Happy Birthday to my Blog–My blog turns 1 year old!! - Roundup of Authentic Indian Sweets

Happy Birthday to my hobby baby – my blog turns one today!!! I am so happy and so excited!! When I look back one year, it has been lots and lots of learning and lots of new people interactions, many new friends, so many new recipes, some awards and some giveaway winnings, lots of event participation and lots of event hosting.. Hope the next year is as good as this or better!!! Thanks to all who supported me and hope to get the same from you all!!!
And the very much awaited Anniversary Event Roundup – Roundup of Authentic Indian Sweets comes here 326 recipes from 41 bloggers including me:) – I have sorted them based on the blog name alphabetically and grouped the entries from that blogger friend. All the entries are so authentic, so festive and so delicious!!! Would like to thanks all the blogger friends who sent their delicious entries and also would like to thank Hudson Canola Oil who will be sponsoring this giveaway. Winners, please email me your mailing address by July 10th to receive your prize. Click on the recipe name to take you to the delicious recipe.

Bread Upuma

Breakfast is very important meal and for me I love it to be a savory one vs. a sweet one.. I can enjoy Bread and jam, but would prefer other recipes with breads that are savory.. This bread upuma is a quick and easy breakfast or tiffin item. It is pieces of bread mixed with masala and spices and tastes delicious..The recipe will serve 2. The total time taken for this recipe is under 15 minutes. For this Vegan Thursday, I chose this very versatile bread upuma.

Eggless Baked Donuts

Donuts, the word makes many people drool... A sinfully delicious and mouth melting pastry. Aparna chose these Baked donuts for this month's We Knead to Bake. I have done the regular Donuts and baked donuts are new to me and I was happy to have tried it.. Tasted awesome and it was delicious..

Vendayakeerai Parupu Urundai Morkuzhambu - SNC Challenge

So excited to be part of the SNC group which is created by Divya. Idea here is the group is divided into 2 and then each group challenges the other group with a recipe. Now from the Southern team, it is my turn this month to challenge my friends from the North team.


Vendayakeerai Parupu Urundai Mor Kuzhambu – This is a very flavorful and authentic preparation and tastes best when served HOT!!!
http://nivedhanams.blogspot.in/2012/10/venthayakeerai-paruppu-urundai-mor.html
I have given the translation in English / Hindi for most of the ingredients. So the name means – Vendayakeerai is Methi / Fenugreek leaves, Parupu means Dal / Lentil, urundai means round or balls and Morkuzhambu is a gravy made with curd.Please email me at nivedhanams@gmail.com if you have any questions…

Flavors of Germany

We are now on our culinary journey to Germany in the “Flavors of Series 4 around Europe”. So excited to announce my next event which takes us to Germany with so many delicious foods. Thanks to Simply Food who is the brain behind this series. When people say German food, first thing that comes to my mind is German Chocolate Cake - yummy!!!! And their delicious potato salad!!!

Event Details
Event runs from 1st July - 31st July
All vegetarian (NO EGGS) recipes which are German are welcome. Archived entries can be added if they are updated with both the links and the logo
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Eggless Jam Swirled Muffins / Eggless Nutella Swirled Muffins

Want a breakfast or food on the go in a jiffy? I am sure a lot of us say yes.. These muffins are so perfect for it. A delicious and very pretty looking muffins was suggested by Priya for this month's Eggless Baking Group which is started by Gayathri. It was a quick and easy one and you get a lot of points for those swirls. Wanted to get the picture with the muffin opened (like the interior), but it was gone by then!!! The original recipe had eggs and I replaced them with Egg replacer and little extra baking soda

Veggie Fruit a Month (VFAM)–Onions

Onions are so much part of our daily diet in many parts of the world. I love onions a lot and that is my choice of veggie for the VFAM *Veggie / Fruit a month) I am hosting this month. Thanks to Priya who owns this series. Regular onions, spring onions, Shallots, Small onions are all included.
Event Details1. Event runs from July 1st - July 31st
2. Cook, bake or create dishes with onions in them. Regular onions, spring onions, Shallots, Small onions are all included. Vegetarian Dishes ONLY. Eggs NOT allowed
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