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Thursday

The Wait is Over! Presenting MBP-Street Food Round-up

Statutory Warning:
This post might lead to some serious side effects in human behaviour and please read through the disclaimer before you proceed. Strictly no cursing and blaming and pointing finger at any person living or dead (especially at the blog owner) for your serious cravings and hunger pangs caused by this delicious spread! This post might be injurious to your diet plan, so please get your doctor or nutritionist’s advice before indulging. Proceed with caution.

Pani Puri, Dahi Puri, Sev Puri, Bhel Puri…
Manchurians, Hakka Noodles, Summer Rolls…
Pav Bhaji, Ragda Patties, Dabeli, Kachori…
Kottu Parotta, Kati Rolls, Roti John…
Samosa, Fritters, Dhoklas, Vadas…
Bajjis, Bondas, Pakodas, Puries…
Frankie, Sandwiches, Chats, Pot Stickers…

You name it and I have them all… Yes, each and every thing that makes you go hungry just by thinking. Wait, there is more to it. Along with wonderful recipes I have killer photos of each and every street food listed above.

Welcome to the round-up of MBP-Street Food. Hey Coffee dear, thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to host MBP with my favourite theme. Thank you one and all for your delicious contributions and making it a very successful event. It’s because of you all lovely bloggers now we have One-Stop-Shop for Street Food. Here is what you have been looking forward to… Presenting you MBP-Street Food Round-up…

Don’t wait for too long or else you will be really sorry. Go and grab your plates and feast on your favourite Street Food. I am sure you will be spoilt for choices ;)


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Click on the collage or click here to take you to the MBP-Street Food photo gallery


And last but not the least, dear friend Arun shares few drool-worthy pictures with beautiful write-ups of Shanbhag Fastfood at Hospet in Karnataka, Murugan Idli House in Chennai, Alaskan Killer Shrimps, Salzburg Seafood, Kebabs at Bademiya: Colaba's Culinary Firmament, Paanwallah in Mumbai and Butta: Roasted Corn. His photo eaasay of Kailash Parbat, Colaba on How to eat a Paani Puri left me with bulging eyes and drool.

I have posted the entries in the order I received them. I have tried not to miss any of your entries and please leave a comment or mail me if there are any errors or omissions and I will make the correction accordingly. MBP-Street Food logo/link posted in the side bar of Monsoon Spice will bring you to this event round-up page for future reference.

Thank you once again for participating in MBP-Street Food. I greatly appreciate each and every one of you and some of you who chose to participate in blog events for the first time. Thank you one and all… Have a wonderful weekend.

Wednesday

Announcing WBB-July '08

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WBB-Weekend Breakfast Blogging was started by the gorgeous, talented doctor and nutritionist Nandita from Saffron Trail to popularise breakfast among food bloggers around the globe. This time I am getting the privilege to host it in Monsoon Spice. Thank you dear Nandita, for this wonderful opportunity.

Without much delay and unwanted Gyan (which I am good at giving ;) from me, let me come straight to the point. For this edition of WBB, your challenge is to cook anything with summer fruits and vegetables. Yes, the theme is WBB-Summer Feast. Go to your town/city’s Farmer’s Market and pick fresh season’s produce and make your favourite breakfast or brunch. Combine these summer fruits and vegetables with any ingredients of your choice and create something special which you and your family love. Choice of summer fruits and vegetables, the recipe, ingredients, method etc is entirely left to you. It can be something which you cook quite often or something which you came up by accident. It can be something that reminds you of your childhood days or happy time spent with your family and friends in summer. Cook anything your heart desires and blog about it. Sky is the limit!

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Some Guidelines to Follow:
1. Prepare a dish uses Summer Fruits & Vegetables which can be served as breakfast or brunch and post it in your blog during July ’08.
2. Provide a link back to this announcement page and feel free to use the logo.
3. Email your entry to sia[at]monsoonspice[dot]com, with WBB–Summer Feast in the subject line with following details
  • Your Name
  • Blog Name
  • Blog URL
  • Recipe
  • Recipe URL
  • Photograph of final dish.
4. The deadline for this event is July 31st, 2008. Please remember that no late entries will be entertained.
5. There is no limit to the number of entries that you might want to contribute. If you don’t have a blog but wish to participate in this event, send your entries with a picture, your name and recipe to sia[at]monsoonspice[dot]com before the deadline. I will post the recipes with your picture in my blog and include it in the round-up.

Simply copy and paste the below code to your post to use this logo.

WBB-Summer Feast:

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Let us celebrate the spirit of summer with seasonal fruits and vegetables. I will eagerly look forward to your wonderful entries to make this one successful summer feast. Meanwhile, you still have got few more days to send in your entries for Raaga’s WBB-Express Breakfast.


