Today I’m going to post a yummy halwa recipe, which is made using a vegetable. And that vegetable is called as white pumpkin, Ash gourd, winter melon in English, Safed Petha, Kashi Phal in Hindi and boodu kumbalakayi in Kannada. As the Ash gourd is called as Kashi Phal in Hindi, the sweet (halwa) prepared
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Basundi or Rabdi is a popular milk based dessert made across India. And today I’m here to introduce to you all one of the super yummy basundi prepared using one of the vegetable, which is available in plenty during winter, that is Fresh Peas. Yes today I’m going to let you all know how to
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ರವೆ ಒಣ ಹಣ್ಣು ಬೀಜಗಳ ಹುರಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟು/ರವೆ ಮತ್ತು ಡ್ರೈ ಫ್ರೂಟ್ಸ್ & ನಟ್ಸ್ ಪಂಜೀರಿ Panjeeri, one of the traditional dish, is a dry and sweet snack with high nutritional values. This is also an energy booster, besides adding to the overall health of the body. This is also one of the north Indian winter special snack, which
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ನಾಗರ ಚೌತಿ & ಪಂಚಮಿ ಯ ಹಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ಬಿಸಿ ಚಿಗಳಿ & ತಂಬಿಟ್ಟು Our warm greetings to you All on nagara chouti & nagara Panchami festivals The word hasi translates to raw and chigali translates to black sesame seeds and bisi translates to hot/cooked. The tambittu (laddu) is made using rice & rice flour. During Shravana masa/sawan
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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 unlike our regular chapati sized
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Happy New Year …….. wishing everyone a very happy & Prosperous New Year On this day, I definitely wanted to create something new and this is what I could imagine in my mind … a quick, simple, easy, tasty, yummy and delicious Payasa/Kheer. Just thought and combined my these two recipes ie … Cashew nuts
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ಮಖಾನ (ಕಮಲದ ಬೀಜ) ಬೇಸನ್ ಲಾಡೂ | I had made these delicious laddus for this recent deepavali and we all at home liked it so much that again I’m planning to make one more batch though there is no festival or any occasion in near future. Makhana or fox nuts are very nutritious and they have
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ಕಾಯಿ ಹೂರಣದ ಕಡುಬು | ಕರಿಗಡುಬು | Karigadubu or Kayi hooranada kadubu is one of the traditional festival delicacy from the state of Karnataka. The Kannada word ‘Kadubu’ translates to Gujiya (as called in Hindi). Different types of Kadubu are made for different festivals. Today I’m going to post the recipe of Karigadubu/Karida Kadubu (deep fried
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Wishing you all a happy & Prosperous Deepavali. May God bless us all …. I’m here with one more fiber rich, delicious, nutritious, Protein rich, amazing sweet delicacy for celebrating this festival of lights. Happy festival to all of you once again. After making this delicious traditional sweet n number of times for many years,
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Sweetened with jaggery n also using sourdough discard | ರಾಗಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಉಂಡೆ/ಲಡ್ಡು …ಬೆಲ್ಲದೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ | Wishing you All a very happy Navratri …Dussehra … bombe habba One of the nutritious, yummy, mouth watering unde/laddu which we have grown up eating often is ragi hittina unde/finger millet flour laddu /ragi unde/laddu. It takes just 4 to 5
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ಧನಿಯಾ ಪಂಜೀರಿ | ಕೊತ್ತಂಬರಿ ಬೀಜದ ಪಂಜೀರಿ | The Hindi word ‘dhaniya’ translates to ‘coriander seeds’ and ‘Panjiri’ can be called as ‘huri hittu/hurittu’ Now coming to the point, dhaniya Panjiri is one of the kind of offer made to the Lord Sri Krishna necessarily on Sri Krishna Janmashtami or Gokulashtami here in north India. We,
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ಕಡಲೆಬೇಳೆ ಪಂಚ ಕಜ್ಜಾಯ ….ಗಣಪನ ನೈವೇದ್ಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ | I do have lot many memories with regard to this temple special Prasada (Prashad). This dish is made in huge quantity and first offered to god and then distributed among the public in almost all the temples in south Canara as in Udupi, Kukke Subrahmanya, Dharmasthala and my most
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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 prepared on any kind of occasions. I found this
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ಗೋಧಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಗುಲ್ಪಾವಟೆ This particular type of Gulpavate is a traditional sweet from my native place malenadu made in powdered form, by using whole wheat flour, jaggery, dry coconut and some nuts and obviously one of my most favourite dish/snack. It can be made in one more method as well by preparing jaggery syrup and
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This recipe includes no grinding, no deep frying rather needs few drops of oil/ghee and made using whole wheat flour and small amount of rice flour & Lentil and Jaggery. Overall a yummy and healthy sweet dish to make on any occasion of casually on normal days as well. I definitely want to pair this
