Fabelle’s 72Kg Bar Event for Celebrating Independence Day

Yesterday, I attended an Independence Day Celebration Event organized by Fabelle, a Chocolate Boutique of ITC, in ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. Fabelle has collaborated with Make A Wish India for this event. The theme of the event is to create a 72 Kg Chocolate Bar with 72 ingredients to commemorate India's 72nd Independence Day. 

Fabelle is ITC's chocolate boutique which makes Handcrafted Luxury Chocolates. Its Chocolates are sourced from African countries like Ghana, Madagascar, Cote D'Ivoire etc to South American Countries like Venezuela, Sao Tome etc. which grows high quality chocolates. As the Chocolates are grown amidst other crops like Oranges etc., they have a unique flavor, different from vanilla chocolates. Fabelle uses unique chocolates from these choicest cocoas to create a unique luxury experience.

Make a Wish is a social organization that fulfills poor children's small wishes and dreams to spread smiles across the world. As a part of this organization, Make A 

Wish India gets sponsors to contribute for the creation of Fabelle Chocolates and then gives it to poor children. 

Together, Make A Wish India and Fabelle created a 72kg Bar Chocolate with 72 ingredients to celebrate the 72nd Indian Independence Day. The following are the key ingredients used: Flax seeds, Chia seeds, Apricot, Almonds, Pista, Cashewnuts, Popcorn, Biscuits, Rasins, Jellies, Fennel seeds, Hazelnuts, Butter, Milk, Cranberry, etc.,

It was a great honor for me and my family to participate in this event. This is really noble way to celebrate and so kudos to all those who ideated and executed this idea.  

Fabelle and MakeAWishIndia has created an online page where you can be a sponsor for this event. Go to http://fabelle.in/independenceday/ if you also want to donate starting from just Rs.100.

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Here are some photos from the event.

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Healthy Recipe Hunt - 2

      Dear fellow bloggers, I am very happy to announce "Healthy Recipe Hunt" event. I am fan of healthy recipes which are both tasty and nutritious. I am planning to conduct this event every month  with varying themes. For this month the theme of the event is Puffed Rice.

     Puffed rice is a very popular cereal relished as a spicy and healthy snack. Puffed rice is a type of puffed grain made from rice; usually made by heating rice kernels under high pressure in the presence of steam, though the method of manufacture varies widely.

     Puffed rice is used in breakfast and snack foods like bhel puri, a popular Indian chaat item.Also, this snack makes you feel full for a long time.

     Puffed Rice based snacks are good instant cooking. Also if you're a health consicious, you'll love  puffed rice based snacks as Puffed Rice is low in saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar, and sodium.

Health Benefits of Puffed Rice:

     Puffed rice is light and dry, ideal for obese people, as it is very low in calories and gives a feeling of fullness.

     Puffed rice is high in iron and easy to digest.

     It is an ideal and flexible snack food for a wheat and gluten-free diet.

     One cup of puffed rice contains 56 calories consisting of 1 percent fat. The protein content in puffed rice is 6 percent by volume, according to Fat Secret website. Puffed rice contains no cholesterol or sodium. The carbohydrate content is equal to 12.57 g, which is 4 percent daily value based on a 2,000-calorie diet. One cup of puffed rice supplies many minerals, including 16 mg potassium, 4.4 mg iron, 14 mg phosphorus, 1 mg calcium and trace amounts of zinc, copper, manganese, fluoride and selenium. B vitamins found in puffed rice include thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, B-6 and folate, according to USDA National nutrition database.

Sources:
http://www.tarladalal.com/glossary-puffed-rice-537i
http://www.livestrong.com/article/313848-puffed-rice-diet/

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1) Make dishes with Puffed Rice. I will accept vegetarian recipes only. (Eggs are allowed)
2) Multiple entries are allowed.
3) Please add this announcement link and logo on the post in your site.
4) Archived entries also accepted.
5) Non-bloggers are also welcome to participate.
6) Last date for submission of entries is 3rd April 2011.



Just email me your write up  to kurinjikathambam@gmail.com with subject as “HRH – Puffed Rice” with following details:
        Name of the Recipe:
        Recipe URL :
        Image URL :

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HRH - Riceflakes Roundup!

Dear fellow bloggers,

     Many thanks to all those who have participated in my event HRH- and making it a grand success. In all, there were 55 entries and each entry is really great.

     Due to the hiccups caused by linky tools I had to find many workarouds to retrieve all the entries intact. Hence there was some delay in announcing the results.

     I request all the participants to kindly accept the particpation awards.

     I request all the participants to participate in my next event too, which would be announced shortly.

The complete list of entries for the event is as follows:

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1. thengaipu samba aval 2. Aval Payasam 3. SPONGE DOSA 4. Aval(Poha) Upuma 5. Chirer Polao(Rice flakes Polao 6. Dahi Pohe or Masur Avalakki 7. Simple Aval Upma 8. Matta Aval Vadagam 9. Batata Poha Vada 10. Carrot Masala Poha 11. Choco-Aval Payasam 12. Aval payasam 13. Aval Upma 14. Cocoa Aval Laddus 15. MW Poha & Oats Laddoos 16. Set Dosai & Peanut Chutney 17. Brown poha uppuma 18. Vegetable poha uppuma 19. Vegetable poha uppuma 20. Mixed vegetable Poha 21. Eggless Poha Muffin 22. Aval Upma / Poha Upma 23. Eggless Sugarless Poha Cookies 24. Baked Oats Crusted Poha Cutlet 25. Aval Payasam / Poha payasam 26. Vegetable Poha 27. Oats n Brown rice flakes Porri 28. Vegetable, Mung Bean Aval 29. Kande Pohe 30. Bhurka 31. Chivda 32. Dadpe Pohe 33. Gojjavakakki 34. Atukula cutlet 35.Flattened Rice Snack Mix 36. Poha/Rice Flakes Aloo Poori/Roti 37. Vegetable poha 38.Patal pohyacha chivda 39.Kande Pohe 40.Dadpe Pohe 41.Bhurka... A variety of chutney 42.Aval Idly 43. Aval Kozhukattai 44. Cripsy Veggie Poha Balls 45. Oats - Poha Set Dosa 47. Aval Squash Payasam 48. Poha and Oats Muffin 49. Poha Dosa 50. Sweet Poha 51.Aval Payasam 52.Energized Poha 53.Rice Flakes Sweet Pongal 54. Aval Upma   55. Poha Milk Flakes from Jaleela.

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