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Introducing Aayi

For the last 3 years, I have been managing this blog (601 posts and counting…) and it was my experiences and my memories here, but Aayi was my mentor, editor and force behind it. As many of you know, I started this blog for my aayi. Since she was not very comfortable using computer, I was doing it on her behalf.

So now, I have created a new account for aayi and she will be posting here once in a while. I will help her technically, but she will be posting from her author account. I hope she can do it once in a week at least. Let us see how that goes. Today will be her first official post from her account.  I will continue to post on other days, as and when it happens.

So please welcome - Aayi of Aayi’s Recipes, Mrs Varada

(Round of applause…) :)

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53 Responses to “Introducing Aayi”

  1. 1
    RAMYA BALANNo Gravatar Says:

    HI Shilpa,

    Thats a wonderful news!!!!!!!!!! really it needs a round of applause. Looking forward for lot of recipes from the expert.

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    notyet100No Gravatar Says:

    waiting for delicious recipes fromthis blog,..welcome..to blog world

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    SrivalliNo Gravatar Says:

    Thats lovely!…looking forward to aayi’s classic recipes!

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    RashmiNo Gravatar Says:

    That would be so terrific. Warm regards and many thanks to dear Aayi.

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    PurnimaNo Gravatar Says:

    Wow..Shilpa, great news congrats to ur Aayi!! Aunty we are waiting for your lovely recipes!! Congrats for 601 meaningful posts!! Feeling very proud of you!

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    ArunaNo Gravatar Says:

    Congrats, Shilpa for introducing aayi. Waiting to see more recipes and posts from the Annapurna.

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    priyaNo Gravatar Says:

    This is terrific! Congrats on completing over 600 posts. A big welcome to your Aayi, the original inspiration of this lovely blog!! We are all eagerly waiting to see Aunty’s posts :)

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    DonnaNo Gravatar Says:

    Clap clap!! welcome aayi!!!!

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    SangeetaNo Gravatar Says:

    yayyyy <<>> It’s wonderfull to be learning from the pro. Thank you for sharing yr blog but yr aayi with us too :) Welcome Aayi. Looking forward to your posts.

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    MayaNo Gravatar Says:

    Shilpa, congrats to you for maintaining this wonderful site for your Aayi, and a big welcome to Aayi and looking forward to her posts :)..

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    zobarsNo Gravatar Says:

    Welcome welcome aayi. It is so nice to finally meet the person who made this blog possible. Cannot wait for some vegetarian recipes from you.

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    Mishmash!No Gravatar Says:

    So Sweet!!
    Hope aunty enjoy blogging ….:)
    I also blog my mother;s recipes , just to store all her recipes in one place and I wish she would also agree to do something like this one day :)

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    sangeethNo Gravatar Says:

    thats a wonderful news…i hav been ur regular visitor even before i had a food blog…i l ike a lot of ur recipes…good to know that the expert is gonna post …waiting to learn a lot from her :)

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    RamyaNo Gravatar Says:

    I am looking forward to Mrs. Varada recipes too. Welcome Madam.

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    Vegeyum GangaNo Gravatar Says:

    How wonderful. I look forward to them a lot.

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    UjwalNo Gravatar Says:

    Wow..Thats really nice… Hope aunty enjoys this. Well i guess we can have a lot of recipes from both of you. Thanks for touching our lives :) and a hearty welcome to your aayi who has indirectly taught us a lot of things through you :)

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    KalaiNo Gravatar Says:

    Awesome!! Looking forward to seeing great recipes! :)

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    ManasiNo Gravatar Says:

    Clap! clap!! Welcome to Aunty!
    Gr8 idea!!!

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    vaniNo Gravatar Says:

    hi shilpa,

    thanks for introducing aayi. will be waiting for more and more nice recepies……

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    oycie dsilvaNo Gravatar Says:

    Morning dear,

    Your mama is really a lucky person to have such a nice daughter.

    I am sure like me all r waiting anxiously to have some of her traditional receipes.

    Congrats once again and keep up the good work.

    With love
    Oycie

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    oycie dsilvaNo Gravatar Says:

    and vice versa.

    (Sorry for the incomplete post)

    love
    Oycie

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    MusicalNo Gravatar Says:

    A warm welcome to Aayi, Shilpa! This is gonna be one series i am totally looking forward to. Thank you soooooooooo much, to you and Aayi. My warmest regards to her.

    musical.

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    jayasreeNo Gravatar Says:

    Hearty welcome Aayi. Great to know that we will get to see posts directly from the expert. Welcome once again.

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    NirmalaNo Gravatar Says:

    Welcome Amma! This is a similar site of mine as I am posting my Amma’s recipes in my blog. Am a regular reader of this blog since 2006. Am very eager to read your posts too!

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    jayaNo Gravatar Says:

    Its so Good to know and we are looking forward to more yum recipes from Your Aayi Shilpa …
    Regards
    Jaya

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    AshaNo Gravatar Says:

    That’s a great news, I will be there!:))

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    JyothsnaNo Gravatar Says:

    Applause for your mum!!

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    SumaNo Gravatar Says:

    Great!! A warm welcome to Aayi - the expert……hope to see more authentic recipes from now. This sounds so exciting!

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    Pratibha PrabhuNo Gravatar Says:

    A warm welcome to Aayi. You have indeed started off with a bang - my favourite pickle! Power to you and Shilpa -I look forward to your posts. tiba prabhu

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    smithaNo Gravatar Says:

    Hi Shilpa,
    Glad to be finally introduced to Aayi. I was wondering quite a lot about her - her name, stature etc. etc.
    I would love getting to know of recipes directly from Aayi.
    With regards
    Smitha

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    ChitraNo Gravatar Says:

    Dear Shilpa
    You are such a wonderful girl to do this and vice versa too!! Looking forward to seeing some more wonderful recipes from this great mother-daughter team!! Best wishes to you both!!