Reminder:

MBP-Street Food ends on 30th of June, 2008. Start patrolling the blogs and cook your favourite Street Food that your tummy begs and heart desires and spread link love.

Deadline: 30th June, 2008

Please go through the guidelines and include all the required information in your post and mail when sending me your entry. Don't forget to add Your Name, Your Blog Name, Name of the Dish you cooked, Perm Link of the entry, Perm Link of original recipe along with the gorgeous Photo of final dish.

Click Here or on the logo to find out more information on this event.

Monday

Update on MBP-Street Food

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With many requests pouring into my mail box, I am extending the deadline for MPB-Street Food to 30th June, 2008. So foodies, you still have got one more week to indulge yourself with all delicious Street Foods from fellow blogger’s blog. Please don’t forget to go through the guidelines and mail me the details. Mean while please do check July edition of MBP-Less is More guest hosted by lovely Nupur of One Hot Stove. My apologies to Nupur and Coffee for any inconvenience caused by me.

It was not difficult for me to choose our favourite street foods. We have been making these two lip smacking-ly delicious Bombay Pav Bhaji from dear Nupur’s blog and Khatta-Meetha Khaman Dhokla from lovely Trupti’s posts ever since we tried it few months ago. We highly recommend these two recipes for everyone who are very fond of Pav Bhaji and Khaman Dhokla which is not just delicious but very, very simple to cook.

Nupur's Bombay Pav Bhaji is my contribution for Zlamushka's T&T, Archana's OneD and Madhu's YRR events.

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Trupti's Khatta-Meetha Khaman Dhokla is my entry for dear Raaga's WBB-Express Breakfasts.

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Tuesday

Announcing MBP-June

Update:

With many requests pouring into my mail box, I am extending the deadline for MPB-Street Food to 30th June, 2008. So foodies, you still have got one more week to indulge yourself with all delicious Street Foods from fellow blogger’s blog. Please don’t forget to go through the guidelines and mail me the details.


Is your bookmark page is over-loaded with recipes to try? Mine is. Every day it’s the same old story. Blog hop and bookmark mouth watering recipes which has grabbed your full attention. With so many recipes bookmarked I always look forward to participating in Coffee’s Monthly Blog Patrolling a.k.a. MBP. Here is one event which encourages us to cook something from our fellow bloggers blog which you had meant to try for ages but had no time till date. This is one event which not only gives you a chance to explore the food blog world but also spreads link love. And I am proud to be guest hosting June edition of MBP and this month’s theme is Street Food.

The term "street food" best describes the casual, delicious and local cuisine sold in stalls, carts and open air markets around the world. Chats and Kebabs from India, hotdogs from New York, Mexico’s mango on a stick, stir-fries from china, caramel-filled stroopwafels at an Amsterdam stand—street food is convenient, finger licking delicious, cheap(no pun intended) and tantalizing. From full meals to simple snacks to fast refreshers, the street food has it all. Well, I am a die hard fan of Street Food and I know many of you out there share this love for Street Food. So my dear friends hop around the food blogsphere, cook your favourite Street Food from fellow blogger’s blog and post it on your blog. Chats, Dosas, Stir Fries, Pakodas, Kebabs, Hotdogs, Kulfi, anything your tummy begs and heart desires and spread link love. Please carefully go through the guidelines posted below and send in your entries.

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Here are the Guidelines:
1. You have to cook something from the fellow bloggers (the “from” has to be a blogger and not any other cooking site!!) posted recipes.
2. Please link back to this announcement page and/or the logo below, and also to Coffee’s MBP announcement page.
3. Post a picture of the final recipe on your blog linking it to the blogger (whose recipe you made) and to this event. You can either post the full recipe or just the picture of final recipe; it’s entirely up to you to decide. But one final picture of the recipe and a link to the blogger whose recipe you made and this event is a must. Please highlight any changes made to the original recipe in your post.
4. Email the following details to sia[at]monsoonspice[dot]com with MBP-Street Food as the subject line by 30th June.
  • Your name
  • Your blog name
  • Name of the Recipe
  • Permalink of your post
  • Permalink of the original recipe
  • A photograph of the final dish (Any size is fine. Don’t worry about resizing the image.)
5. Please remember that the deadline for this event is 30th June, 2008 and no late entries will be entertained. I'll not include your entries in the round-up unless I get them through emails as it's not feasible for me to check individual blogs and pick your entries. I will post the final round-up in first week of July.
6. There is no limit to the number of entries that you might want to contribute. If you don’t have a blog but wish to participate in this event, send your entries with a picture, your name and recipe to sia[at]monsoonspice[dot]com before the deadline. I will post the recipes with your picture in my blog and include it in the round-up.

