Coconut mustard rice flakes | ಕಾಯಿ ಸಾಸಿವೆ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | One of the quick, simple, spicy, yummy, healthy breakfast recipe using rice flakes & raw mango. Today I’m going to share one more recipe using rice flakes/avalakki/Poha ie kayi sasive avalakki meaning coconut-mustard paste rice flakes, peesa nariyal aur rayi ka poha. Earlier I have posted
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ಕರಿದ ಸಿಹಿ ಮತ್ತು ಖಾರ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | ಸಿಹಿ ಖಾರ ಚಿವಡಾ | My mom used to make these two snacks fried sihi and Khara avalakki or hot and sweet chivda, whenever we would visit Tirumala Tirupati shrine and as a kid I would eagerly wait to eat them both. Both sweet & savory versions tastes yummy. Along
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1/4 ಕಪ್ ಹಲ್ವಾ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿಯೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ Haha….. actually I have named this dish as ” 1/4 cup halwa ” because I have taken 1/4 cup of each ingredients which have been used to prepare this halwa/sheera/kesaribath ! Super soft, yummy, melt in mouth, delicious, easy to make sweet dish which can be made in no time, if
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ಚೂಡಾ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಕೆಂಪವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಚೂಡಾ | Crispy, spicy thin roasted flattened rice or avalakki chooda is a tea/coffee time snack and also it is made using very less oil and includes all the healthy stuff in it Suitable for people of any age group. I say it’s one of the Karnataka special snack, that too specially
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ಹುಳಿ ಸಿಹಿ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | ಹುಳಿ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಿಹಿ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | One of the oldest and easiest yummy recipe which is healthy and filling as well which we often make for breakfast or dinner or on the days of fasting. The word huli translates to ‘sourness’, which we get by adding considerably more amount of thick
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಪುರಿ ಉಂಡೆ | Wishing you all a very Happy New Year filled with happiness, peace, health & Prosperity !! Avalakki puri unde or Puffed rice flakes unde/ladoo is a traditional snack/sweet from south India that too from Bangalore – Mysore region. Here the word ‘avalakki’ translates to rice flakes, ‘Puri’ translates to Puffed one
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಖಾರ ಬಾತ್ | Avalakki khara bath…. as in rava/semolina/sooji/rave khara bath !!!! Why I named this dish so because… I have made our regular oggarane avalakki/rice flakes or Kanda poha differently in a new approach by using/adding Kharabath spice powder or uppittu masala pudi OR vangibath powder or Palyada Pudi Actually I learnt about
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With the goodness of jaggery, & saffron strands | ಸಿಹಿ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | ವಾಲ್ನಟ್ ಸಿಹಿ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | Yet another old or regular recipe with a small twist in it, which made huge difference in taste as well as health point of view. Tried out our malenadu (my native) special sihi avalakki by adding walnuts in place
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಸಿಹಿ ಪೊಂಗಲ್ | ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಪೊಂಗಲ್ | One more kind of sweet Pongal recipe but, this time made using beaten rice or rice flakes or Poha or avalakki. The procedure and the other ingredients used are the same as rice-lentil Pongal.  Adding a small portion of C M C C powder ie… C – cloves,
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Pounded spicy rice flakes/Poha/avalakki mix… now can also be made using red rice flakes | ಕುಟ್ಟವಲಕ್ಕಿ | ಕುಟ್ಟಿದ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | The Kannada word “Kuttavalakki” consists of two different words ie… ‘Kuttida‘  which translates to pounded powder & ‘avalakki’ which translates to rice flakes/Poha. Kuttavalakki is an age old dish made for evening snacks with coffee/tea
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಹುಗ್ಗಿ | ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಖಾರ ಪೊಂಗಲ್ | Call it by any name …Huggi (Kannada) or Pongal (Tamil) or Khichdi (Hindi) …it’s a super nutritious and yummy filling food to eat on any day any time. Prepare it in any combination ie…be it with Rava or Beaten rice or rice or Millet … it tastes awesome.
