My Legume Love Affair 104 Roundup

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..and just like that February 2017 came to an end and it is time to look at some amazing entries for My Legume Love Affair 104. Thank you all for your participation. Firstly, my apologies for not able to participate with any of my own recipe. Work has become incredibly hectic and once I reach home, all I do is have a quick dinner and hit the sack. There were days when I slept at 8:30 pm, only to feel groggy & tired even after a good night's sleep. Ok! enough of my boring life. Shall we jump into the lovely recipes received including one from a non-blogger - Teja.

Happy Cooking!

My Legume Love Affair 100 Roundup + $25 Amazon gift card Winner

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Au revoir Octobre and a special goodbye to My Legume Love Affair Edition #100 as well. We have got some amazingly unique entries all month long and with much fervor & gusto, I present to you this MLLA100 roundup post and also the lucky winner of $25 Amazon gift card winner (at the very end). Read along to know more...

Celebrating Food Day 2015 | Top 10 #GreenMeal Recipes ~ A Virtual South Indian Thali

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Today, October 24th 2015 is being celebrated as Food Day all over America. This year's focus is to move towards a greener diet, raising awareness about the critical importance of eating less meat and enjoying more whole plant-based foods as a way to become healthier and to help animals and the environment. Like never before, researchers are emphasizing the same point and I firmly believe that it leads for a better living and more compassionate eating. Don't you all agree? There are many events happening all over the country as a part of Food Day Green Meal program and to do my bit, I am participating in Food Day Blogger Takeover with a post filled with many delicious plant based recipes.

The idea here to present them in the form a South Indian Thali. A Thali (for those who are not familiar with the concept) is a typically 7 to 10 course meal served as platter with little bowls consisting of a wide variety of different dishes like vegetable curries, dals, papad/chips, rice, bread, pickle, a sweet dish and yogurt. Almost any Indian restaurant has a thali on their menu and mostly served during lunch times.

Now, Are you ready to see what dishes I have served in my (virtual) thali? Read along to know more and get the recipes!

My Legume Love Affair # 81 [March 2015 edition] - The Roundup

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The month of March just flew by and APRIL has already kicked in. Whoah! Winter is slowly saying goodbye as well and everyone I know in New York City is so ready for some sunshine. I hope in the coming days, we have plenty of it and there are flowers blooming instead of a pile of snow accumulated on the sidewalks!. Meanwhile, here is a roundup of some lovely legume recipes submitted by a bunch of you for the event My Legume Love Affair # 81. It was so much fun to see such variety of recipes pour in for every few days. Thanks for participating and here we go. Bookmark the ones you like and if you have few minutes, do show some comment love. :-) Bon Appetit.

Black and White Wednesdays # 115 - Roundup

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Has a week passed by already? It is Wednesday today and that means it's time to paint the day 'Black and White'. :-) Are you ready to see the entries we received? Scroll down and spread some comment love to the participants.

BWW # 116 (Valentine's edition) will be guest hosted by  Lynne of Cafe Lynnylu  and send your entries to lynnylu AT gmail DOT com.

Top Twelve Favorite Recipes of 2013

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Has an year passed already? It feels like yesterday I shared 2012's twelve favorite recipes. I have always had a fascination for the first day of an year as it is a perfect time to shrug off  an year’s worth of worries, start over again with a new, renewed hope and is an another chance to get things right! But before we prepare ourselves to welcome 2014 with enthusiasm, let's have a peek at the Top 12 recipes you all loved in the year 2013. These are the recipes you, readers have visited, re-visited and pinned/shared numerous times. A Big Thank You for your immense support and love. :-)

Raising a toast to new beginnings, scrumptious recipes and beautiful moments destined for all on us in the coming year.

Wishing you a very Happy and Joyous 2014. 

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50 Sweet and Savory Holiday Recipes + Add yours to win a $25 Amazon gift card Giveaway!

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"There is only one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will". This cheeky quote by Robert Frost always manage to bring a smile on my face. It just shows how perseverance can will help and play an important role in the kitchen and elsewhere.

Learning and experimenting on my own in a tiny kitchen (Why do I end up with tiny kitchens, always! Sigh.), I learnt many tips and tricks. Most of them were a 'trial and error' process, except for my mother's recipes which I follow to the tee even today. Sometimes I swooned at a bread that came out perfectly and at times completely dismissed a recipe which I have been working for a few hours. I believe that a fair & square attempt is all it needs to get anything right.