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While trying to make the most use of seasonal goodies, for example both raw mango and ripe mango, today I tried and created one more…. nah…. two more variations of string hoppers aka our own Ottu shavige. Yes … after trying out Carrot ottu shavige and hot & sweet ottu shavige, now I’m here with
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#Akshaya truteeya #Basava Jayanti #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 today I
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What an amazing recipe !!!! Have it for breakfast or as a dessert, either way you’ll find it delightful. So….. do you have over ripe bananas at home, thinking of throwing it away … no .. wait … you can use those overripe/ripen bananas in this yummy way !! I had around four ripe bananas
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Panjiri is a kind of super food prepared during winter here in north India. Very nutritious food which includes all healthy and warming ingredients, so only it is considered as a nutritional supplement. They make Panjiri mainly using whole wheat flour, Ghee, some cashews, almonds & raisins along with sugar. But I have also added
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ಬೇಸನ್ ಲಾಡೂ | ತರಿ ಕಡ್ಲೆಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಬೇಸನ್ ಲಾಡೂ ಬೆಲ್ಲದೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ | Yes !! you read it right.. it’s Jaggery besan ladoo Here in north India, they make besan laddu using mota besan, which translates to coarsely ground bengal gram. It is very easy to get this flour here. And also as I have mentioned earlier for many
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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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ಅಂಟಿನ ಉಂಡೆ | ಅಂಟಿನುಂಡೆ | One of the healthiest ladoo which is nutritious and delicious as well. The Kannada word ‘antu’ translates to edible gum, which is mainly used in this recipe. Actually this unde/ladoo is compulsorily made during the postpartum or postnatal period and given to every mother in our Karnataka/Bengaluru to acquire nutrients
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ಪರಿಮಳ ಪ್ರಸಾದ | ಮಂತ್ರಾಲಯ ಪ್ರಸಾದ | Mantralaya – located in Andhra Pradesh, India is a major centre of pilgrimage for Hindus belonging to the Madhwa sect. Madhwas are Hindu brahmin communities in India, who follow the dwaita philosophy propounded by a great philosopher Sri Madhwacharya. Parimala Prasada is the naivedya/prasada which we get in Mantralaya
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Wishing you All a very Happy & Prosperous Varamahalakshmi festival One of the easiest burfi recipe which tastes the yummiest ! Trust me one can never stop at one piece !! I have made the burfi using raw can sugar, but any kind of sugar can be used and also mine is always a moderate
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ಹಸಿ ಅರಿಶಿನದ ರವೆ ಸಜ್ಜಿಗೆ | Just like that, it did strike my mind and I immediately converted my idea into a dish !! Actually now further I’m thinking of making this golden halwa using vermicelli/semiya/shavige, sago/sabudana/sabbakki as well Yes … kind of different, yummy, quick, simple and healthy sajjige/sooji ka halwa/semolina pudding/halwa by adding grated
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Okay….. now Sajjige is a kannada word which translates to sheera/sooji ka halwa/semolina Pudding. Either sugar or jaggery is used as a sweetener here. The jaggery one is called as bellada sajjige. As I have mentioned above it is light in color or has no color but it is in it’s original color when you
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Children’s day wishes to All. I’m here with a two quick recipes, which happens to be the most favorite of all the children irrespective of the age. RAVE-BESAN LAADU Made rave-besan laadu/ladoo & chakli today. To the rave-besan laadu, unlike every time I have put roasted melon seeds instead of regular cashews, almonds etc. Ingredients
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Happy Gurupurab to All Call it by any name like godhi hittina unde or Kada prashad or gulpavate or gulpavate unde or wheat flour halwa or godhi hittina prasada or shanivarada (Saturday) unde etc, this is one of the traditional sweet prepared necessarily on Saturdays as offering/naivedya to Lord Rama and also on Shivaratri and
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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. So sharing the recipe with you all. (We just ate it at room temperature, but you can refrigerate it to have the chilled one) Scroll down (bottom) to
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A very happy DEEPAWALI to one & all A healthy, guilt free sweet fudge/steamed cake recipe, made using the milk extracted from the soaked whole Sorghum/Jowar/mekke jola. The recipe explained with step wise procedure pics. We normally make this fudge/haalbai using whole wheat or ragi or rice & coconut or rice flakes. But today I
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Almond/badam halwa recipe explained with step by step procedure pics. An easy but rich dessert/sweet for any kind of celebrations or occasions like festivals, marriages or any small functions. I make this halwa as per our requirement, but you can always adjust the quantity of ghee, sugar , color etc used in the recipe. Other
