Thank you for participating in the April contest. I have received some great recipes this month. I have received 39 entries and believe me it was a hard decision once again to select the winners. I have gone over the recipes several times. Some were great recipes but were missing little things which make them [...]

I decided for this month to choose the top 2 winners rather than the voting. We’ll continue next month again with voting. The winners are below: The first place winner is Ayeesha Riaz (the sponge looks great!) and the 2nd place goes to Sangeetha Jagan for a healthy treat. I would like to very much [...]

I have to apologize about the late announcement of the winners for my June 2010 contest.  I just got back from an enjoyable vacation with my family, hence the delay! I have returned and faced a difficult decision in choosing the winners! After much consideration, the two winners I have selected are below: As I [...]

Thanks to your support, I’ve gained over 2,000 likes last month. I hope the numbers will continue as I have more exciting recipes coming up this year. I have selected two random winners from the list of people that added me to facebook. They are: 1st place: Debbie Icebergsewell 2nd place: Matthew Bennett Congratulations! Please [...]

This was another tough month in choosing a winner. There were many great recipes, but ultimately, I had to choose only two out of all the great entries. Here are the winners. FIRST PLACE: Charu Nagi wins again two months in a row! This unique recipe is called Kale Carrot wrap. The full recipe is [...]

April’s contest will be a fresh spring appetizer using two or more of the following ingredients: carrot cucumber celery banana apple As usual, you will be judged on creativity, and presentation (in addition to the recipe as a whole). Most likely, I will be selecting the top two winners myself for this month. Below is [...]

This month, some of you submitted recipes other than an appetizer so unfortunately I could not consider them. I was really looking for something that was also fresh, as opposed to fried. Here are the winners that I selected. Congratulations to both of you! 1st Place: Priyam Saharia (Wonton Cups with Spicy Carrot and Cheesy Apple Filling) [...]

The contest for this month (August) is to create any original recipe using coconut as one of the ingredients. You can submit any type of food (appetizer, desert, main dish, etc). As usual, you will be judged on creativity, and presentation (in addition to the recipe as a whole). I will be selecting the top five best entries [...]

It was good to see a lot of entries for this contest. I had a tough time deciding on the winners, but here are the my top five entries and two top winners from those: 1st Place: Julian Elman (Coconut Crusted Cauliflower with Cilantro Curry Sauce) 2nd Place: Deepti Rao (Chilli Coconut Burger with Peanut [...]

Happy holidays from Manjula’s Kitchen!! For this month, I thought a dessert is a good idea for the holiday season. The recipe can be any dessert made with at least one of the following fruits: apple, berry (any), pineapple, or pear. You may make any type of dessert, hot or cold. The specific rules for [...]

I received many really good recipes this last month and I had a tough time deciding on the winners. Thank you to everyone who participated and you all did a great job. Of course, I can only select five, so here they are and two top winners from those: 1st Place: Akhila Bhatt (Pineapple Kesaribaath) 2nd [...]

I am really glad to see so many people voting in the last month’s contest. Congratulations to all the participants and winners. For this month, I wanted to do something different from previous contests. Because Valentine’s Day is coming soon (Feb 14th), I want to do something revolving around a romantic theme. Rather than creating [...]

Thank you everybody for sharing your Valentine’s Day stories. Some of them were very touching and I enjoyed reading through all of them. Sorry for the delay, but I’ve selected two winners randomly from all the comment postings: 1st Place: RockstarRain (view their story here) 2nd Place: Srinidhi Bala (view their story here) Again, thanks [...]

It was really nice to see so many entries this month and it was great for me to see many creative ideas for plating dishes. The contest is now over – The top final winners are below. Thank you everyone for participating. For anyone just visiting this page for the first time, this contest is [...]

The summer has started and it is getting really hot. This month’s contest is to make a refreshing beverage with the following fruit: melon (watermelon, cantelope, honeydew, or other melon fruit) berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, or other berry) You can create a smoothie, or punch, or a lemonade twist. It is up to you, but [...]

