As we all know, Onam is an annual Indian Hindu religious/harvest festival celebrated across India and predominantly by the people of Kerala. It is the official festival of the state of Kerala and includes range of cultural events. Though Onam is being celebrated for ten days in the month of August-September and this year the
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ಅನಾನಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ದಾಳಿಂಬೆಯ ಶಾಹಿ ಪಲ್ಯ | Using or Putting fresh fruits in curries, huli/sambar, salads are common now a days, so I’m no exception and I too like to put dry nuts, fruits, fresh fruits in curry/subji or huli/sambar etc. And as such it becomes necessary or another way of consuming fruits here in north
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ತರಕಾರಿ ಅನ್ನ | We tasted this tarakari anna recently in a south Indian restaurant called Naivedyam (Vipul Square). I and Mukund (my second Son) got attracted by this dish’s name ‘Tarakari anna’, which translates to ‘vegetable rice’ and we wanted to try and know about its taste. We definitely liked this simple recipe … no
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ಮೊಳಕೆ ಹೆಸರು ಕಾಳಿನ ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಹುಳಿ/ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಪಳ್ದ್ಯ | Feeling good rather pleasing for having created this recipe. Curd curry or majjige huli or majjige Paldya using a legume !! I can’t believe I could make this whole green gram curd curry !! I mean it strike my mind to prepare something like this. Its unbelievable, feeling
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ಟೊಮೇಟೊ ರೈಸ್ ಬಾತ್-ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ರಾಯ್ತ | This tomato rice with onion cucumber raita is my most favourite rice preparation. I’m ready to relish this favourite rice dish any day any time and if needed all the three time of the day !! sounds crazy… isn’t it !! I’m preparing this dish in this same procedure
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ವೇಡ್ಮಿ – ಗುಜರಾತಿ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ | Gujarati Vedmi or Puran Poli is a Indian stuffed sweet flatbread, which is often prepared on festivals. Prepared sweet mixture of cooked Pigeon peas and jaggery/sugar is stuffed inside the whole wheat flour outer cover and the specialty of this vedmi/Puran poli is, this is made in small sizes often
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ಮಿಶ್ರ ತರಕಾರಿ ಸೂಪ್ | Yet another healthy, easy, simple soup, made using mixed vegetables, which is so soothing during this chill weather. Yes I have made it in a very simple method. I have not put any kind of spices rather it contains only cumin seeds powder and salt. I could not take the procedure
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ಟೊಮೇಟೊ ಸೂಪ್ | Creamy tomato soup made absolutely in my own way without adding any kind of thickeners like, oats, corn flour, cream, butter, yogurt, lentil, rice flour etc or any kind of colour enhancers. So how do we get that creamy texture ? And the answer is nuts. Yes…. since long time I was
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ಮಂಡಕ್ಕಿ ಚುರಮುರಿ/ಡ್ರೈ ಭೇಲ್ಪುರಿ – VIDEO The very famous street food and a healthy snack from Karnataka, which can be easily made at home is mandakki churmuri/Puffed rice snack. Yes, here the Kannada word ‘mandakki’ translates to ‘Puffed rice’. The other name for it in Kannada is ‘Puri‘ I think almost all the households in Karnataka,
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ಮಿಶ್ರ ಬೇಳೆ-ರವೆ ಉಂಡೆ | ಆಲ್ ಇನ್ ಒನ್ ಲಡ್ಡು | Happy Gokulashtami to All …. A special kind of recipe which is a protein rich sweet dish along with goodness of jaggery and also consisting of dry nuts and home made ghee in a moderate amount. Over all a kind of healthy laddu which can be
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ತರಕಾರಿಯ ಖಾರದ ಮಫಿನ್ | Just tried my hands on this different version of savoury muffin which includes cold pressed coconut oil, Khapli wheat flour and couple of vegetables along with green and red chili (fritter chilies), capsicum etc. And it turned out be very flavourful and tasty. These easy to make egg free wheat flour
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ಬೇಕ್ಡ್ ಶ್ಯಾವಿಗೆ ಕುನಫಾ | #Akshayatruteeya #BasavaJayanti #Ramzan An awesome… yummy… crunchy…. luscious…. cheesy…. easy peasy dessert which instantly became our favorite, preferred sweet dish…. I must say it’s truly delicious !! Kunafa or Kunafeh or Knafeh is a crunchy, cheesy dessert from the middle eastern region. There are many variations in making this dish But
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ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಕಢಿ | The Kannada word ‘menthya soppu‘ translates to ‘fenugreek leaves‘. Come winter and we tend to use all kinds of winter essential, available goodies. And fenugreek leaves is one such winter special green leafy vegetable which we like to indulge in as much as possible. We can make many number of recipes
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ಮೂಲಂಗಿ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | ಮೂಲಂಗಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | Since it is too cold today here at our place and everyone is at home relaxing on a holiday ie Sunday, I had planned to make radish/mooli ka paratha for the breakfast along with Potato/aloo raita as an accompaniment. So to begin with, I did grate the
