Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and Fabulous New Year. Happy Cooking and Blogging :)

Location: Mangalore
This pic has won the runner-up place at Wacom Wallpaper Contest
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My entire lecture on ugly cauliflower, how stupid it was to look at and how I had rather eat cow dung in its place, went to deaf ears. She gave me knowing smile and went on adding a pinch of this and a dash of that and with in few minutes this stinky vegetables dressed with aromatic spices was stuffed in a whole wheat dough and rolled flat. Cooked to perfection with little bit of Ghee on both the sides it smelled almost heavenly to my utter disbelief. She placed this perfectly round, hot, delicious smelling Gobi ke Paranthe with a small bowl of Yogurt and my favourite Pickle in front of me and asked me to taste it if I wanted. I not only tasted it but reluctantly asked for more.
Read More...Some things in life are better when they are simpler. How many times have we really tried to be simple but ended up complicating it more in that process? Keeping things simple is indeed complicated and it is very true when it comes to recipes. I am always impressed with the recipes which are traditional and handed down from one generation to the next. Most of them are uncomplicated, simple and yet the end result is always the winner. One such recipe which is handed down to me by my Amma, who in turn learnt it from her mom (my Ajji) is Bolu Kodhel. Bolu means plain and Kodehl means Curry from Mangalore.
Read More...With our trip to India and lots of other things to think of, this time it was not that difficult to deal with Spring Cleaning. With just few days left for our trip, it wasn’t surprising to see almost empty fridge staring at me. There is hardly enough vegetables to use in curries and we opted for using them in heart warming Soups, next best thing to eat and enjoy. And what is better than delicious bowl of Minestrone Soup packed with flavours and nutrition. We used the ingredients based on what we had on hand rather than strictly following the recipe.
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60 Spicy Trails:
cool have a gr8 vacation!! do update us on your trip...
Enjoy ur vacation Sia...
Have a great trip & enjoy eating, shopping & spending time with family. Happy new year to you all.
I'm so happy for you Sia. Have a great time in India. Don't worry about blogging ,you will never get back this time. And that photo looks absolutely AWESOME.I can see how much happy Arjun is to be at the beach.
ENJOY 'HOME' " :)
TAKE CARE
Shn
Suppi, Enjoy your time in India and convey my regards to all at home. Gadi angadili laykakke chat yella hode....Oh you making me J girl. Enjoy and have fun. Will miss you.
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Seema
Hey Sia!! Have an amazing time!! Love your nephew and that beach, it reminds me of my childhood days in vizag!!
Happy holidays!! will definitely miss you dear!!
Have a wonderful vacation Supriya! I'm going to miss you!! Will look for you back with wonderful stories and memories. Enjoy!!! :)
Dear Sia, have a fabulous time with your family and friends...new year wishes in advance to you and your DH...and no wonder that pic won...simply amazing...and I like your BF ;-)
what a lovely time for the trip supriya....escaping all the cold chills here...u r going to your cosy home
enjoy your trip dear
priya
Have fun, Sia!!! Don't forget to check out Bharat and Empira malls in mangalore.... I'm sure you'll enjoi in mangalore this time.... take care and have a safe trip!!
I just came back from little shopping, glad I caught you on time!
Don't say Goodbye girl, see you later is enough.
Have a safe flight and since you are taking Laptop too, I will look forward to all the yummy photos too.
That is a gorgeous photo, can't believe it's Mangaluru beach!! Oh, nostalgia!:)))
Have a great time Sups, hugs to you. My regards and love to all of you at home!
Have a great trip Sia! Will miss your posts :) Take care and drop in a message once in a while.
Sia,
Unveil the magic from India for all of us, make sure to capture the gaddi food et all.
I love love the pic omg so beautiful such vibrant colors.
Have a great vacation and wishing you a very Happy New year as well
Happy journey and have fun in India. Enjoy the vacation.
enjoy your time off Supriya and safe journey :)
LUCKY Babe!!! HAVE A GR8 Holiday!!! enjoy urself, catch up on all that LOVELYYYYYYYYY Maa-ke -haath ka khana, street food get loads of snaps!!! Take care!!!
Sia enjoy your trip to india !!!
Will miss you and your recipes.
Happy New Year too !!!
Cheers
Mala
My dear friend. Have a safe journey home and much happiness is wished to you and your loved ones.
