My very first Liebster Award is so exciting!  Gratifying to see fellow bloggers visit my site recognize the recipes made with love.

I was nominated by Priti of My Pinch Of Yum who runs a wonderful blog from “down under”. Please do visit her page and be inspired 🙂

Here are the  Award Rules:

1. Once you are nominated, make a post thanking and linking the person who nominated you.

2. Include the Liebster award sticker in the post too.

3. Nominate 10 other bloggers who you think are worthy of this award. Let them know they have been nominated by commenting on one of their posts. You can also nominate the person who nominated you.

4. Answer the ten questions asked to you by the person who nominated you and make ten questions of your own for your nominees.

5. Lastly, copy these rules in the post.

Integrity

What inspired you to start your blog?

My friends and family who kept asking for recipes 🙂

Do you speak any other language apart from English?

Urdu and Kashmiri

What do you like the most – vegetables, chicken, pork, beef, lamb or seafood?

Veggies rule!

Which is your favorite spice?

Saffron

Best moment in your life?

Seeing my parents face light up every time I travel home to Kashmir

Is there any food ingredient or dish that you will never eat?

Nope…ummm maybe Snake!!

Which is your favorite cuisine in the world and why?

Thai – fresh and spicy

What is your signature dish?

This keeps changing as I evolve and create – these days it is Thai curry in coconut milk

Where would you live if you could live anywhere you wanted on the Earth?

Kashmir

I am nominating the following 10 bloggers for their wonderful blogs that keep inspiring.

Habu Nabu

Lin’s Recipes

Plantcrush

Spices N Flavors

Elle’s Vegan Food Diary

Mermaid’s Tresses

The Frugal Hausfrau

Eating Well Diary

Yes I am Vegan

Spades Spatulas and Spoons

Here are my 10 questions

1. Who is the person you most admire?
2. What is a mesmerizing place you have travelled to?
3. What inspires you to create posts for your blog?
4. If you could get on a soapbox what would your cause be?
5. What is your favorite season?
6. If you could have any career, what would you choose?
7. Any words of encouragement for new bloggers?
8. Name one thing on your bucket list?
9. How do you unwind ?
10. What would your picnic basket contain?