Awards & Certificates...

Hello Friends,

Mrs. Priya Srinivasan of  EnVeetuKitchen conducted an interesting event Meal in 30 min with a give away, my self and lot of my fellow bloggers participated in the event. Please click here for the event details. Mrs. Priya Srinivasan has a neatly organised blog with lovely and interesting recipes. I love her authentic and traditional recipes in her blog. This week she announced the winners of the event and I was selected as one of the winners and the prize was Rs.500 gift voucher from cuponation. For the winner announcement and the round up, please click here. Thank you very much conducting such a wonderful event Mrs. Priya Srinivasan and thanks a lot for selecting me as one of the winners. Congrats to other winners Sapana and Babitha as well.

Thank you very much Mrs. Priya Srinivasan...

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 Mrs. TinkuShaji of Daily Chores conducted an event for successfully completing 6 months of blogging. I happily participated in her event and won Rs.500 Flipkart voucher . She has a wonderful blog with very neatly organised recipes and she also writes reviews about several products. Thank you very much TinkuShaji for selecting me as one of the winners. To more about the event announcement and the winner announcement click here. Congrats to all other winners as well.

Thank you Mrs. Tinku Shaji...

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Another interesting and wonderful event was conducted by Ms. Chaitra of Aathidhyam and the event was to celebrate her birthday as well as a mark of hitting her 100th post. The event was to "Easy to Prepare food in 15 min" with a give away, I was so happy in participating in this event and sent a lot of entries. Last week she announced the results of the event and I was selected as one of the winners. And the give away for this event is "Sanjeev Kapoors Eat lite starters and snacks", for details about this event announcement please click here and the winner announcement click here. Thank you very much Ms. Chaitra  for selecting me as one of the winners, and congrats to Pramitha also.

 

Thank you very much Ms. Chaitra....
  
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I also participated in the event conducted by my dear blog friend Mrs.Sowmya from Nivedhanams who was celebrating her blog anniversary with Hudson Canola Oil gifthamper giveaway. The theme she selected was Indian sweets, so the participants can cook as many Indian Sweets and link it to her event. I submitted 13 sweets for this nice occasion and was selected as one of the winners and was given the Hudson Canola Oil gift hamper. For more details about the event and winner announcement please click here.

Thank you very much Mrs. Sowmya for the wonderful event and selecting me as one of the winners. Congrats to all other winners.

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Every month I have been participating in Gayathri's Cook Spot WTML [Walk Through Memory Lane] for several month. In the month of June WTML was hosted by Shruti's Rasoi and I participated and linked in many recipes. Off all the recipes the Apple Halwa [my 200th post] was selected by Gayathri as the winning recipe and I was announced as June 2013 month winner and won Tarla Dalal's Mumbai Roadside snacks book.  For the winner announcement and the event details please click here.

 Thank you Mrs. Gayathri for selecting me as the winner and for the lovely event.

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Hello Friends,

Shwetha Agarwal of Merry Tummy conducted a one year recap event with giveaways, her blog turned one in March. She has a cute blog with wonderful collection of recipes, I participated in her give away event and won “Sanjeev Kapoor Snacks and Starters”, Thank you very much Shwetha for selecting me as one of the winners, and congrats to all other winners.

For more details about the event and announcement click here.

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Hi Friends,

I am happy to announce I participated in "Show your style series – Mango" conducted by Viji of Virundhu Unna Vaanga and was selected as the “Winner of the month”. I am also awarded with “Best Innovative Recipe” and “Best Presentation Award” for Mango Rava Kesari. Thank you, Viji for conducting such a wonderful event and thank you all judges for selecting me as a winner. Congrats to all other winners and for more details about the event visit Viji's Space

Thank you all for the wonderful support, with out which nothing is possible...

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Certificates and Cash prize

It's a lucky weekend...

It’s a lucky weekend for me and my baby(my blog). I won a flipkart voucher for Rs.1000 from Annarasa for the “Favorite street food/dhaba food”. It was a very lovely event and happily participated in it, for more details about the event VISIT HERE.

Thank you Apu of Annarasa…

I also participated in the event conducted by Chaco Abraham and was awarded a gift voucher of Rs.200 for details Click Here.

Thank you Chaco Abraham for the wonderful event and selecting me as one of the winners.

I won “Sanjeev Kapoor’s- Cooking with love” from Viji’ for the Soul Food Show she conducted. It was a very lovely event and I am very happy I participated in her event.

Thank you Viji .

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I happily participated in Show Your Style to the World series in Viji’s Space and given certificates for top contribution , participation and judging. For more details of the event and roundup click here.

                                                 

Particpation certificate from Nithu's kitchen for Healthy food for Healthy kids event

Participation certificate from Jaleela cookspace for Healthy food for Healthy kids event

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Beautiful Prize

I am happy to announce that I participated in a beautiful event "Passion on Plate" conducted by en iniyaillam and won a cute "Velvet Purse". Lots of  my fellow bloggers also participated and won lots of others prizes. Congrats to all the winners and congrats to all of them who participated in the event. 

There were totally 260 recipes, of which 70 recipes were contributed by me and I am honored for the same. To know more about the event and the result visit en iniyaillam

Thank you all for the encouragement and support. I thank "en iniyaillam" for conducting  such a wonderful event and for the cute prize.

