The next FIC is being hosted by my dear friend and daring baker Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen. She has decided to paint the month orange!! Do rush in your entries to her!! Here is her logo:). Click on it to know more, and please be sure to follow the rules. Since Aparna is a lacto-ovo-vegetarian (Eggetarian), you may send recipes containing eggs too which I do not accept usually! Take a look at the rules well, and please accompany your posts with pictures, as this is all about how your food looks!!

January started with Mumbai running the Mumbai Marathon. I ran one too but it was a little different! I call it "keep in pace with the entries marathon"!! Entries kept coming in and everyday I would religiously reply - please excuse me if I had missed any! I am not one to forget manners but keeping up pace with the filled inbox has been a little tough with sports days, parents days and haldi kumkums to attend:) - but hey! I am not complaining about the lovely entries received!!
This is the fun part - looking at each recipe, admiring them, sometimes envying, sometimes inspired, always happy to get introduced to a new blogger, to know another human being better, to graduate from 'all the best' to 'hugs', and to be a part of the event!
Thanks a lot for the lovely contributions made by each one of you, and for thinking about FIC while posting your recipes.
This FIC saw many new participants, and it gives me pleasure to introduce them to those who have been here before and supported the event from its inception. Not all, but quite a few are new to blog world too.
Supriya Raman from Ode 2 Food - (here or here) sent a good looking White Bean Soup:
This is the fun part - looking at each recipe, admiring them, sometimes envying, sometimes inspired, always happy to get introduced to a new blogger, to know another human being better, to graduate from 'all the best' to 'hugs', and to be a part of the event!
Thanks a lot for the lovely contributions made by each one of you, and for thinking about FIC while posting your recipes.
This FIC saw many new participants, and it gives me pleasure to introduce them to those who have been here before and supported the event from its inception. Not all, but quite a few are new to blog world too.
FIC FIRST TIMERS - Welcome:)
Supriya Raman from Ode 2 Food - (here or here) sent a good looking White Bean Soup:
When she does not want to waste time in the kitchen, Rachna of 'The Gourmet Launchpad' comes up with quick tasty recipes - like the vegetarian bean burger with corn salad! I wish I could do have someone do this for me:)

Ivy, of Kopiaste is a popular blogger otherwise but new to FIC. She has made a huge impact on me with 'bloggeraid'. She made quince and chestnut spoon sweet for her son - we will have to satisfy ourselves with the virtual serving:(




Khasta Kachori which she recreated from her memory of the ones she had at Jamnagar - and she says it is impeccable!

French Fries - Thin and crispy:)
Gatte ki sabzi - My favourite too:)
Simple Cheese Bruschetta for cheese lovers out there!
Vibaas's recipes





Vidhas' s recipes:

Jayasri from Samayalarai sent in Squash Poli & other Obattu Varities for FIC YELLOW - she has a lot of variations to the traditional poli. Do check!

Srividhya S of Enthaligai sent in a simple evening snack to fill up a few empty moments - Masala Pori / Puffed Rice and....


Mum's preparation - Moong dhal sambar with idly from Chitra of Ratatouille! Got to be tasty:)

Archy from Archy's Recipe Book serves Chana Dal Wada - crisp on the outside and soft on the inside:

Raaga of The Singing Chef sent in karunaikazhanga mashiyal - have it with plain or lemon rice.
A whole platter - Venn Pongal, Chakra Pongal and Ullundu Vadai! From Smitha of Dabbu's Recipes:

Asha from Aroma sends Urad dal masala vada with spicy dal dip - Talk of energetic Sundays:)
Warm, homely and quick - try this besan dosa/vegetarian omelette from Keerthana of Kitchen Vibes.
Maya of Konkan World recreated this plantain subji/curry from memory of what she had at her friend's place, and suggests a variety of ways with it:


VnV from Veggie Monologues made stuffed acorn squash for dinner - looks so tasty I could devor one whole stuffed squash there!!



Raji from Rak's Kitchen cooked for three events, and the maida barfi is for FIC. She says her Mamis are experts in making this but looking at the pictures I felt she is just being modest!



