Comments on: The HoH Holiday Giveaway! http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/ Indian Inspired Flavours... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:47:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Curly http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41542 Curly Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:47:21 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41542 I love your website and the mix of recipes. The recipes are easy to follow and modify (if needed, which is rare). I've recommended your site to non-Desis as well for them to try their hand at Indian cooking. They've been able to follow them easily as well. The layout is great as well and easy to find the past recipes! Things to add? More desi-Chinese recipes please! :) Keep up the good work! Happy holidays and wishing you and your family the best for the New Year. I love your website and the mix of recipes. The recipes are easy to follow and modify (if needed, which is rare). I’ve recommended your site to non-Desis as well for them to try their hand at Indian cooking. They’ve been able to follow them easily as well.

The layout is great as well and easy to find the past recipes!

Things to add? More desi-Chinese recipes please! :)

Keep up the good work! Happy holidays and wishing you and your family the best for the New Year.

]]> By: aspiring annapoorna http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41515 aspiring annapoorna Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:53:33 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41515 Looking fwd to the drawing results....please post them soon Looking fwd to the drawing results….please post them soon

]]> By: Jo http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41513 Jo Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:19:29 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41513 Love your recipes, wish you posted more often. Jo Love your recipes, wish you posted more often.
Jo

]]> By: Siri http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41499 Siri Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:52:23 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41499 Hi was hooked to ur blog.. for a quite a while now and been a silent reader most of the time.. So, this is my way to say THANK YOU for all the wonderful recipes u shared with us.. It was a truly a pleasurable ( guess this word doesn't exist..:)) ) experience...:D I know I am late for the drawing.. but thats ok..Great job sponsoring such awesome prizes.. ! ~ Siri Hi was hooked to ur blog.. for a quite a while now and been a silent reader most of the time.. So, this is my way to say THANK YOU for all the wonderful recipes u shared with us.. It was a truly a pleasurable ( guess this word doesn’t exist..:)) ) experience…:D

I know I am late for the drawing.. but thats ok..Great job sponsoring such awesome prizes.. !

~ Siri

]]> By: Ricky http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41467 Ricky Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:34:00 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41467 I know am late by a day but your recipes are prize enough for me. What I like about HOH - The simplicity, the variety and ghar-ke-khane-ka-swad of the recipes. Whenever I have to cook a perfect meal, this is the place to be. I also like your innovativeness and yea one more thing, you are from Canada...eh :D What I don't like about HOH - I guess the one thing that comes to my mind is the regular template change since some of them don't fit well with my firefox. What I would like to see in coming months - A lot more variety of recipes as usual. Maybe some more sea-food recipes esp. salmon. Also, food from around India, like Rajasthani or from Kerela or Assam. I know am late by a day but your recipes are prize enough for me.

What I like about HOH - The simplicity, the variety and ghar-ke-khane-ka-swad of the recipes. Whenever I have to cook a perfect meal, this is the place to be. I also like your innovativeness and yea one more thing, you are from Canada…eh :D

What I don’t like about HOH - I guess the one thing that comes to my mind is the regular template change since some of them don’t fit well with my firefox.

What I would like to see in coming months - A lot more variety of recipes as usual. Maybe some more sea-food recipes esp. salmon. Also, food from around India, like Rajasthani or from Kerela or Assam.

]]> By: Anu http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41445 Anu Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:11:17 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41445 Hi Meena, I am a huuuuge fan of your blog. I was able to relate to your blog because I grew up in India and then moved to US when I was 17. So the posts where you describe the street fares and Indo Chinese dishes always make me home sick. When I started reading your blog, I was a newly married lady, away from my family (hey living an hour away is still considered away!) and married to a guy who looooooved Indian food. My mom is an amazing cook and I guess I was intimidated to enter the kitchen when I younger....a typical attempt to help my mom in the kitchen would be something like this: me: Ma do you want me to help you with something? MA: Yes can you chop 3 onions me: Sure. (And I start peeling and chopping away) Ma: Umm actually lemme do it...I don't think you are doing it right me: But I haven't even started yet! Ma: I know....but I think it would be best if I did it. me: Sigh. hehe or something to that effect. Basically my mom was just very possessive about her kitchen and even though she would complain that no one would help her, the running joke in the family is that she didn't really ever take the help we would offer. So any starting out as a new bride with no experience in Indian cooking was really hard. In the beginning we used to do take out or go over to mom's house. However I felt like this wasn't going to be a long term solution. I started looking for simple Indian finger food recipes and stumbled on to lots of foodie blogs, including yours...and it was love at first sight! The pictures, the stories, the ever changing blog format and especially the recipes helped me get over the fear of cooking Indian food. I tried one of your recipes out and then another...and then another. My husband even said " Oh my gosh, you are definitely on par with your mom" this was the ultimate compliment and for that, I have you to thank :o) I have graduated to making a full Indian meal now. Really Meena, you have started a wonderful fan base in my house hold and in plenty others as per all these comments. You have given us a reason to continue our love affair with food. If I would suggest an addition to your blog, it would probably be to maybe add a video of your cooking once in a while. Hi Meena,