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My Second Liebster Award

I am very happy to announce my second liebster award passed on from Chitz of  Indulge. Thank you Chitz for passing on this award. I am really excited to say that I got both the liebster awards in the same week. But I wanted to find 11 new bloggers to pass it on, so that I can make more friends. So I took some time to work on the same.

I have already mentioned about the liebster award, so I am directly going to go ahead and answer the questions.

Questions I was asked to answer

1. If you were allowed to change something about yourselves, what would that be?

    I am bit short tempered, will be happy if I can get rid of it.

2. Your favorite time pass other than cooking

    Reading, painting, listening to music.

3. According to you which is most important in a blog - presentation, recipe or pictures?

    First the recipe, presentation then the pictures.

4. Your ultimate dream

    To start with, a small business.

5. Three qualities you would love to see in others.

     Loving, kind and honest.

6. One prank that you played on someone.

    Hiding and pouring soda on my friends, no wonder I got it back later.

7. Your favorite vacation spot

    I have always wished to go to Venice.

8. Cooking according to you is

     An art...

9. Who influences you the most? Like you would always listen to what this person says

    My mom.

10. Your favorite dessert

       Ladoo, Jangiri and many more. I just loves sweets.

11. One habit that you cannot change for life. 

       After drinking my tea or coffee, I forget and live on the table and pick it up later.

I am passing the same questions to the bloggers to whom I am passing on this award.

1. Chef Mireille's Global Creations

2. Kitchen Delicacies by Preeti Jaipal 

3. Encourage Spice by Meena Selvakumaran

4. My world My home by Helen Prabha

5. My Cooking Journey by Sandhya

6. The Culinary Artist by Manju

7. Dips Diner

8. Shabdhas Kitchen by Sudha

9. Sumees CulinaryBites by Sumee

10. MyFoodExpress by Nisha

11. Poornima's Cookbook by Poornima

Please accept your award and happy blogging.

Please read below about liebster award and the rules to be followed.

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My First Award - Liebster Blog Award

Hello friends... I am really happy to announce that I received my first Liebster Blog Award from Rani's Gourmet. I am very glad and thankful to Rani for sharing this award with me. Once again Rani thank you very much for this wonderful award, it is a great inspiration and encouragement for me.

Rani shared this award with me last week, but actually I was not sure what it was, so  it took some time for me to come up with this post. I wanted to find out about Liebster award before posting, so searched a lot and found it.

Liebster Blog Award is given to upcoming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. Liebster is German and means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, kind, pleasant, value, cute, endearing and welcome.

Now coming back to the award, there are some rules for receiving this award and they are...

1. Write 11 facts about yourself.

2. Answer the 11 interview question you've been given by the person who nominated you.

3. Fabricate 11 new questions.

4. Nominate 11 new bloggers who have less than 200 followers and mention them in your blog.

5. Tell the person who nominated you along with the people whom you have nominated.

Now the hard part in receiving this award is to write about you. So it did take some time for me.

Some facts about me:

1. I love listening to music especially Illayaraja's music.

2. I want to explore and learn new things all the time.

3. I love to read novels, my favorite novels are "Ponniyin Selvan", "Paarthiban Kanavu".

4. I love to paint especially glass painting.

5. I love to travel and explore about people and places.

6. I love to watch thriller,romantic and comedy movies.

7. I am friendly and kind.

8. I love to ride my bike.

9. I love to do pot painting.

10. I love flowers and gardening.

11. I always like to try different cuisines.

Questions I was asked to answer

1. What inspired you to start a blog?

    My friends and family.

2. What is the best food you ever had?

    Actually a lot to mention but all from different cuisines, but the best is my mom’s fish    gravy.

3. Name one dish you always love to cook

    Any dish with chicken.

4. Which one would you prefer going for a picnic with your friends or relatives? Why?

    I prefer picnic with friends but don’t mind it with relatives, each is fun in a different way.

5. What is the most memorable moment in your life?

     Surprise baby shower given by my friends and of course my kids.

6. Which type of movie do you prefer realistic or fiction?

    Both.

7. Which is your favorite holiday spot?

    Las Vegas, Scotland, Pondicherry and a lot to mention.

8. Where do you prefer to live a city or in a village?

     I live in a city, have spent holidays in village. So prefer village.

9. What is one device you wish to be in your kitchen?

    I don’t think I want to be a device.

10. What is your hobby?

      Listening to music, reading novels, painting, browsing etc.

11. What is your dream in your life?

      Actually many, like to start a small business, involve in social service, help people as        much as possible.

I am passing this  award to following bloggers, with the same questions.

 House of Spice By Pria
 Madhu's Indian Recipes by Madhavi

The Humpty Dumpty Kitchen by Priya Elias
Quick Picks-A teflon fry pan
Rita Bose Cooking by Rita Bose
My Healthy Happy Kitchen by Asiya Omar
Saras Tasty Buds by Saranya Palanisshamy
Saju's Tastes by Sajina Bishar
Cooking Space By Amruta Pore
CookBookJaleela by JaleelaBanu
Virunthu Unna Vaanga by VijayaLakshmi Dharmaraj
Pepper Bowl

Have fun and happy blogging...