Mulakooshyam - Granny's special ...and



healthy barfi for diabetics with whole wheat flour and raw turmeric:


THE FIC FAMILY - Welcome again:)
I have grouped the rest of the entries into starters(soups, salads and appetizers), tiffin (breakfast, snacks & munchies), main meals (rice, gravies and dry curries), miscellaneous accompaniments (chutneys, pickles etc.) and desserts (sweets too).
STARTERS
(Soups, Salads and Appetizers)
(Soups, Salads and Appetizers)
Soma of e-curry sent in a lean, vegetarian version of traditional Ramadan Soup from Morocco - Harira. Perfect after the holiday season:)

Jaya of Spice and Curry presents Chole Chaat - the post is ruminative, go read it!

Yasmeen of Health Nut true to her name, serves twin delights:


Neha of #Tasty Recipes brings in street food flavor with paani poori - a puchka full of memories:)

Madhuram from Eggless cooking tries every possible alternative to eggs and produces delightful results! This is her vegan corn muffins from Taste of Home Magazine using Ener-G egg replacers:
Kuzhi paniyaram - A Chettinad speciality!


Hema's recipes from Adlak's kitchen - she said "catch it!" Well! I caught, mouthed, gulped and burped!!
Bread paneer - a microwave trial!
Ghee pongal - comfort breakfast:)
Preeti from Khaugiri sent many recipes in different categories, and here is her recipe for the traditional Maharishtrian favorite - Kanda pohe!

Surnali or Sweet Dosa brought to you from Poonam's Kitchen.
Updated on 08.02.09: Easy crafts sent me three entries out of which I had posted only two through oversight! Updating now:lemon poha:
MAINS
(Rice, Rotis, Pastas)
(Rice, Rotis, Pastas)
Updated 08.02.09: Easycrafts had sent me three entries out of which I had posted only one through oversight. Here is the tasty wholesome Moong kichadi she brought to FIC:)
...a vegetable biryani from Viki's Kitchen at the insistence of her friend:), and...
Ujwal from Ujwal's Kitchlabs started the year with a healthy Moogadaali Usli/Bette.

Sunshinemom's saffron pesto pasta that turned yellow because of saffron:
Pallavi of All Thingz Yummy recommends only MTR mix for the tastiest Bisi Bele Bath - Look:)
Rekha of Plantain Leaf (Andhra Recipes) sent in a new rice variety - Goosebery Rice / Usiri Annam!
Sunshinemom's saffron pesto pasta that turned yellow because of saffron:
What is better than coming back home from traveling to a simple
Lemon Rice - tangy and quick from Padmajha Suresh of Seduce Your Tastebuds.

Tondli bhaat or Gherkins rice - A Maharashtrian favorite from Meera of Enjoy Indian Food.
Lemon Rice from Hema of Adlak's Tiny Kitchen:
SIDE DISHES TO MAINS
(Gravies, Dry curries)
(Gravies, Dry curries)
Madhu of Ruchii sent a tasty and simple pumpkin curry to be enjoyed with rice,roti or even dosa.

Jayasree of Experiments in Kailas Kitchen presents a true blue Kerala feast - Kaalan.

Vaishali of Holy Cow! serves a vibrant Srilankan Eggplant Curry adapted from Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian.
Hema of Adlak's kitchen sent in two in this category:
Julka (or Jhunka as we know it in Mumbai)

Cham of Spice-club made some drunken dumplings a.k.a Palak Pakodi Kadhi - low fat version!
Updated on 09.02.09:
Bhagyashri from Tastebuds had sent me a beautiful palak ki kadhi, and I am sorry that I missed out on this earlier.
Kumbalakayi Mosaru - a delicacy from Lakshmi of Taste of Mysore:
Next in line is Meera of Simple Indian Food's Gujarati version of potato curry - Batata nu koru shaak,




Lastly in this series is Sunshinemom's aloo delicacies:
DESSERTS & SWEETS
Mahimaa of Indian Vegetarian Kitchen serves a warm and comforting masala milk for the chills, and a tropical smoothie to beat the heat.



Simran of Bombay Foodie says imagination failed her when she thought yellow and then she comes up trumps with this caramalized pineapple smoothie!

