Manalo Mana Maata where she gives health benefits and nutrition tips. Now, her family has shifted to Hyderabad and while managing her two sons, she has also started another channel My eggless recipe with alternatives, simple techniques in folding a samosa sheet and making a crunchy puffed-up pani puri became popular.вЂќ вЂњMany people found baking as a new passion in the lockdown, but since shops were closed, not all ingredients were readily available. Although common foods, the recipes got more views owing to some tips and substitute ingredients, Bhargavi shared. She got a вЂbumper hitвЂ™ with recipes of pani puri, samosa and eggless cake. Her channelвЂ™s subscription saw a surge in the lockdown period. Gaining one million subscribers for food videos is a special recognition. A recipe without complex ingredients, some tips, no variations in thumbnail and recipe pictures are a hallmark of her channel. They want clarity, not lectures,вЂќ she points out. вЂњI realised people do not spend much time on videos when the creator talks non-stop while making a recipe. Sourcing traditional recipes from her mother and mother-in-law, she derives ideas from her collection of recipes from books and the Internet. вЂњI used to cook, record, edit and post videos and also take care of my two-year-old son Sleepless nights were normal,вЂќ she recalls. Prasadams and sweets made during festivals, different categories and foods made in seasons,вЂќ she explains.ДЄfter gaining confidence in six months, Bhargavi, a resident of Visakhapatnam asked her mother to stop sending videos and began doing it all by herself. Within one month, the mother-daughter duo posted a whopping 90 videos only to realise that a seasonal food calendar was a smart way to gain more acceptance among social media audience. A computer science graduate, Bhargavi could easily upload the videos sent by her mother and also post her own videos of a few simple dishes. BhargaviвЂ™s mother used to record WhatsApp cooking videos and send it to her.

вЂњI was not passionate about cooking initially my love for it has grown slowly and steadily,вЂќ she admits. BhargaviвЂ™s mother who had read an article on homemakers and successful YouTubers, suggested the idea to her newly-married daughter.

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