Event Announcement - Microwave Easy Cooking

I

m sure that most of you must be aware of Microwave Easy Cooking Event started be Srivalli and guest hosted by many blogger buddies. I'm happy to announce that this month I'm hosting Microwave Easy Cooking.

Please read the following rules before sending your entries. 

1.This time the event doesn't have any theme, that means any dish which you have cooked in microwave is accepted. Use of food processor or other gadgets is allowed but no stove top cooking please.

 2. You can send multiple entries. Your entries can be from your archives. All you need to do is repost it with a link to this announcement and orignal MEC post.

3 Using the logo is mandatory.

4 The entries should be vegetarian. No eggs allowed.

5 Non Bloggers need not to get upset. Email your recipe along with the picture. We will post it on your behalf and include it in the round up. Send me your entries @ events_showandtell@yahoo.com 

6 Please send me a pic not more than 400px

7 Last date to send your entries is 30 Nov. 

                                                      

Looking forward to all the wonderfull recipes.

7. Aloo Matar Paneer in MW

 

1. Apple Jam

2. Masala Peanut

8. Lemon rice

3. Potato and Yam Chat

Aloo Gobhi In MW

4. Blanching Almond in Microwave

9. Cashewnut Peda

10. Eggless Marble Cake

5.  Micro Mango Cake

6. Microwave Tomato Soup

11. Green Moong Dal MW

12. Store Curry Leaves MW

13. Make chilli Flakes MW

FSF Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi - Event Announcement

     
It is my pleasure to host FSF this time with the theme of Janmashtami.  This is a festival celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna.  It is celebrated in different names like Janmashtami, Krishnashtami, Gokulastami, Krishna Jayanti.  Today is this festival and and I want to see how all my friends celebrated this festival. I'm combining this with Ganesh Chaturthi too as it is near by. Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayak Chaturthi is celebrated as a birthday of Lord Ganesh, The God of wisdom. 
The thought behind this announcement is to enjoy these festivals by sharing our rituals, customs and food with our blogger buddies and readers.
So get ready to enjoy.


                                                 
Guidelines for the event

1. Post a recipe especially made for the festival during the event dates.
2. The last date for the event is 5th sep 10th sep.
3. You can upload the pics to the festival celebrated at your home or vicinity, rangoli or anything related to the festival.
4. You can repost your old post’s and send in the entries during the event schedule dates.
5. Please link to the event announcement as well as the dinner recipes Sonia’s kitchen FSF event page. Please use the logo above as it helps spread the word.
6. Non Bloggers can send in their entry to below mentioned email ID.
7. Send an email to events_showandtell@yahoo.com with “FSF Event” in the subject line with the following information :
8. Your Name
9. Your Blog name and URL
10. Name of the recipe
11. Link to Your post
12. Picture of the Recipe. Please limit the size to 300×300

50th Recipe Modak and Event Announcement

Today I'm glad to post my 50th recipe. I was looking for something special for a while and hoping it will fit the occasion.

Ingredients

makes about 6 Modaks

For Stuffing:

Greated Coconut( I used frozen) - 1 cup

Jaggery powder- 1 cup

Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Nutmeg powder - 1/8 tsp

For Modak Covering

Rice flour - 3/4 cups

Water - 3/4 cup

Whipped Butter  - 1 tsp 

Salt - a pinch

Method :

First we prepare the stuffing. Mix all the ingredients listed under stuffing in a microwave safe bowl. Put it in the microwave for 2 mins. Take it out and mix well. Put it again for another 2 mins. Keep it aside.

Heat water and add whipped butter and salt to it. Add the rice flour to the  water and mix it properly so that there are no 

lumps. Cover it  and steam it for 2 minutes.

Remove the dough on a flat surface and knead well while still hot…You can apply a little oil  to your hands to avoid the dough from sticking. This is a very important step. You have to knead the dough properly to avoid the cover from cracking. You need to knead only small amount of dough at a time.

Grease your hands well. Take a leamon size ball of dough. Flatten the dough to form a cup shape.  

Place about  3/4th teaspoon coconut filling into this cup. Dip thumb & index finger in the wter & make 5-6 small pinches side by side on the outside edges of the cup.

