Jihva - Wedding Feasts Round-up

Dear foodies,

Finally, the much delayed and promised round-up is here. I thank all you of who made time to cook a recipe dear to your heart and write about your memories and stories. I feel guilty for not having done justice to them by presenting the round up earlier. It was great to read all the blog posts and also the comments and good wishes left here on my blog while I went MIA. I hope the wonderful delicacies below, and the lovely stories around them will appease you :)So without further ado, I present you the round-up. There is a link at the bottom of the images stating the name of the dish and the link to the recipe. Bon Appetit!

Jihva - Wedding Feasts

Dear foodies,

I mentioned the soon approaching wedding celebration in the last few posts, but April is host to another celebration of sorts around here - Jihva arrives at Akshayapaatram :) Last year when Indira opened up the hosting for '09-'10, I eagerly sent her an email hoping to host it real soon. But in the two days that it took me to communicate with her, the slots filled up at lightening speed. Indira emailed saying April 2010 was the only one left and if it would work for me. I was not going to turn down the wonderful offer but I had also never planned for anything so far into the future, ever. I had no clue what awaited me a year ahead and committed to take it up with a little uncertainty in mind. Exactly a year later, holding true to that thought of mine, I'm getting married this month!

Food is a very integral part of our culture. Be it a small family gathering, one our many festivals or a wedding gala, they are all incomplete without food. We are a people that discuss dinner while having lunch, huge fights can spawn from a cup of bad coffee :D Every festival and event has a unique food preparation or menu style accompanying it. Some from habit and some passed down from years of family tradition. The food blogging community with its rich diversity in culture would be a perfect way for us to learn about all these various traditions. So Jihva will be celebrating Wedding Feasts this month! :)

Bring out your wedding finery and cook up a recipe fit for a wedding this month. I would also love to read about your wedding memories, be it your own or one dear to you. What makes up a wedding feast in your family, is there any specific dish that just has to be served and is there a specific order to serve them ? What is your favorite wedding treat ? Please do write about it and share with us your beautiful memories and experiences.

JFI - Wedding Feasts

Guidelines for participation:

• Cook /share a recipe that forms part of a wedding feast. Memories, stories, folklore - anything related to weddings can also be included and will be greatly appreciated!
• My request would be that all dishes sent to the event are vegetarian.
  
• Post about it and link to this announcement page and to Indira's Jihva for Ingredients post. Feel free to use the logo for the event in your post if needed.
  
• Send me an email at 'akshayapaatram dot gmail dot com 'with the subject line - "JFI - Wedding Feasts"
• Within the email, include:
  Blog name:
  Blog URL:
  Recipe Name:
  Post URL:
  Your name:
  Photo of the dish (any size)
• The deadline for the event is April 30th, 2010.
• Non-blogger entries are equally welcome, just send me an email and I will post your recipes on the blog prior to the round-up.
  

Please come and join in! There is no restriction on the number of entries, more the merrier! If you think you already have something in your blog that relates to this theme, re-post it on your blog, or link to it in a current post using the above guidelines. I might have a special gift in store for one lucky entry, will add in the details soon :)

Its going to be a huge celebration here, and I am eagerly looking forward to all your posts! If possible do share the event on your blogs to spread the word, thank you! :)

Sunday Snacks -Spill the Beans Round up

Dear foodies,

I know I've been MIA, guilty as charged, more so because I've greedily kept some really scrumptious snacks away from you. Far back in July I requested you to come up with snack ideas using beans. Spill the beans, is what I named it, and that's exactly what you did. I got many lovely recipes from you to kick away the snack cravings. Thank you! But before I leave you with a list that will have you rushing to grab a snack, check out the current Sunday Snacks -Snacks with bread, hosted by Priya of Easy & Tasty Recipes.

Sunday Snacks - Spill the Beans

Garbanzo Summer picnic salad
from Sreelu of Sreelu's Tasty Travels

Tortilla Bajji
and

Urad dhal Vada
from Divya of Dil Se...

Fried Chickpeas
from Soma of eCurry

Amritsari style dal
from Sudha of Malaysian Delicacies

Rajma Dip
from Padma of Padma's Recipes

Mixed beans & Sweet potato cutlets
and

Chickpea & Urad dal vadai
from Aarthi of Aarthi's kitchen

Baked Pakoda
and

Oats peanut butter Cookies
from Sadhana of A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine

Ambode/Masala Vadai
from Anu of My Scrawls

Rajma Patties
from Shubha of Munch, Crunch & Such

Spicy Daal Chaat
and

Kolhapuri Misal
from Meera of Enjoy Indian Food

Potato Patties
from Rupali of Chak...le...re!!