I had to place her entries at the end as I felt she deserved a special place for the sheer blogging energy!! Please put your hands together for Shama Nagarajan of EASY2COOK RECIPES for all these entries from her!!
FULL MEALS
Priyanka of Asankhana, posts less but if she does she has awesome goodies:)
2nd helping: Aloo fry
I missed quite a few entries this time, and am really sorry about it!
Sandeepa for Bong Mom's cook book has just had a second baby girl and is back with a bang after a long hiatus. She is an FIC first timer, and graced it with two lovely dishes, the first is a Thai Vegetable soup which is hearty enough for a light nourishing meal,
and a twist to regular khichuri made from her favourite Bong Mag Sananda - Paneer Khichuri.
For the first time, a non-blogger mailed me an entry for FIC!!
YACHNA KHANNA'S PLAIN EGGLESS CAKE
Thank you for the delicacy!!
Thank you for the delicacy!!
Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup orange juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup melted butter
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda into a large bowl. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda. Make a well in the center and pour in the sweetened condensed milk, orange juice, vanilla and melted butter. Mix well and pour into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
RAVA KESARI (SOOJI HALWA) - SARITA
Varunavi/Sarita from My Kitchen's Aroma sent this to me a day before she started her own blog in an email. Thanks for the delicious rava kesari - she makes this every thursday as an offering to Sai Baba during puja.
Ingredients:-
Sooji (samolina) 1 cup
Sugar 1 1/2 cups
Water 1 cup
Elachi 2
Food colour 1/4 tsp
Ghee 1/4 cup
Cashew and raisins
Method:
1.Heat ghee in kadai, fry raisins and cashew and keep aside.
2. In the same kadai, add the rava and fry in slow flame stiring continuously careful not to burn for 5 mins till the raw smell goes
3.Boil water, add the rava slowly continuosly stirring with one hand without forming lumps. Now add food colour.
4. When all the water gets absorbed and the rava is cooked well, start adding the sugar and keep stiring for some more time until it leaves the kadai
5.Now add elachi,cashew and raisins.
I hope you enjoyed the round up as much as I enjoyed hosting the event. It was a long one, so there may be the slightest chances that I have left something out!! If you cannot see an entry you sent me please leave a comment here in this post, and I will definitely get back!! Do look up the new comeers to blogworld and to FIC, and leave your comments for the non-blogger - Yachna Khanna's recipe in my comment box.
THANK YOU FOR THE PLEASURE!
that was 205 entries, 109 bloggers, and 1 non-blogger!!
that was 205 entries, 109 bloggers, and 1 non-blogger!!
awesome work :)
ReplyDeleteIt took me so much time to just go through the entries... You have endless patience.... thank you for hosting this - it was the first time I took part in an event :)
The list gets Longer everytime... to our delight!! & so many thing I would not even think of. Really Harini its a cool event.
ReplyDeleteGood job on that looooong round up! Could not see quite a few pics tho...
Wow That is neat and great round -up, I am seeing only some sunshine everywhere :)
ReplyDeleteNote: Few pict re not loading, check it.
Welcome the Non-bloggers too!
Oh my my..., such a huge roundup... can understand how urs inbox would be filled..
ReplyDeleteGr8 work dear...
I second Cham's comment about spreading sunshine. Its Sunday morning and the sun's just spreading its warmth but my screen is already lit up. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is one marathon which wouldn't have been too tiring? :D
Btw, I also had a problem with some pictures not loading. I think Blogger has this problem if there are more than a certain number of pictures in a post.
Great, awesome, wonderful round up!!!!! Soooooooo maaaaaaany recipes. Truley a jumbo round up. Thnaks a lot.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a large spread! Great job with the roundup.
ReplyDeleteGood work girl! Round up looks great with the pictures and all...
ReplyDeleteWhoah,in phase 1 itself so much! Too excited to browse all the recipes,thank you for organizing!! I made my entry(sweet)especially for your event alone!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a great round up!! so many entries, your patience is amazing:-) so wonderful to see new bloggers and the non-blogger entries..
ReplyDeleteI know i Know lady,how much time and efforts went in :-)But worth every millisecond spend on it isn't it?
ReplyDeleteAwesome roundup,so many interesting recipes,and perfectly done roundup
Congrats on hosting amazingly successful event :-)
Have a happy and peaceful Sunday ;-)
Thats really one awesome round up!..great job H!
ReplyDeleteWOw wat a excellent roundup, so many dishes n everything looks delicious, Hats of to ur patience n time u would have spend for this longggg roundup...Great job n Its really very elegant n tasty event!!!
ReplyDeleteThats for sure a delicious round up.Great variety and lots of them..Congrats on your work.