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Yeriappa is a traditional sweet delicacy necessarily made on the 7th day of dussehra/navaratri/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 particular sweet dish. They used to deep fry these yeriappa in that
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Horse gram or Kulthi (Hindi) or huruli kalu (Kannada) is a miracle pulse which is most rich in protein. It benefits our health as an anti oxidant, anti bacterial, anti fungal and anti hyperglycemic (un sprouted) forms. Very often I use this miracle pulse in cooking. There are recipe like horse gram/huruli kattina saaru &
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Sukkinunde is a traditional sweet dish, which is usually made during shraddha/vaidika days like I said before in case of rave payasa/sooji ka kheer. But now the trend has changed and you can make anything on any day. Both the outer layer and the inside filling are made in different combinations in different places, such
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One of the healthy, nutritious, oil/ghee less sweet recipe which is good for and liked by children and aged alike. I have named it as halwa, but this is our own Karnataka special, authentic ragi halubai (whole ragi milk fudge) being transformed into halwa. At my place if I make square pieces of this fudge
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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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ಉದ್ದಿನಬೇಳೆ ಉಂಡೆ | ಉದ್ದಿನ ಉಂಡೆ | Delicious uddina bele unde/ladoos, which are kids friendly, lentil based summer vacation special dishes, which I have grown up eating and continued to do so with my children also. A nutritious unde/laddoo made using uddina bele/urad dal/split black gram. A very healthy, tasty, yummy easy to prepare recipe with
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Cowpeas/black eyed peas or lobia or alasande kalu (as called in Kannada), has numerous health benefits and nutritional facts. It is rich in fibre and protein. We, in south India make both sweet and spicy salad using this healthy peas. When we make any salad, whether sweet or spicy, we make use of the water/stock
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One of the oldest and easiest yummy recipe, 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 tamarind water. This same dish is made using cooked rice as well
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Through out this winter season I have made huggi (Savory pongal) using whole green gram every time. So thought of making sweet Pongal also using green gram only. Earlier I have never made sweet pongal using green gram. So however makara Shankranthi is around the corner, so tried out this dish. It turns out equally
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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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Yet another old/regular recipe with a small twist in it, 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 of cashew nuts or almonds. It was just perfect and yummy. Whenever Suresh craves for any sweet, I try
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A very quick and regular, easy, all time favorite/hit south Indian desert recipe, which should get its color and name from the usage of original/natural saffron strands, but most of the time, almost everyone make/prepare it using food color ! This sweet dish is always paired with Kharabath/cucumber Kharabath which is made using Kharabath masala powder in
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ಭತ್ತದ ಅರಳಿನ ಉಂಡೆ | ಅರಳುಂಡೆ | A unde/ladoo recipe using Puffed Paddy (un milled rice) or Kheel (Hindi) or bhattada aralu in Kannada. The word ‘Bhatta’ translates to Paddy and ‘aralu’ translates to Puffed. We south Indians use it very often like we use rice flakes/Poha or Puffed rice/murmura. In Karnataka the famous and traditional
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ಬೀಟ್ರೂಟ್ ಹಲ್ವಾ ಅಂಜೂರ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಲ್ಲದೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ I make this halwa in my own way. I feel like more than sugar, jaggery goes very well with this particular recipe. Based on this recipe I make carrot halwa also using jaggery.  In my opinion both the halwa tastes best with jaggery than sugar.  The usage of fresh coconut, figs
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Unlike every year, for Deepavali, instead of making only sihi – khara boondi kalu , this time I made boondi ladoo and it turned out to be super yummy. This is one of the delicious and popular sweet served at almost all the religious and festive occasions all over south India. In Kannada this is called as
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Today…. on the first day of deepavali ie…. for neeru tumbuva habba/dhanteras, I made both gulkand phirni using home made gulkand and Pan phirni in small quantity. both turned out to be very yummy. So sharing my version of both the recipes. It is very easy & quick to make recipe with a very few ingredients,
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There are many variations/methods in this recipe, but this is my own way/method of making it. I have used comparatively more amount of paan in the recipe. It was too yummy and tasty with the paan leaves taste. This is also a very quick & easy recipe that can be made within no time.  
