Budding blogger: Rach

Meet Rach from Indian food in the Budding blogger series.

She says -

My passion for cooking, my experiments with ingredients, and my everyday cooking experiences ....Simple, easy, healthy and tasty homefood.. In a nutshell, this is how I can describe my blog.

I simply love south Indian veg food. I look to cook south Indian food ( I cook non-veg as well). The hyderabadi cuisines which have great mughlai influences, the spicy andhra cuisine, the unique chettinad cuisine (with lots of black pepper), Coconut rich cuisine from kerala, and my very own karnataka cuisines, interests me a lot. I also love to cook other cuisines from parts of India like Punjab, Gujarat, rajasthan, Goa, Bengal( die hard fan of bengali sweets), Maharashtra, bihar etc. I don't mind sticking on to the ingredients that are authentically used like mustard oil, vinegar (in Goa) or even adding sweetness to gravies( like in rajasthani cuisine). I'm fascinated by various cuisines of this world... may it be a stew from Jerusalem or pitta smeared with hummus along with a falafel filling from Lebanon, or baked pastas or pizza from Italy, Fusion foods like hamburger from America, tortillas from Mexico, Arabic grills, native African cuisine, or colorful Caribbean cuisine or classic french and English cuisine, or my very own Asian cuisine, I like them all. I love to cook all of them some day.

I used to discuss about my everyday cooking experiences and recipes with friends online, that's when I thought blogging would be a good option to share with Friends and all others who may be looking for a recipe. Having no clue about what blogging is all about, I asked one of my friend. Then I did log in and started my journey of blogging. I'm very new to blogging (its hardly been a month), I'm loving it. I know I still have a long way to go( a long , long way). I love browsing and blogging ( its like I learn , I share). Blogging is now my hobby, it keeps me occupied. Any hobby can make us happy, may it be dancing, singing, arts, crafts or painting...It brings out all our hidden talents and nourishes all the skills that we have. It brings out positive vibes in us.

Do visit my blog ..

I'm just another happy cook, Having fun cooking!

MEC: Healthy diet food event roundup

Thanks a lot Shiva, Priya and Sudha for sending in the healthy versions of your favourite dish for the MEC event..Unfortunately I am not able to concentrate on blogging and make new dishes for the past 2 months..So, there has not been any entry from me..

Shiva from Morsels: Microwave Poha and Microwave Sabudana Khichadi

Quick Reminder for MEC event

Here is a quick reminder

The MEC: Healthy/Diet food event ends tomm- 31st May..Rush in your entries

MEC: Healthy diet food event announcement

Srivalli's very popular event MEC comes to Simple Indian food blog this month..

Microwaved food has gained popularity over the years for ease in cooking and reheating. But the highlight remains that it requires less oil and spices for cooking. And this is most helpful for dieters and in general for all those who try to make food healthier..Keeping this in mind, this month's theme for MEC event is Healthy Diet Food. Try to cook your regular food or any special diet food with your microwave so as to reduce the oil/fat content and spice content- making it much healthier than the way you are used to eating it.

There is no restriction on which part of the meal you would want to cook..however it must be done in the microwave and not the stove top..You would be free to use other electrical gadgets but cooking has to be mandatory done with your microwave..

To start off- masala peanuts made in microwave instead of frying, sweets like kesari/sheera can be made with much lesser ghee in microwave and so on..you can try out dishes that can be baked or grilled instead of stove top method that may require frying in any form...

Please have the following rules in mind before sending in your entry --

* The last date is May 31st.

* Multiple recipes are permitted and recipes submitted to other events are also permitted. Recipes from archives can be accepted ONLY if updated as current posts.

* The entire cooking needs to be done in Microwave. You can of course use food processor or others for grinding stuffs, but no stove top..Only Veg recipes please (Cheese allowed, egg not allowed).

* Link the post to this announcement as well as to Srivalli's MEC post. Both the links are mandatory and unless included cannt be added to the roundup. Please try to include the logo in your post.

* If you dont have a blog, send in the recipe and picture to easycrafts@gmail.com and I will publish it for you on my blog.

* Mail me your name, blog name, recipe name and link, photo (if you have disabled right click on your blog)and reposted link (for archived entries only) to easycrafts@gmail.com

Thanks Srivalli for the opportunity and the beautiful logo

Waiting to see the creativity in you of making food healthier the microwave way