Awards Galore,two MeMes and an Event-full month!!

My dearest blogger friends have passed a shower of awards on me and I am happily showing them off.Here they are-

Bharathy of Spicy Chilly has passed on the Blogging friends forever award


The following rules apply to this award:
1. Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award
2. 4 of them followers of your blog.
3. One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. You must link back to who ever gave you the award.

I'd like to pass on this award to these blogging friends-

Seema of My Randap
Purnima of Fantasy cook blog
Notyet100 of Asankhana
Sowmya of Creative Saga
Aartee of Nalabagham

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Bharathy has been kind enough to pass on 3 more awards to me..thank you dear!!

Best blog dart thinker

Beautiful site award


Brilliant Weblog award


Brilliant Weblog is a prize given to sites and blogs that are smart and brilliant both in their content and their design. The purpose of the prize is to promote as many blogs as possible in the blogsphere. Here are the rules to follow:

When you receive the prize you must write a post showing it, together with the name of who has given it to you, and link them back.
Choose a minimum of 7 blogs (or even more) that you find brilliant in their content or design.
Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing they were prized with ‘Brilliant Weblog’.
Show a picture of those who awarded you and those you give the prize (optional).

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Kitchen flavours has passed on the 'Wylde Woman Award' to me.


The rules of this award are:

1.You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it's up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post

2. Link back to this blog site http://tammyvitale.typepad.com/ Tammy can go visit all these wonderful men and women and remember the Purpose of the Award: To send love and acknowledgment to men and women, who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy. It's been a blessing and an inspiration to meet all of you through your wonderful blogs.

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Sowmya of Creative Saga has passed me the Good Job award,thanks dear!

I would like to pass all these awards to

Divya Vikram of Dil se

Cham of Spice club

Dibs

Illatharasi

Purva

Priti

JZ of tasty treats

Ranji of rbcuisine

LG of taste of Mysore

Veda of Iyengars kitchen

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Suma of Suma's cuisine has tagged me for a MeMe-7 facts about myself

The rules of the tag are-

(a) List these rules on your blog.

(b) Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog.

(c) Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

Work - I have worked as a TMO-transaction monitoring officer in Allsec technologies for a short span,my first job.

Education - B.A(English Literature) in Ernakulam,B.Ed and M.A in English in Chennai.

Friendship - I believe in friendship and have lots of friends in my life whom I can bank upon anytime and I love that.

Relationship - Each relationship in my life has taught me new lessons and I have loved every phase-being a daughter,a sister to a wife,a daughter in law and I am enjoying it.

Internet - Started my www love when me and my friends got into the world of chatting,it was an obsession;-).Then slowly,it came down to only checking mails and now again obsession-obsessive world of blogging!!

Fitness - Never bothered about being fit and thin..but now,I don't have a choice-I recently went on a strict diet-exercise regime and lost 10 kgs,still maintaining my ideal weight!!

Dreams - I dream a lot and hope that my nice dreams always come true and nightmares never do!!
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Another tag from Suma-

The rules of the MeMe are the following:

Pick up the nearest book.

Open to page 123.

Find the 5th sentencePost the next three sentences.

Tag 5 people and acknowledge the person who tagged you.

The nearest book that I could find was Tom Clancy's The Cardinal of the Kremlin.

1.These were not to help the troops on the ground,though they did have that effect.
2.They were to fool ground-launched missiles.
3.The manual said to deploy one every five seconds.

I would like to tag these MeMe to-anyone who's interested-Please take up the tag gals-if you haven't already-thanks!!

With August,I complete 6 months of joyous food blogging.To be honest,I never thought I would come this far.When I started,I wondered how my favorite food bloggers managed to come up with so many nice and interesting recipes one after the another.I had my doubts as to how long I would be able to post with the same enthusiasm as my first post.But I've been proven wrong and I am so happy about it.I look forward to this so much and I can easily say this has become an integral part of my life now.All thanks to you dear bloggers who have given me encouragement and appreciation.Thanks folks!!!

August has to be the month which saw the least number of posts from me.Just 15,including this one.When I started,I thought I will post anywhere between 10-15 posts a month.I have posted more than that every month,but this month is different.I should admit that I've been a bit lazy(;-)),is that allowed..;-)??I was trying to finish off posts from my drafts,but thats just an excuse.I've been logging in daily and spending too much time blog-hopping rather than blogging myself!!If not for the events going on,I don't think I would have posted even 15..!!Of the 15 posts this month,13 have gone to events..yup..so imagine if there were no events..??!!Lol..;-).So thanks to you people who conduct lovely events month after month..love you guys..you rock!!