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ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಪರಾಠಾ | ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪು ಗೋಧಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟು ಪರಾಠಾ | One of the easiest and best way to consume lots of this wonderful, healthy green leafy vegetable is making Paratha using them. Just a couple of herbs and spices in this spinach Paratha and it tastes so wonderful that you feel like making and consuming
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ಕಾಯಿ ಪುಲಾವ್ | ಕಾಯಿ ಹಾಲು ಮಿಶ್ರ ತರಕಾರಿ ಪುಲಾವ್ | I wanted to try out this recipe, since the day I saw Sihi Kahi Chandru Sir’s recipe on one of the food recipes group – Bombat Bhojana and I’m glad today I could do so. Moderated the recipe a little and the outcome I got is
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ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಮತ್ತು ರವೆ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | I always try to include more and more split green gram flour in our diet. The regular one is majjige paldya/kadhi in which I replace gram flour with split green gram flour very often. Likewise recently when I was planning to make rotti using semolina/sooji/rave along
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ಕಾಫಿ ಕೊಬ್ಬರಿ ಮಿಠಾಯಿ Easy and tasty Kobbari mithai/coconut burfi is the authentic burfi recipe which belongs to the state of Karnataka. This is made using a very few ingredients such as fresh coconut and sugar. Further you can add any kind of flavor to enhance the taste. Last week, one of the food groups on
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ಮಾವಿನ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಹಣ್ಣು ಮಾವಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Yes ! you read it right ! made chutney using ripe, sweet mango. Its almost the end of the mango season here, but we got some really sweet mangoes in the market. So one day made our own malenadu recipe mavina huli/ripe mango dal which is made
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ಶುಂಠಿ ಅನ್ನ | ಶುಂಠಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | Aromatic, flavorful one pot meal herbal rice recipe, which uses very few ingredients but turns out to be mouth watering dish ! The awesome ginger flavor gets infused into the rice and tastes superb. Found this recipe in one of my written recipe book and as usual don’t remember
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ಅಜವೈನ್ ಎಲೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ದೊಡ್ಡಪತ್ರೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Very often I would like to make use of these herbal leaves in some way or the other to get all the health benefits of it. off late it happens like I add these leaves while grinding the masala for making mixed vegetable Sagu as well and
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INDIAN BORAGE RICE FLOUR ROTTI/ROTI | ತ್ರಿವರ್ಣದ ದೊಡ್ಡಪತ್ರೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | Wishing you All a very happy Independence Day This is an evidently aromatic dish and the aroma is infused in it by the usage of the Indian borage/doddapatre leaves It is Independence day today, so I wanted to make something which is of
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ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | One of the special kind of chutney which I learnt how to make when we were living in Manipal, South canara, Karnataka. This potato chutney + steaming hot rice with little ghee is definitely a wonderful meal any day. Other than rice it also goes very well with chapati, plain paratha, lachha
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aromatic leaves with medicinal value – ಅಜವೈನ್ ಎಲೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ದೊಡ್ಡಪತ್ರೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ ವಿಡಿಯೋ | A leaf with pungent aroma doddapatre or karpooravalli or sambaru balli call it by any name, which is widely used in southern parts of India, mainly Karnataka. It’s binomial name is Plectra thus amboinicus. Common names in English includes Indian
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ನಿಂಬೇ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಕೆಂಪು ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ವಿಡಿಯೋ | Is there any hard & fast rule that lemon rice should be of yellow color always! No I think ! So changed its color – haha. Yes this time it is red lemon rice ie…. red colored lemon rice, super colorful, super yummy, little spicy and really tangy
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ಗೋಧಿ ನುಚ್ಚಿನ ಖಾರ ಬಾತ್ | #alwayshomemade #healthyonepotmeal #dalia #brokenwheat #quick&easy #nutritional #immunitybooster #weightwatchrecipe #fibrerich #vegetables #greengram Apt one pot meal for the current on going situation ! a spicy dish which includes all the healthier ingredients which boosts our immunity and keeps us away from getting cold, cough etc. You can also check broken wheat
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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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ಶುಂಠಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಹಸಿ ಶುಂಠಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Healthiest, delicious, aromatic, flavorful, tasty, appetising ginger chutney recipe to go with almost everything like idly, dosay, rotti, steamed rice, curd rice etc etc. The recipe needs no explanation as it has got all the awesome healthy ingredients which we surely wish to use in our daily cooking.
