so furnishedI am so famous in the world of bytesKnown for many aspects of usageI am fat a...
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| I am CLICKing YELLOW! |
| 2008-06-18 04:11:00 |
When I saw the CLICK event for this month, I decided I must participate, come what may. I loved the concept and it sure is for a good cause. I had a lot of ideas but nothing was very convincing to me. I wanted to CLICK yellow and at the same time convey some message to the world and especially to dear Bri. Don't miss this great opportunity! Participate in this month's CLICK. The details of the event can be found here.Yesterday, I had a great time with my friends in the beach and we stopped at ma...
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| And the WINNER is . . . |
| 2008-06-17 10:20:00 |
I am very happy to announce the winner of EatHealthy Fiber Rich event. As I mentioned earlier I used Randomizer to choose the winner. I have attached the snapshot of the page showing the randomly picked winner.Do have a look at the Roundup containing 43 fiber rich and healthy recipes.WINNER IS as you can see Number 23 which is 'Lentils Soup' from Sukanya Ramkumar of Hot and sweet bowl .CONGRATS Dear Sukanya!.Do take a look at this month's contest details. Participate and make it a great success!...
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| Eat Healthy -Fiber Rich Round Up and the Surprise |
| 2008-06-16 23:11:00 |
When I first decided to host a event, I was a bit skeptical about the response. I was new to the food blog-o-sphere and was not sure how the response would be. But, you have all proved that how supportive you are for a newbie. Yes! I am very happy that I got a total of 43 responses. It is a big number as far as I am concerned. Thanks for all the participation and support that you have extended to me and my blog.Now for the surprise!. I was very impressed with the response and wanted to show my g...
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| Eat Healthy - Protein Rich CONTEST |
| 2008-06-14 00:59:00 |
I never thought the response for Eat Healthy- Fiber rich would be so immense. I am really very happy. Wow! My first event is really a great success with all your support and encouragement. Thank you all. There is a surprise and I will let you know about that when I post the round up. Now for the next month event. For the month of July it is all about protein. The event is from Jun 15th till Jul 15th.Rules are very simple and will be familiar to most of you out there. Anyway, here comes the rules...
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