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happy diwali indira! may this year bring you all joys and prosperity
Comment by disha — November 9, 2007 @ 8:36 am
Wow, Indira, seeing the packet of such variety of colorful sweets, nooru ooripotundi..:DD
Wishing you and your family a very Happy and Joyous Diwali..:)
– Siri
Comment by Siri — November 9, 2007 @ 9:26 am
Happy Diwali to you and your family Indira. Have a wonderful time!
Comment by mandira — November 9, 2007 @ 9:26 am
Love the Mithai Indira. Enjoy the festive season.
Comment by Rina — November 9, 2007 @ 10:16 am
happy diwali to you, vijay and your families, dear indira.
Comment by bee — November 9, 2007 @ 10:47 am
Happy Deepavali to you and your family Indira.
Comment by Shashi — November 9, 2007 @ 11:42 am
Hi Indira, Wish you and your family a joyous diwali
Comment by Rahin — November 9, 2007 @ 12:30 pm
Hi Indira,
I commented may be 2-3 times but Im a silent watcher and a hugeeeeeeeeeee fan of the website.I tried so many recipes from your website.
Well,
I would like to wish you and your family a Joyous Diwali!!!!!!!!!!!
Best wishes,
Madhuri
Comment by madhuri — November 9, 2007 @ 4:04 pm
Happy Diwali, Indira!
Comment by Cynthia — November 9, 2007 @ 6:17 pm
Happy Diwali Indira..
Can I please please get a sweet? I hope they are from India, otherwise I am flying straight to your town to buy a ton of those..
My mouth is literally watering…
Hope your Diwali is as sweet as those yummies.
Best Wishes to you and Vijay.
Comment by Aparna — November 9, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
Happy deepavali Indira!
Comment by kalva — November 9, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
Hapy Diwali
Seeing the box of sweets i am drooling.
Comment by Happy Cook — November 10, 2007 @ 4:15 am
Happy Diwali to you and your family Indira.
Comment by seema — November 10, 2007 @ 7:58 am
They look too beautiful to eat, Indira. Hope you all have a lovely weekend 🙂
Comment by Linda — November 10, 2007 @ 8:32 am
WISH U HAPPY DIWALI U AND U R FAMILLY HOPE U GET ALL U R DREAMS COME TRUE
Comment by Rroopa — November 10, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
Happy Diwali to you and your family Indira
Comment by sandeepa — November 10, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
Happy Deepavali!
Comment by Kaykat — November 11, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
Hope u had a wonderful diwali…. Mithai looks lovely…
Comment by anusriram — November 13, 2007 @ 8:42 am
Hi Indira,
Hope you had a wonderful Diwali!
I simply love your site! I was checking your earlier posts – you sure have lots of patience.. with all those elaborate recipes! All those lovely photographs make your site even more appealing! Even Sanjeev Kapoor doesn’t have as appealing a site as yours!
I know my query would be a little inappropriate here, is ‘Yellow split peas’ and ‘Bengal gram dal’ one & the same? I was checking your site for ‘Yellow split peas’….
Thanks,
Comment by Madhu — November 13, 2007 @ 10:01 am
Thank you all for the warm greetings!
I wish you the same as well. and I hope you all had a marvelous festival day and lovely weekend.
Hi Madhu: Thanks and Shubha Deepavali!
Yellow split peas are from peas (vatana, yellow/white peas)
Bengal gram (chana dal or sanaga pappu) are from black chickpeas.
So these two are totally different ingredients but often many mistake them for same.
Although they have a similar color, size and shape, they taste entirely different.
You can see the bengal gram – where and how in a photo: click here.
Hope this helps.
Comment by Indira — November 13, 2007 @ 3:10 pm
I made that mistake too, Indira! and was wondering the taste was not right! Thanks a lot for the link! What do we use Yellow split peas for?
Thanks again,
Comment by Madhu — November 13, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
Hi Indira, this is Azad Palyekar from Mozambique E. Africa, loved to see Diwali mithai, wishing in advance a happy & joyous diwali to you & your family.
Comment by Azad Palyekar — October 18, 2011 @ 11:23 am