Announcing the Winners of the Cookbook Contest

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

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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

     

     


    Don’t forget Monthly Blog Patrol!I am guest hosting MBP this month. The theme for March is Mixed Drinks and the deadline is March 24th.

    Check out the details here.


    • Comments

    34 Responses to “Announcing the Winners of the Cookbook Contest”

    1. Happy Cook on March 9th, 2008 1:53 am

      Congrats to the winners..
      I didn’t knwo the ingridients so didnt join up

    2. Srivalli on March 9th, 2008 2:08 am

      wow..cool guessing game..congrats to all winners!..I would’ve been surprised had I won… :oops:

    3. saswati on March 9th, 2008 4:17 am

      Congrats to all the winners.that rice was actually tough to recognise.

    4. Asha on March 9th, 2008 4:53 am

      Dang! I was so close!! :mad: :mrgreen:

      Congratulations to all the winners. That rice is not familiar at all, Hmm..!!:))

      Enjoy the Sunday Sig.

    5. Mamatha on March 9th, 2008 5:48 am

      That was a lot of fun Sig. Congratulations to the winners!

    6. sra on March 9th, 2008 6:11 am

      Ah, the shah jeera close up looked like wild rice. Before I zoomed, I got it right! Objects in the zoom are not as close as you think :oops: Congrats to the winners!

    7. TBC on March 9th, 2008 6:54 am

      Oh man! So close. :cry:

      Congrats to all the winners! :(Yes):

    8. Rachna on March 9th, 2008 7:02 am

      heeee, had so much fun guessing….

    9. Shankari on March 9th, 2008 7:10 am

      This was really really a fun game. R thought it was funny how I would go to the bulk section and look to see if there was anything similar to the 3rd one :)

    10. richa on March 9th, 2008 7:40 am

      YoooooHoooo! I won the first prize :grin:

      I can’t tell you how excited I’m!! I’m so surprised & very happy to know all my guesses worked out :party:
      Thank You, Sig :(Martini):

    11. RedChillies on March 9th, 2008 7:42 am

      Darn! Too bad I missed this game. Congratulations to the winners!

    12. Anita on March 9th, 2008 9:34 am

      I cannot believe - my luck has finally turned! I seem to be getting some of the best lucky-dip prizes around! :(Yes): (And thanks, Sig!)

      There’s one thing though - kalijeeri is not the same as kala zeera or shah zeera! ;-) That spice you featured is kalijeeri and not shah-zeera! I know ;-) cause I quizzed about it! last year! Shah jeera is Bunium persicum, also called black cumin or wild cumin.

      Now, tell me if you have a prize for this information! ;-)

      WHATT???? I should take your prize back for this ruckus you are causing :mad:

      okay, so kalijeeri is not black cumin? :oops: Calling Musy…. Help……

      and… yeah Congratulations Anita :D

    13. Mansi on March 9th, 2008 10:51 am

      wow, I need to personally congratulate Richa for getting it all right!!:) that was a toughie:)

      congrats to everyone else, and once again to you Sig!

    14. musical on March 9th, 2008 11:08 am

      SORRY, Anita and Sig :(

      In the middle of the night, i mislabeled the stuff. it is indeed kali-jeeri, a bitter seed and not kala jeera.

      My sincere apologies to all the readers at Live to Eat, and to the blog author. Sig, sweetie, i am sooooooooooo sorry-now, may get a hug :)

      aah don’t worry sweetie… Most said Kala Jeera anyway, and I had taken both Kali jeeri and Kala jeera as correct guesses, so no harm done… :)

    15. reena on March 9th, 2008 12:09 pm

      i want my prize too because i just love this blog and the sweet blogger here :mrgreen:

    16. Pooja V on March 9th, 2008 2:58 pm

      darn !! I wasnt picked by the random generator. booohooooo ( I am still sobbing).

    17. Mythili on March 9th, 2008 3:39 pm

      Super!! We are all glad to be part of your 202nd post celebration.
      :(Martini): :(Martini):

      *hic* *hic*

    18. White On Rice Couple on March 9th, 2008 5:59 pm

      Oh what a great blog you have here! Darn it!! WE missed the contest. Why did it take us so long to find your beautiful blog? We’ll be back !

    19. Ramya's Mane Adige on March 9th, 2008 6:52 pm

      Congratulations to the winners!!! I could guess only rice :grin:

    20. Raaga on March 9th, 2008 8:53 pm

      wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you

      I love you and your random number generator… but I love you more…

      Thanks

    21. Nags on March 9th, 2008 9:03 pm

      lovely!! i spent some 30 mins on image search looking for clues :D :D my south indian experiences are not good enough to guess these :( but lovely contest anyway :)

    22. arundati on March 9th, 2008 9:37 pm

      wow!! congrats to the winners….

    23. Srivalli on March 9th, 2008 10:01 pm

      well your random generator must’ve got confused by the number of times raaga came back to guess.. :evil:

    24. rachel on March 9th, 2008 10:32 pm

      Am so embarased..was in no way close to the answers!

    25. rachel on March 9th, 2008 10:32 pm

      Congrats winners! :smile:

    26. Padmaja on March 10th, 2008 6:42 am

      Congrats to all the winners, I too wanted to guess the right answers but u know what i couldnt guess anything other then paanch phoron!!!

    27. A-kay on March 10th, 2008 9:23 am

      I guess 3 out of 5 correct and knew it would be a long shot at the prize. Still a long way to go before I become a foodie, I guess :oops: Congrats to all the winners!

    28. Kaykat on March 10th, 2008 1:04 pm

      How did I miss this? The most exciting event of the month with prizes to boot? Where was my head?!!

      Maybe I was too busy skipping around? :)

      Ok, I better start testing some new drinks in honor of Sig’s 202nd post!

    29. Revathi on March 10th, 2008 6:32 pm

      What ? I did not get any awards ?? What if I did not guess most of them right ?? :evil:

    30. Siri on March 11th, 2008 5:47 am

      Lovely!..Congrats to all winners! :cool:

      Siri :(Yes):

    31. Laavanya on March 11th, 2008 11:33 am

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

    32. Roopa on March 11th, 2008 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 :)

    33. nandita on March 17th, 2008 3:47 am

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

    34. alicia on April 8th, 2008 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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