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My Maitri -> Heather

Before I start yapping, I owe a huge apology to 3 very sweet people - Heather, Priya and Reshmi. Heather, who is my Maitri friend ; Priya and Reshmi, who are the creaters of this wonderful friendship chain called Maithri ; And the apology is for delaying to post the mystery ingredient recipe. :( Please bear with me my friends. I have been too busy. Busy is an understatement.

I was in the midst of arranging a baby shower for my lovely sis n law :) Now you know why I was busy. They live in a different city and hence I had to arrange things over phone calls and all that. Anyways it is over and hey, it went well. She loved it. And BTW, I baked a Castle Cake for her. Though it dint come out as I expected, it was not that bad too :) I shall post the pics soon.

So guys, do you accept my apology?? :)

Now to my Maitri -- > Heather from the girly chef.

Awwww!! Do you know how sweet a person she is?? :) Not only was she right on time to send my mystery ingredient, she sent me a special gift too! Something just for me! Let me share it with you guys!


Cute Card 


Heather's Message 
Special Gift - Spicy Mango


Special Gift - Spicy Mango 
And here is my "Mystery Ingredient" … :)  Dried Hibiscus Flower



Mystery Ingredient

So, wasnt Heather's mystery ingredient and special gift great :) I loved them. I am sure all of you did too. This post is dedicated to you Heather. Thank you so much :) I shall be posting the recipe made using the mystery ingredient in the next post.
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  1. Priya YallapantulaJune 8, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    Hey, hi how are you? Glad that you had fun and everything went well. And, super glad that you got time to post :)

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  2. GopikaJune 8, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    I am good Priya :) How about you?

    BTW, I had mailed you a few hours back. Not sure if you recieved it. :)

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