Golgappas
from Prathibha of The Chef & her Kitchen

Chickpeas Sundal
from Ashwini of Ashwini's Spicy Cuisine

Moth/Matki usal
from Jaya of JayaSpace

Rajma Rasmisa
from Pari of Foodelicious

Moong Bhaji
from Preeti of Khaugiri

Baked Sweet potato & chickpeas cutlet

Baked Chickpeas & Bread Rolls

Whole greengram kunukku
from Priya of Priya's Easy & Tasty Recipes

Ugrani
from Srinithya of Andhra Spice

Pattani Sundal
from Lata of Flavors & Tastes

Senagalu fry
from Kalyani of Kalyani's kitchen

Magic Masoor dal

Lobhiya chaat
from Deepti of Dips Kitchen

Misal Pav
from Jyoti of Panch Pakwan

Moong dal dosa
from Renu of Renu's Kitchen

Chana Chaat
from Shri of Tasty Touch

Green moong chutney
from Nivedita of Nivedita's kitchen

Misal
from Bhagyashri of Taste Buds

Medhu Vadai
from Lissie of Salt & Spice

Green Moong & Cabbage pakora
from Indrani of Appyayan

Rissoles
from Minu of Chettinad Fiesta

I hope I din't leave out any of your entries, let me know if I did and I'll promptly include it here. Thank you! :-)

Here are the previous editions of Sunday Snacks
Sunday Snacks - Chaats
Sunday Snacks - Grab & Go
Sunday Snacks-Hot & Spicy
Sunday Snacks - Fix It
Sunday Snacks - Fry It
Sunday Snacks - Bake It

HHDD # 27 - Winner

Dear Foodies,

Enough of the enticing salad list and time to announce the winner of the HHDD -Summer Salads you say ? Here we go.....Firstly, Thank you all for participating in this beautiful event and for sending in your votes. After looking at the votes I got via the emails, I could'nt conclude a clear winner! Almost all of you had an equal number of votes!! So I asked Denise to make the winning call. This being the first edition of HHDD with her as the facilitator, it seemed apt to have her pick the winner. Thank you Denise.

And now drumrolls for the winner ...

Stephanie's Sugar Snap Pea, Cucumber, Mint & Tofu Summer Salad

Stephanie, you sure did come back to blogging with a perfect entry :-) Congratulations!

Head over to her blog in a few days to hear about the next HHDD :-)

HHDD #27 - Voting begins

Dear foodies,

I'm back with the refreshing round-up of Hay Hay it's Donna Day # 27. We were celebrating Donna's summer salads all this month. I tried out a recipe for a lime & mint noodle salad which was wonderful and you guys have come up with many interesting variations to this recipe and others. Without further delay lets move to the list of entries I got...

Vote for your favorite Summer salad

Stephanie who blogs at Dispensing Happiness sent us a

Sugar Snap Pea, Cucumber, Mint & Tofu Summer Salad





Tartasacher who blogs at Mil Postres which means 1000 desserts

sent in Skewered fruit salad with chocolate sauce, from Spain.





Zaira who blogs at La Cocina de Zaira made a

tomatoes, watercress & Manchego cheese salad in olive oil





Dennis added a creative spin to recreate a

Cauliflower & Feta salad





Suzie who blogs at Munch+Nibble made a

Witlof with Zucchini, mint & feta salad







Our previous host, Soma from Ecurry sent us a colorful

Summer Salad with Citrus Lavender Dressing










Arfi from the blog HomeMadeS sent in a de-constructed salad for

Pear and Blue Cheese with Crispy Wontons






Barbara of the blog Winos and Foodies made

Zucchini Salad







My entry for a Lime & Mint noodle salad.








Denise who is the current facilitator of HHDD made a fabulous looking lime & mint noodle salad.





Now its time for you guys to choose your favorite summer salad. The winner will get to host the next round of HHDD, so make your pick now :) To place your vote, send me an email at akshayapaatram [at] gmail [dot] com within the next 5 days (Aug 22nd, midnight EST).
The entries have come in from all over the world and the innovation in each of these is fabulous! I huge thank you to everyone who participated :-) A special thanks to Denise for bringing back the HHDD event.