Announcing "My Legume Love Affair - MLLA # 70 " for April

Hello every one, how are you all doing?  It has been a while since I posted any recipes. I have been on a vacation trip to India and now I am trying to settle into a new routine. Due to all the sudden changes happening in my life, the blogging part has suffered quite a lot. Hoping to be back to full scale blogging by April mid. 

One year back, when I started blogging, slowly I learned about other wonderful blogs present in the blogosphere and started following many of them. Spent hours reading them and through them I was guided to the various events conducted by the various bloggers to share their wonderful and innovative recipes. The first event that I ever took part was My Legume Love Affair (MLLA) . A long running very popular monthly event that features legumes as the main item. Started by Susan of The Well Seasoned Cook in 2008, MLLA  is now managed by Lisa of "Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen". I love incorporating legumes in my dishes and was so glad to find an event where I could participate and learn about other recipes based on legumes. I tried to take part in the event every month, but havent been able to follow due to various constraints. I also requested Lisa to provide me a chance to host MLLA sometime. And it worked off. Here I am so proud and excited to host the 70 th edition of My Legume Love Affair for April - MLLA #70 on my blog space. Thank you so much Lisa for giving me the wonderful opportunity to host an event that I have come to love so much. 

Check out the rules for participating in the event.

• Only vegetarian entries will be accepted. No meat, fowl, sea food. But eggs are allowed.

• Legumes must be the main ingredient of the dish. Legumes include fresh or dried beans, lentils, pulses, Fenugreek, Tamarind, the edible pods that contain these seeds, carob, peanuts, derivative products like tofu or besan.  

• The dish must contain more than few tablespoons of legumes. Only exception to that is fenugreek and tamarind that are generally used in smaller quantities.

• Only one entry per participant is allowed.

• Event runs from April 1st to April 30.

• Any recipe featuring legumes as the main ingredient that is posted in your blog in the month of April is acceptable. Recipes from the archives will be accepted if reposted and links updated. 

• Your post should contain links to this MLLA announcement page, Lisa's ongoing MLLA event page and Susan's page. 

• Usage of MLLA logo is optional but appreciated. I have disabled right click on my blog. So it may not be possible for you to download the logo. But I will send you the logo to be included once you send me the email with the recipe details. 

• Send the following details for participation to the email id avikapnair@gmail.com

Your Name ;

Blog Name;

Recipe URL and Title of your post;

A photo;

Location

•    You may send the recipe to other events also.

Now did I mention that participating in the event can win you prizes ? Oh Yes, You can win upto 2 prizes as mentioned below.  

• Hurst Beans is offering a 6 pack assortments of products to the residents of USA.

• Susan is offering a prize at her own expense every month. This month you may win a copy of The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles.  

Winners will be selected by a random draw. The Hurst bean prize will be offered only to residents of USA. If the random winner resides in USA, then the winner will get both the prizes. If the winner resides outside USA, then they will get Susan's prize and another draw will be held among the pool of US residents to select a winner for the Hurst Bean prize. 

So what are you waiting for? Dont miss the chance to win such great prizes. Go ahead and whip up some awesome dishes and send me an email with the entry details. I will be publishing the round up for MLLA 70 in the first week of May. 

Cheers,

Avika