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I Have Been Busy

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It has been awhile since my last post because I have been busy with family and with cooking classes.

I feel very energetic and very satisfied doing these cooking classes. I have wanted to share my cooking experience for years, and now I am able to do that through classes and videos.

It is a good feeling.When visitors to the site make a comment that I remind them of their mom, to me that’s the best compliment someone can give me. Many years back my close friend told me I should stop being a mother figure to people, but the other day she called me after reading one of the comments on the blog and said with a smile now it is the right time to be a Mom.

I don’t do much baking but many of you have requested an egg less cake so I have been trying different recipes. After trying a few and making a few changes, I think I have come to a recipe my husband and I agree on. So let me give it one more try and then I should be doing posting it on the site in next three to four days.

I love to do all the recipes you ask about. But many of the dishes I have never heard of and some I only know by name. Slowly I will try to learn more recipes.

Don’t forget when we cook we try to use the ingredients we have on hand. For example if I wanted to make matar (green peas) paneer but at the last minute I find I don’t have green peas so I use instead a bag of mixed vegetables, or I don’t have tomatoes so I decide to do a yogurt gravy. Experiment and share and do come up with a fancy name for the dish.

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11 responses to “I Have Been Busy”

  1. basketball stars

    The information in this blog is excellent, and I will definitely save this site because I always learn something new and amazing when I visit. For sharing this with us, we are grateful.

  2. cosmina

    Hello aunty
    Let me first say thank you for all the thinks I have learned watching your videos and trying your amasing and very authentic recipes.
    I have been looking everywhere for a good dhudi recipe but failed to find one.
    So I find myself at your mercy…plzzzzzzzzzzzz aunty.
    My husband loves dhudi but I only add it to plain daal.
    What else to do with it?!
    I am sure you must know some really tasty way of cooking it.
    Thank you so much aunty
    kind regards,cosmina

  3. Samir Shah @ France

    hello Aunty,

    I really like all your recipes and the way of you making. I also tried many recipies and i am able to make good dishes from your recipes.

    Thanks for posting such good videos and recipes.

    Bon Apetite

  4. Ratna

    Dear Manjula Aunty,

    I have been following your recipes for a while now, and each one of them was as wonderful as the previous ones. You make cooking so easy to understand and so very easy to prepare. I never thought I would make so many dishes myself, as I was very bad at cooking when I started off.
    Many thanks to you!

    I love cakes, and I’m going to try out the egg-less pineapple cake in some time. And I can already imagine myself relishing it 🙂

    Hearty thanks to you and your husband for this wonderful website – for all the effort, patience and time that goes into it!

  5. amit kumar

    Honestly saying auntiji ,i had not gone through any of those recipes totally ,but it’s a great thing that internet has gone further than text to video tutorials .

    thank you
    Amit
    COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT

  6. Gayathri

    Dear Manjula ji,
    I have recently come to US.This is the first website that i have browsed for recipes after coming here. I would love to try the different recipes that you post( especially without onion and garlic and can be served as Prasad too). Incidentally one of my aunt is a great cook and she is winning 4 awards for her series of cookbooks she has published last year.So I am all set to become a great cook in the future.

  7. cyndy

    Manjula, I have been watching your videos and reading your recipes for two days now. I am so excited to have found your website! I can not thank you enough. I have been searching and searching to find Indian recipes that are straightforward and delicious. I love all things Indian…especially the food. However, I have been easily overwhelmed trying to follow most recipes. Your spirit towards the food you are preparing and your audience is one of gentle kindness. I am just so happy you are doing this! I will be cooking many of your dishes as soon as I buy some spices! Blessings to you!

  8. Sister Tinh Quang

    Hello, dear Manjula. It has been difficult to find tasty recipes that do not include onions and garlic, which I am not allowed to eat. Everything I’ve made from your recipes has been delicious. Thank you so much for your recipes.

  9. Anchal

    Hello Mrs. Jain,
    My name is Anchal Jain (Male – obvious a lot of people would think with the name I get mistaken for a female)…I have already tried few of your recipes, and they are just wonderful. For instance, before going through your Aloo Paratha recipe I tried it so many times, but always failed to get it just right. One time it even happened that I was rolling it and all the potato came out while I was rolling …:D :D…but finally everything went fine and came out great boleto Amazing.
    Thanks a lot…
    Please keep up the great work…

  10. Annette Laing

    P.S. I was in San Diego last month just briefly, and thought of you!

  11. Annette Laing

    Mrs. Jain, you are an absolute treasure. Your recipes are delicious and idiot-proof, and never fail to earn rave reviews from my husband and our friends. Thanks for all you do!

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