Thank you Anasooya Aunty!

Had to take a little longer sabattical from usual food blogging. I could not cook anything at home worth to be posted here at My Dhaba after being relocated to Nagpur, the Orange City, in India.

Most recently we had been to Nandyal, Indira's home town, to witness the FAHC's new unit's inaugural event. The above picture is of Mahanandi temple at Nandyal. FAHC-Nandyal unit began to support 10 children wef February 2008. FAHC now supports a total of 24 children with this addition. More news and details of the event will be posted here on a later date and also at http://www.feedahungrychild.org/.

Let me also share with you a few food pictures taken at Nandyal. Mrs. S Anasooya Devi aunty, the mother-in-law of Indira of Mahanandi food blog, cooked several Andhra delicacies for my family. Thank you dear Anasooya Aunty for such a sumptuous spread of homely food treat and also for all other kind hospitalities during our stay at Nandyal.

Clockwise: the poori platter, thick mutton curry, jeera rice, sambhar, spicy chicken curry, and cabbage palya. Then there were sweets, fruits, rasam, mor kolumbu, etc. You get heavenly foods only at traditional homes! We used to have a similar family meal every day no matter what activities we had on the go. All were dutybound to come home for simple dinner together.

FAHC's first anniversary falls on April 17. A host of events are planned to participate the children and their families. FAHC is making really good progress. Clearly there's a lot more to come. Thanks for your prayers and support. More later.

A few things

This is to update you a few things from us at My Dhaba in this new year.

Further to our family relocation from Muscat, Oman, to the zero-mile Nagpur in India, I have become busier than ever. The My Dhaba blog will not stop though. I still plan on writing as much as I can. Loads of good stuff and recipes are there to share with you in future.

Apart from the routine full-time job in India, I will be fully involved with FAHC activities this year. FAHC is adding a new unit at Nandhyala (Indira's home town). The children that FAHC supports will increase from 14 to 24 in number this January 2008 onwards. We sincerely hope that we would be able to publish the 'You Can Cook' book this year; editing process is taking a lot of time. We will need a few volunteers to taste-test the selected recipes. We also dream that the previously planned 10000-km roaddrive spreading FAHC and hunger awareness (touching all Indian states in a garland route) would be accomplished this year.

Thanks to all of you for your continued support in 2007 in the form of suggestions, comments, tips, contributions at FAHC, etc.

May the year 2008 be a colorful and magical year for us all.

Regards,

vkn

Happy and Healthy New Year!

My Dhaba wishes its friends, readers, well-wishers, and food lovers a HAPPY and HEALTHY new year 2008.

That is Aditya wishing you in style :-).