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 two methods – So
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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 trust me it
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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 chutney recipe, which can be ready in few minutes by putting together some
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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 and below I have given the ingredients list
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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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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 link Gujarati Handvo and there
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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 is again a traditional and popular
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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 India to use fruits in hot
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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 of a kind of resemblance to
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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 at home or even when you
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Feeling good rather pleasing for have created this recipe. Curd curry/majjige huli/majjige Paldya using a legume !! I can’t believe I could make this I mean it strike my mind to prepare something like this. Its unbelievable, feeling so so glad. Just slight moderations being made, otherwise this recipe is almost similar to one of
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This one 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 since many years, say for around twenty six (26) years and
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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 is made using
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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 ingredients put together and you
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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 dried is called as
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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 pics as well as
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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 done’ dishes list. I must say ….a breakfast dish with a unique flavour & taste…. Recently had left with plenty of coriander leaves and I was thinking of all the possibilities
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Though making this snack at home since so many years, never thought of posting the recipe here on my blog. But I guess today is that day! Going to post the recipe of one of our (almost everyone’s) most favorite, namma Bengaluru bakery goody, yummy snack – masala bread toast. Trust me you can get
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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. This can also be consumed like a soup.
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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 rice
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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 many a times before, could never take the stepwise pics, that’s why could not post it here
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A tasty, easy vegetable palya/subji/stir fry recipe from southern side ie … Namma Bengaluru, which is made on regular basis. Actually making this kind of subji using any single vegetable is a kind of regular dish in most of the south Indian households. It is one of the basic, less spicy recipe, which is very
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Yet another kind of curry/huli preparation with minimum, easily available ingredients at home. Goes really really well with rice and rice flour rotti However French beans is one of the most exceptionally used vegetable which tastes superb in any form. Personally I like french beans a lot Thank you so much Pavithra Rajesh for this
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To begin with let me translate the above mentioned Kannada words to English.  The word ‘akki’ translate to ‘rice/chawal’, ‘rotti’ translate to ‘roti’, and the main word here is ‘Banale’ which translate to ‘Wok/kadahi’. So basically, rice flour roti which is made directly in kadahi/Wok. Otherwise we make akki rotti on a sheet of butter
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I like to use things like coriander leaves, curry leaves, ginger, pudina etc more and more in the dishes I make. Today I’m going to share one such recipe. Triangular chapati/paratha using lot of coriander leaves. It tastes awesome, smell awesome, it has nice aroma while making as well as eating. Very much suitable for
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Curd chapati/Phulka or dahi chapati/Phulka is a Kind of Indian flat bread made using curd while kneading the dough. Only curd is used with whole wheat flour and no water is used while making the dough. The tenderness of each bite makes your meal more delicious. I have added flax seeds powder, cumin seeds in
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Kharabath is the most popular breakfast dish in Karnataka. Kharabath is nothing but making Upma by adding a special kind of masala powder and that’s how it tastes different from regular plain Upma. Actually in hotels in Karnataka it is served as ‘Chow Chow bath’ along with a scoop of Kesari bath and fresh coconut
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Vermicelli hyacinth beans idly| shavige avarekalu idly (Yet again moderated this recipe with a new and rare twist. You can check the updated version below (just after the procedure Pics) at the end of this page) Vermicelli is a commonly available ingredient, used in various cuisines across India. It is easily available in both raw
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How do we make carrot saaru/rasam ? This can be prepared easily by putting together easily available ingredients in the Kitchen. This is served with rice or else can be served also as soup. This tastes good when made little more spicy. Here is my method of preparing it. Ingredients : For Tempering : For
