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Announcing the Winners of the Cookbook Contest

[ 35 ] March 9, 2008 | Blog Events |

The Giveway

Have you entered your name for the $100 gift certificate and the cookbook giveaway? If not, what are you waiting for? Check this post out to see how to enter.

Thanks everyone for joining me in my 202nd post celebrations. Wow, I can’t believe most of you could guess most of the answers right! Thanks again to one of the sweetest people in the blogging world, my dearest fried Musical for these thoughtful gifts.

First, here are the answers to the guessing game.

  1. Punjabi Wadi  In Musical’s own words they are spice cakes made out of daal (urad or urad+moong) and petha (ash-gourd), with lots and lots of spice-sun dried to perfection and used as condiments in Punjabi cooking.

    Check out the following Wadi recipes for more information.

  2. Panch Phoron 
  3. Kalijira Rice 
  4. Kali Jeeri (Update: Sorry, this was not Kala Jeera, but Kali Jeeri, Thanks Anita for pointing it out.)
  5. Anardana / Dried Pomegranate seeds

The only person who got all the right answers and won the first prize is…

Richa

But wait, there is a consolation prize for those who were so close! The Kalijira rice was the toughest for everyone. Since different varieties of rice look kind of the same, only difference being the fragrance. So to be fair, I will accept rice as an answer for #3, and add one more prize for a randomly chosen person from the following who got the other 4 answers correct plus rice.

  1. EvolvingTastes
  2. Lakshmi
  3. Srivalli 
  4. Asha
  5. TBC
  6. Pooja V
  7. Archana
  8. Nayana
  9. Anita
  10. Manasi

I put the names of the people who got the answers right, in the order in which they got the correct answers, and with the help of the Random Number Generator , the winning number was picked.

And the winner is …

#9 – Anita

Now, the two random winners from the 62 entries received.

#43 – Sandy

#7 – Raaga 

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Congratulations Richa, Anita, Sandy and Raaga! Please e-mail me your mailing address and your choice of cookbook.

  • Modern Indian Cooking
  • Cook with Jamie: My guide to making you a better cook
  • Flavours of the Spice Coast

     

     


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    1. Laavanya says:
      March 11, 2008 at 11:33 am

      It was a very interesting guessing game – learnt about some new ingredients. Congrats to the winners :)

      Reply
    2. Roopa says:
      March 11, 2008 at 11:55 am

      I wish I could have seen this earlier :( It looked like everyone had loads of fun in this guessin game:) Congrats to all the winners :)

      Reply
    3. nandita says:
      March 17, 2008 at 3:47 am

      Interesting to know the right answers – i got 3 wrong :( Musical sure got me stumped :oops:

      Reply
    4. alicia says:
      April 8, 2008 at 11:41 am

      Hi,

      I’m am on a desparate search for Vernonia anthelmintica (commonly known as kali zeeri) seeds. I need to take them for a medical condition – I’m rh sensitized, and it may help me avoid complications in a pregnancy. Oh, and I’m 40+, so time is running out!

      But enough of my issues :-) – does anyone know where I can find these in the states or get via mail quickly?

      Thanks!

      Alicia

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    5. archana sanghavi says:
      August 25, 2010 at 9:19 pm

      kali ziri is bitter spice n used as medib=cine n kept in woolen clothes old books u can easily find from grocery shop… where r u located?…..

      Reply
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