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    rekhaNo Gravatar Says:

    wow great shilpa,
    A warm welcome to your Aayi.iam waiting for your Aayis recipes good job shilpa keep it up.
    http://www.plantainleaf.blogspot.com

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    sapnaNo Gravatar Says:

    Wht a wonderful idea to bring in the expert cook, aayi
    Its not just the cooking and reciepes that our mom’s bring into our lives its also all the unconditional love that comes along with it.
    Congrats shilpa on the wonderful idea and our love to aayi

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    sabinaNo Gravatar Says:

    hey shilpa
    a big welcome to your aayi…
    looking forward for good receipie from the expert mom..

    sabina

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    chitraNo Gravatar Says:

    Thanks Varadaakka,

    This will double my delight of discovery of delicious amchigele jevan!

    Chitra

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    SreeNo Gravatar Says:

    A very very warm welcome to your Aayi Shilpa:) Wishing her a wonderful time blogging.

    Sree

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    SuganyaNo Gravatar Says:

    Welcome, Aay1 :)

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    SiriNo Gravatar Says:

    Welcome Aayi.. we are eagerly looking forward for ur yummy recipes!..:D

    Siri

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    VarshaNo Gravatar Says:

    Let me begin by saying I am not much of a cook . growing up i had my head in books and still do.. I cook out of necessity unlike you it’s not my passion
    . But at times when i am feeling blue i need that amchi food i ate growing up Thanks for your website i can go back to them . Thank you for keeping the amchi food and tradition alive.

    Could you post some receipes for tambli ..

    Dev Bhare karo !!!
    Thanks Shilpa ,
    Varsha

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    VarshaNo Gravatar Says:

    Welcome Aayi
    Looking foward to seeing more authentic amchi receipes

    Regards
    Varsha

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    LisetteNo Gravatar Says:

    A warm welcome Aayi… It’s great to know that we will get recipes directly from the expert. Congrats on learning to blog :D

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    LathaNo Gravatar Says:

    WElcome to your Aayi Shilpa! Cannto wait to see mor ewonderful recipes from your aayi who has inspired you to post all these wonderful recipes!

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    ketakiNo Gravatar Says:

    A warm welcome to your Aayi. I am eagerly waiting for more authentic konkani recipes .Hope to read them soon on your blog.

    Shilpa: Ketaki, she has been posting here already (Mango pickle and urad papad). Please check out.

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    ZlamushkaNo Gravatar Says:

    Hey I was wondering who Mrs. Varada was. Lovely to see that :-) Her recipes are fabulous and so homey. I am excited.

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    SuchiNo Gravatar Says:

    Hi .. This site is really really very helpful for the ladies who wants to learn new and nice recipe :) Thanks a lot for introducing the blog. I m looking for south Indian dishes recipe…as m going to get married with a South indian Tamil guy. As maharashtrain i know maharastrian recipes.. but South dishes are needed to please my mother in law :) If you have those recipes .. pls help me out …
    I ll be visiting regularly to see new recipes…
    Thanks in advance…

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    nishaNo Gravatar Says:

    hey Shilpa

    Good on you ………..warm welcome to Aayi.will look forward for some lip-smacking receipes.

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    hrushithaNo Gravatar Says:

    hey shilpa,
    why u always posts in konkani recepies only even u do so specify their names in english .

    Shilpa: Sorry Hrushita, I didn’t get which recipe you are talking about. As much as possible, I have always given the translation, so if you specify which recipe you are talking about, I may be able to help!!

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    sangeetaNo Gravatar Says:

    hey shilpa,
    my husband is a konkani and am a maharashtrian. he longs to eat konkani recipes. i saw ur blog and felt like i found some treasure. am surely gonna try a lot of them. please tell aayi to post some more konkani dishes.
    thanx a ton.

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    AmitNo Gravatar Says:

    Hi,
    Dear Shilpa (pachi, if i may call u so). came across ur (wonderful) site a couple of days, courtesy Google. Having lost my mother (i used to call her “Amma”) a very young age, i longed for authentic amchi recipes. but never knew how 2 prepare them. (though i can prepare some basics like stir-fried potatoes, talaasani, etc.).
    a look at ur list of recipes reminded me of my Amma, & brought tears to my eyes. Now with ur recipes, i’m sure that though i’ll miss my Amma, i’ll not miss her cooking.
    However, i’d like 2 see some of my favourites (they may already be there. if so, please guide), such as Sprouted Moong Ambat (Mooga Mole Ambat, onion & without onion version), Sheppi Bhaajji Idli (i dunno the English equiv. of Sheppi Bhaajji)
    Regards & Thanks a ton, Keep up the good work.

    Shilpa: Ameet, so nice to know you can cook amchi dishes now. Check the muga mole randayi here. (we call it randayi). Sheppi idli I will post sometime. Please refer the recipes link at the top to find more Konkani recipes.

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    ReemaNo Gravatar Says:

    Thanks for allthis nice recipes. Keeep up the good work.

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    rehmatNo Gravatar Says:

    hi, I’ve just discovered your website. I love it. I’m kutchi and some of the recipes remind me of the food my naani used to cook. Will be telling all my freinds about your website. good luck for the future.

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    Smita RahateNo Gravatar Says:

    A very unique and good receipe site, especially made in Maharashtrain style (words used).
    Your site not only introduces new receipes but it also gives HEALTHY & NUTRIFULL RECEIPES.

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