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A very healthy combination of bottle gourd and flours rotti. Two different kinds of flours being used to make this healthy flat bread. I prefer to keep the rotti little thick that too particularly with wheat flour. These can be eaten for breakfast or lunch or dinner. So these are a anytime dishes which are
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This is one of my favourite vegetable stir fry. A simple, quick & crunchy palya which has the goodness of varieties of vegetables. The only spice used in this is red chilli powder. This goes well with almost everything as in Poori, Phulka, roti, akki (rice) rotti, rasam rice, curd rice etc. It has all
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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 relishing. As such this rice dish is full of
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Avalakki nuchhinunde is yet another type of steamed dumplings, prepared by combining less quantity of lentil and comparatively more quantity of beaten rice/rice flakes. It tastes best if made spicy. This recipe is very much suitable for rainy season with a hot cup of coffee/Tea. A guilt free snack recipe… & can be made for
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Pulao is one of the most common rice preparation that is often made at home. I don’t think anyone has used raw Jackfruit while making Pulao, It just strike my mind and thought why don’t I try making it … and it was a huge hit. Believe me Jackfruit tastes awesome as it absorbs all
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Very much comforting & healthy breakfast idea during summers. This dish is one of our favourite. This can be made without onions as well, but we like it with onion. Its making procedure is little lengthy….. but after all who doesn’t want that satisfaction of eating & serving a healthy breakfast ever. It tastes better
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Yet another type of buttermilk recipe, a cold and refreshing beverage on a hot summer day, flavoured with roasted cumin powder and the main additional ingredient used is sago/sabudana. Just with a very few ingredients put together like cooked sabudana, salt, cumin and coriander leaves this special buttermilk will be ready. Ingredients : measuring cup used
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In southern parts of India.. when you say  tovve ( dal ) itself means its a less spicy preparation ie…. no aromatic spices are used, also which is very much suitable for summers. Tovve can be made Plain ie using only lentil or by putting some kind of vegetables In the same procedure we can
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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 spicy versions. Actually I/we, the
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This can be made plain or by adding vegetables such as cucumber, carrot, onion etc using either white beaten rice or red beaten rice or both in equal quantity. It can be done in two ways… One is by soaking the beaten rice and the other by grinding it into powder. It comes out well
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We make rotti using rice flour and cucumber (southekayi akki rotti) generally. But I wanted to make stuffed wheat flour paratha using cucumber. So tried making this paratha which suits the hot weather as well and it turned out to be so yummy. As cucumber has got lot of water content in it, you need
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This is one of the staple food in Karnataka. this is a quick, easy and healthy recipe too to prepare on any time of any day. This can be made directly on tawa or can be spread on the parchment pater or butter sheet with the help of oil or can also be made on
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This is one more refreshing and cooling kind of raita, during summer. If you are bored of eating tomato in salad , then you can go for THIS tomato raita. Tomato raita can also be eaten along with roti, rice and can be served as accompaniment with Huli (sambar), saaru (rasam), spicy rice preparations like
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Ragi / finger millet is widely used in South India. Ragi is rich in absorb-able calcium, Iron and fiber. Ragi is used in many ways ie… Ragi rotti, Ragi dosay, Ragi ladoo, Ragi porridge, Ragi malt and most popular is ” Ragi balls (mudde)”. We can make this rotti by adding one vegetable or mixed
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I’m here again with an instant Utthappa recipe which doesn’t need any fermentation process. And it is definitely appropriate to prepare during winter due to this reason. Even though it is an instant recipe, no compromise in taste, color etc. Till now I used to make vermicelli/semiya/shavige idly and also have posted the recipe of the
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A healthy, low calorie chat which also includes sprouted chickpeas which I would happily indulge in every day. This is a kind of chat recipe which contains fruits, vegetables and entirely different and yummy. This is full of numerous health benefits. I think this can be eaten at any time of the day. I cant
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Spiny on the outside & sweet on the inside… pineapple is a fantastic fruit. Saaru/rasam made using pineapple is a kind of saaru with different taste and aroma. If you find that the pineapple you have just bought is sour, then definitely you can go for this recipe, so that pineapple is also not wasted.
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We always make sagu using many vegetables and most of them would be green vegetables right ? So healthy, colourful, tasty and yummy. However this time when I was making Palak  Peas sagu, It just did strike my mind that what if we add vegetable Koftas into that Palak Peas gravy/sagu ! So immediately I
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This is an amazing recipe made by using lots of fresh coriander leaves. It is simple yet a healthy one pot meal which can be packed for school/Office as well. Coriander has multiple health benefits such as, it is a wonderful source of dietary fiber, Iron , manganese etc. It is rich in Vitamin C,
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