You did not have to make it sound so final by saying, goodbye. Gheeze! Until would have been fine :)
Have a great vacation Sups! Lovely photo!
hey Sia! have a great time in india girl! wow, I'm gonna envy the food part!! take loads of pics, and have tonnes of fun!! and do congratulate your BIL on the great pic; it's very beautifully captured!
Merry X'mas and Happy New year!
Priceless shot. You have a wonderful trip.
"India, here we come", oh! Sups, that line made me cry! Have fun, girl! Wish you and your family and lovely and very Happy New Year! get back with lots of fun stories :).
hugs n' love,
musical.
Sia, have a great time in India. Beautiful photography.. is that panambur beach or suratkal beach ?
Happy holidays...seeya next year !
Oh.....my dear we miss you very much. Your photo always brings me to your blog my dear...good photographer enjoy your vacation.:)
Have a great time with family and friends, Sia. Have a safe trip.
Have a funfilled New Year at home Sia. :)
Hey Sia,
Happy Holidays! Have a great vacation. Get some of the Puttur-da muttu for all of us.
Hey Sia, welcome....:P
Have a great holiday.
Happy vacation.....Advance Newyear wishes.Enjoy your vaction with fnds and family well and get us lot of cheering news buddy.
By the way the snap is marvellous.
We will miss you. Have a great time.
Sia, have a wonderful vacation. If you are coming further South and meeting other bloggers, e-mail me! Lovely picture!
Have a great vacation dear! which are the places you will visit in india? Get in touch if you happen to visit bangalore! :) have a great vacation! :)
Have lot of fun in India.
Enjoy the food, shopping and family anf friends.
See you when u comeback.
Really Jealous, u lucky girl.
Safe journey
Aiyyyyyyoo...how did you manage to get such a long vacation ?
Have a great trip and hav eloads and loads of fun
Have a great time in India.
Happy New Year!!
Wish you both a very happy vacation!! Do post your restaurant experiences. Don't miss Vidyarthi bhavan, it is in Gandhibazaar in Bangalore, they make the best dosas. The picture of your nephew is very nice.
Awesome Sia! Now even I wanna go back home..:)) Have a safe journey and do update us with food, places and take loads of pics! Have a blast gurl..:D
Amazing pic.. Happy Christmas and New Year!
Miss You and ur humor!
~ Siri
Hi,
Have a great time in India...See u nest year.
Enjoy your trip to India Sia :-)
Happy New year in advance to you :)
Fabulous photo! Full of so much energy! Your nephew, too! Congrats to your b-i-l!
And have a great trip and looking forward to reports of your masti! Happy New Year to you and yours!
Hey Sia. Welcome to India. Which part of the country will you be visiting dear?? Anywhere near Delhi?? Enjoy yourself
I had commented on the same day this post was made..disappeared. Anyways.. have a great time in India...bring back sweet memories :)
Have a great vacation. enjoy.
Hey Supriya,
HAve a nice time enjoy to the core dear.HAppy holidays.
What a brilliant picture! Enjoy you vacation in India. :-)
Delhi on your itinerary??? Would have loved to meet you. have fun Sia
Hi sia
Have a wonderful vacation back home.the picture is really wonderful.As they say "a pic is worth of thousand words" ui can imagine how happy u are feeling to go to India with the picture u put here.
Great...have a refreshing and enjoyable holiday!!
have a great vacation ad wonderful new year..when did u change the name to monsoon spice?nice pic!
have a gr8 vacation! I just got back
hey sia ..have a great time back home ...enjoy ....
Beautiful photography and model too have done a great job!!See you next year and happy new year!
Have a nice time sia. Viji
Excellent Pic. It made me nostalgic.
hi dear, sorry for being MIA, but you're moving, too? or did I misunderstand, and it's just a holiday? which part of India is "home" for you? Hope to have time to pop by more often! miss you!
Hi Sia,
Hope u r doing well & having a gr8 week end. have a gr8 time at home!
I have a meme for u! Enjoy!
http://raghavsubramanian.blogspot.com/2007/12/birthday-month-personality-meme.html
Regards,
Raghav.
Supriya,
enjoy your home coming .
that pic is so beautiful .
have fun and take care
hugs and smiles
jaya
Btw ,coming here after along time ,loved the new look and monsoonspice rocks ..keep up the good work .
Dear Sia,
Wish you and your family a wonderful New Year 2008 !
Best wishes and season's greetings from,
Mythreyee
That picture looks great!..thanks for sharing. Hope you are back from vacation!
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