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Thanx for visiting my page 🙂 Firstly, I am not a chef or a cook by any standard. I am just an Indian housewife who is a big foodie! I love to eat and I love to cook for my family and friends. Baking is one of things that I especially enjoy as an activity!

Indian cuisine is insanely extensive in terms of the range of cooking-styles across different states. It is a challenge to master the food of your own state or any one state but it takes sheer passion and hunger (pun intended) to excel at a variety of dishes that belong to different parts of our country.

I am a child of an inter-caste marriage where my mum belongs to the north-India (Delhi) and my dad belonged to the south-India (Karnataka). I am married to a guy who is half-Punjabi on his mum’s side and we are currently residing outside our country, in Ireland, where I was introduced to a whole new food palette. Therefore, I have been introduced to the different cooking styles and ingredients all my life.

In the years we have been living abroad, I have come across people of various nationalities who love Indian food. That infamous chicken curry and biryani! This blog is my effort to compile all my Indian and non-Indian recipes that have become a regular feature in our house-hold. They are easy to make and completely tried and tested.

So, without further ado….Let our journey begin!!! You should see “afoodiehousewife” written somewhere on this page. Click on that to view the recipes.

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  1. James Jackman says:

    Looks fantastic Malacha

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  2. I could not get your name here, will you please share it, if you really want to.
    I am very happy to see all the dishes you make.
    Like you I am too a foodie and I do not cook but I love food and love people cooking food.
    You can see it on my blog, which is evident. I think I follow some more than 25 people all over the world who cook and in return they also. We really enjoy food being cooked, seen, eaten and what not. Haha…
    Fond Regards,
    Shiva

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    1. Hi Shiva! Nice to meet you and my name is Mallika. I am so glad that you liked my blog and the dishes. Appreciations are always so encouraging. I too am following you now and look forward to interactng with you in future as well. Kind Regards, mallika

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  3. Hi Mallika
    I have nominated you for the Blogger Recognition Award as a token of my appreciation.
    Here is the link https://tingleurtastebuds.com/2017/02/28/blogger-recognition-award/
    Congratulations.

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    1. Thanx so much Meena for this gesture! Ofcourse I will accept! A small question- These two points- “Write a post to show your award. Attach the award to your post.” How do I get about these? Silly of me not to get it! 😀

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      1. Juat doa blog post about the award. That’s all. Follow my post. Or rathe just copy paste my content and edit it accordingly.

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      2. Thanx so much!! 🙂 will do!

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  4. Hello Mallika, good to connect with you here 🙂 .Thanks for the follow, dear.

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    1. Likewise Ashu! 🙂 Let’s stay in touch!

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  5. Hi Mallika, thanks for following my blog. Yours looks great with all those nice pictures and recipes! I feel like trying some of them already …

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    1. Thanx so much Patty! 🙂 Nice to meet you here! Thanx for the compliments on the blog and yours looks amazing as well! Let’s keep in touch! 😀

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  6. Elizabeth says:

    As an American of Irish descent I’m thrilled that you’re living in Ireland! I can’t wait to read all your recipes!

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    1. Ireland is gorgeous!!! My family and friends back home get awestruck when I send them breath-taking pictures of the dramatic sunsets and beautiful countryside. We love living here! 🙂

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      1. Elizabeth says:

        It really is a gorgeous country! My family is from County Wicklow. Where are you?

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      2. We are in Castleknock..around half an hour away from the main Dublin city centre. We went to Wicklow (Glendalough) some months back for a weekend and had such a beautiful time. I have written a detailed article about our trip there on my travel blog too. (https://anoldsole.org/2016/03/28/weekend-retreat-glendalough/) We also went to kerry last summer. Stunning is the word for the Irish countryside! 🙂

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      3. Elizabeth says:

        I’ll have to check out the post on Gledalough!

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  7. Eartha says:

    Nice to meet you, Mallika. Thanks for stopping by my blog. 🙂

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    1. And you, Eartha! 🙂 Your blog is wonderful!

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      1. Eartha says:

        Thank you. 🙂

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  8. InspiresN says:

    Awesome blog! Loved looking at all the food pics and recipes ..

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    1. Thanx Nisha! You have a wonderful blog too. Following it now! 🙂

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  9. InspiresN says:

    Thank you Mallika!

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  10. Malini says:

    Hello dear. I love your blog and recipes. Your photography of recipes attracts a lot. I must say, it inspires a lot of people to try different recipes. Keep blogging.. I would like to nominate you for “One Lovely Blog Award”. I hope you will accept it. Please check this link for more details. https://malinispace.com/2017/03/22/one-lovely-blog-award/

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    1. Thanx so much for the lovely words and the nomination malini😊 Will try to get on it at the earliest!

