Diwali recipes
Submitted by Lata on Sun, 2011-10-23 00:55
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I'm sure almost all of you must be swamped with Diwali-things to do before the 26th.
I just wanted to quickly drop by to let you know that we love your rangolis a lot, but, we would also like a taste of your home-made Diwali goodies. Please don't forget to click some pictures of sweets and savories during your preparation, and post them here for all of us to enjoy. Recipes would be an added bonus!
Before I forget, I would like to add that pictures of Diwali sarees would also be appreciated by all of us. It would mean a lot to people like me who miss being/living in India. 
Wish you all a joyful Diwali.
rajaarthy
Sun, 2011-10-23 06:55
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Sure Lata. Thanks..wish you a happy diwali.
I too agree with you. Friends, please post the pics of ur diwali sarees
ammuchandhini
Sun, 2011-10-23 08:54
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Advance Happy Diwali Wishes lata.... ya me too thought to capture all d dishes seperately and finally collage them...Thattai and Gulab Jamoon is ready..:)haha...hmmm sarees aah....nice idea...:)
jkmrao
Sun, 2011-10-23 15:45
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It is a good idea, however one suggestion though. Even now, there are quite a few recipes in the cafe section. Is it possible to gather all of them together and put them in one place? latAji doesn't have to do this. Some other kindred soul can volunteer for this job. We can even have our own ikOlam recipe book! In fact in our work place this is done, and every year the NCI at Frederick brings out a recipe book. A downloadable Diwali recipe book is available in another rangoli site.
Regards! - mOhana
Lata
Sun, 2011-10-23 17:32
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Mohanaji, I had already started gathering them all in one place, and am going to showcase a couple of recipes for starters, in the new format tonight. The rest will follow soon. The upload option from the top menu will have the provision of uploading the recipes as well.
jkmrao
Sun, 2011-10-23 17:41
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Thanks latAjI! See how we think alike
Regards! - mOhana
Lata
Sun, 2011-10-23 21:38
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Yes Mohanaji. Now that you've mentioned it, I feel like I belong to a group of great minds. :0
I guess we will wait and see if our JKM Sir shares one of his goodies with all of us.
admin
Sun, 2011-10-23 17:41
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Rani, please try to keep individual pictures (of dishes) separate. Our system now has a separate place for the main image, and the additional ones if there are any, for each recipe. I can't wait to see what you upload later on!
ammuchandhini
Sun, 2011-10-23 18:22
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Good evening lata....ok done ...shall upload seperate pictures...nice to know we will have an upload recipe option too...:)...that will make our and your(later u will need to collect all of them na...) job also easier...:)
smahalakshmi
Sun, 2011-10-23 20:47
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Lata, I missed it. We finished preparing all the sweets and savouries but i don't have the pictures of work in progress. Can I share the pictures of complete one?
Lata
Sun, 2011-10-23 21:30
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By all means Maha, pictures of the end result with the recipes are better than ones with no pictures at all. Thanks, can't wait to get a taste of your celebration! Just wondering, does your son get to taste atleast tiny bites/crumbs? Is he one yet, or much younger?:)
smahalakshmi
Sun, 2011-10-23 22:00
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Ok, Lata, thanks a lot, I will send seperate pictures of the sweets and savouries that we have prepared. We prepared - Kaara Boondhi, Butter Murukku (but this murukku was not that much tasty as we expected), Poori Laddoo, 7 in 1 cake and Somasee.
We did all the sweets and murukku on week end (Friday and Saturday) and my husband's duty is that to take care that Amit doesn't come to Kitchen.
I preared the Kaara boondhi yesterday evening after going back to home. Once Boondhis are ready, i had to mix it with cashews and peanuts etc. This I did by placing everything on the dining table. Amit was so sweet that he stood on a chair nearby and was watching me how I'm mixing all these things. Then he started to hold my hands with the feel that he is also helping me out to mix. Then I gave him few boondhis to eat but he didn't want to eat.
But he started eating pappadam, appalam, vadam, banana chips, potato chips etc...
smahalakshmi
Sun, 2011-10-23 22:03
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We have got a Pattu saree for my MIL from India. May be i'll upload the picture of the same. I have got some salwars only, because here I don't get any chance of wearing sarees to office. I only wear salwars for office. So got some materials stitched over here.
smahalakshmi
Mon, 2011-10-24 21:56
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Dear Lata, I have taken the pictures of my MIL's pattu saree and pictures of all those bakshanams that we made for Diwali. Please let me know where to upload these pictures and the recipes. Is it on the cafe section, or r u going to have a seperate option for uploading these, as Rani suggested?
ammuchandhini
Mon, 2011-10-24 22:26
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Maha...me too uploaded using d upload craft section pa....my diwali saree and one milagu kuzhambu....i don't know where it is...or may be lata will arrange a seperate section for diwali saree and dishes section aah...teriyaleppa...:)
smahalakshmi
Mon, 2011-10-24 23:57
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Rani, it is there in your gallery already.
Dr.Rekha Shetty
Tue, 2011-11-01 01:07
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lata i will upload my diwali saree though it is not kanjivaram something new with big jaree thread work border i don't remember the name of the saree .