ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಹುಳಿ | ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಸಾಂಬಾರ್ | By now, you all may know that the Kannada word bettada nellikayi translates to Indian gooseberry. Every year during winter I do make bettada nellikayi saaru/rasam and huli/sambar and I have already shared saaru/rasam recipe but today its huli/sambar’s turn I believe Apart from saaru/rasam and huli/sambar
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CARAMBOLA CHUTNEY | ಕಮರಖ ಕಾಯಿ ಅಥವಾ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ ಹಣ್ಣು ಅಥವಾ ಧಾರೆಹುಳಿ ಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Star fruit or Carambola is considered as a highly nutritious seasonal fruit widely available during winter season, we can make some of very easy recipes with this fruit and today I made star fruit chutney at our place It provides anti inflammatory
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ಸಿಹಿಗುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ ಪಲ್ಯ | ಉತ್ತರ ಭಾರತದ ಶೈಲಿಯ ನವರಾತ್ರಿ ವ್ರತದ ಸಿಹಿಗುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ ಪಲ್ಯ | This hot sweet and sour sweet pumpkin curry, which is necessarily prepared across north India during both navaratri festival ie chaitra navaratri and sharannavaratri or dussehra, has become one of my most favourite subji or curry Though preparation is a bit time
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ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ ಪಲ್ಯ | ಆಲೂ ಬೈಂಗನ್ ಸಬ್ಜಿ | Brinjal Potato curry made along with some nuts in it like almonds, cashews and walnuts ! Sounds interesting right ? Below you can have a look at the recipe of this yummy, nutty flavoured, tangy, spicy curry which goes well along with anything and everything This semi
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ಸರ್ವ ಪಿಂಡಿ | ಅಕ್ಕಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | ಆಂಧ್ರ ಪ್ರದೇಶ ಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ | Sarva Pindi is a savoury circular deep bowl shaped crispy flat bread, which is prepared using rice flour, small amount of pre soaked split bengal gram, peanuts and regular spices and herbs and paired along with curd or variety of chutneys Sarva Pindi is also
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Exclusive spice powder to put into sambar which we often make to go with many types of breakfast dishes like Idly, dosa, waday, pongal and so on ಸಾಂಬಾರ್ ಪುಡಿ | ಇಡ್ಲಿ ದೋಸೆ ವಡೆ ಜೊತೆಗಿನ ಸಾಂಬಾರ್ ಮಾಡಲು ಮಸಾಲಾ ಪುಡಿ | Definitely I’m on cloud nine for having curated and have come up with this unique spice
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ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ತಿರುಳಿನ ತಂಬುಳಿ | ಬಣ್ಣದ ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ತಿರುಳಿನ ತಂಬುಳಿ | One of the healthiest starters recipe, which is an age old traditional one as well. The specialty of this watery vegetable cucumber is such that, nothing of it is discarded but everything is consumed ie the skin, flesh, seeds and soft centre part, literally everything
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ಜೋಳ ಮತ್ತು ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಅನ್ನ | Iron rich spinach leaves, rice and fiber rich sweet corn are put together along with some simple spices and herbs to make this Indian style simple, tasty, yummy rice Somehow I always put boiled sweet corn (I do steam cook the sweet corns) while making this rice dish which
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ತೊಂಡೇಕಾಯಿ ಬಾತ್ | ತೊಂಡೇಕಾಯಿ ಮಸಾಲೆ ಅನ್ನ | This tiny green vegetable known by the name Ivy gourd or tindora or Kundru in Hindi or tondekayi in kannada, offers several health benefits because of its rich nutrient content and today I’m going to share a one pot meal made using this wonderful vegetable called tondekayi bath
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ಹೀರೇಕಾಯಿ ಪಲ್ಯ | ಹೀರೇಕಾಯಿ ಕರ್ರಿ | One of the tasty, yummy curry to go with any kind of Indian flat breads or steaming hot rice or rotti as well as this can be served as an accompaniment along with huli(sambar), saaru (rasam) etc This is my own, created recipe. Just gathered the stuffs which I
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Paired along with Cucumber Yogurt raita or dip | ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ಪುಲಾವ್ | ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ಅನ್ನ | ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ಯೋಗರ್ಟ್ ರಾಯ್ತದೊಂದಿಗೆ | On some days I strongly get the feeling of creating something new in either cooking or kitting or crocheting or rangoli or with something or the other and if not these things, I go on drive