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      1. Malini says:

        You are welcome dear. Take your time. Have a good day😊

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  11. Thank you for your interest in my blog. Yours is delicious! I look forward to following.

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    1. Thanx soo much!! Likewise 🙂 x

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  12. I would like to let you know that I have nominated you for the “Blue Sky Tag” See link: click here Hope you will be able to participate and pay this forward. Congratulations my blogger friend for being nominated and check out their wonderful blogs.

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    1. Awe thanx so much for the nomination! I am extremely grateful! 😄

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  13. Clare Pooley says:

    Such a lovely blog you have here! Thank-you very much for visiting my blog and for the follow. Clare

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    1. Hi Clare! Thanx so much and you have a wonderful blog too!😄 Nice to meet you! x

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  14. Thanks for the follow! I look forward to your recipes.

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    1. It’s my pleasure!😄 Yeah, let’s keep in touch!😊 x

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      1. Thanks, I will.

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  15. quiall says:

    Hi There! Thanks for following my blog!

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    1. It’s my pleasure! 🙂 x

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  16. Anabel Marsh says:

    Great recipes! Thanks for visiting The Glasgow Gallivanter.

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    1. Thanx Anabel! 🙂 Nice to get in touch with you! x

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  17. Thanks for the follow, Mallika. Been to Sarafa and Pachisi in Indore almost 20 years ago. Glad to know about your Karnataka connection. I am originally from Mangalore but always lived in Mumbai except for 10 years in UK. Now back in India. I look forward to your yummy posts. Following you on Instagram too. Do check out my art on Insta. Take care.
    Regards,
    Sudhir

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    1. Hi sudhir! Nice to get in touch with you! I will check out your blog and Insta profile very soon. Take care & regards! – Mallika 😊

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      1. Keep in touch. Have a nice day !

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  18. Thank you for following my blog. I look forward to reading yours.

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    1. You’re moat welcome!😄 yes lets keep in touch! x

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  19. Thank you so much for following my blog 🙂 🙂 .

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    1. You’re welcome! Lets keep in touch!😊

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  20. Hi. It is nice to e-meet you. Thank you for the follow. I look forward to connecting on here with you more and seeing what your site has to offer. Off to look around and see what other social media sites we share in common. -jay

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      1. I appreciate. Reactionary Tales is my friend Nel’s space. Mine is This-Is-My-Truth-Now. Nel and I chat all day, and we’ve done several co-posts together. I look forward to seeing more posts on yours too.

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      2. Ooohhh I am sorry for the mix up! I was replying to both of you together and I saw that I ended up interchanging the blog names…So silly of me. Edited it but I guess that you saw the comment by then! Sorry again for the confusion! 🙂

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    1. Hi Jay! Yes it’s great to connect with you and you do have a very unique and interesting space@ this is my truth now. I will go through the individual posts in the evening, as that’s the time at the end of the day when I catch up with all my blogger friends and their wonderful blogs. Let’s stay in touch and take care! 😀 – Mallika

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  21. Your blog is absolutely stunning. I want to thank you for following me and have tagged you for Friends for Days – https://therobinsnest2017.com/06/29/2017/tag-friends-for-days

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    1. something went wrong with my first link – try this one https://therobinsnest2017.com/2017/06/30/friends-for-days/

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  22. M. L. Kappa says:

    Hi, and thanks for the follow! So pleased to meet you, and looking forward to trying out some of your delicious recipes! 💓🌺

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    1. Thankyou!😊😊 your blog looks so vibrant and interesting, especially the beautiful watercolours!❤️❤️ Looking forward to explore it more! x

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  23. allaboutme31 says:

    I nominated you for the Liebster Award. Can’t wait to see your post. https://allaboutme31.com/2018/02/22/my-first-liebster-award-nomination/

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  24. SheryL♥ says:

    Hi Mallika! Thanks a lot for joining Thoughts of SheryL!
    Great blog! 🙂

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    1. Thank you 🙂 and it’s my pleasure!

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  25. gohealthy says:

    Hi Mallika, you have an awesome blog!
    Happy that you like my blog & thanks for the follow!! Looking forward to reading more of your recipes…

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    1. Thanks a lot Sheeba! You have a wonderful blog too! x

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  26. Alan Phoenix says:

    Indore and Indoris are amazing!!!

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