Event – Cooking With Seeds – Fenugreek Seeds & A Guest Post

EVENT:  COOKING WITH SEEDS - FENUGREEK SEEDS 

     

     Today has couple of firsts for my blog. This is my first venture into hosting a blog event and thank Priya for having giving me a chance to host her wonderful event Cooking With Seeds(CWS). Visit her blog for some exciting recipes and events !

     I also have my first guest post at one of my wonderful friend Deepa’s blog over at Foodlyrics. When Deepa requested for a guest blog I easily accepted to do one but the big question was deciding  what to post. Check out her blog for more info.

     Coming back to the event, the Cooking With Seeds event for this month features the use of fenugreek seeds. Fenugreek is used both as a herb and a spice, and are known by different names in different languages: Methi in Hindi/Marathi/Punjabi,Bengali, Oriya,Menthya in Kannada,Menthulu in Telugu,Vendayam in Tamil, Ulluva in Malyalam,fenugrec Sénegré, trigonelle(french), fieno greco (italian), alholva, fenogreco(Spanish).(Source: Wiki) With so much of culinary use and the medicinal properties of fenugreek seeds, I choose them for this month CWS event.

Culinary Uses of Fenugreek:

The seeds are used in variety of preparations including pickles, chutneys, powdered chutneys, spice mixtures,pastes, seasonings etc. 

Medicinal Properties of Fenugreek:

      Fenugreek is a natural source of iron, silicon, sodium and thiamine and helps in soothing and relaxing inflamed tissues. It also helps in removing allergens and toxins from the respiratory tract and is beneficial for treating allergies, bronchitis and congestion. Another useful medicinal property of fenugreek is in reducing the sugar level of the blood, it is used in diabetes in conjunction with insulin. It also lowers blood pressure and is said to be a substitute for cod liver oil.

Here is what you need to do:

1)Prepare any recipe/remedy with fenugreek seeds, both vegetarian and non vegetarian dishes are accepted from 6th February 2010 – 5 March 2010
2)Post as many recipes in your blog, more than one entries per person are allowed..
3)Link back your entry to this Cooking With Seeds - Fenugreek Seeds event page and to Priya’s Event Announcement Page.
4)If you have any interesting tips, those are welcome too !
5)Will accept the old entries, if they are reposted with this page link..
6)Using Logo is very much appreciated..
7)Email to:  denufood@yahoo.com with subject as Cooking With Seeds (CWS-Fenugreek Seeds)with following details:

Your Name:
Blog's Name:
Recipe Name:
Recipe Url/Link:
Picture of the dish:

Please make sure to send your delicious entries before 6th March 2010.

8) If you  don’t have blog, no problem..please email your entries to the above email id, i'll include them in the roundup.