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This ladoo gets its nutty flavor from sesame seeds/til & almonds, crunchiness from semolina/sooji and aroma from besan/bengal gram flour & ghee and last but not least it gets the sweetness from the organic raw sugar. On the whole the yummiest & a kind of healthy sweet ladoo recipe, using  bengal gram flour/besan/Kadlehittu along with
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This  recipe is, you can say….. a nice twist to our Karnataka special sweet dish godhi haalbayi or whole wheat milk halwa the recipe of which I have posted earlier in my blog, using walnuts.  And this time it is with mango and almonds.  Relish it hot or cold it is definitely one of the yummiest sweet/desert. ಗೊಧಿ
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Jack fruit is my most favorite fruit among all…. so I had bought it in large quantity. But actually more than half of it I ate as such, so with the remaining fruit I could make only two items ie… semolina bath and Idly. I don’t know or haven’t seen anybody making semolina bath/sheera/halwa using
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One more type  of sheera, but this time using a vegetable but not fruit. Tried this recipe for the first time and it’s a big hit !! happy me. During winter we get plenty of red carrots here in Gurgaon, and still they are available in the market. Today is an auspicious day of akshaya
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Rave kesari ….. ie semolina/sooji ka halwa made using one more kind of fruit and this time it is apple. Earlier I have posted Pineapple kesari , carrot kesari , banana-walnut sheera , mango sheera/kesari , fruits & nuts sheera/kesari along with rice kesari bath , semiya kesari bath and semolina choco-bath in my blog.  In this recipe also I have used walnut along with apple and to get that
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Besan laadoo…. or besan laddu or besan unde call it by any name, but we call it as besan laadoo. Some how I never either make it using readily available, store bought besan/bengal gram flour or use more ghee. Rather I do it in this way – roast the split bengal gram, allow it to
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Since so many years we make sakkare achhu or sugar figurines using refined white sugar, but this time it suddenly strike my mind that why shouldn’t I try making figurines using raw cane- sugar instead of refined white sugar ! so this is the result. Raw cane sugar is a sugar which is cane based
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The word ‘menthya’ translates to ‘fenugreek seeds’, ‘sihi’ translates to ‘sweet’ and ‘huggi’ translates to ‘Khichdi’ in Kannada. This is a special dish prepared compulsorily for new mothers, during 2nd & 3rd postpartum month ie after the delivery of the baby, in some of the communities, to improve their overall health, blood, strength and for
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Just made a twist in our own Karnataka sweet dish ‘godhi haalubayi’. Here in north India and everywhere for that matter, in all the Gurudwaras they make a offering to God, a sweet dish using wheat flour ie…. Kada Prashad. To make it soft they add lot of ghee into it. But somehow it strike
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The best sweet relished during the harvest festival…shankranthi, one of the winter special jaggery infused sweet dish as well, though made through out the year for breakfast or lunch. There are many variations in making Pongal though everybody use the same set of ingredients. The pongal which we get as Prasada in temples is the
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A winter special sweet dish, with the goodness of pressed field beans, jaggery, ghee etc which are kind of essentials during winter.  A very easy to make and yummy dish from our own Karnataka. During winter we get hyacinth beans/field beans/avarekayi in abundance and every household makes some dish or the other using the same.
