Won the giveaway in Dish in 30 minutes

A healthy and comforting salad won me a giveaway in Dish in 30 minutes - Soups and Salads by Sarasyummybites. My Mediterranean Chopped Salad was the dish I submitted.. Click here for the delicious roundup...

Best International Recipe award

Very excited to have won the "Best International Recipe" for my Eggless Garlic Mozerella Muffins. See here for the roundup

Another Liebster award

Happy to have received another liebster award. Thanks to Kausers kitchen for sharing this award with me.

Spicy Green Peas Kachori

For me, to do an authentic recipe is so much thrilling and exciting and if the end results are good, then it is very satisfying. For this month’s SNC Challenge Sanoli challenged us to do this spicy kachori and dum aloo. SNC Challenge is a brain child of Divya and we have two exciting groups challenging each other with authentic recipes. Before coming to this month’s recipe, I also want to share with you about the award that I received for the last month SNC Challenge – Ghevar. Really excited to have won the “Well Presented Recipe”

Kachori is a spicy snack and this version of Green Peas Kachori is from West Bengal and is also called as “Koraishutir Kochuri“. This kachori is so delicious with a spicy filling and can be eaten as is or with curd. I served it with Dum Aloo (recipe coming soon). The original recipe had all purpose flour, I have made it with whole wheat flour. This recipe will make 6 kachoris. Stuffing can be a personal choice, make sure that the filling is not too wet or too oily.

Ingredients
For Dough
Whole Wheat Flour - 3/4 cup
Salt - 1/4 tea spoon
Oil - 1 1/2 tea spoons
Water - to make the dough
For the Filling
Green Peas - 1 cup
Green Chili - 2
Salt - 1/2 tea spoon
Ghee - 1 1/2 tea spoons (or oil for Vegan version)
Asafetida - A pinch
Ginger - 1/2 tea spoon (grated)
Roasted Cumin powder - 1/4 tea spoon
Sugar - 1/2 tea spoon
Oil - to fry

A simple dish got me an award!!!

I am very happy to get the “Best Presentation Award” for my Pooshanikkai Mor Kootu in the EP Series, hosted by Divya… Check out the delicious roundup here. Thanks Divya for this great award and congrats to all the winners and the participants!!!

Won a Giveaway–A cookbook

I am so happy to have won the cookbook from Navarathri 2012 event hosted by Priya of enveetu kitchen.. Thanks a lot Priya.. It was fun participating and I am overjoyed by winning this lovely giveaway… A cookbook by either Sanjeev Kapoor or Tarla Dalal!!!
Do checkout the lovely mouthwatering roundup here. Here is the picture of the book -

 

Award won–Top Contributor, Most Tempting Dessert and giveaway

Pari from Indian Vegetarian Recipes hosted her first event – Show me your dessert. I participated in the event and won 2 awards (Top contributor – 1st place and Most tempting Dessert – 1st Place) and a giveaway. Very happy for it. Thanks a lot Pari. It was fun participating!! Check out the lovely roundup here. With lots of festivals lined up, this roundup gives so many lovely desserts to bookmark and try..

Liebster Award

Liebster Award

Awards are a sign of appreciation and motivation. I am very happy to receive my first blog award from Achu of Tangyminds. Thanks to Achu for giving me this award and am very happy for it. Do check her blog which has a lot of interesting and rare recipes (some to mention are - Dilpasand, Apple strudel, Granola trifles) . This award also comes with a game which is very interesting as you get to know more about the blogger friends.

Rules for receiving award:
1) Each person must post 11 things about themselves.
2) Answer the questions the tagger has set for you.
3) Choose 11 people and link them in your post.
4) Create 11 questions for the people you’ve tagged to answer.
5) Go to their page and tell them.
6) Remember, no tag back.
Rule 1: Post 11 things about yourself

1. Love spending time with my family
2. Love to cook and share the food I cook
3. Love to take photos (people and food)
4. Documents things to make sure I do not forget
5. I try my best not to lie
6. I love listening to music
7. Love watching cooking shows (read only GOOD cooking shows)
8. I like to do things more planned and in an organized way
9. I multi task
10. I talk a lot about healthy food (some I follow)
11. I believe "Home made food is the healthiest food on the planet". Even Home made fast food is healthier than store bought salads. - I believe this.

Rule 2: Answer the tagger's questions

What was the inspiration behind your blog? - My passion for cooking, documenting and photography
Which one do you prefer: A vacation trip to mountains or islands? - Islands
Craziest thing you've ever done ? - U turn my car in a very small road (less than 10 feet) with both sides of the road being a ditch and the bus driver continuously honking behind!!!
What is your idea for a perfect breakfast? - Pongal and Chutney
Who is your favorite blogger? - Many
What kind of music do you enjoy? - Melody and Carnatic
What is your idea of a perfect vacation? - Well planned, relaxing, lots of pictures, good food
What is your favorite past time? Spending time with family, Cooking, Blogging, Music
Which is your favorite place to shop in this world? Why? - T. Nagar... You get a festival feel all the time!!
Are you active or quiet or calm person? Active
What quality do you most like in yourself and why? - I try my best not to lie and keep up what I say. I am a strong believer that the biggest asset for anybody (rich or poor) is their word and if they cannot keep it up, then they are liable to themselves.

Rule 3: Tag and pass the awards to 11 other bloggers - This is actually very hard as I follow so many blogs and if I have to choose only 11..... I am trying my best here. I have some interesting questions for you. Please feel free to answer them at your time and will.

Champa
Jagruti
Nithu
Divya GCP
Sangeetha
Raks kitchen
Sharmis passions
Vardhini
Mireille
Krithi's kitchen
DK

Rule 4: Create 11 questions for the bloggers to answer

1. How many blogs do you visit and read daily?
2. Which social networking site (facebook, twitter, networked blogs, subscribe option, google connect) is the best according to you and why?
3. Which camera and lens do you use?
4. What is your favorite movie?
5. When doing a completely new recipe, do you follow the original completely or make changes as you do?
6. Which recipe took many tries before it came out to your satisfaction?
7. Your favorite pass time
8. How do you store your bookmarked recipes?
9. How do your store your recipes that are tried and tested - other than your blog?
10. How many items do you have in the draft ready right now?
11. How many food blog events do you participate in a month - approximately?

Again, very happy to receive this award and happy to pass it to 11 bloggers. Congratulations to the bloggers who have won this award. Please share your valuable comments.