ReplyDeleteWoooooooooooooooooooooow so many in yellow. Bookmarked many of them to try. Really super duper roundup......Three cheers to dear sunshinemom...
ReplyDeleteAwesome,You are an amazing and excellent 'eventor'Love the way you summed up each and every dish /blogger.Keep it up dearie.Surely marathon hai yeh.
ReplyDeleteSo many lovely entries..lot of new dishes to try too..I sent u three entries, but I can see just one..can you pls check
ReplyDeleteOMG! thats a wonderful and great round up dear.. how many tasty and yummy dishes with yellow spark.hm amazing work.. good as well as gr8job harini dear....
ReplyDeleteIt's YUMMO! I've bookmarked a couple of recipes. I have to try the tandoori pesto potatoes definitely.
ReplyDeleteSunshinemom, whew! And wow! Thanks for the effort!
ReplyDeletekudos Harini! well organized roundup. I can see all the pics. Great job!
ReplyDeleteHi! Anyone like to comment on the Plain Eggless Cake? Hm? ;D
ReplyDeleteAwesome Harini..You've compiled it so well. and WOW!!! Look at all the entries, i can plan my menu for the whole month and dont have to break my head everyday on what to cook for the day :) Great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you for such nice round up. It's feast to the eyes to see so many dishes at once.
ReplyDeletet was really awesome. Looks perfect.. thanks for doing this
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely round-up Harini. Each dish is very welll presented. So many mouthwatering dishes to try...
ReplyDeletethat's a great roundup! awesome collection and hats off to your patience!
ReplyDeleteHarini, One more entry Daalithoy from me seems to be missing. Could you please check?
ReplyDeleteThe round up is amazing and there are so many dishes that are yet to be tried.. and the event is catching up :D.. Loved the roundup :)
Thats one mind blowing round up. Great job done on the long roundup. Got to know about some new bloggers from here.
ReplyDeletewowwo, that is an awesome round up hirani. great job.
ReplyDeleteHi Harni, Great job!! Lots of delicious recipes at one place, YOu have arranged it nice way.
ReplyDeleteWonderful roundup , I'll plan to send something for the orange event
ReplyDeleteThank you dear....am drooling over all the recipes......
ReplyDeletewow,thats a great round up harini,so many new dishes to try...Thanx:)
ReplyDeleteWhewwww!!!! Good job...
ReplyDeletethanks a lot dear for hosting such a beautiful event great job you have done so many mouthwatering dishes with a beautiful color simply superb
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful round up!
ReplyDeleteI will bookmark this roundup sothat i can come back whenever i need ideas. I have already been inspired by some to try out some new things. Lovely!
Thanks lot for such a good job, Harini!
Great Round Up Harini....So many lovely recipes and perfect job done....great effort
ReplyDeleteOh my god, how much time u took harini??
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for including me.
wow Harini nice rounup.. 205 entries my god it must be very hectic to do this roundup
ReplyDeleteYou have done an excellent job Harini. This is a feast for the eyes.
ReplyDeleteQuite an effortful round up,thanks dear:)
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone! Your invaluable support is what makes FIC grow. I loved having you all over here, mpwah!! Thanks to those who informed about the pictures not showing up immediately! Thanks also to those who have been patient with me though I missed their entries - I am always trying to improve on the 'missing out' part:)
ReplyDeletewow....what a wonderful spread...took me a while to go through them...Great job on the roundup Harini.
ReplyDeleteWOW that was an awesome roundup!!How did u ever manage to compile all those entries!!You are really great!!!!
ReplyDeleteWowowwwwoooooooo this is what i call a awesome roundup. So many variety of yelow.
ReplyDeleteBeutiful and delicious rpundup.
Wow, what a great roundup!
ReplyDeleteWow, I am breathless just reading through that post. Nice job as always, Harini, and a great resource.
ReplyDeletethat is one fantastic roundup!! awesome work!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a long list. Hats off to you :)
ReplyDeleteomg everythin looks so yumylicicous,..so mny new recipes to try,..great job,..round of applause from me,//just hope u can hear it out./..:-)
ReplyDeletehi harini,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great roundup....what amazing & delightful mouthwatering recipes from everybody, I thought mine was too bland in front of everybodies, I felt each one of u are grt photographers, u must have lot of patience i think going through everybodies recipes & writing such beautiful comments to each one of them...it's really cool....I want to try all the recipes....u have done a grt job hats of to u....:))
lovely round up.., Thanks for hosting such a nice event..,
ReplyDeleteHope to participate in "FIC Orange"
Wonderful round up Harini!
ReplyDeleteHarini, As you know I now have a blog. :)
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