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಹಾಲುಬಾಯಿ | ಹಾಲ್ಬಾಯಿ | Yet another healthy, steamed traditional sweet dish from Karnataka, ie… beaten rice/rice flakes/flattened rice/Poha/Avalakki fudge, using jaggery, grated fresh coconut along with beaten rice. Thick quality beaten rice is used to prepare this sweet fudge. Actually I don’t prepare this dish very often, because we prepare & consume sihi avalakki
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಉಂಡೆ | ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಬೆಲ್ಲದ ಉಂಡೆ | Created my first ever vecipe (video recipe) of avalakki unde/beaten rice or rice flakes or Poha laddu…. a sweet treat that can be made in minutes, using Quick video App for android phone. It is a very simple, healthy unde/laddu recipe which uses only very few ingredients, which
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ಹಿಂಗ್ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | ಇಂಗು ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | ಇಂಗವಲಕ್ಕಿ | This is an age old evening/after school snack idea from my native place….Shikaripura. You can serve this in the form light snack too if there happens to be a sudden guests at home. We use thin variety (Paper avalakki) of beaten rice to prepare hing avalakki. Both
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ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | Southekayi avalakki is a no fire, simple, summer friendly recipe, in which southekayi translates to cucumber (kheera) and avalakki translates to flattened rice (poha). No cooking is needed in this recipe except for the tempering. Since this is a very filling dish , we can have it for breakfast with a glass
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Starting from simple preparation in beaten rice or rice flakes ie…..poha, we, the people of south India make varieties of dishes using beaten rice, with or without vegetables, and we call it as ‘ oggarane(tempering) avalakki(poha)’. This is almost a regular breakfast dish in many south Indian households as it is quick and easy to
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ಪುದೀನಾ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಗೊಜ್ಜವಲಕ್ಕಿ | A very old, authentic preparation made using rice flakes/Poha/avalakki. It is sweet, salty, spicy, tangy and now with added (mint/Pudina) flavor. It is always done in two ways ie using powdered rice flakes or/and whole rice flakes The procedure followed is same in both the methods, below I have posted the
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಪಾಯಸ | Specially made on the day of Ratha Saptami, Avalakki Payasa or beaten rice or poha Kheer is a healthy and filling sweet dish. Like other dishes this is also made in many ways, even I do it in many ways, but on this festival day I make this Payasa/Kheer in this particular
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಬೇಳೆ ನುಚ್ಚಿನುಂಡೆ | ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಬೇಳೆ ತರಕಾರಿ ನುಚ್ಚಿನುಂಡೆ | Avalakki nuchhinunde is yet another type of steamed dumplings, prepared by combining less quantity of lentil and comparatively more quantity of beaten rice/rice flakes along with vegetables. This tastes best if made spicy. This recipe is very much suitable for rainy season with a hot cup
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ಕಡಲೆಕಾಳು ಸಿಹಿ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | Recently I had posted the savory version of Poha chickpeas/chana cucumber Poha recipe, So while preparing that dish I got the idea of making its sweet version as well. So here is the recipe for Sweet version of poha or beaten rice or rice flakes using chickpeas. I would say a healthy,
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ಕಡಲೇಕಾಳು ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ಒಗ್ಗರಣೆ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | Here in North India, that is in Delhi, Gurgaon, People make chana Poha by adding either Kala chana(brown chickpeas) or Kabuli chana(white chickpeas) along with poha/rice flakes and few regular spices. So taking clue from them, I got this new idea of preparing chickpeas rice flakes in both sweet and
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ತಾಲಿಪಟ್ಟು | This avalakki rotti or avalakki thalipattu can be made plain or by adding vegetables such as cucumber, carrot, onion etc using either white beaten rice or red beaten rice or both in equal quantity. It can be done in two ways… One is by soaking the beaten rice and
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ಪೈನಾಪಲ್ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | ಅನಾನಸ್ ಸಿಹಿ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | I came across this recipe in a magazine. I definitely wanted to try immediately as this ananas sihi avalakki or Pineapple rice flakes is a simple, easy dish to prepare with very few ingredients and it is also quick make. Just try and chose sweeter pineapple to prepare
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ಪೈನಾಪಲ್ ಹೆಸರುಬೇಳೆ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಬಾತ್ | Ananas or Pineapple hesarubele avalakki bath is a very flavourful sweet dish. Here ananas is Pineapple, hesarubele is split green gram ie moong dal and avalakki refers to rice flakes as well as bath refers to a dish Flatten rice or rice flakes or avalakki or poha as we call
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