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Announcing the Winners of the Cookbook Contest

9 March 2008 34 Comments

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.

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.
- W for Wadi-toriyaan di subzi and Wagocha -)) – Musical’s Kitchen
- M for Mooli-wadi sabzi -) – Musical’s Kitchen
- Of Wadis and Papads – A Mad Tea Party
- Potato ~ Brinjal Curry with Punjabi Wadis – Mahanandi
Panch Phoron
Kalijira Rice
Kali Jeeri (Update: Sorry, this was not Kala Jeera, but Kali Jeeri, Thanks Anita for pointing it out.)
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.

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

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

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34 Comments »

Happy Cook said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 1:53 am

Srivalli said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 2:08 am

saswati said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 4:17 am

Asha said:

Dang! I was so close!!

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

Enjoy the Sunday Sig.

# 9 March 2008 at 4:53 am

Mamatha said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 5:48 am

sra said:

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 Congrats to the winners!

# 9 March 2008 at 6:11 am

TBC said:

Oh man! So close.

Congrats to all the winners! Yes):

# 9 March 2008 at 6:54 am

Rachna said:

heeee, had so much fun guessing….

# 9 March 2008 at 7:02 am

Shankari said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 7:10 am

richa said:

YoooooHoooo! I won the first prize

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):

# 9 March 2008 at 7:40 am

RedChillies said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 7:42 am

Anita said:

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

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

and… yeah Congratulations Anita

# 9 March 2008 at 9:34 am

Mansi said:

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!

# 9 March 2008 at 10:51 am

musical said:

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…

# 9 March 2008 at 11:08 am

reena said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 12:09 pm

Pooja V said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 2:58 pm

Mythili said:

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

*hic* *hic*

# 9 March 2008 at 3:39 pm

White On Rice Couple said:

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 !

# 9 March 2008 at 5:59 pm

Ramya's Mane Adige said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 6:52 pm

Raaga said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 8:53 pm

Nags said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 9:03 pm

arundati said:

wow!! congrats to the winners….

# 9 March 2008 at 9:37 pm

Srivalli said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 10:01 pm

rachel said:

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

# 9 March 2008 at 10:32 pm

rachel said:

Congrats winners!

# 9 March 2008 at 10:32 pm

Padmaja said:

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!!!

# 10 March 2008 at 6:42 am

A-kay said:

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 Congrats to all the winners!

# 10 March 2008 at 9:23 am

Kaykat said:

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!

# 10 March 2008 at 1:04 pm

Revathi said:

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

# 10 March 2008 at 6:32 pm

Siri said:

Lovely!..Congrats to all winners!

Siri Yes):

# 11 March 2008 at 5:47 am

Laavanya said:

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

# 11 March 2008 at 11:33 am

Roopa said:

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

# 11 March 2008 at 11:55 am

nandita said:

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

# 17 March 2008 at 3:47 am

alicia said:

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

# 8 April 2008 at 11:41 am