From Fried to Favourite and a GIVE AWAY ..

In whatever part of world I have travelled, I have seen the love for fried food. If not deep fried then infused heavily with butter and cream. Take any cuisine of the world, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Greek, even the most acclaimed Thai food has its own range of Fried or loaded food items which are highly treasured by the food lovers. And not to forget our own Indian Fritters ( Pakora/ Bhajiyas ) have raised their standard high in the International Food Market. Who doesn’t know Indian Samosa now, English people love it here. And to talk about Sweet tooth, they are in fact ahead in this pursuit of taste, bursting out with flavour and FAT. He He, I know how much I have evoked your taste buds now.

Being health conscious, we all try to feed our families and selves with maximum possible nutrition. We select fresh vegetables, we struggle to provide them home made food, we strive to keep the ‘’bad’’ fat quantity as low as possible. In short, we do everything we can to churn out the best possible combo of taste and health for us. Am sure at least once in this race, we all must have cursed the heavenly taste of deep fried goodies and sweets. Haven’t you done that :)

Anyways, we Indians still master the techniques of making these things lighter for our families in various ways. And the best of them are baking and steaming. We all have tried baking those Fritters and Pancakes using minimum oil we could, and what about those steamed balls we use in our Kofta curries. hmm...

We know that most of the fried food is deliciously tempting. We keep on mixing and matching the fried foods with the non-fried ones to keep a balance in our menus. And in this quest, we also try different methods of converting Fried Food into either baked, shallow fried or steamed version and most of the times, we do succeed in getting a good result. With this never ending tale of experiments and assessment, I am willing to add up new recipes to your Account. So, here is a commemoration to us for making things healthier and still keeping them lip-smacked.

With this new Event my motto is  ‘’Say NO to Fried’’. Off course not completely ( God ! How can I think that :P ) But here in this group we all will try to convert the famous, tempting and delicious recipes of the world cuisine into our own ways of either Baked or Steamed ( Shallow fried is also Allowed for some recipes ). So are you ready for being a part of this Health sprint with me ? I assure you it will be an interesting Journey with many interesting recipes from around the world and different regions of India.

Rule are very simple :

• On the first of every ‘’second ‘’month, I shall post two Deep fried dishes with some links to their Original recipes. You will then have to select either one of them, or both if you wish and  cook them without using the Fried method. You can either bake them or steam them, Shallow frying is also allowed if you are using little oil for that.
• Once you select the dish you want to make, you will have 45 days for preparing the dish. Let’s say, I have posted the announcement on 1st April, and the time has been given till 15th May to prepare the non-fried version.
• On 15th of the next month, you will then post the recipe and link it to the announcement page where I will open the Linky tool for your ease. Within next five days, you will have to link the recipes and the linky will be closed on 20th Night.
• You can post as many versions as you like. Say, if you have prepared a dish with both baking and steaming methods, you can  post them simultaneously or a day after other and link it. Same way you can also select both the recipes and link it one day after the other.
• If you are a non-blogger, please send your recipe at my email id : nupurs.kitchen@gmail.com along with the picture and recipe.
• I would sincerely appreciate more involvement from you guys. If you have any suggestion to make this deal better or a recipe which you think will fit in the criteria, please mail me. I will sleep on it and will give you due credit in my posts.
• If you require any help regarding the recipe, please do not hesitate to ask me. I will do my bit of research on the recipe and will make sure you get proper guidance or help in getting the right version of your choice.

Now the Best part :

• With every Round-up, one random winner will be declared and will provide you a badge to place on your blog.
• Every year, that is after 6 round ups, I will display an yearly round up of the 6 winners. You will then have the chance to vote for your favourite recipe out of  those six.
• I will then post the winner an exciting Giveaway which I have not decided yet. But that will include a Cook book and a cooking Equipment as well to any part of the world.
• For participating in the Giveaway, you will have to qualify on these simple parameters:

1. Follow my Blog publicly
2. Like my Page on Face Book
3. Leave me a comment once you have done that

NON-MEMBERS for this group can also PARTICIPATE in the GIVEAWAY, But the gifts will be different. Just follow the Parameters and leave me a comment or email me. Both the winners will be announced together. 

Here is the Logo I prepared after long hours of toiling, so have kept it Madetory for the members to place it in their posts. You could also place it in your space if you like....

If you want to be a member of this group, please email me at nupurs.kitchen@gmail.com and I shall add up your name in the list. The first two dishes have been announced on 1st April, and the running round up shall be published on 15th -20th May. What are these recipes ??? Well, for that... get in touch with me .. or wait for the round up :)


Happy Blogging Ladies !