Simply copy and paste the below code to your post to use this logo.

MBP-Street Food:

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So friends, don’t delay. Start little bit of blog patrolling and send in your entries. Thank you Coffee for this opportunity.

Announcing: Ode to Potato

The year 2008 has been declared the International Year of the Potato (IYP) by United Nations to raise awareness of Solanum Tuberosum. IYP was officially launched on 18th October, 2007. Did you know that the plastic bag of humble potatoes you casually pick up at the local supermarket is in fact vital food source for hundreds of millions of people in the developing world? Almost 213 million tonnes of potato are grown to eat every year from which half of it was plucked from the soils of developing countries, making it the fourth most important food crop in the world preceded by Rice, Wheat & Maize. Potato output has grown double in the past fifteen years and is expected to double again by 2020. This unassuming tuber is playing a strong role in developing countries due to the fact that it is more nutritious and it can grow very quickly on less land even in harsher climates than any major crop. In a right sense this humble Potato has become a Global Crop.


Image Source: IYP

According to the International Year of the Potato (IYP), "The celebration of the International Year of the Potato (IYP) will raise awareness of the importance of the potato - and of agriculture in general - in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger, poverty and threats to the environment."


Mission Statement
The mission of the International Year of the Potato is to increase awareness of the importance of the potato as a food in developing nations, and promote research and development of potato-based systems as a means of contributing to achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.


Image Source: IYP

IYP 2008: Challenges and opportunities
The International Year of Potato aims at raising the profile of this globally important food crop and commodity, giving emphasis to its biological and nutritional attributes, and thus promoting its production, processing, consumption, marketing and trade. Celebration of IYP 2008 is an opportunity to make a valid and effective contribution towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals:
  • Food Security - improving access to safe and nutritious food
  • Poverty alleviation
  • Sustainable use of biodiversity
  • Sustainable intensification of potato-based farming systems
IYP Logo
The logo of the International Year of Potato was created by Italian graphic designer Giancarlo de Pol. The main graphic elements - above, a bowl with harvested potatoes and below, in the earth, a golden tuber - symbolize the intimate link between humanity and agriculture. The slogan, "Hidden treasure", highlights the often overlooked importance of the potato for rural people, the economy and global food security. The IYP logo is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.


Because of the importance of this underestimated tuber, I have decided to host an event noting the key role of the potato as a staple food in the diet of the world’s population. I am hoping that our strong food blogger community will get together and increase the awareness of International Year of the Potato (IYP). Hence I invite you to participate in this one-off event - “Ode to Potato”.

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The Guidelines:

1. Potato recipes in Indian and International cuisine are plenty. Mashed, boiled, grilled, fried, sautéed; you are spoiled for choices. Simple everyday potato recipes are most welcomed but it would be really interesting to try something new, something that you have bookmarked from your fellow blogger and wanting to try.
2. Any information and pictures of Potato you want to share are welcome.
3. Please remember that this is a fun event and don’t stress yourself if you are unable to participate. No one is gonna chase you with broom stick :) Send your entries if you are cooking up something in your kitchen and think it could be an entry to this event.
4. Feel free to use the logo in your post or on blog sidebar and please don’t forget to link back to this post. 2008 being a international year of the potato, you are welcome to use this logo whenever you post any potato dish but do link back to this post.
5. Once you have posted your recipe with a link back to this post, send your entries by March 15, 2008 to sia[at]monsoonspice[dot]com with the subject line ‘Ode to Potato’. Don’t forget to include your name, your blog’s name, the permalink of the entry, and picture of your recipe in your email. Don’t worry about resizing the image.
6. If you don’t have a blog but wish to participate in this event, send your entries with a picture, your name and recipe to sia[at]monsoonspice[dot]com before the deadline. I will post the recipes with your picture in my blog and include it in the round-up.
7. I will post the round-up by the end of March 08.

Please note that, I may not be able to leave comment in your blog due to time constraint but I’ll try to respond to your emails within 3 days. Please go through the guidelines carefully and mail me your entries. I'll not include your entries in the round-up unless I get them through emails as it's not feasible for me to check individual blogs and pick your entries. If you don’t get reply to your mail within 3 days, please send me the entries again as there is a high chance of your mail being sent to my spam folder.
Thank you friends. I am hoping to see grand round-up of this humble tuber:)

Cheers
Sia

Update:

Looks like it’s gonna rain potato this season in blogsphere. Our fellow blogger Dhivya of Culinary Bazaar is also hosting an event- The Potato Fe(a)st. Yup, another Potato event. So hop in all you wonderful foodies and let’s celebrate double dose of Potato;)

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