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ನೈಲಾನ್ ಸಬ್ಬಕ್ಕಿ ಇಡ್ಲಿ ….. ರುಬ್ಬುವ ಗೋಜಿಲ್ಲದೇ | Just following the trend, even I tried making idly with tapioca pearls/sago in my own way. My recipe is not an instant one rather I do ferment the batter for over night ie 10 to 11 hours and I do put a special spice mixture tempering as well
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Rice or Flattened rice or Semiya Puliyogare Yet another type of Puliyogare which, when consumed, tastes equally heavenly like our traditional Puliyogare, but both the colour and the taste is different and we can say this is differently tasting yummy Puliyogare We can make this Puliyogare by using either steamed rice or vermicelli or rice
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One of healthy choice to make for one pot meal any day. Make this beetroot pulao and I’m sure you’ll have that satisfaction of serving your family one of the healthy, yummy , filling dish. Beetroot is one of those vegetables which we often like to consume though not so willingly but considering its innumerable
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ಆಂಧ್ರ ಶೈಲಿಯ ಮೂಲಂಗಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ Today’s dish is an Andhra Pradesh special preparation called moolangi pachadi, which I learnt long ago from a friend who happened to be my neighbour as well. In AP (Andhra Pradesh) they make chutney by using almost any vegetable. There they call this dish as Pachadi. So the word Pachadi’ translates
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ಮಿಶ್ರ ತರಕಾರಿಗಳ ಪುಲಾವ್ | This is the very basic kind of Pulao recipe which I’m making since almost 29 years and the noticeable part is I’m making it in these particular method only since all these years. I haven’t even done a small change and can never even think of doing so Here are the
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ಅವರೇಕಾಳು ಪರಾಠಾ | I was thinking of making this Paratha since long time, but we don’t get avarekayi in Gurgaon, rather here nobody knows about this fresh beans, which is a specialty vegetable during winter in Namma Karnataka/Namma Bengaluru Somehow this time I could get the avarekayi from Bengaluru, so made these Parathas today and
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಅಥವಾ ಆಮ್ಲ ಉದ್ದಿನಬೇಳೆ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Just another healthy accompaniment to go with all kinds of flat breads, dosa, rice etc. I always feel proud that I’m feeding healthy stuffs to my family and that could truly happen by God’s grace. One of the very easy and tasty amla chutney recipe, which can be
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ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪು ಮತ್ತು ಮುಸುಕಿನ ಜೋಳದ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | It just strike my mind and came into existence with immediate effect !! haha . Yes this is my own created recipe. Very healthy, very easy and its just a healthy twist to our traditional, authentic akki rotti/rice flour rotti You can go through a quick video
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ಕಳಿತ ಬಾಳೆಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಪದರು ಪರಾಠ Do you have ripen bananas no no…. over ripen bananas ? if yes, then you should definitely try this recipe. This is a kind of two in one Paratha. Just by adding some amount of jaggery along with the below given ingredients, this Paratha can be converted into Banana Sweet Paratha
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ಗುಜರಾತಿ ಹೆಸರು ಕಾಳು ಹಾಂಡ್ವೋ | Handvo is basically a traditional Gujarati snack, which includes all the goodness in the form of vegetables and spices, grains and legumes, lentils and semolina etc etc. However you can find one more variation of this handvo recipe, which I have posted here on my blog by clicking on this
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ರಾಜಸ್ಥಾನಿ ಶೈಲಿಯ ಸೀಬೆ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಪಲ್ಯ | Yet another yummy dish from Rajasthan, which is served as an accompaniment with roti/Phulka and made using ripen guava. This dish uses only guava as a main ingredient along with some simple spices and herbs. I have paired this subji along with Soaked split green gram Paratha , which
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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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ಕೋಲ್ಕತ್ತಾದ ಘುಗ್ನಿ | ಘುಗ್ನಿ ಚಾಟ್ | We all at home are the big fans of this Kolkata special street food – ghugni chat. Ghugni chat is basically a gravy made using dried white peas along with some easily available at home herbs & spices. May be why we like this chat so much is because