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ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಹಲ್ವಾ …ಬೆಲ್ಲ ದೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ Carrot/gajar halwa……with the minimum usage of ghee in it and also with the goodness of jaggery & almonds. It hardly takes any time to prepare this delicious sweet, which is also a winter special here in north India. We get plenty of red carrots/winter carrots now in Gurgaon. We can pair
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ಸೀಮೆ ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ ಬೋಂಡಾ Bonda/bajji/fritters are a snack made using sliced vegetable, dipped in spiced flour mixture and then deep fried in oil and made during any festival/functions etc. We can use ridge gourd, green chilli, potato, cucumber, onion, chow chow (seeme badanekayi) etc. I never use maida/Plain flour in this, instead I always use rice
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Today I definitely wanted to make these dishes, so had made some pre preparations yesterday itself. All the dishes were superb tasty, turned out very yummy. I have posted the recipes of  individual dishes like  cornflakes mixture , haalu holige , rave gulab jamun , bisibelebath  and below are the links for the same, Please click on the link/Photo to read
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ರವೆ ಗುಲಾಬ್ ಜಾಮೂನ್ As the heading itself depicts, this is the recipe of gulab Jamun made using semolina/sooji/rave as the main ingredient and also a small amount of milk powder and ghee. We need to cook the semolina/sooji/rave in the milk first and then proceed with making the gulab jamun. This is a hassle free
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One of the yummy sweets using cashew nuts and almonds. I make cashew burfi ie…kaju katli (yet to share the recipe in my blog) and almond burfi ie…badam katli (yet to share the recipe in my blog), but this time I tried it with using both the nuts together and sprinkled a good amount of
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One of the traditional sweet & savory combo for Deepavali. A bit time consuming dish but easy to make.  I mix the flour with water, first I make boondi for sweet version using the half of the flour, then to the same mixed batter add red chilli powder and salt and continue making boondi for
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Deepavali/Diwali is round the corner, so thought of sharing a sweet dish recipe….ie…Pistachio/Pista burfi. It is very simple to make and very delicious to relish. I have used very less amount of ghee, you can use according to your preference. I insist make it for this diwali/deepavali and enjoy relishing it with the family. You
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A sweet fudge preparation using rice, coconut, milk and jaggery. Actually many people do not use milk for making akki haalbai, but the rest of the procedure and the ingredients used are exactly same. I don’t prepare this particular fudge very often, as we all are not very fond of this sweet, instead I regularly
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Bellada anna is necessarily made on the auspicious occasion of Dasara/Dussehra/nava raatri festival. To start with the festival today ie… the very first day of dasara I made bellada anna/beldanna, which translates to jaggery rice (bella = jaggery & anna = rice). In my native place only jaggery, rice, ghee and grated coconut (either dry
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ಮಾವಿನ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಕೇಸರಿಬಾತ್/ಶೀರ …ಬೆಲ್ಲದೊಂದಿಗೆ Yet another yummiest sheera/rave kesaribath recipe made by using fresh fruit and this time it is the king of fruits – mango ! We all at home like sheera with any kind of fresh fruit, it’s one of our favourite sweet dish. Normally most of the people use sugar in this
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Yet another yummy, healthy sweet dish with the goodness of Soya bean, whole wheat, milk, banana and jaggery in it ! I don’t remember from where I got this recipe, but it is being written in one of my old recipe books. I just tried out this recipe today and my goodness….it turned out to
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ಪುಳ್ಳಂಗಾಯ್ ಉಂಡೆ/ಕಲ್ಲುಂಡೆ | This is one of the authentic, old and traditional, delicious, nutritious unde/laddu/ladoo recipe made using grains, lentils, nuts along with the goodness of dry coconut in jaggery syrup. Actually this particular recipe was made only when there used to be big functions like marriage and Upanayana (thread ceremony). As far as my knowledge
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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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ನಾಗರ ಪಂಚಮಿ ತಂಬಿಟ್ಟು | ಪಂಚಮಿ ತಂಬಿಟ್ಟು | A protein rich sweet snack recipe, which can be made on any day for that matter, but definitely should be made for Nagara Panchami festival. Every year this tambittu is specially made on the day of nagara panchami, in our native (shikaripura, Karnataka), along with bisi tambittu..ie rice flour
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ಕುಚ್ಚಿದ ಸೀ(ಸಿಹಿ) ಕಡುಬು | We prepare this Kuchhida Kadubu or steamed rice Sihi and khara (sweet and spicy) kadubu (dumplings) particularly on Nagara Panchami day. Actually it is very popular in Karnataka as sihi kadubu, uddina kadubu (spicy) and kadale kadubu (spicy). A very yummy & tasty dish which is steamed ie…. totally oil free/guilt
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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 are all healthy and this particular unde/laddu
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We all make whole wheat flour + jaggery laddu/unde isn’t it ? But this time I made some changes for obtaining sweetness in that laddu and also used walnut in place of cashew nuts. I have used less quantity of jaggery than we always use and in addition I have used dates syrup to get
