Liebster Award

Today - January 26th is the Republic Day in INDIA. In India, Republic Day honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950.

The main Republic Day celebration is held in the national capital, New Delhi, at the Rajpath before the President of India. On this day, ceremonious parades take place at the Rajpath, which are performed as a tribute to India.

Another important part of the Republic Day celebrations is that various awards are given away to the Indians honouring their service and exceptional achievements/service in all fields of activities/disciplines, such as Art, Literature and Education, Sports, Medicine, Social Work, Science and Engineering, Public Affairs, Civil Service, Trade and Industry etc.

What a good day to share that I have received the LIEBSTER AWARD from Sathya Priya of http://mykitchenodyssey.blogspot.in/. Thanks a lot Sathya!!!!!

Now this is the first time I am hearing about this award and I did a bot of research to find out what is this all about and how it started. Well I couldn't get the exact answer to the second question as to how it started since I lost my patience searching for the answers. :-) Anyways the earliest I could find was in 2010. Now LIEBSTER is a german word meaning "Dearest". So obviously this system should have started in Germany.

Anyways the rules have changed over time. The current rules when I received this award is that:

1) This is an award passed on to bloggers who have less than 200 followers. A means to identify new blogs and create more friends.
2) Thank the blogger who have passed on this award to you.
3) Answer the questions that the blogger has posted for you.
4) Identify some other new bloggers to whom you would like to pass on this award.
5) Identify some questions that you would like your fellow bloggers to answer.

So Here goes my answers to Sathya's Questions.

What brought you to blogging? your passion or passtime?
                My Passion in cooking brought me into this blogging world.

Give a little introduction about your family?
                 Little - Its just the two of us :-)

What is your favourite food ?
                 Noodles - That reminds me - I haven't yet posted a noodle recipe.

 Apart from indian food what is your most favorite food?
                 I like Pizzas - So Italian

Are you open to try other cusines ?
                Yes

Who is your inspiration ?
                 That goes without saying - My Mom and my Mom-In-Law

You like blogging or cook and click?
                  Basically I like to note down my recipes so that I don't forget in the future and of-course to share with others. So blogging...

Your signature dish ?
                  Biriyani - http://endekushini.blogspot.in/2013/02/malabar-chicken-biriyani.html and http://endekushini.blogspot.in/2012/12/egg-biriyani.html

Favourite recipe in your blog?
                  Kushka - http://endekushini.blogspot.in/2013/02/khushka-biriyani.html

Your cooking guru?
                 No such guru as such.

How well you know your kitchen ? If you lose electricity can you take everything from the right place?
                 Kitchen - Yes , Store room - No


I would like to pass this award to the below mentioned bloggers.

Asiya of http://asiyama.blogspot.in
Supriya Nair of http://mykookbook.blogspot.in
Smita Kalluraya of http://smithakalluraya.blogspot.in
Bhawya Sankar of http://bhawishkitchen.blogspot.in/
Sundari Nathan of http://mymagicpan.com/

My Questions to Nominees are

1) Few words about yourself and your blog
2) Which is your favourite food
3) Any dish which you haven't yet prepared but would love to prepare
4) Do you have any obstacles to blogging? How did you overcome them?
5) Your inspiration?
6) What was the first dish you prepared by yourself.
7) The dish which you love to cook and why?
8) Your signature dish?
9) Any two recipes which you would like to try from my blog (provide link)
10) some words to budding bloggers.

Phew!!!! Haven't written such a long post in recent times...