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ಮೊಸರು ಕರ್ರಿ | ದಹಿ ತಡ್ಕಾ | Dahi tadka is a lip smacking side dish made to go with rice or all kinds of Indian flat bread. Very simple, tempered curd/yogurt recipe which can be made when you are in a hurry or running out of time or when you have lot of left over curd
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ಹುದುಗಿದ ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಸ್ಪಾಟ್ ಇಡ್ಲಿ | This is one of the great twist to one of our most favourite dish, Idly. These idlys are quite famous in Hyderabad, but now a days slowly becoming famous in other different places also These can be made using non fermented instant idly batter as well, but … fermented idly
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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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Indian borage leaves infused mixed vegetable Curry | ದೊಡ್ಡಪತ್ರೆ ತರಕಾರಿ ಸಾಗು | ಅಜವಾಯಿನ್ ಎಲೆ ತರಕಾರಿ ಸಾಗು | Just made few changes in the ingredients and their quantity we put into our regular vegetable sagu and it tasted entirely different yet delicious and very aromatic. Indian Borage also known as country borage, Mexican mint is a
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ಹೆಸರುಬೇಳೆ ಮೂಂಗ್ಲೆಟ್ | Delhi street food, delish moonglet !! yes … moonglet recipe which is famous across Delhi, which I’m sure you are going to make time and again from now onwards. You read it right … today I’m here to share the recipe of how to make yummy moonglet easily at home. Basically moonglet
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ಗಟ್ಟಿ ಮೊಸರು ಪುದೀನಾ ಚಟ್ನಿ | One of the easiest and tastiest chutney recipe to serve along with any kind of snacks like Kebabs, fritters, rolls etc. Though I make this chutney since many years, never shared my way of making it. I make it in really simple manner with easily available ingredients. Just few regular
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ಹೆಸರುಬೇಳೆ ಸಂಡಿಗೆ ಪಲ್ಯ | Mangodi Ki subji = moong dal vadi Ki subji (dried/sun dried vadi)/ಹೆಸರುಬೇಳೆ ಸಂಡಿಗೆ ಪಲ್ಯ Here, the word mangodi or mangoda translates to dried (sun dried) small bite sized balls made using soaked and ground split green gram/Yellow lentil/moong dal/hesarubele by putting few spices and herbs. In Kannada, anything that is sun
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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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ಕೊತ್ತಂಬರಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಫುಲ್ಕಾ , ಪೂರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಾಠ Feeling very glad to have come up with this healthy, tasty, tummy friendly recipe, which is going to get it’s place in my ‘regularly made’ dishes list. I must say ….a breakfast dish with a unique flavour & taste…. Recently had left with plenty of coriander leaves and
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ಗೋಧಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಸೌತೇಕಾಯಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | A summer special/suitable rotti/thalipeeth made by adding grated cucumber along with regular spices to the whole wheat flour. We (people of karnataka) generally make rice flour rotti by adding grated cucumber (along with its skin and seeds) to it, so in the same method I have made rotti using whole
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ಎಲೆಕೋಸು ಪಲಾವ್ | ಕೋಸಿನ ಪಲಾವ್ | Wow !!!! this is my 78th rice preparation post ….. just can’t believe till now I have posted 77 types of various dishes using rice as the main ingredient. Today’s recipe is one more tasty Pulao made using cabbage as main ingredient. Actually I had prepared a masala powder
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ಗುಜರಾತಿ ಹಾಂಡ್ವೋ | I felt like…… Gujarati Handvo is nothing but Karnataka’s our own aday dosay/adai dosa made in a different shape and flavour which is being enhanced with few extra set of ingredients which are added in the form of tempering. In one of the food groups on face book, which consists basically all
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ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಪರಾಠಾ Today what I have for you is yet another healthy, yummy Paratha recipe made using carrots, created in my own idea. Just assumed the ingredients that go together well with each other, gathered them together and made this nutrient rich Paratha. Everything was instant – just can’t believe !! Besides having the goodness
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ಪುಲಾವ್ ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು | ಹಸಿರು ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು … ಮಧುಮೇಹಕ್ಕೆ ಸೂಕ್ತ ತಿಂಡಿ ರೆಸಿಪಿ | I’m definitely a big upma fan !! That too I liked it more when my mom and mom in law used to make upma. They had some magic in their hands I guess …I surely miss them both for this reason too. As I
