May 08, 2008

Arusuvai Friendship Chain- Special Teatime!

The best part of ahaar has being part of this vibrant foodie community, being part of food-related discussion, trying new recipes, and sharing tried and tested ones. But all this wouldn't exist without the people who form the community.

You know where I am going with this, right? Arusuvai Friendship Chain, a cool event started by The Yum Blog and Bhags and Bharati where bloggers send "mystery" ingredients to each other. This exciting offer to taste new ingredients and cook with it, has caught the imagination of the food bloggers over the past few months. Read about my previous Arsuvai Friendship Ingredient recipe here.

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Indira's goodies

When I came home today after a long day work, a delicious goodie bag from Indira of Mahanandi was waiting for me . As I opened the package, packets and dabbas filled with different goodies came out. There's Pappula Podi, Muruku, Mamouls, Karachi Halwa, Soan Papadi, Moong Dal, and a beautiful card. Thank you Indira!

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Impromptu, I decided to upgrade the evening to a special teatime with Indira's goodies and tea in a pretty cup I usually reserve for special occasions. :) It was perfect end to the day!

20 comments:

Latha Narasimhan said...

When we started Arusuvai, I never knew that it would become so popular! :) The warmth we feel while sending or receiving a surprise packet from a virtual friend is inexplicable! I am so happy that I too contributed in a small way to spread happiness in the blogosphere! Enjoy your goodies mandira! :))

Mansi Desai said...

looks really beautiful!:)

Uma said...

great assortment of goodies. thanks for visiting my blog.

bhags said...

so u have got a bag full of goodies...all looking s yummy...after seeing all this, it makes me want more....:)

SMN said...

Luks very tempting..

Shubha Ravikoti said...

ohh ur goodies look so nice.... dunno when will i get a chance u enjoy these... mera number kan ayenga?? hehehe

enjoy :) and keep blogging..

Srivalli said...

Mandira, those goodies look so yummy...glad you got to enjoy so many from Indira!...and nice to see the Arusuvai making waves!

Sia said...

mandira, can u join u for a coffee (not a tea lover) ? :)
enjoy all the goodies and will look forward to what u come up with a surprise ingredient.

Arundathi said...

what a lovely package to come home to! the murukku looks delicious!

Asha said...

WOW!! Those are some goodies to munch on, Love Sohan Papdi!:))

Siri said...

those are some lovely goodies Mandira..beautiful.

sunita said...

Mandira, well, I wouldn't mind joining you for...no, no tea or coffee, thank you, just plain water would do :-)...enjoy the goodies dearie :-)

Latha Narasimhan said...

Just got to know from bharathy's blog that you started the amish bread chain in the US! Thanks for the great idea! Amish friendship chain inspired us to start arusuvai in India! :)

Manasi said...

Oooh!! What lovely goodies!!!

meeso said...

Now that's something good to come home to!

Indira said...

What a lovely tea party! It feels great to know that you liked the goodies.

Archy said...

Wow, Lovely goodies from Indira.. !!

Waiting some body o send me some goodies, After looking at yours :) !!

Sig said...

Wow Mandira, lucky you... that is some awesome goodies you got there... :) There is nothing like opening up a package of surprizs from a foodie friend.. I love this arusuvai event... :)

Mandira said...

Latha this has truly brought joy and surprises to so many bloggers. Thank you for starting the event. The Amish Friendship batter also started small then, took a life of its own :)

Thank you everyone . It was all so delicious and was gone in no time! I will be making and posting recipe with Pappula podi soon :)

Indira - thank you for such a lovely treat. It made my day!

Sophie said...

Your blog is so tasty, from top to bottom every recipe sounds so warm and delicious! I'll be back, my mouth is watering just staring at all these amazing foods!