Today marks the 5th Anniversary of my dear blog, Palaharam. I never imagined it to be coming this far. But now I guess, it is a part of my life - something that would define me and keep me occupied by doing something that I love. This is not just the celebration of having started the blog but also the celebration of having made some good friends over the span of these last 5 years, whom I have not even met in person. I thought I should make something sweet to mark this milestone and nothing better than this beetroot steamed cake to make this moment absolutely perfect. A BIG thank you to all my supporters for always being there to motivate me, to blog. No words can suffice my gratitude towards each one of you.
It was only recently that I started to fall for Beetroot. Since then, it has been appearing in my kitchen often, either in a savory or sweet form. This beetroot cake was made as a tea time snack one day and it was so much in demand that we have repeated it couple of times. They are amazing in taste and healthy too.
My little space turns 3 today! Time flies, I must say. I still remember, 3 years back, one fine day I put across the thought to Jacob, of starting a blog. And his 'Yes' was so strong that it started. But I never thought it would come this far with me (the lazy one being the author of it :) ). And all thanks to all my supporters and my blogger friends who kept the fire in me on, to keep it going.
This blog was a start to engage myself during my free time. Now 3 years down the line, I guess, it has somehow become my identity; a part of me. If you are a blogger, you would know the feeling of you being addressed/introduced as the author of your blog in a gathering. It is such a joy to be doing something out of the usual stuff and I hope I can squeeze in some time to my little space in the coming years too. Its a tradition to distribute sweets as you go along spreading the good news and so I thought cookies would be the right fit for today's occassion, even though the post is about an year old.. he he...So lets talk more about these cookies now.
It seems ages since I have blogged or been on the blogger, blog hopping. I had been missing it so badly and so wished to get back to it, as soon as I can. And yes, Palaharam turned one(a month back) and I still can't digest the fact that my blog survived one whole year :). I know its a bit too late for celebration of my blog anniversary, but better late than never, right? It had been a wonderful journey all throughout. I just can't thank enough the supporters of Palaharam and all the wonderful bloggers out there who eventually turned out to be my friends, for all the support and encouragement that you have been pouring over. Its needless to say that without you guys, my blog would not have survived.
Has it ever happened to you that you had taken a leave from the daily routine and when you are back to normal, the so called laziness hits you delaying the process of return to the normal life. Well, I had been hit by it badly. Every once in a while when I got to FB, there would be a message from my blogger friends, some enquiring where I had disappeared or some rechecking on my health. While I was sick, each message made me feel I was getting better and after I got well, these messages made me give up my laziness to come back quickly :). I just feel so lucky to have gained so many amazing friends through blogosphere.