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ಹಸಿ ಬಟಾಣಿ ರಾಗಿ ಬೇಳೆ ಅಡೆ ದೋಸೆ – ಅಲಸಂದೆ ಕಾಳಿನೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ | I keep trying out dosa/dosay using different combinations of lentil, pulses and grains. But this time thought of adding fresh peas as well and it turned out to be a yummy dish which is both delicious & awesome. So very happily sharing the recipe of
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An absolute Namma Bengaluru special tea/coffee time snack | ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರ್ ಬೇಕರಿ ಸ್ಟೈಲ್ ಬ್ರೆಡ್ ಟೋಸ್ಟ್ | Though making this snack at home since so many years, never thought of posting the recipe here on my blog. But I guess now I should, therefore today is that day! Going to post the recipe of one of our
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ಬಟಾಣಿ ಪಿಸ್ತಾ ಒಗ್ಗರಣೆ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ | One of the easiest, quickest and healthiest breakfast recipe is oggarane avalakki. The Kannada word ‘oggarane‘ translates to ‘tempering‘ and ‘avalakki‘ translates to rice flakes/beaten rice/Poha. We can make Poha/tempered rice flakes or oggarane avalakki by adding many kinds of vegetables and making the same using fresh green peas during
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ಕಾಯಿ ಸಾಸಿವೆ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ರೀತಿ 2 | Recently I had shared the recipe of how to make kayi sasive chitranna/coconut mustard seeds rice in an authentic way, ie… using tamarind to get the sourness. (you can click and read the recipe of type 1 chitranna) Whereas today I’m here to show one more method ie…
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ಕಾಯಿ ಸಾಸಿವೆ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ರೀತಿ 1 | Chitranna is almost everyone’s favorite in Karnataka. We can never have enough of it. Be it any kind of chitranna like eerulli(onion) chitranna, lemon chitranna, mango chitranna, gojjina chitranna, chitranna made using chitrannada pudi, capsicum chitranna, kayi sasive chitranna and Indian gooseberry/bettada nellikayi chitranna – we definitely do
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Yummy, healthy, filling, tasty and energizing soup prepared using minimum ingredients, which can be enjoyed by any age group. Make it with ragi flour or jowar/sorghum flour, both are good for health and easy and quick to make. It can ready within minutes rather we can call these soups as 2 minutes soups. This Sorghum
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ಹೆಸರು ಬೇಳೆ ಚಾಟ್ | ಮೂ೦ಗ್ ದಾಲ್ ಚಾಟ್ | ವಿಡಿಯೋ | We have grown up eating this basavanagudi (DVG road) special, hesarubele chat and banana benne gulkand, which translates to split green gram chat & banana butter gulkand from namma Bengaluru. I have made this hesarubele chat numerous times earlier at home, but this time without
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ಹುಳಿ ನುಚ್ಚು | ಹುಳ್ನುಚ್ಚು | Huli nuchhu is a kannada word which translates to ‘sour broken rice’. That is broken rice is cooked very softly along with few spices and herbs and very sour curd is added to that cooked mixture and this is served in small quantity at the beginning of the meal. Actually
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ಮಕ್ಕಳ ದಿನಾಚರಣೆಯ ವಿಶೇಷ ಸಿಹಿ | Children’s day wishes to All….happy children’s day. I’m here with a two quick recipes, which happens to be the most favorite of all the children irrespective of the age. But the most specialty of this day at our place is, today happens to be my second son Mukund’s birth day
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ಮೊಸರು ತೇಂಗೋಳು | ದಿಢೀರ್ ಮೊಸರು ತೇಂಗೋಳು | Yet another deep fried, instant curd based savory snack recipe chosen from one of my old written recipes book. This year for recent gokulashtami also I had made this tengolu only instead of the traditional tengolu. This is no doubt a quick recipe, which doesn’t take much time,
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ದಿಢೀರ್ (ಇನ್ಸ್ಟಂಟ್) ಬಾಸುಂದಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸೀತಾಫಲ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಬಾಸುಂದಿ | One of the most favorite milk based sweet dessert recipe which can also be made instantly within minutes. Recently for Diwali I had made this sweet dish. therefore though of sharing this Instant basundi and custard apple/seethaphal basundi recipe with you all. (We just ate it at
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ಮುಸುಕಿನ ಜೋಳದ ದೋಸೆ | ಜೋಳದ ದೋಸೆ | Made dosay/dosa by putting sweet corn/musukina jola and it was yummy, tasty with good red color, and had spongy texture too. But still want to try this yummy dosay using red rice or ragi instead of white rice. Will do that soon and shall update the recipe here.