My Legume Love Affair (MLLA) # 62 - The Roundup

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It's pretty amazing how bloggers from all around the world churn out scrumptious recipes using just legumes, month after month. Every time I try something new with them, am always left with a want to try some more.  It is like we can never get tired of these pretty little things. :-)

This edition of MLLA features 21 innovative recipes with lovely photography. Read on, show your comment love on the participants, bookmark and try a few, just like I do for every other MLLA roundups. The details of the lucky winners are at the end of the post.

Weekend Herb Blogging # 393 - The Roundup

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Another exciting edition of WHB comes to an end and here are the entries I received in the past week. Do show them your love by visiting their blogs. Trust me, each one of the recipes will excite your taste buds and will make you hungry. :-)

Weekend Herb Blogging # 352 - The Roundup

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It has been an absolute pleasure to see a variety of recipes drop into my inbox specially made for Weekend Herb Blogging # 352 all through the week. Thanks to Haalo for the opportunity to host this week's edition..:-)

Let's dig into the entries (in no specific order). Shall we?

Black and White Wednesday # 31 Gallery + Two Surprise winners.

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"Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected." 

~ Robert Frank

Experimenting with Food in Raw

Sihi of Wandering Ladle

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Simplicity

Sharmila of The Yellow Turmeric

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Paris in NYC

Kavita of Tasty Touch

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“You don’t take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams
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Chocolate Fudge Doughnuts

Nags of Edible Garden

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Cardamom Cookies, easiest ever

Scarlett O'Hara of The Meal Algorithm

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On the Kitchen table

Alessandra - Alessandra Zecchini

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“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow." 
~ Imogen Cunningham

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Vada

Rajani of My Kitchen Trials

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Making caciocavallo: Stretching the curd

Simona of Briciole

Taleggio in the mold: early phase of draining

Simona of Briciole

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“I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good." 
~ Anonymous

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Fish & Chips, Pub Food

Shri of TiffinCarrier Anticque's

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Vintage Snack

Rosa of Rosa's Yummy Yums

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Aluminium Kitchen Tools

Cinzia of Cindystar

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 “In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” 
~ Alfred Stieglitz


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Whistles

Raks of Rak's Kitchen

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i-Kitchen book

Cinzia of Cindystar

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Penne Pasta

Jaya of Spice and Curry 

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”There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.”
~ Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Mizuna Apple Almond Salad

Mireille of Chef Mireille's Global Creations

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Shopping at Naviglio Grande Antiques Market, Milan

Cinzia of Cindystar

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White Beans

Brii of Briggishome

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Toppings for your drink
Lata Raja of Flavours and Tastes

Flavours for your drink
Lata Raja of Flavours and Tastes

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I feel brand new again
La belle Aurore

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Pumpkin Yogurt Gravy
Sara of Sara's Corner

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Here is the entry from original host of BWW herself - Susan of The Well Seasoned Cook

Leading the Way 

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...and here is my Black and White submission 

Playing With Fire (photographed at Shiro, Bangalore)

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Thank you all for participating in this week's Black and White Wednesday event. I never realized world in monochrome could be so beautiful. To make things a little interesting and as a small of token of thanks, I randomly chose two participants from the list above to give away award-winning books by Jigyasa and Pratibha. (Cooking At Home With Pedatha  fame)

....and those two lucky ladies are:  Alessandra - Alessandra Zecchini and Rosa of Rosa's Yummy Yums. Congratulations. Please email me your shipping details at the earliest.

Cya and until next time,

[Year 2012] Recipes + Posts Archive

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~ January ~

Best of 2011
Recipe 1 - Its Double Cocktail time - Cosmopolitan and Margarita
Recipe 2 - Amma's Recipes: Cut Mirchi Bhajji (Double Fried Cut Chilli Fritters)
A Visit to Vaidehi Ashram and A Call for Raffle Prizes
List of Raffle Prizes for Fund Drive (Vaidehi Ashram of Destitute Girls, Hyderabad)
My Second Visit to Vaidehi Ashram
Fund Drive for Vaidehi Ashram of Destitute Girls, Hyderabad

~ February ~

Recipe 3 - Amma's Recipes: Eggplants Stuffed with a Spice Paste
...a disastrous thali encounter and an update on the Fund Drive
Black and White Wednesday |  Noodles

~ March ~

Recipe 4 - Soya Sesame Khakhras
Announcing Raffle Prize Winners for Vadehi Ashram Fund Drive
Recipe 5 - Summer is here: Instant Mango Pickle | Mamidikaya Mukkala Pachadi
{Update} on Vaidehi Ashram Fund Distribution
Black and White Wednesday | Stone Mortar and Pestle