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ಸಜ್ಜೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮಿಶ್ರ ತರಕಾರಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | One of the most healthiest millet rotti recipe according to me is this mixed vegetable Pearl millet flour roti/rotti. The Pearl millet is called as bajra in Hindi and Sajje in Kannada. As I said above it contains vegetables like carrot, beetroot, onion, spring onion and fair quantity of
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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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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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ಕಾರ್ನ್ ಪಾಲಕ್ | ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ರಹಿತ Corn palak is a delicious creamy Indian curry which goes well with roti as well as rice. It is no doubt nutritious as it contains the green leafy vegetable – Palak. Somehow we don’t like onion in this curry and garlic I never use. I personally like this curry
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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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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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Cabbage Fresh Peas Knol Khol Stir Fry |ಎಲೆಕೋಸು ಬಟಾಣಿ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ ಕೋಸಿನ ಪಲ್ಯದ ಪುಡಿ ಹಾಕಿದ ಪಲ್ಯ | long ago I have posted a very simple, one of the beginners friendly recipe called Cabbage Peas stir fry/Palya/subji (video) , which uses the basic tempering to prepare the palya, and also dried peas is used normally to make
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ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ ಎಣ್ಣೆಗಾಯಿ ಪಲ್ಯ | ರೀತಿ 2 | Earlier I have posted the recipe of brinjal/badanekayi ennegayi palya/curry in a slightly different way, ie using different set of ingredients And today also I’m here to share the recipe of brinjal/badanekayi ennegayi palya/curry recipe using some more additional ingredients and in slightly different method, which makes the
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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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ಮೊಳಕೆ ಬರಿಸಿದ ಹೆಸರು ಕಾಳು ರವೆ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | Making sprouts at home is as easy as consuming it. I very often make green gram, fenugreek seeds, horse gram sprouts at home and use them in cooking. Usually I make rotti or thalipeeth by using sprouted green gram (you can use only soaked green gram as well)
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ಬೀಟ್ರೂಟ್ ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಸೂಪ್ | Soups are definitely an ideal meal idea during winter. Nutritious, flavorful, comfort food made using vegetables, lentils, nuts etc soups helps us to stay warm during the chili weather. Soups are a weight loss friendly food too. Recently I tried making carrot-beetroot soup, in which I have used some good amount
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ಸಜ್ಜೆ ಹಿಟ್ಟು ಮೂಲಂಗಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | ಬಾಜ್ರಾ ಹಿಟ್ಟು ಮೂಲಂಗಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | Winter is here and it’s time to relish all kinds of winter delicacies… such as carrot halwa, different kinds of parathas, masala peanut, soups , masala rice etc etc. Pearl millet flour or sajje hittu or bajre ke atta is one such amazing food, which
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ಜೋಳದ ಕಢಿ | ಜೋಳ ಮತ್ತು ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಕಢಿ | Kadhi is as such one of my favorite side dish, but onion kadhi is my most favorite. Today sharing with you all the recipe of onion kadhi by adding sorghum flour/jowar flour/jolada hittu. This Jowar kadhi is a simple, quick side dish which tastes superb with both
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ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು | ಮಿಶ್ರ ತರಕಾರಿಗಳ ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು | ಉಪ್ಮಾ | A quick share of one of the most liked or preferred, common breakfast, my/our most favorite uppittu or upma recipe from the state of Karnataka, specially south Karnataka, explained with step wise procedure pics. Ingredients : measuring cup used – 200 ml Others : PROCEDURE :