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ಆಲೂ ಬೋಂಡಾ | ಬೊಂಬಾಯಿ ಬೋಂಡಾ | ಎಣ್ಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕರಿಯದೇ ಮಾಡುವ ಹೊಸ ಬಗೆ | One of the oldest deep fried snack gets a makeover and turns out to be a low calorie snack. Alugadde bonda or alu bonda or bombayi bonda (as we call this in our Kannada language) …. but not at all deep fried. YES
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ಖರ್ಜೂರ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಸೂಪ್ | Yet another soup recipe without using either onion or garlic in it. Of late I’m inclined towards making more and more kinds of soup, which energises and nourishes us at the same time. Very recently I had posted my kind of carrot soup recipe, which everyone liked at my place
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ಸಬ್ಬಕ್ಕಿ ಮಾವಿನ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಪಾಯಸ/ಪುಡ್ಡಿಂಗ್ …. ಬೆಲ್ಲದೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ Unlike North India, in which people keep fasting during those nine days of Navaratri, for us the people of south Indian Navaratri/Dasara means feasting. Actually we make different kinds of sweet on each day of Navaratri. There are some particular sweet dishes which is said (by our ancestors) to
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ಎರಿಯಪ್ಪ | ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ನವರಾತ್ರಿ ವಿಶೇಷ ಸಿಹಿ ಖಾದ್ಯ | Yeriappa is a traditional sweet delicacy necessarily made on the 7th day of dussehra or navaratri or Dasara festival ie… on the day of Saraswati Pooje, in Karnataka. Actually our elders had a separate mould (similar to idly plates, but with much deeper cavity) to make this
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ಕಡ್ಲೇಬೀಜದ ಉಸ್ಲಿ | ಶೇಂಗಾ ಕಾಳಿನ ಉಸ್ಲಿ | Though high in calories, peanuts are a good source of protein, fiber and healthy fats. Peanuts are nutrient rich nut/legume containing Potassium, phosphorous, copper, magnesium and vitamins B (B1, B3), E. We make usli/salad using raw peanuts. In Karnataka raw, juicy groundnuts are available from the month of
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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಶೈಲಿಯ ತಿಳಿ ಸಾರು | ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರ ಶೈಲಿಯ ರಸಂ Saaru/rasam is a great appetizer. The spice powder ie saarina pudi which we make to put in saaru consists of the herbs like black pepper, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds etc, which have medicinal values and works good for healthy when consumed everyday in small amount.