~ April ~

Recipe 6 - Indian Spiced Peanuts | Fried Masala Peanuts
Siri's Eat Outs | Restaurant Visits: The Egg Factory, Bangalore
Black and White Photography: Bread and Wine
Recipe 7 - Cherry Tomato Focaccia with Garlic and Basil
Recipe 8 - Amma's Recipes: Hyderabadi Double ka Meetha ( Bread Pudding with Nuts and Raisins)

~ May ~

19th Annual Day Celebrations at Vaidehi Ashram, Hyderabad
Recipe 9 - Kolhapuri Teekha Aloo (Spicy Potatoes With Kolhapuri Spice paste)
Black and White Wednesday # 31 Gallery + Two Surprise winners
Recipe 10 - Amma's Recipes: Nagori Poori | Puri with Paneer Korma
Recipe 11 - Chocolate Coffee Almond Blondies with a glass of milk!

~ June ~

Recipe 12 - Amma's Recipes: Sojjappalu | Kesari Stuffed Poori | Sojja Poorilu
Recipe 13 - Moong Dal ka Shorba | Yellow Mung Dal Soup with Garlic Basil Croutons

~ July ~

A trip to Goa and {Recipe} Basic Vanilla Cookie Dough + Cut-Out (Star) Cookies
Recipe 14 - Kerala style Arhar (Toor) Dal | Yellow Lentil Dal
Recipe 15 - Indian Tater Tots | Potato Bites
Recipe 16 - A Taste of Yellow: Caramelized Bananas with Toffee Sauce
Recipe 17 - Weekend Baking | Recipe for Black and White Heart Cookies
Recipe 18 - Happy Birthday: Tutti Frutti Cake | Indian Plum Cake

~ August ~

Recipe 19 - Paneer Jalfrezi (Indian Cottage Cheese with Mixed Vegetables) with Home-made Coconut Milk Fried Rice
Recipe 20 - Under 15 minutes: {Recipe} Easy Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce and Fried Egg
Recipe 21 - Roasted Cauliflower with Whole Cumin Seeds
Recipe 22 - Margherita Tortilla Pizza
Recipe 23 - Perfect Light Desserts: {Recipe} Best Skinny Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe 24 - Jalapeno Corn Bread Muffins | Easy Vegetarian Bean Chilli
Black and White Photography: Roadside Bhajias

~ September ~

Recipe 25 - Egg in a hole | Egg in the basket | Gashouse Eggs | One-eyed Jack with Roasted Vegetables
Recipe 26 - Paneer and Spinach (Palak) Parathas | Paneer Paranthas | Indian Cottage Cheese Parathas
Vaidehi Ashram - Ganesh making workshop
Recipe 27 - Dates and Sesame Poornalu | Poornam Boorelu | Sukhiyan
Recipe 28 - Eggplant Parmigiana - a Step by Step Recipe
Weekend Herb Blogging # 352 - The Roundup

~ October ~

Recipe 29 - Dried Blueberry and Banana Muffins- Step by Step Recipe
Recipe 30 - Navadhanya Sundal (9 Bean Salad)
{Help} to make Vaidehi Ashram kids wish a reality
Vaidehi Ashram Kids and their Shirdi Trip Details

~ November ~

Happy Halloween
Black and White Photography: Kneading Dough
Recipe 31 - Raw Plantain Chips Recipe | Quick Snacks | Family Favorites
Sunday Link Love # 1
Photography: Finding Strength in True Love!
Recipe 32 - Broccoli Paruppu Usili - a Step by Step Recipe
Wordless Wednesday: Divine Power
100 Favourite Diwali/Deepavali Recipes from around the blogosphere
Recipe 33 - Punugulu | Punukulu | Crispy Fritters with Dosa Batter Recipe
Black and White Photography: Come Dine With Me!
Sunday Link Love # 2
Vaidehi Ashram Kids Shirdi Trip Photographs Part 1
Vaidehi Ashram Kids Shirdi Trip Photographs Part 2
Vaidehi Ashram Kids Shirdi Trip Photographs Part 3
Vaidehi Ashram Kids Shirdi Trip Photographs Part 4
Black and White Photography: Spoons
Photography | Unusual Combo - Upma + Mirchi Bajji
Sunday Link Love # 3
Recipe 34 - Green Cabbage and Lentil Rice + Canon Powershot Camera Giveaway
Recipe 35 - Tomato and Carrot (No Cream) Soup + Amazon & Olive Garden giftcards giveaway
Recipe 36 - Toor Dal Chutney | Kandi Pachadi
Recipe 37 - Thanksgiving special - Vegan Potato Latkes (Potato Pancakes)
Black and White Photography: Dessert First!
Recipe 38 - Pearl Millet and Brown Rice Khichdi
Sunday Link Love # 4 + Self Portrait!
Its Monday! What are you Reading?
Recipe 39 - Arbi Tamarind Dry Curry | Chamadumpala Pulihora Koora 
Wordless Wednesday | Tomato Patch on our roof garden
Black and White Photography | Green Tea
The End of NaBloPoMo + Roundup of all posts