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‘Hayagreeva’ is an incredible traditional dessert, also famously known as ‘Hayagreeva Maddi’ , includes all the goodness of healthy ingredients. This is the Madhwa’s (followers of Madhwacharya) signature dish. This is one of my most favorite sweets (in fact all those sweets which has jaggery in it is my most favorite) We can call this
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Walnuts are high-calorie, high-fat food, but they are healthy calories and healthy fats, and I always like to use it in every possible dish. Today I made semolina bath using banana-walnut-fresh coconut without sugar but by adding a small amount of jaggery. No need to say it was toooooo yummy ! Today I paired it
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ಗೋಧಿ ಹಾಲುಬಾಯಿ | ಗೋಧಿ ಹಾಲ್ಬಾಯ್ | Explained with step by step procedure pics, Haalbayi….. famously known as wheat jelly at my place (my sons have named it so) is a very old and traditional sweet from Karnataka (Bangalore/Mysore regions) which is made using whole wheat milk and jaggery. We also make haalbayi using Ragi, rice
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ಗೋಧಿ ಶ್ಯಾವಿಗೆಯ ಚಾಕೋ ಬಾತ್ | ಗೋಧಿ ಸೇಮಿಯಾ ಚಾಕೋ ಬಾತ್ | Earlier I have posted the recipe of semolina choco bath, in my blog. So I thought like let me try the same choco bath again but using vermicelli and it turned out to be the yummiest. I’m….. no doubt a big fan of chocolate flavored
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ಒಣ ಹಣ್ಣು ಬೀಜಗಳ ಮಾವಿನ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಶೀರಾ | I wanted to prepare something using fruits today, to pair with steamed fresh green Peas savory Gujiya . But when I looked at the fruit basket there was only one over ripe banana, one orange (which was sour) and one mango ! And also there were almonds & walnuts
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ಸಿಹಿ ಖಾರ ಒತ್ತು ಶ್ಯಾವಿಗೆ | Since years I’m making it, but this time I made it with a twist or modification. Generally many people find it difficult to make the spicy version of this particular semiya as it is very soft and it should be handled very gently. So I’m going to present it with
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ಪೈನಾಪಲ್ ಕೇಸರಿ | ಅನಾನಸ್ ರವೆ ಕೇಸರಿ ಬಾತ್| Occasionally we can make this yummy sweet dish. Also though we add sugar in this, but this also has all the goodness of semolina, Pineapple, Saffron strands and all. We should choose sweeter pineapple to make this dish or else we should add a pinch of salt if
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ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ಎಳ್ಳು ಬೆಲ್ಲ Makara Shankranthi is a festival celebrated all across India, in different forms.  Shankranthi is a harvest festival which signifies the beginning of Spring. In Karnataka … on this occasion… for this day , it is mandatory to prepare a trail mix consisting of wholesome ingredients like…. sesame seeds, Jaggery, dry coconut, roasted
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ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಅಚ್ಚು | ಸಕ್ರೆ ಅಚ್ಚು | Shankranti is a harvest festival of Karnataka. Sakkare  (sugar) Achhu (moulded figurines) is a traditional, artistic thing made during Shankranti festival in Karnataka. Without sakkare achhu & yellu-bella (Till- Gur mixture) Shankranti festival can not be celebrated. We exchange achhu,  yellu-bella, banana, a piece of sugar cane etc with
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ರವೆ ಚಾಕೋ ಶೀರಾ A chocolate flavored semolina bath or sooji halwa or choco bath … as in…. Kesari bath…. is the yummiest sweet which I recently learnt from a TV cookery show. Any dish with chocolate flavour is our favourite! So obviously I wanted to try it as soon as possible and here is the
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ಬೇಸನ್ ಲಾಡೂ | ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಅಕ್ರೂಟ್ ಬೇಸನ್ ಲಾಡೂ | A sweet dish which is full of fiber in the form of chickpea flour & almond flour and moreover walnut is also being used so this is definitely a healthy sweet dish which a person can eat in moderation without worrying  much. Most of the time many
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Anarasa is a kind of sweet….prepared with Rice & Jaggery made on the day of Tulasi habba/festival ( Utthana dwadashi). This is a kind of sweet which is rich in Iron…. having mild sweetness in it. This sweet can not be made instantly… it takes some good amount of time. First we have to soak
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ಅಕ್ರೂಟ್ ಮತ್ತು ಬಾದಾಮಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬಾಳೆ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಹಲ್ವಾ This one is very quick and healthy to make dessert or sweet recipe, which I would definitely like to make very often from now on. Of course banana is a healthy fruit but adding Walnuts and Almonds make this halwa even more healthy. We like to eat it when
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Traditionally mathura Peda is made using only cow’s milk, no other milks were used. But now a days leave about the milk, we get everything ie… Khova, Powdered sugar etc readily available in the market. It is so delicious that no one can stop at having only one. I made Khova (instant) at home and
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A very easy, yummy, tasty fruit based halwa recipe which can be made in no time if apples and almonds are handy. Apple is a nutrition rich fruit. Everybody even who don’t like this fruit also can’t resist this halwa. Apple halwa prepared with sauteed apples, Almond and very less sugar. If we are using
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Amaranthus Amaranth in English or Rajagiri in Kannada or Rajgira/Ram dana in Hindi …. is a tiny grain which is gluten free. The origin of the word amaranth is Sanskrit. But amaranth isn’t technically a grain like oats, wheat, or rice. It’s sometimes referred to as a “pseudo-cereal” because its nutritional profile is very similar.