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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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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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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ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಸೂಪ್ – ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ ಬಳಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೇ | Carrot soup – in my own way !! ha ha yes just gathered the vegetables, herbs and spices which I felt, would go well with each other, blended, boiled, strained and finally emptied the cup. An awesome, tasty, nutritious, healthy appetizer ! I thought of adding 1
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CHAYOTE SQUASH FINGER MILLET FLOUR ROTTI | ಸೀಮೆಬದನೆಕಾಯಿ ರಾಗಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | ರಾಗಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | I always look forward to include more and more ragi in our diet, that too in its whole form. But today’s recipe is made by using ragi flour. Just one more kind of variation in making ragi rotti by adding grated
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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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ಸಿಹಿಗುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | ಸಿಹಿಗುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | Today actually I was not willing to prepare palya or raita or huli by using red pumpkin or sihi kumbala kayi. Therefore thought for a while and realised that I was going to prepare akki rotti or rice flour rotti for breakfast, So thought of adding pumpkin to
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ಪೈನ್ ಆಪಲ್ ದೋಸೆ | ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ದೋಸೆ | ಅನಾನಸ್ ದೋಸೆ | Pineapple is one of my favorite fruit and very recently I learnt from my niece Ananya that a person sells a fruit stuffed dosa/dosay in front of the Krishna Rao Park located in Basavana Gudi, Bengaluru. She also said she did not find anything so
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ಗುಂತಪಂಗಲು | ಗುಳಿಯಪ್ಪ | ಪಡ್ಡು | ಅಪ್ಪೆ | In Kannada we call this as guntapangalu or guliyappa but it is popularly known as paniyaram or paddu or appe all over India. Actually the Kannada word ‘guli’, the Telegu word ‘guntha‘, the malayalam word ‘unni’ and the tamil/ tamil word ‘kuzhi‘, everything means the same ie
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ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ಗೊಜ್ಜು | A very quick, simple yet very tasty alugadde gojju recipe of an yummy accompaniment to go with rice flour rotti or any kind of dosay or steamed hot rice. And this is a kind of tangy, spicy curry/gojju prepared using few spices and the potato. This is a south canara/coastal Karnataka special
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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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ಸೇಬು ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಮೊಸರು ಬಜ್ಜಿ | ಸೇಬು ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ರಾಯ್ತ | A very simple, yummy, easy raita recipe using a fruit. I have earlier posted the recipe like banana raita/sasive , pineapple raita , pomegranate raita , mixed fresh fruit raita on my blog and this time it is apple raita to go with any kind of
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ಅಮೃತ್ಸರೀ ಆಲೂ ಕುಲ್ಚಾ ಮತ್ತು ಚೋಲೆ | In most of the restaurants like Bikanerwala, Amritsari aloo kulcha is a regular attraction for customers. The way how they present it, the color of the kulcha, its aroma etc does attract all . Even both my sons are very fond of this dish. But the only problem here
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ಛೋಲೆ | ಪಂಜಾಬಿ ಛೋಲೆ | ವಿಡಿಯೋ | Chole is a very popular curry or gravy prepared by Punjabi’s as well as others through out north India. It is also a favorite dish among many Indians. Chole chawal , chole bhature, chole aloo tikki, chole paratha etc are favorite combinations among most of the Indians. I
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ಹೆಸರುಬೇಳೆ ಮತ್ತು ಉದ್ದಿನಬೇಳೆ ಇಡ್ಲಿ | ಪ್ರೋಟೀನ್ ಭರಿತ ಇಡ್ಲಿ | This is one of a healthy, fiber rich, protein packed idly recipe that does not contain rice in it as well as a diabetic friendly recipe, which can be relished by people of all age group. In this recipe I have used both split black gram
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ಸತ್ತೂ ಪರಾಠಾ | ಕಡಲೇಕಾಳು ಹಿಟ್ಟು ತುಂಬಿದ ಪರಾಠಾ | ಗೋಧಿ ಹಾಗೂ ರಾಗಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ | To begin with I would like to give a brief introduction about sattu to all my South Indian friends/readers/viewers/followers. Sattu is nothing but the roasted chickpea flour/hurida Kadale kalina hittu or hottina sahita Kadale kalina hittu. Actually this wonder flour sattu is
