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19April 2, 2013
Bengali New Year 2013 and a Giveaway !

Hello Readers, April is celebration time for us, as you know being a true blooded Bong we never missed any opportunity to dine out or never shied away from showcasing our cooking prowess ! April being Bengali new year or poila baisakh, the first day of baisakh month, we have ample reason to celebrate it, here and in our home too. So throughout this month we will post delicious recipes focussed mainly on Bengali cuisines, so if you do not want to miss…
8April 1, 2013
Celebrate Holi roundup

We are presenting you the Roundup of Celebrate Holi – and thanks to Jagruti for letting me host this. If you want to link up further entries, do email me, I will update the roundup here, accepting the entries till first week of April. Thanks for the contribution and support to the event. 1) Naboneeta ‘s - a) Delicious Phirni b) Mixed Vegetable curry c) Bengal gram coconut barfi 2) Lakshmi Priya’s – yummy Tapioca khichdi 3) Nivedham Sowmya’s fabulous Chana dal halwa 4) Soma’s…
1April 1, 2013
Flavors of UK roundup

We are presenting you the Flavors of UK round up – and thanks to Nayna for letting me host this. If you want to link up further entries, do email me, I will update the roundup here, accepting the entries till fist week of April. Thanks for the contribution and support to the event. 1) Nayna’s famous Devonshire scones with chocolate chips 2) Shruti’s yummy and healthy vegetable burgers 3) Nayna’s one pot meal – vegetable and bean pie 4) We finish it…
10March 4, 2013
Celebrate Holi and Mahashivratri – Guest hosting for JCO

We are pleased to announce that for the month of March we will be guest hosting this popular event and thanks to Jagruti for letting us host this event. March announces the spring with vigor of colors and festive Mahashivratri, so both the theme has been rolled onto one to celebrate this festive month. Double Bonanza you may say !!! Rules of the event are simple and as follows : The event will be through 1st March – 31st March 2013 . You can send in…
11March 1, 2013
Flavours of United Kingdom for the month of march – guest hosting

We are now on a culinary Journey to United Kingdom in the “Flavors of Series 4 around Europe” by simply.food. We are pleased to announce that for the month of March we will be guest host this popular event and thanks to Nayna for letting us host this event. U.K or more precisely the British cuisine is perhaps one of the oldest cuisine dating to prehistoric times and over the ages has been widely influenced by the people who had settled in Britain and introduced…
6January 11, 2013
MLLA # 54 Roundup and the winner

Updated with Susan’s post December being the Holiday season and perhaps the busiest month for a food bloggers, yet all of you have squeezed time to send these delicious legume dishes for the event, I am thankful to all of you for your kind support and patience ! And tons of thanks to Susan for letting me host this ever popular event ! The ongoing January edition of MLLA #55 is being hosted by Susan herself . Though we got the few handful…
10December 3, 2012
My Legume Love Affair MLLA # 54 – an event announcement

Since the dawn of civilization, legumes remains an integral part of human dietary needs, perhaps the oldest plants on Earth, its origins may be traceable before 6000 b.c, rich in protein it nourishes the human race since ages. To celebrate this quintessential protein rich grains we @ Saffronstreaks have the honor to guest host this ever popular event MLLA # 54 which is the brainchild of Susan of Well Seasoned Cook , an event that revolves around legumes only. # Hence we…
6February 6, 2012
CWS chickpeas roundup

Thanks everyone for supporting this CWS event and thanks to Priya too for letting me host this event. I have enclosed every entries that has been sent in my inbox, if for any reason some entries are left out, do let me know, I will update it soon. Enjoy the delicious roundup with so many varied chickpeas dishes. 1)Gayathri Kumar from Gayathri’s Cook Spot : a) Palak Kofta Curry http://gayathriscookspot.blogspot.com/2012/01/palak-kofta-curry-spinach-and-chick.html b) Chole Paneer Chaat http://gayathriscookspot.blogspot.com/2012/01/chole-paneer-chaat.html 2) Aparna from Square Meals…
15December 31, 2011
Announcing cooking with seeds event : Chickpeas