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ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿ ಸಿಪ್ಪೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | In most of our houses in south, whenever we use cucumber for making anything, we do not throw away its peel and soft middle portion containing seeds, rather we make chutney using the peel and raita using the seed portion. So today I’m here with the recipe of cucumber peel chutney
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ದಾಲ್ ಫ್ರೈ | ಉತ್ತರ ಭಾರತದ ಶೈಲಿಯ ದಾಲ್ ಫ್ರೈ | My version of dal fry recipe is with a slightly different method. Below is an absolutely my way of making this dal. I mean we like it this way. Normally we have this dal along with Phulka or white rice. Though I make this dal fry
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ಹುರುಳಿ ಕಾಳಿನ ದಿಢೀರ್ ಸಾರು/ರಸಂ An instant recipe which saves the time and energy besides being healthy as well. Very suitable for those days on which you are not feeling like cooking in detail, when you are in a hurry, when you want to have something light but healthy, comforting, when you want to have something
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ರವೆ ಪಾಯಸ | Every year at this time/period of the year I plan to share this particular recipe, but never could do so. So this year without fail I clicked the procedure pics specially to share this payasa recipe here on my blog. According to the custom of our community this particular payasa/kheer is made
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WHOLE RED LENTIL PULAO | ಮಸೂರ್ ಪುಲಾವ್ | ಸಾಬುತ್ ಮಸೂರ್ ದಾಲ್ ಪುಲಾವ್ | A very simple, easy pulao recipe which includes whole gram or legume in it. This is one of my favorite rice dish. This is a kind of basic recipe, but you can also use some other vegetables also like french beans, carrot,
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ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಸಾರು | ಬಟರ್ ಮಿಲ್ಕ್ ಸಾರು | Majjige saaru or buttermilk rasam is a very old traditional quick and easy recipe which is made using the left over liquid ie… buttermilk obtained after we extract the butter out of cream. But we can also make it using curd by adding water to it. My grandmother
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ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ಹಸಿ ಗೊಜ್ಜು | One of the easiest and quickest tangy curry recipe, which does not need any cooking. Just chop, grind, mix and the curry/gojju is ready in minutes. It is a wonderful accompaniment with saaru anna (rasam rice), huli anna (sambar rice) and we can also relish this cucumber or southekayi gojju just
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ಹಲಸಿನ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ದೋಸೆ | ಹಲಸಿನ ದೋಸೆ | Last evening I made one of the seasonal special dish from my native place malenadu located in Karnataka (western ghats/Sahyadri mountain range) ie… ripen jack fruit dosay/dosa. I can never forget how I would wait for the Jack fruit season to come and my paternal grand mother used
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ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | Today made our own Karnataka special breakfast and one of my most favorite rice dish, onion or eerulli chitranna with a healthy twist using Spinach/Palak paste/puree. And named it as Palak eerulli chitranna (palak onion rice)…. but originally this dish has been innovated by Manoj – my
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Potatoes cooked with pickling spices-Video Recipe | ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ ಮಸಾಲೆಯ ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ಪಲ್ಯ | Spicy achari aloo subji or Pickled potatoes or Potatoes cooked with pickling spices, which can be prepared using either small sized whole potatoes or big potato cut into cubes, by putting achar/Pickle masala powder, in place of regular masala/spice powder we normally use
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ಘೀ ರೈಸ್ ಅಥವಾ ಸಾದಾ ಬಟಾಣಿ ಪುಲಾವ್ | Normally this ghee rice or plain peas pulao is prepared to go with any strongly flavoured lentil or legume curry like dal fry, dal tadka, dal makhni, chole, rajma etc in North India whereas different kinds of vegetable kurma, some non veg curries etc in South India. This
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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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ಹೆಸರುಕಾಳು ಉಸ್ಲಿ | One more fantastic addition to the category of legume salad or kalugala usli, using whole green gram or hesarukalu or sabut hara moong. Be it any kind of usli, we make them regularly very often. It is a very good accompaniment with tili saaru/rasam, so during summer it is made more and
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ಮಾವಿನ ಗೊಜ್ಜು | ಹುಳಿ ಮಾವಿನ ಗೊಜ್ಜು | An absolutely summer special or summer suitable dish which we enjoy relishing through out the season. This dish is especially made using raw/ripe mangoes which are too sour. Apart from this dish we also make tovve/dal, huli/sambar, different kinds of chutneys, rice dishes etc using sour mango, but
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An authentic brahmin style lentil recipe/ಹೆಸರುಬೇಳೆ ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ತೊವ್ವೆ/ಹೆಸರುಬೇಳೆ ತೊವ್ವೆ | One of the authentic recipe which has not changed over years in the way how it is made and you can not find it in any restaurant or hotels or anywhere except our homes and we relish this dish along with chapati (triangular) or white