~ December ~

Recipe 40 - Lauki Palak Ke Kofte (Kofta) Masala | Bottle Gourd and Spinach Balls in Tomato Gravy
Recipe 41 - Instant Dosavakaya (Dosa Avakai) | Yellow Cucumber Pickle
Recipe 42 - Pasta e Ceci (Pasta with Chickpeas) with Herbs, Garlic and Chillies
Twelve Favourite Recipes of the year 2012

Back 2 Basics: Chutneys - A Roundup

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It is always fun and exciting to host an event on the blog, especially when it is revived after an hiatus. Back 2 Basics by my dear blogger friend, a desisoccermom (Jaya) is one such event which I committed to guest host for the month of September 2011.

The month of October saw a flurry of activity on our end - with my little sister's wedding and then celebrating Diwali after 7 years with friends & family, we both travelling back & forth to Hyderabad & falling sick for weeks after that due to which, there was an inevitable delay in posting this roundup.

Not any longer..Below are the various chutney entries in the order I received them in my inbox.

Enjoy :-)

1. South Indian Onion Chutney by Deepika
2. South Indian Kothamalli Chutney by Deepika
3. Sweet Tamarind Chutney by Deepika
4. Green chutney - I by Deepika
5. Green chutney II by Deepika
6. Simple Middle Eastern Hummus by Deepika
7. Coconut Chutney Type I by Anusha
8. Idlis with Tricolor Chutneys by Radhika
9. Plastic Chutney (Green Papaya Chutney) by Chandrani
10. Pasta Salad with Lemon and Peanut Dressing by Krithika
11. Raw/Green Tomato Chutney by Chandana
12. Jain style Green Chutney for chaats and sandwiches by Kalyani
13. Fenugreek Chutney (Vendhaya Thogaiyal) by Vaidehi
14. Dried Figs and Dates Spicy Jam by Krithika
15. Peanut coconut chutney by La
16. Plantain skins chutney by La
17. Chow Chow Chutney by Rudra
18. Quick Tomato Chutney by Kalyani
19. Nelli Pachadi (Amla / Gooseberry Chutney) by Kalyani
20. Tomato, Groundnut and Mint Chutneys by Amina
21. Basic Eggplant/Brinjal Chutney by yours truly (Siri)

Note: Due to some space issues on my blog, I couldn't upload photos for each of these entries. Sorry about that.

Thanks to Jaya for giving me an opportunity to guest host the B2B event.

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WWC - Brown Rice for Dinner Roundup

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Last month - a challenge was thrown at all of you to cook with brown rice and you all DID IT. :-). Every conceivable dish that is usually done with *white rice* - from our beloved dosas to idlis to adais to pulihoras is a part of this roundup - ofcourse made with brown rice.

A Big Thank You to one & all who participated in this event and to dear Sanjeeta for giving me this opportunity to guest host WWC for the month of February.

Below are all the entries I received listed in no particular order. I have tried my best to include them all but if in any case I missed an entry, please leave a comment, I will add it right away. :-)

1. For me, Adais are great as they are an instant version of our regular dosa and doesn't require any fermentation. Priya of "Priya's Eash N Tasty Recipes" sent us a yummy Tomato,Wheat Rava & Brown Rice Adai.  (Follow her blog on FB here)

2. Next up is Mythreyi of "Yum! Yum! Yum!" and her Black Bean Brown Rice patties. All I need is - two burger buns, some lettuce and mayo for a perfect burger made :-) (Follow her on FB here)

3. I think there is nothing to beat a bowl of warm oven-roasted veggies with Indian flavored rice. Isn't it? Viji of "A Foodie N Her Cooking Hat" has exactly the same planned for us. (Follow her blog here)

4. Idli is one another South Indian quintessential breakfast and here Priya of "Priya's Eash N Tasty Recipes" made it with brown rice. :-) (Follow her blog on FB here)

5. Stuff the dosa with a potato masala and there you have a delicious Masala Dosa. Priya of "Priya's Eash N Tasty Recipes" sent us the recipe for that.  (Follow her blog on FB here)

