Inji manga , has called out to all the food bloggers to protest against Plagiarism on March 5th. I would like to join hands with them against this shameful act of plagiarism. Stealing the contents and pictures from the blogs without their approval is illegal and should be protested.
Hi All,
Iam back from India..It was a long vacation and I enjoyed it. I have been visiting ur blogs whenever I can .. and its really nice to see lots of new bloggers. Will soon start to post recipes..
Hi all, Iam leaving to India tonight. I will try my best to post atleast one recipe a week. So do keep visiting me and I will be visiting you all too.
Before I leave, I thought I will finish a couple of memes that I had been tagged for … Rashmi of ‘ Websamayal’ had tagged me for ‘ Good/Bad experiences with food’ and jayashree of ‘Luvgoodfood’ had tagged me for a butterfly effect meme.
Butterfly effect Meme
This is a foodie meme which asks you to talk about stuff that has had a profound influence on your foodie life(in the words of http://www.saltshaker.net/20060630/the-butterfly-effect who started this meme). Well, not just any kind of stuff...but specifically an ingredient, a dish/recipe, a meal, a cookbook/other written work, a food personality, and another person in your life.Before I get down to the meme, here's some info:A meme is an Internet phenomenon (sometimes called an Internet meme)which occurs when something relatively unknown becomes hugely popular, often quite suddenly, through the mass propagation of media content made feasible by the Internet.(source: wikipedia)
I just copied down the above intro from Jayashree…
An Ingredient- It is always chicken . I love chicken cooked in any form. Chicken curries, drumsticks,kfc’s chickenpieces, chicken burger or anything with chicken but ofcouse my favourite is my mom’s chicken curry.
A Recipe- Biryani. Veg or non veg I would like to have it any time. There a different ways people make biryanis and however it is made, I like it.
A meal- Usually Iam not a person who orders a meal with rice , sambar and veggies, when we go to a restaurant. This is what we have in our house regularly. So when I go to a restaurant I go for something which we don’t cook in our house more often. But whenever I come across this word ‘ meal’ I remember the days in Singapore. I was pregnant that time and was craving for food and hungry most of the time.I was not so very good in cooking at that time too. So whenever I go to the “komala’s”restaurant , I used to order only meals. It is a regular vegetarian meal which consists of rice, sambar, dal, 2 vegetables, curd , raitha and papad. Believe me I would finish it in minutes and would feel really full and contented ..
A cookbook- My mom used to have a book called ‘ palsuvai malar’ by the ladies club of Tuticorin. I started to cook a few recipes seeing this book as this was the only cookbook my mother had. I have this book now also and it has wonderful recipes. Later on I had bought some books of ‘Mallika Badrinath’ too.
A food personality- My Favourite is Sanjeev Kapoor. I used to watch his cookery shows regularly in TV before marriage. I learnt the basics of north Indian cooking from his khana Khazana.
Another person- Everyone would learn to cook from their mothers. For me too it is my mom .. and then my Mother in law .. she too has influenced me with her cooking.
I will post a few of their recipes when Iam in India.
I wish to Tag Indira of Mahanandi for the butterfly effect meme.
Good/Bad experiences with food.
This experience happened to me sometime before. All my husand’s collegues planned for a party in a restaurant. They had planned it suddenly and had selected some Italian restaurant too. It was fifteen of us and we went there around 7 pm. As the women were busy with their kids , Men ordered and it took almost 1 hour to come. The presentation and the look of the foods were very attractive, but once we tasted it everybody’s face changed as it was very very bland. There was one fish dish which looked so attractive but they had just cooked it only with salt.. I had tasted Italian foods before.. they will be a bit bland but surely not like this. I don’t know , may be the dishes we had selected might have been more bland. And then finally the bill came and everybody was shocked .. because nobody expected a very high bill as they did not see the price before ordering. We paid so much for the food we did not enjoy and most of all wasted a lot of food. This is definitely the cause of improper planning and ordering.
Learnt a lesson from this and so now whenever I go to a restaurant , I really do plan a bit.
I wish to tag Vani of ‘Mysoorean’ for this meme.
I have been tagged again and this time it was Asha’s turn to tag me.Thanks Asha. This is the Five things you've eaten and think that everyone should eat at least once before they die meme started by Traveller’s lunch box.
Though I have a long list of favourites , I will just give 5 of them and here’s it…
Shree Mithai’s Boondhi ladoo- Shree Mithai is a famous mithai shop in Chennai. Their sweets are so divine and I just love most of them (kaju rolls and moti pak are my other favourites). Whenever anyone of u gets a chance to visit Chennai do visit this shop..
http://www.shreemithai.com/
My Mom's chicken curry-- This is one of my favourite from my mom's cooking. It is a very simple recipe but a very tasty one. I will post this sometime later and Iam waiting to taste this again next month when I visit my mom.