I am a huuuuge fan of your blog. I was able to relate to your blog because I grew up in India and then moved to US when I was 17. So the posts where you describe the street fares and Indo Chinese dishes always make me home sick. When I started reading your blog, I was a newly married lady, away from my family (hey living an hour away is still considered away!) and married to a guy who looooooved Indian food. My mom is an amazing cook and I guess I was intimidated to enter the kitchen when I younger….a typical attempt to help my mom in the kitchen would be something like this: me: Ma do you want me to help you with something?
MA: Yes can you chop 3 onions
me: Sure. (And I start peeling and chopping away)
Ma: Umm actually lemme do it…I don’t think you are doing it right
me: But I haven’t even started yet!
Ma: I know….but I think it would be best if I did it.
me: Sigh.
hehe or something to that effect. Basically my mom was just very possessive about her kitchen and even though she would complain that no one would help her, the running joke in the family is that she didn’t really ever take the help we would offer.
So any starting out as a new bride with no experience in Indian cooking was really hard. In the beginning we used to do take out or go over to mom’s house. However I felt like this wasn’t going to be a long term solution. I started looking for simple Indian finger food recipes and stumbled on to lots of foodie blogs, including yours…and it was love at first sight! The pictures, the stories, the ever changing blog format and especially the recipes helped me get over the fear of cooking Indian food. I tried one of your recipes out and then another…and then another. My husband even said ” Oh my gosh, you are definitely on par with your mom” this was the ultimate compliment and for that, I have you to thank :o) I have graduated to making a full Indian meal now.
Really Meena, you have started a wonderful fan base in my house hold and in plenty others as per all these comments. You have given us a reason to continue our love affair with food.
If I would suggest an addition to your blog, it would probably be to maybe add a video of your cooking once in a while.

]]> By: Shankari http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41436 Shankari Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:10:15 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41436 I give indian cooking classes and this website gives me cool ideas on whhat I can teach. I love the layout and photography. I am sure you are juggling with a lot of work. But it would be great if we see more posts from you...greedy me I give indian cooking classes and this website gives me cool ideas on whhat I can teach. I love the layout and photography. I am sure you are juggling with a lot of work. But it would be great if we see more posts from you…greedy me

]]> By: Susie http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41540 Susie Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:08:54 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41540 If there was one thing I would suggest, then it would only be to post more often. Your writing has got me hooked and I can't help wanting to read more of what you have to say. You have one of the best food blogs I've come across. If there was one thing I would suggest, then it would only be to post more often. Your writing has got me hooked and I can’t help wanting to read more of what you have to say. You have one of the best food blogs I’ve come across.

]]> By: Ami http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41405 Ami Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:32:08 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41405 Meena, I'm a lurker on your blog ;-) I love this blog because it's taught me that Indian cooking isn't intimidating. I never knew where to start with Indian cooking - I was always scared of all of the spices and ingredients. Thanks for your Intro to Indian cooking and all of the other delicious recipes you've shared. Meena, I’m a lurker on your blog ;-) I love this blog because it’s taught me that Indian cooking isn’t intimidating. I never knew where to start with Indian cooking - I was always scared of all of the spices and ingredients. Thanks for your Intro to Indian cooking and all of the other delicious recipes you’ve shared.

]]> By: Maninas http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41404 Maninas Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:19:18 +0000 http://www.hookedonheat.com/2007/12/11/the-hoh-holiday-giveaway/#comment-41404 I'm a regular reader of Hooked on Heat. What I like about your blog (apart from the great name) is your style of writing, great photography and the recipes, of course. I like the design too, though it was better before than it is at the moment. I just wish you replied to comments more often. For me, the interaction aspect of blogging is what makes it so much better than many recipe sites. In the future, I'd like to see more of 101 Indian. I am non-Indian who loves, no adores Indian food, and your 101 series were a great learning resource. :) Hey, you taught me how to make chai! :) (I'm having a cup now, as I type) ps. Regarding the prize draw, I already own the Madhur Jaffrey's book. I’m a regular reader of Hooked on Heat. What I like about your blog (apart from the great name) is your style of writing, great photography and the recipes, of course. I like the design too, though it was better before than it is at the moment. I just wish you replied to comments more often. For me, the interaction aspect of blogging is what makes it so much better than many recipe sites.

In the future, I’d like to see more of 101 Indian. I am non-Indian who loves, no adores Indian food, and your 101 series were a great learning resource. :) Hey, you taught me how to make chai! :) (I’m having a cup now, as I type)

ps. Regarding the prize draw, I already own the Madhur Jaffrey’s book.

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