6. Paella is one other very famous Spanish dish made usually with rice and vegetables and/or meat. Here Sanjeeta of "Lite Bite" re-created the delicious dish with Brown rice that too baked. (Like her FB page here)

7. Thanks to her new pantry cleanup project, my best blogging pal DK of Chef In You, finally took out the  bag of brown rice lurking around the corner of her kitchen cabinet and look what she has made for all of us. - Indian Brown Rice Pudding. Yummilicious. (Like her blog on FB here)

8. Pooris equals to sheer indulgence. Don't you all agree? How about making it a healthy indulgence by making Sanjeeta's Spicy Brown Rice Pooris. Yeh! [Like her FB page here]

9. Yogurt rice made with Brown rice sent by Richa of "Ambrosia".

10. Just looking at Pratibha's (of The Chef and Her Kitchen) crispy dosas makes me drool and when served with the colorful tomato chutney - it becomes a perfect breakfast that can be served on any day of the week. (Follow her blog on FB here)

11. Brown Rice and WaterMelon rind Dosa - yes, you read it right. Nivi of "Nivedita's Kitchen" gave a nice twist of water melon rind to the brown rice dosa. yum! (Follow her blog on FB here)

12. Brown Rice Paddu (Gundpanglu) - is Nivi's second entry. Like she says - these are called Unniyappam in Malayalam, Paniyaram in Tamil, Ponganalu in Telugu. (Follow her blog here)

13. I will be forever indebted to Alton Brown, for his fool proof recipe of - "Perfectly Baked Brown Rice". Until then, I will be honest, I didn't know how to *properly* cook a cup of brown rice. This recipe works like a cham for any wholegrain. I have followed the same instructions for barley, wild rice or a combination of all. A big thank you to Alton Brown. :-)  (Like me on FB here)

14. Who doesn't like a piping hot bowl of bisibelebath served with papads or pickle. Here I made our age-old-favorite using brown rice and believe me, it tastes almost the same and delicious too.   (Like me on FB here)

15. It takes only  4 simple steps to make this Brown rice and 16 bean adai and there you have an incredibly delicious and nutritious breakfast for you & your family. Yes, Yes, now you can thank me for solving your "What to eat for breakfast?" *wink*. (Like me on FB here)

16. If we are talking about dishes made with *rice*, then we have to talk about a flavorful fried-rice with lots of veggies and spices and ofcourse brown rice sent by Meena of "Chettinad Fiesta".

17. Next entry is from Veena of "Tastefully Veggie" - adding the goodness of vegetables into a brown rice dosa :-)

18. Usha of "My Spicy Kitchen" expresses her affinity towards her new found love in vangibath powder and she used the same to make this decadent "Flavored Brown Rice".

19. Every south indian would make a dosa almost every week. Our grandmoms and moms have made this for ages with the same urad dal and white rice ratio. Now, Vidya of "Vegetarian Recipes from India and Around the World" gave it a healthy twist using brown rice here.

20. In India it is a tradition that we celebrate any cheerful occasion with a bowl of kheer. Here Smitha of "Smitha's Spicy Flavors" tried to re-create the dish (which is usually made with white rice) with brown rice. I am sure the next time you want to make some kheer, you would give this a try.  (Follow her blog here) 

21. A second delicious entry from Smitha of "Smitha's Spicy Flavors". - a khichdi with brown rice. Wanna grab the bowl and eat all by myself - by just looking at the picture with that pickle on the top. :-)

22. Denny of "Oh Taste N See" (how aptly named) takes this brown rice challenge a step further and makes this Multigrain Oothappam with brown rice, quinoa and bulgur wheat. (Follow her on FB here)

23. Denny's second entry is - crispy, crunchy, perfectly browned brown rice dosas. (Follow her on FB here)

24. Giving our usual khichdi a nice twist with greens like Palak along with the brown rice. What else can you ask for. It in itself is a filling one-pot meal sent by Richa of "Ambrosia".

25. I am sure there is somebody out there who still dislikes brown rice (even after going through 24 delicious entries above). For such ones, Satya of "My Innovative Kitchen" has an idea. Check out her post on Brown Rice Rava Pulihora to know what I am talking about.

26. As we started our roundup with an adai, lets end with one. Shall we.. this time it is from Divya of "Dil Se" and her delicious Brown Rice Adai.  (Like her blog on FB here)

Some of the other roundups previously posted here on my blog -

My Legume Love Affair - Part 1 and Part 2
One stop shop for all Srilankan Recipes
RFRU: Dinner
Herb Mania: Coriander/Cilantro

For the complete list - please click here.

until next time,
Siri