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ದಾಲ್ ಮಖನೀ | ದಾಲ್ ಮಖ್ನಿ | Yes it is creamy even after not using all those dairy stuff ! One can not easily make out that this recipe does not contain any of the dairy products like cream or thick milk or butter in it till you disclose it. I’m glad that I could come
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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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The mercury is soaring high around 43 degrees since last three four days and expected to soar further, so through the day water is not at all enough to keep ourselves cool. Ragi, raw mango, curds, sago, grapes, pudina etc etc are all summer suitable stuffs. So these are the regular things used during summer
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ಮೂಲಿ ಕಾ ಪರಾಠಾ | ಮೂಲಂಗಿ ಪರಾಠಾ | This summer season special dish radish or moolangi or mooli ka paratha can be made in two ways and two flavors, ie grated radish seasoned with spices can be directly mixed in to the whole wheat flour, or it can be stuffed inside. And the two flavors are
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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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ಒಣ ಬಟಾಣಿ ಉಸ್ಲಿ | ಒಣ ಬಟಾಣಿ ಸಲಾಡ್ | It is made exactly like how we make usli/salad using dried chickpeas, black eyed beans/lobia, horse gram/hurali/kulthi or whole green gram. These are all a protein rich, fibre rich, healthy accompaniments served with meals, mostly with lunch. We also make saaru/rasam and huli/dal using the stock/water in
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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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ಅಲಸಂದೆ ಕಾಳಿನ ಸಿಹಿ ಉಸ್ಲಿ | ಅಲಸಂದೆ ಕಾಳು ಉಸ್ಲಿ | Cowpeas or black eyed peas or lobia or alasande kalu (as called in Kannada), has numerous health benefits and nutritional facts. Alasande kalu sihi usli is rich in fibre and protein. We, in south India make both sweet and spicy salad using this healthy peas. When
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ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪು ಮತ್ತು ಹೆಸರುಕಾಳಿನ ಖಿಚ್ಡಿ ಅಥವಾ ಹುಗ್ಗಿ | Here in More supermarket we get the mixture of whole green gram and basmati rice mixed together. Very often I buy that and make plain khichdi/huggi, dosa/dosay , sweet pongal etc using that mixture, and sometimes I use whole green gram and sona masoori rice too (separately)
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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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ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಪುಲಾವ್ | ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ ಹಣ್ಣು ತರಕಾರಿ ಪುಲಾವ್ | A seasonal special dish using a sour fruit juice. Recently I did try two new dishes, in my own idea using sour fruits – Orange & fresh green grapes. Both the oranges and green grapes (made pickle, chutney), which I bought were sour. Earlier many a
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ಹೆಸರುಕಾಳು ದೋಸೆ | Hesarukalu dosay or whole green gram dosa is an healthy, quick, instant dish. This is a recipe of a dosa/dosay variety which requires less effort as no need to soak the ingredients for long time and no need to ferment the batter. In other words a simple, healthy, easy, quick or instant
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ದಿಢೀರ್ ರವೆ ದೋಸೆ | ದಿಢೀರ್ ರವೆ ಮಸಾಲೆ ದೋಸೆ | ಮೈದಾ ಇಲ್ಲದೇ | A filling, healthy breakfast idea. No need to soak the ingredients for hours together, no need to grind or no need for any fermentation. You can make this instant version of rave plain dosa or rave masala dosa whenever you feel like eating
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ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ ಭರ್ತ | This is one of my favorite subji to have with any/all kinds of roti/rotti but like to have it mostly along with whole wheat flour Phulka. For me, both together makes an awesome combination. Though prepared this subji, baingan ka bharta many a times before, could never take the stepwise pics, that’s
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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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Made in 2 ways and this is a without onion garlic recipe | ಬಟಾಣಿ ಪರಾಠಾ | ಹಸಿ ಬಟಾಣಿ ಪರಾಠಾ | As the heading itself depicts, I make this fresh green peas paratha in two different ways and both tastes superb in their own way. Broadly you can say in the first method there is a