Three cheers to all of us food bloggers..!!!

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Vegetable Kurma with Idiyappam

I had some leftover beetroot slices remaining from the salad and was wondering what to prepare with it.It wasn't enough for a stir fry nor I had the mind to throw it away.While I was thinking of a side dish for Idiyappam,thought why not make a kurma out of it!I have never made kurma before,though I do prepare curries with mixed vegetables.Searched the fridge and got some leftover carrots(!!)too and sliced up one potato and there I have the ingredients for a kurma!Usually I make batata vaag or stew with idiyappam so was quite apprehensive when I served to hubby.He was surprised to see a new combination and loved it!!

It tasted great and was onion-garlic less and oil-free too,perfect on a fasting day.I called up amma and told her about this,she was very happy to note down one more curry without onion and garlic which she can prepare at home.It tastes great with chapathi too.

Vegetable Kurma

Ingredients

Chopped vegetables-I used half of a beetroot,half of a carrot and a small potato
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Green chillies - 2
Coriander leaves-a handful,chopped
Clove - 2
Whole peppercorns - 2-3

Method

Cook the veggies in a pressure cooker till soft.
Make a masala of grated coconut,green chillies,coriander leaves,clove and peppercorns.
Add this to the cooked veggies,add enough salt and let it boil.
Lightly mash the veggies and simmer till the kurma becomes a little thick.
Serve hot with idiyappam or chapathi!!


I would like to send the combo of Idiyappam with Kurma to http://masalamagic.wordpress.com/ who is hosting this month's WBB and the theme is Combi breakfast!!

I would also like to send this to Sunita for this month's Think Spice-Think favorite!!The spice being Clove which imparts a great taste to this Kurma!

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From your blogs # 2 !!!

Bookmarking is a tool that we bloggers use to the ultimate,at least I do;-).There are so many recipes that I have bookmarked,I have lost count now!I am always amazed at the yummy stuff that you bloggers post and tempted to try them immediately.I am trying to arrange the bookmarked recipes and include them in my daily cooking.I was very happy when I assembled some recipes and posted it last time.I am back with some more recipes from your blogs,here they are!!!


Raaga's Cream of Carrot soup - I am an avid reader of Raaga's blog.I like her style of writing and her posts are more than a recipe,they are more like her way of sharing her different experiences.In this post,she reminisces about her summer vacation and how she learnt her basics of exotic cooking with a dear aunt.I simply loved this soup,mainly because it is healthy,what with adding carrots and potatoes.It is very easy to make,takes only about 10-15 minutes to whip up and it is tastes simply superb!!I had it with some shallow fried croutons,yummy!!!


Seema's Mallige Idli - Recipe Junction is a blog which I stumbled upon during my initial days of blogging.I love the spread she has there and have been tempted a lot by the variety of goodies that she has posted so far.She's inactive these days,but she has an array of recipes to last till she comes back with another post!!Do come back soon,dear blogger!!I tried her Mallige idli last week.I have been tempted her pics and the softness of the idlis,which she so nicely put across.The idlis were very soft,I served them with coconut chutney.


Maya's Jam cookies - Now,I don't think I need to give any introduction to the person behind Konkan world.I visit her blog regularly for amchi recipes and like her no-frills method of posting.While I was browsing her blog some time back,I chanced upon the baked stuff that she has posted.When I saw the Jam cookies post,I decided that's the next cookie am gonna bake.Mine didn't turn out to be as pretty as hers,but tasted superb!!


Soumya's Eggless banana bread - Blogging has given me many friends whom I feel I instantly connect with.I think Soumya is one such person.We first conversed about the Zebra Cake which we both posted and have blog-hopped each others blog ever since.Made her banana bread during Ashtami,it came out too good.Thanks Soumya!!


Meera's Cucumber Hullel - Another favorite amchi blogger whom I regularly visit.It won't be fair to call her an amchi blogger,since she posts recipes from a variety of cuisines.Hullel is a dish which I made often but of late had not made.Her post gave me the required push and hubby was surprised when he saw this on his plate.Since both of us enjoy salads of any kind,it was a refreshing addition.

Thank you folks!!!

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