It was great to see all the recipes submitted last month. I know it can be challenging to take something simple like a drink or smoothie recipe and make it stand out from the rest. I’ve selected the top 5 best recipe submissions and chose two winners below. The winners are: 1st Place: Laura Bregman (Cucumber-Honeydew Cooler with [...]

Become a fan of my facebook page and enter to win a free Amazon certificate. Two winners will be chosen at random (like the last month). Spread the word, tell your friends on facebook – become a fan. Below is my checklist: You will not have to email me anything this time. Simply add me [...]

For this month contest, I thought it would be great to do a fresh spring salad. Contestants will create a bean salad with spring colors, and home made dressing. You will be judged on creativity, and presentation. I will be selecting the top 5 and let the viewers vote for the winners as in past [...]

I know how much time it takes to create a new recipe and so would like to thank everyone who took part in this month’s contest. There were some very good entries and I had a hard time selecting the five best ones. It came very close. There were a couple of very good recipes [...]

This month’s contest is an easy one. Because Mother’s Day is approaching in a few days (May 8th), I thought it would great to hear some stories. I would like to hear about the special things you have done for your mother. Or as a mother, you can write what your kids have done for [...]

Thank you. I really enjoyed reading all the wonderful stories about everyones mother’s day experiences. Here are the two winners chosen at random from all the comment postings: 1st Place: Anke Jain (view story) 2nd Place: Neeta (view story)

I really enjoyed all the entries for last month. Many people used butternut squash in the recipes. In fact, four of top five are all recipes with butternut squash. Here are the my top five entries and two top winners from those: 1st Place: Sangeeta Jagan (Butternut Squash Badam Halwa) 2nd Place: Jayne Miller (Butternut Squash [...]

There were many entries last month for the appetizer. As usual, it was tough selecting the winners. Here are the my top five entries and two top winners from those: 1st Place: Divya (Chaat Bites) 2nd Place: Dipti Joshi (Mushroom Sesame Fingers) Congratulations to both of you!! Thank you to everyone else that also participated [...]

As school has just started, many of my viewers have been asking about meal suggestions for kids. For September contest, you can make any kid-friendly recipe. I will be judging on the following criteria: The meal should be health conscious and nutritious (example: avoid deep fried foods, or high sugar foods) You are preparing this [...]

Thank you to everyone who took part in September’s Content. Here are the winners for 1st and 2nd place: 1st Place: Nibedita Das (Paneer Curry Pasta Salad) 2nd Place: Dipti Joshi (Colorful Veggie Wrap) Thank you to everyone else that participated: Poonam Jadhav Sreedevi.R Sushma Rupal Patel Payal Choudhary sugandha kortikar Meena Panchal Hem Srivastava Mike [...]

This month’s contest is another easy one. I very much enjoyed reading all the valentine’s day stories last year and I would like to do the same this year. All you have to do is post your story to the disucussion forum on the Valentine’s Day topic that I have created. You needn’t send any [...]

To start off the New Year, January contest will be an easy one and I hope everyone will participate. Create any recipe from Manjula’s Kitchen website and post the photo on facebook or google plus. That’s all there is for this contest. Two winners will be chosen at random. Please be sure to tag Manjula’s Kitchen [...]

I really enjoyed seeing all the photos for January’s contest. Here are the two winners that I selected at random. Congratulations to both of you. 1st Place: Monica Prashar 2nd Place: Tonya McDaniel Thank you to everyone else that also participated in the contest.

Similar to last month, April’s contest will be based on chickpeas or garbanzo beans. You can may choose to do any dish as long as chickpeas are the main ingredient.  I’m eager to see what you all come up with. Good Luck. Using chickpeas, create any type of variation. Be Creative! Search the web for [...]

For this month, I am resuming the monthly contest again. However, from now on, I will choose the top 5 recipe entries and then let the viewers vote for the 1st and 2nd place winners. Based on feedback, I feel this is a better way to continue the future contests. The rules for August are [...]