Sugarcane juice and grilled corn in marina beach- Iam basically from chennai and we used to go to marina beach frequently. I just love the sugarcane juice and i never forget to have it whenever i go to the beach. U can see many corn vendors roasting the corn- on- the cob, in the beach. walking along the shore with a corn in ur hand is sure a pleasant experience.
Chicken lettuce wraps- P.F. Chang's China Bistro is a wonderfully casual restaurant with great food and excellent service. The Chang's Chicken in Soothing Lettuce Wraps (quickly cooked spiced chicken with cool lettuce cups) is a signature dish, which is served with a very tasty sauce. This lettuce wraps are so tasty that I feel like having it whenever we pass that way.
http://www.pfchangs.com/
Cheese cakes- These cheese cakes are yummmmmmy and beyond delicious. I had tasted this cheese cake after coming to NJ and had become an instant fan of this.
I wish to tag Sudha of My Samayal and Karthi kannan of Kitchenmate..
I was Tagged By Sudha of My samayal..Thanks Sudha.
I am thinking about : My trip to India next month
I said : "Not so close to tv"...I say this more often to my little daughter
I want to : Do things my own way , caring less of what others think of me
I wish : I could Go back to the college days. It was so much fun, carefree days without any worries or big responsibilities.
I regret : I regret shouting at my daughter when I am angry.
I hear : 'Pinky dinky doo', a programme in 'Noggin' , my daughters favourite tv channel.
I am : I do believe Iam a good wife and mother.
I dance : Not very good
I sing : Sometimes in bath and sometimes when I drive
I cry : I cry when Iam alone..on my pillows.
I am not : A person who goes early to bed or gets up early in the morning..(got to change this..)
I am with my hands: I have painted and did some hand works before but out of touch
now. At present only browsing, cooking , cleaning up etc...
I write : My things to do list, shopping list and my blog
I confuse : I get confused sometimes when taking a tough decision
I need : I need people around me... I dont like to be alone
I tag: I tag Revathi of En Ulagam , Asha of Foodie's Hope and Lera of Myriad Tastes
Welcome to my site. I love to cook, I love to try new recipes and I love to eat different varieties of foods. I had no idea about these amazing food blogs until a couple of months before I came across ‘mahanandi’s blogspot when I was googling for a ‘capsicum curry’ recipe. This was my first visit to a food blog and it was incredible. I was very impressed by her website. Then for a whole week I was sitting in front of the computer and visiting the food blogs whenever I had time. I found it so interesting to see all your works and wanted to try one by myself. But I was not sure whether I can do it. The credit goes to my husband Sundar who encouraged me to get into blogging. So this was how I created my own blogspot.
I have been cooking after marriage( 6 years ) ,and learnt a lot from my mom, my aunt, my mother-in-law, friends, from the net , from you bloggers, of course with a personal touch of mine. I am a simple cook and I usually note down the recipes which I like in a diary- my cook book.
So I am presenting before you the recipes in my cooking. These are simple Indian recipes which I cook in my home everyday and I hope you all will try it too.
Thanks for stopping by and do visit often.
If you try out my recipes please leave a comment and I would appreciate it.
Anupama's Food N More
Archana's Spicyana
Archana's Tried and tested recipes
Asha's Aroma
Asha's Foodie's Hope
Ashwini's Food for Thought
Bee's jugalbandi
Bharathy's Spicychilly
Chandrika's Akshayapatra
Coffee's The spice cafe
Deepa’s Recipes and more
Food blog desam
Hema's Veg Concoctions
Indira's Mahanandi
Indosungod's Daily Musings
Jyothsana's Curry bazaar
Kajal's Kajal dreams
Kanchana's Married to a desi
Kribha's Veetusamayal
KrishnaArjuna
Kritika's Manpasand
Lakshmi K's Veggie Cuisine
Lakshmi's Flavours of Indian Rasoi
Latha's Masalamagic
Linda's Out of the Garden
Maheshwari's Beyond The Usual
Mandira's Ahaar
Menu Today
Pooja's My Creative Ideas
Priya's Kitchen
Priya's Sugar and Spices
Reena's Spices of Kerala
Revathi's En Ulagam
Richa's As dear as salt
Roopa's Recipe of choice
RP's Myworkshop
Saffron's Saffron hut
Sailaja's Sailu's Food
Sandeepa's Bong Mom's Cook Book
Sangeeta's ghar ka khana
Seema's Recipe Junction
Shaheen's Malabar Spices
Sharmi's neivedyam
Shilpa's Aayi's Recipes
Soumya's Home Spices
Sra's When My Soup Came Alive
Sudha's My Samayal
Suganya's Tasty palettes
Sumitha's Kitchen Wonders
Supriya's Spicecorner
Swapna's kitchen
Syam's Dinamum Ennai Kavani
Trupti's The spice who loved me
Usha's Samayal Ulagam
Usha prashanth's Samaikalam Vaanga
Vani's Mysoorean
Viji's Vcuisine