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ಹೂ ಕೋಸಿನ ಪುಲಾವ್ | ಹೂ ಕೋಸು ಪುಲಾವ್ | One of the flavorful, aromatic rice dish made using cauliflower. Very easy and simple and quick recipe to make with very few condiments and veggies. We can put more kinds of vegetables along with cauliflower, but I use only fresh green peas, tomato and onion only. Today
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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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ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಹುಳಿ | ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಸಾಂಬಾರ್ | ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಸಾರು | Yet another onion huli or sambar or curry recipe made in my own way, which we all like to relish with any kind of South Indian breakfast dishes or simply along with steaming hot rice The specialty in this huli/saaru recipe is that the onions are
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ಜೀರಾ ರೈಸ್ | ಜೀರಿಗೆ ಒಗ್ಗರಣೆಯ ರೈಸ್ | Jeera rice or Cumin rice is a flavorful, aromatic rice preparation which goes very well with curry’s like dal, rajma masala, chole masala, dal makhani, paneer makhani, kadhi etc is this jeera rice. This is very easy to prepare and tastes superb when made using long grain basmati
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ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಹೆಸರುಬೇಳೆ ಪಾಯಸ | ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಖೀರ್ | Since long time we make both lentil payasa and carrot payasa separately right ? But today I have mixed them both and made a new kind of payasa and named it as carrot lentil payasa. The Kannada word payasa translates to Kheer. And the lentil used in this
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Maha shivaratri greetings to All. This is one of the fasting special dish or recipe like Maha shivaratri fasting, Navratri fasting etc in many places especially in Maharashtra as well as some of the north Indian states Actually I learnt this recipe from Parth the friend & room mate of Manoj, my first son, through
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ಅಕ್ರೂಟ್/ಆಕ್ರೋಡು ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | This is my 18th kind of chutney recipe. Made chutney using the Kashmir’s significant nut – walnut. More often I use more walnuts wherever and whenever I feel like it fits into that particular recipe, considering its innumerable health benefits. This time I tried making chutney, which can be used
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ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟು ಜೋಳದ ಹಿಟ್ಟು ಬಾಳೆಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಪರಾಠ Over ripened bananas were lying since two three days in the fruit basket and I was thinking of preparing regular banana Poori or banana coconut idly to finish it off, but suddenly it did strike my mind that why don’t I try something new using banana along with jowar/sorghum
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ಜೀರಿಗೆ ಸಾರು | I would like to call this saaru or rasam as digestive saaru or soothing saaru. A very simple yet flavorful saaru/rasam recipe which we would like to relish on any day-any time mixed with hot steaming rice. This Jeerige saaru or cumin seeds rasam can be paired along with any kind of
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ಸಿಹಿ ಕಢಿ | ಗುಜರಾತ್ ವಿಶೇಷ ಸಿಹಿ ಕಢಿ | I have seen in the restaurants many a times that the khichdi is always accompanied with sweet kadhi in Gujarati cuisine, which tastes both spicy as well as sweet at a time And this combination is heavenly. And I like this sweet kadhi or Gujarat special kadhi
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ಎಲೆಕೋಸು ಪಲ್ಯ | ಎಲೆಕೋಸಿನ ಪಲ್ಯ | Today I’m here to share a simple yet tasty, regular palya made using cabbage or yelekosu – as we call this in Kannada language. This yelekosu palya or cabbage stir fry is very easy to make with some basic tempering. We call this kind of palya as sihi palya
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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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ಟೊಮೇಟೊ ಪಪ್ಪು | ಆಂಧ್ರ ಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ | This thick lentil based recipe is basically from Andhra Pradesh. Long ago I learnt this recipe from one of my friend from Andhra, Mrs Radha Muralidharan. The word ‘Pappu’ in Telugu translates to lentil (English) dal (Hindi) bele (Kannada). She used to make this Pappu using french beans, raw
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ಖಾರದ ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಅನ್ನ | A spicy rice preparation made using carrot which is very aromatic, flavorful, yummy, tasty one pot meal/lunch box idea, also which is a quick, easy and healthy recipe as well. The freshly made masala powder which we add to this spicy carrot rice makes all the difference. This can be consumed
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ಮುಸುಕಿನ ಜೋಳದ ಶ್ಯಾವಿಗೆ ಬಾತ್ | One of the simple, easiest and quick breakfast recipe using sweet corn along with semolina/wheat vermicelli. Absolutely learner’s/beginners/bachelors recipe. Corn is a good source of fiber. It is loaded with phytochemicals that promote healthy vision. It aids in weight loss and good digestion because of the insoluble fiber in it.