With immense pleasure I am announcing a very popular event – cooking with seeds a very creative and wonderful event started by star blogger Priya of Priya’s easy n tasty recipes. I would like to extend my warm wishes to Priya for starting and making this wonderful event a huge success and thanks for letting me guest host this wonderful event. For the month of January, Chickpeas has been selected as the star for the CWS event, the seed has…
21November 7, 2011
healing food coconut roundup

I feel so happy to announce yet another successful roundup of Healing foods which was started by Siri and this month it was guest hosted by me, where theme was coconut to celebrate the Indian Festivities. So, present here is colorful and delicious roundup where humble coconut has been scraped to dish out so many delectable dishes. Thanks everyone for sending such lovely recipes to the event and thanks Siri for letting me hosting this wonderful event. 1) Coconut fudge…
20October 3, 2011
announcing healing foods event and giveaway : coconut

With immense pleasure I am announcing a very popular event – healing foods, a very creative and wonderful event started by Siri of cooking with Siri. I would like to extend my warm wishes to Siri for starting and making this wonderful event a huge success and thanks for letting me guest host this wonderful event. October being the festive month, I have chosen Coconut as the theme and am sure my blogger friends and readers will support me in this venture too by…
14September 28, 2011
monsoon medley roundup and the winner

Blogging and bloggers are just inseparable or conjoined and this I have realised after a month-long self-imposed exile, I was dying to come back to this exciting world of blogging and finally have managed to blog my first post in September, struggling hard the writer’s block syndrome. All these while, I have travelled a lot, read some books and renewed my interest in meta physics with a brilliant book by Steven Weinberg, I have just come across and when I have come…
26August 6, 2011
seasonal indulgence series: monsoon medley – a giveaway and event announcement

As you all know that we at Saffronstreaks are celebrating two golden years of food and travel blogging, first a chocolate cupcake to celebrate the occasion and now a giveaway for our readers…and with this we feel extremely pleased to announce our second event on Seasonal Indulgence series – Monsoon medley. After the huge success of our first event – summer coolers, we are bringing you the next edition on the series Monsoon medley, an event to celebrate the different moods…
7July 31, 2011
river water hilsa festivals – the prized catch @ saffronstreaks

Have you fixed your date with ‘queen of fish’ yet ? If not then hurry up !! as she is going to stay here for few weeks more. Monsoon is definitely the season for hilsa or ilish – fondly known as ‘queen of fish’ because of its unique taste and characteristic silvery look . These fishes are also great swimmers as they crosses thousands of miles in oceans to spawn their eggs in fresh or estuarine waters. Some of the…
10June 16, 2011
event announcement – herbs and flowers banana blossom

Roundup : herbs and flowers – banana blossom With immense pleasure I am announcing the second event on my blog but this time I am guest hosting a very popular event – herbs and flowers in my platter, a very creative and wonderful event started by PJ of Seduce your taste buds. I would like to extend my warm wishes to PJ for starting and making this wonderful event a huge success and thanks for letting me guest host this…
12June 9, 2011
The roundup : seasonal indulgence series summer coolers

Time has come to post the roundup of my fist event : seasonal indulgence series – summer coolers, and this is also my first post from U.S. Yeah, we moved here in Rhode island on friday, its a lovely place, very beautiful with wooded streets, weather is very pleasant, summer is slowly fading away and after two days of high heat, it is raining now. Coming to the roundup, i would like to give a big thank you to all…
28April 18, 2011
seasonal indulgence – series summer coolers

This is the first blog event ever hosted by saffronstreaks and we feel extremely pleased to announce the event : seasonal indulgence – series summer coolers The theme for the event is seasonal indulgence and the first series on this event is summer coolers. A brief note on the theme: Seasonal indulgence or eating right with the seasons is a concept which is being followed by the humans since the dawn of civilization. The obvious reasons behind it is that…