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    About Me

    Hi, I am Usha Rao and welcome to MySpicyKitchen. I am the writer, photographer and the techie here. I live in New York City and share the recipes I experiment at home.

    I was born and raised in Hyderabad, India and moved to the United States of America about a quarter century ago. I spent more than half my life here in the US. The Big Apple has been home since a decade and a half.

    I love cooking and my husband is my taste tester, especially the non vegetarian recipes. I often refer to him as Mr. U in my posts.

    About MySpicyKithen

    I started MySpicyKitchen to document recipes I experimented at home. I always wanted to document the recipes and in 2008 a blog seemed a right platform to document the recipes. It started as hobby and now it is part of my life. Along the way, I also developed interest in food photography. In fact, these days I enjoy food photography more than food blogging!

    Recipes on the blog

    At home we usually eat Indian food and to be more precise, Telangana food. Telangana is one of the five South Indian states. I love baking and also have a sweet tooth. So you can find Indian sweets, desserts and a lot of sweet bakes here. Apart from Indian food, we also enjoy food from other cuisines and what we eat at home is what gets on the blog.

    Other Interests

    Photography is my other passion now and here is my photo blog, which kind of dormant now. I also love watching (binge watching) movies and TV series.

    I hope you like the recipes and thanks for stopping by. Happy cooking!

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    1. Jane says

      May 22, 2024 at 9:25 pm

      Trying to subscribe to your newsletter & it won't let me. I am Jane Cox at: oursin07@gmail Thanks-recipes look great!

      Reply
      • Usha Rao says

        July 02, 2024 at 11:45 am

        Hi Jane, sorry for late reply. I some how missed this comment. Also thanks for bringing to my attention that the newsletter subscribe form isn't working. I am trying to fix it. Meantime, I manually added you to the newsletter subscriber list.

        Reply
    2. jayant says

      June 28, 2016 at 2:41 am

      nice elaborated recipe collection

      Reply
    3. Anu says

      October 01, 2012 at 12:19 pm

      Hi Usha,

      This is Anu of Anu's Healthy Kitchen, would like to remind you about gues hosting my "SYF&HWS - Cook With SPICES" Series" event for th e mont of Oct 2012 with your choice of spice as "Mustard Seeds". The Event starts on the 5th of Oct until 5th of Nov.

      Please reply to my email id anushoj@gmail.com asap.

      I will send u the draft and the event logo once i see ur reply.

      Thanks
      Anu

      Reply
    4. Amrita says

      September 09, 2012 at 5:21 am

      Greetings from Mittu cooking love,i was looking forward to post a crab cake recipe,but i see no linky tool.Would you be kind enough to let me know how to post my recipe with out the linky tool? thankx !

      More to food and love,
      Amrita

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        September 09, 2012 at 8:30 am

        Amrita, the linky tool is on seafood event announcement page.

        http://www.myspicykitchen.net/2012/08/20/seafood-feast-event-announcement/

        Reply
    5. Spice says

      September 11, 2011 at 11:04 pm

      Hi Usha, I don't know if U remember U entered in a book giveaway at my blog back in july & U won it too. Giveaway is completed for all the 4 books but I don't see your mail with your mailing address or may be by mistake it's deleted by me. So can U please send me your mailing address in couple of days.

      Sorry, for leaving such a big message here in your comment section , as I couldn't find your email id. BTW u gotta a nice blog.

      Reply
    6. Mythili says

      May 12, 2010 at 4:20 pm

      Hey,

      Nice blog. I am here for the first time. Will surely visit often and try some recipes from here.

      Also thanks for your lovely comment on fish masala fry :). I havent tried it with tilapia. I will surely do it next time I get tilapia.

      Reply
    7. Hrishali says

      April 08, 2010 at 9:22 am

      Hey Girl
      I am sooo glad to get back on track here... looking forward to learning from you. i think i have something to share with you too!

      Reply
    8. Maaya says

      April 02, 2010 at 3:48 am

      great blog! good luck

      Reply

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