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Gulkand is undoubtedly a yummiest & delicious preparation. This has a natural aroma of rose. This has many health benefits & cooling properties. This is beneficial in problems like Lethargy, tiredness itching, acidity, stomach heat, Ulcer etc. This is a source of Calcium and is a powerful antioxidant. This acts as a very good digestive
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Feeling really very happy to post my another innovated recipe ie “Carrot Kesari”. Whenever I prepare Carrot Juice, I use that strained pulp to make carrot saaru (rasam) or use along with any Huli (sambar). But this time I thought of using it in a different way and I got a naturally colourful, yummy dish
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Simple ladoo/unde made with very few ingredients and a healthy choice too. In this laddoo we can peel the skin of almonds also, but I didn’t feel like peeling so much nutrition, so made along with the skin. So… It can also be done by peeling the skin. As we soak almonds in boiled water,
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This is one of our most favourite burfi’s. I learnt this recipe from my Mother/Grand mothers. My Mother-in-law & her co-sister (My Taiji saas) were experts in making this coconut burfi. However I use very less sugar compared to them all. Since very long I wanted to try this burfi by adding Pista and with
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My Mom’s most favorite sweet dish, rice Kesaribath and now it is my eldest son’s favorite too. It is very easy to prepare with few handy ingredients. This can be prepared with any kind of rice like sona masoori or ponni or jeera etc but becomes aromatic if prepared with Basmati rice. It can be
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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 by adding comparatively
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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/beaten rice/rice flakes using chickpeas. I would say a healthy, yummy addition to my poha recipes list. Some
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As the name itself depicts its a kind of preparation with ripen mangoes, which is available in plenty in this season. It is generally eaten with Hittina holige (rice flour stuffed wheat flour paratha) Chapati or Poori, but at my place we eat it with rice rotti, beaten rice rotti and sometimes with ragi rotti
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I came across this recipe in a magazine. I definitely wanted to try immediately as this 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 this yummy dish. I liked this recipe very much and I insist you all
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Flatten rice or rice flakes or avalakki or poha as we call this flattened grain by several names is usually used to make many number of dishes for breakfast, snacks, proper lunch/dinner time dish etc. No doubt this has many health benefits. We can prepare many different dishes using Poha. Me as a person belonging
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One more sweet dish, using fruit, which I tasted in a restaurant….( Bikanerwala) immediately I could guess the ingredients in it. Its aroma itself said everything. Then curiously enquired in the sweet section, the man agreed to my guess… he said ” hanji madam aisa hee banta hai “…. unwillingly !!!! Its a delicious sweet
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One of my friends makes Khova / Khoya instantly at home using milkmaid. It is so fast and becomes exactly like what we do by boiling milk to make Khova / Khoya. All these days I somehow ignored it, but now even I felt like trying it at home. I tried it and… It is
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We make rava kesari, rice kesari, rice rava kesari , Beaten rice(poha) kesari… and now its vermicelli / shavige kesari. Its too yummy to eat and easy to prepare. One can definitely prepare this when guests are expected. Healthy sweet version of vermicelli …I felt. Its tastes better when served hot.        
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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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ಮೈಸೂರ್ ಪಾಕ್ – ಮೂರು ವಿಧಗಳಲ್ಲಿ | This is one of the traditional sweets from Karnataka, made on special occasions. It’s origin is from old Mysore state. With little more practice and experience, it is an easy & simple dish to prepare with a very few ingredients. It includes lot of continuous stirring, so my mother
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