Bring them together on top and join to form a peak. Time to be glad to see a good shaped modak :-))

Repeat this process untill all the modaks are done.

After all the Modaks have been made steam them. In a microwave steamer take 1/4 cup water. Keep the mesh on it. Lay a thin wet cotton cloth on the mesh. dip each modak in water and keep in steamer. Now cover and microwave for 5 to 6 minutes. After 2 minutes standing remove from microwave. Modak sweet is ready. Serve hot with ghee.

Event Announcement

Apart from this, I would like to use this opportunity to announce a new Food Event Series - where we will be showcasing all type of stuffed food. I am naming this as "Let's Go Stuffed Series - LGSS". Let's Go Stuffed Series - is a monthly food blogging event open to any one, with a new theme each month.

Recipes can be from all around the world but the condition is that they should be stuffed with a themed ingredient It may be a snack, bread, Vegetable, fruit or dessert. Theme for this month is paneer.

This is open for hosting by others too. If you want to host for a month, please leave me a comment with your Email-id or write me @showandtel@facebook.com

Please read the following rules before sending your entries. 

1. Cook anything stuffed that come under the category of this month - Paneer and post it on your blog with pics.

 2. You can send multiple entries. Your entries can be from your archives. All you need to do is repost the entrie with a link to this announcement.

3 Using the logo is mandatory.

4 The entries should be vegetarian. No eggs allowed.

5 Send me your entries @ showandtel@facebook.com with the information mentened bellow

     Your Name:

     Dish Name:

     Blog’s Name:

     Post URL:

     Picture of the Dish:

6 Please send me a pic not more than 300px.

7  Non Bloggers need not to get upset. Email your recipe along with the picture. We will post it on your behalf and include it in the round up.

8 Last date to send your entries is 30 June. 

Looking forward to all the wonderfull recipes.

If you have any suggestions regarding this event please write me at showandtel@facebook.com

Event Announcment - Holi Aayi Re

Hello Friends,

This is another new wonderful year and one of most beloved festivals, Holi is here again. This festival is usually celebrated in March and to welcome the spring. Hence it is also called as Basanta-Utsav ("spring festival").

Holi is celebrated for two days. First day, which is known as Chhoti Holi (little Holi), Holika Dahan (bon fire) is performed to commemorate miraculous escape of Prahlad (a ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu), when demoness Holika tried to killed him. On second day, known as Dhulandi,  people throw gulal (colored powder), colorful water on one other and there is riots of colors everywhere. Of course, since it is one of main Indian festival, it cannot be completed without wide varieties of foods. Gujiya (a sweet dish) is main attraction of the food, which is relished by all on this day. Hence I thought, why not start a new event to celebrate this festival in its full rhythm. So friends, let’s participate with full zeal in this splash of joy and colorful festival of Holi!

Guidelines for Celebrating Holi Event

• Send entry for any dish traditionally prepared at your place to celebrate the Holi be it sweets, savoury snacks, curry, parathas etc. In case, you want to send something non-traditional, don’t be shy; feel free to send that too. It should be vegeterain, eggs are not allowed.
• Since it is festival of colors and we want to fill our lives with colors of Love, colors of life, colors of joy and so on. So try to make your dish as colorful as possible. 
• The last date of sending entries for Holi Aayi Re is 20th March 2011 30th March 2011.
• Bloggers need to add a link back to this event announcement. I would be glad if you can include the Vibrant and Colourful Holi logo.
• There are no restrictions on the number of entries.
• If possible, please refer at least couple of your fellow bloggers/ friends and encourage them to participate. This way, we can augment the size of our virtual feast and you will win a special Thank You Award.
• Do your entries sooner so the referred folks can participate too!
• Send in your entries at events_showandtell@yahoo.com with the subject line “Holi Aayi Re” along with the below mentioned information:

Name:

Dish Name:

Blog’s Name:

Post URL:

Picture of the Dish:

• Non Bloggers need not to get upset. Email your recipe along with the picture. We will post it on your behalf and include it in the round up.
• Old posts are accepted, provided they are republished by linking back this event announcement along with the logo.