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ಬಿಳಿ ಜೋಳದ ದೋಸೆ | ಜೋಳದ ದೋಸೆ | I’m here with yet another recipe picked up from my written/noted recipe book. Actually in the book I have written/noted as sweet corn (musukina jola) to be used in this recipe, but today somehow I felt like making it using Sorghum/Jowar instead of sweet corn. This whole sorghum
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ಅಲಸಂದೆ ಕಾಳಿನ ಕೂಟು | ಕಾಳು ಕೂಟು | When you don’t feel like using vegetables or when there is no much choice of vegetables at home or when you are bored of eating mixed vegetables kootu…… then here is the chance & choice of making  this healthy, yummy, spicy legume based Kootu using Cow peas/black eyed
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ಸಿಹಿ ಗೆಣಸು ಮತ್ತು ದೊಣ್ ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ ಪಲ್ಯ | The recipe is in the same method in which we make palya using potato along with capsicum, but for a change I have used/tried making the same Palya using sweet potato along with capsicum and served it with ragi rotti . Sweet potato capsicum stir fry or palya turned out
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ಹೈದೆರಾಬಾದಿ ಪುಲಾವ್ | ಹೈದೆರಾಬಾದಿ ವೆಜ್ ಪುಲಾವ್ | Yet another vegetable Pulao recipe from one of my old recipes book. I have not noted any body’s name in that book to their respective recipes, there are so many recipes, but I’m not aware of the exact source. Definitely feel really sorry for that It didn’t strike
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ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು | ಉಪಮಾ | A very simple, easy plain upma preparation by Manoj. One more recipe added to his collection/learner’s recipe/beginners recipe. This Upma or Uppittu is made using very less quantity of semolina/sooji, which is enough for one person. Again I just guided him and he prepared it fully by himself. Ingredients : the
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ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಕಸ್ಟರ್ಡ್ ಪುಡ್ಡಿಂಗ್ …ಬೆಲ್ಲದ ಸಿಹಿಯೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ | Carrot custard pudding is a simple, yummy desert which is nutritious too. Very simple to make recipe taken from one of my old written recipe book. Carrot custard pudding is a healthy recipe for children and grown ups. I have used raw cane sugar today, but I always put
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ಮೆಣಸಿನ ಸಾರು | ಕರಿ ಮೆಣಸಿನ ಸಾರು | Just perfect for the rainy & winter season as well , includes all the medicinal/therapeutic qualities, Piping hot, instant, lentil less (cooked)… black pepper/Kari menasu saaru. Here the word Kari translates to ‘black’ and menasu translates to ‘pepper’.  This menasina saaru or Pepper corn rasam is also good
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ಮೊಸರನ್ನ | ಕಲೆಸಿದ ಮೊಸರನ್ನ | Though the basic ingredients which are used to prepare mosaranna/curd rice is the same ie…… softly cooked white rice, curd and milk. But the tempering we put differs from place to place and person to person. Tempering can be made in the following combinations. 1. Ghee + mustard seeds +
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ಪೈನಾಪಲ್ ಫ್ರೈಡ್ ರೈಸ್ | ಅನಾನಸ್ ತರಕಾರಿ ಫ್ರೈಡ್ ರೈಸ್ | One more yummy , simple, healthy recipe from my book, In which I have noted many yummy recipes since years. Since many days I wanted to try this rice recipe which uses pineapple and finally it happened today. So easy, quick recipe which everyone will enjoy
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ರವೆ ಉಂಡೆ | One of the authentic South Indian sweets, that needs no introduction. I always make these unde (laddoo) using granular sugar and never like to do this using powdered sugar. Anytime, at our place any sweet will be moderately sweetened, as we like them that way. This time I tried making this unde
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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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ಎಲೆಕೋಸು ಬಟಾಣಿ ಪಲ್ಯ | A very simple, easy. quick stir fry, sauteed in a very basic tempering, using cabbage and Peas. The Kannada word Palya translates to sookha subji/stir fry. This cabbage peas stir fry is absolutely an easy recipe and very much suitable for beginners/learners, bachelors, students & all. Actually this is prepared as
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ಕೊಬ್ಬರಿ ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಕಡುಬು ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ಜಿಕಾಯಿ | 2 ವಿಧಾನದಲ್ಲಿ | The Kannada word ‘Kadubu’ translates to ‘Gujiya’. We also make many types of Kadubu. Its actually different kinds of Kadubu for different festivals or functions. A very simple and tasty sweet which can be made on any festival or special occasions or whenever we crave for
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ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | It is definitely always pleasure to make and eat chutney prepared using vegetable and vegetable peel. We – the south Indians make chutney using the peel of many kind of vegetables Apart from containing vitamin A, carrot has health benefits including beautiful skin, anti ageing and cancer prevention. Carrot chutney can be
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