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ಹಸಿ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | After trying out instant pickle using fresh green grapes, I made spicy grapes chutney with the remaining grapes and it too turned out too tasty and very gladly added to my chutney category/collection. We liked this chutney so much that I bought the sour grapes yet few more
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಸಾರು | ಆಮ್ಲ ರಸಂ | A therapeutic, soothing, diabetic friendly saaru/rasam recipe prepared using amla, herbs, condiments and spices. Amla saaru or Indian gooseberry rasam is an absolutely winter friendly recipe. Today wanted to make amla/nellikayi chitranna, but ended up making saaru/rasam. I have also posted amla pickle , dry instant pickle ,
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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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ಕಡಲೇಕಾಳು ಉಸ್ಲಿ | ಗುಗ್ಗುರಿ | As I have mentioned earlier in my posts, this is the recipe from southern parts of India. It is prepared as either evening snack or as an accompaniment with saaru/rasam or made during functions or festivals to offer as naivedya and share with the home coming guests as well On
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ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ಪರಾಠಾ | Today I’m here to share the recipe of one of the NCR/Delhi’s most favorite stuffed flat bread aloo ke Paranthe. However since so many years I prepare this Paratha at home and it is definitely everyone’s one of the favorite dish at our place. Whenever I made this paratha earlier, somehow I
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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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ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ ಎಣ್ಣೆಗಾಯಿ ಪಲ್ಯ – 1 | Today I served Jowar roti/ Jolada rotti along with badanekayi ennegayi and chutney pudi mixed with ghee. Nobody likes brinjal that much as I do at my place. But I keep making something or the other using this vegetable and serve them in less quantity/portion and keep the bigger
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Both banale rotti & flat rotti | ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | ತಟ್ಟೆ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ಮತ್ತು ಬಾಣಲೆ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | Just click on this – BANALE ROTTI to check the ingredients list and follow the procedure to make rotti, you just need to add finely chopped fenugreek leaves and onion and rest everything will be same. One
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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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ಮೂಲಂಗಿ ಮೊಸರು ಬಜ್ಜಿ | ಮೂಲಂಗಿ ರಾಯ್ತ | One of the easiest yet very tasty and soothing raita recipe, that is very much suitable for hot days during summer season to beat the heat Today when I wanted to make radish raita, I was actually running out of time, so instead of doing it in detail
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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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ಮಿಶ್ರ ತರಕಾರಿಗಳ ಕರ್ರಿ | Just gathered the ingredients for grinding which I felt like using, rather which I felt are the proper things to go with (often I keep doing/experimenting like this), finely grinded it along with little quantity/portion of cooked vegetable, which I was using for making the curry, and added the ground paste 
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ದಹಿವಾಲೆ ಆಲು | ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ಮೊಸರು ಕರ್ರಿ | Had lot of curds (I always make it/set it at home), so thought of making dahi aloo or curd curry using potato. I always make it in my own way. I use almost the same ingredients, which we put together for making majjige Paldya/huli/kadhi/vegetable curd curry , but the difference
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ಕಡಲೆಬೇಳೆ ಉಸ್ಲಿ | ಕಡ್ಲೆಬೇಳೆ ಉಸ್ಲಿ | Extremely delicious, fiber rich, includes high protein, healthy Kadale bele usli or Split bengal gram salad, salad, which is necessarily made during festivals, that too specially during navaratri festival or Dasara festival or bombe habba. My mom used make it on Sunday evenings as tea time snack or on
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ಊದಲು ಸಿರಿಧಾನ್ಯದ ಪುಲಾವ್ | Today I tried making Pulao using only those ingredients, which are available or used during these 9 days of Navratras here in Gurgaon/North India. I wanted to make something healthy as well as tasty and look appealing to the eyes ! Therefore made this barnyard millet Pulao. I have added the
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