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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We all at home are a big fans of any kind of holige, of which bele holige is our most favourite sweet dish and the best thing is, I always make holige using whole wheat flour/whole wheat flour+semolina and the stuffing contains lentils and sweetness is obtained from jaggery …. So this is always a
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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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Yet again I’m here with one more extraordinary recipe (my own) made using Beetroot and very soon I shall come up with one more awesome recipe which also uses Beetroot in it Very gladly sharing, one of my recently innovated recipe, which uses beetroot, makhana seeds, coconut, jaggery and I have named it as beetroot
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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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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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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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ಸಕ್ರೆ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ/ಕೊಬ್ಬರಿ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ Wishing you All a very happy Sri Swarna Gowri & Shri Vara siddhi vinayaka/Ganesha chaturthi Festival ! May The goddess & The God fill your life with health and happiness Today I’m here with one of the Karnataka special, traditional, all time favourite holige recipe, which people across Karnataka take a fancy
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Wishing You All a very happy UGADI Puran Poli or Holige as we call this in Kannada is a pleasing sweet dish. Though I have made this delicious sweet numerous number of times and every time thought of taking the pics and shooting the video but couldn’t/didn’t do so !! But I’m glad that …
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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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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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Maha Shivaratri wishes to All On this auspicious day made this Payasa/kheer/salad using sago/sabbakki/sabudana along with fresh fruits. This Payasa/kheer/salad also has the goodness of rock dates palm sugar and the melon seeds. This Payasa/kheer is made without using ghee and other kinds of nuts and fruits – that’s the specialty about this Payasa/kheer. Ingredients
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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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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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ಸಬ್ಬಕ್ಕಿ ಮಾವಿನ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಪಾಯಸ/ಪುಡ್ಡಿಂಗ್ …. ಬೆಲ್ಲದೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ Unlike North India, in which people keep fasting during those nine days of Navaratri, for us the people of south Indian Navaratri/Dasara means feasting. Actually we make different kinds of sweet on each day of Navaratri. There are some particular sweet dishes which is said (by our ancestors) to
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ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಹಾಲು | ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ರಹಿತ ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಹಾಲಿನ ಪುಡಿ We know about the numerous health benefits of almonds. It could be great if we can consume these wonder nuts everyday. So one of the way to include almonds in our daily routine is to eat them as such or put it in the milk. Today I’m
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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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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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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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Carrot pudding is a simple, yummy desert which is nutritious too. Very simple to make recipe taken from one of my old written recipe book. This is a healthy recipe for children and grown ups. I have used raw cane sugar today, but I always put powdered jaggery in this but its completely your choice
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My first attempt at making melt in mouth sweet potato or sihi genasina holige. It was in my to do list since long time, but this time for Sankranti festival I made it. It turned out to be thin, crispy, delicious, yummy and melt in mouth dish…..wah ! Other holige recipes on my blog are dates/Kharjura
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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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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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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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ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಕಡಲೇ ಬೇಳೆ ಪಾಯಸ | Akki Kadlebele payasa is a sweet dish/Payasa necessarily made on the day of Ganesha chaturthi/Ganeshana habba. No other kheer/payasa is made on that day, other than this. This is a simple and yummy payasa recipe and one of my most favourite Payasa/Kheer as well. Jaggery is used to get the
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ಕಾಯಿ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ | ಕಾಯಿ ಹೂರಣದ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ | Yet another, an authentic sweet flat bread recipe from Karnataka, popularly know as Kayi holige or fresh coconut Puran Poli, which is made using grated fresh coconut & jaggery mixed filling. This is known with different names across India. The outer layer differs from person to person. Generally
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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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ಖಾರದ ಕಡಲೆ ಕಡುಬು & ಉದ್ದಿನ ಕಡುಬು | We prepare this Kuchhida kadubu or steamed rice Sihi and khara (sweet and spicy) kadubu (dumplings) particularly on Nagara Panchami. 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
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Sorghum flakes/Jowar poha/jolada avalakki is processed following  “the process standardized for flakes preparation using flakes machine”, which is one of the millet and has a very good taste and is rich in essential health nutrients. Particularly I’m using it since last 3 years, which I saw in one of the stores in Gandhi bazar (namma Bengaluru),
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One more yummy nutritious Payasa/Kheer recipe. I have written earlier also, about the goodness, health benefits etc of including Sago/sabbakki/sabudana in our diet, so now I’m continuing with my payasa/kheer recipe. I never cook sago in pressure cooker, but I always cook it in a open vessel. Below is my method of making Sago/Sabbakki/Sabudana Payasa/Kheer
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ಬಾಳೇಹಣ್ಣಿನ ರಸಾಯನ | This is one of the yummy salad/rasayana among rama navami delicacies. Famously known as tuppbalehannu in Karnataka and southern parts of India, basically it is made using banana, jaggery, ghee, elaichi powder, honey and fresh coconut. But this time I made it in a different way… using date syrup in place of
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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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ಪೈನಾಪಲ್/ಅನಾನಸ್ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ During my recent visit to Bangalore, I came across a different kind of Holige/Pooran poli name in the menu card of a holige/Pooran Poli selling store ‘Mane Holige’ (they make varieties of Holige using many kinds of fruits and dry fruits apart from the regular Bele holige/Pigeon peas pooran poli, Kayi holige/coconut pooran
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ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಪಾಯಸ | Specially made on the day of Ratha Saptami, Avalakki Payasa or beaten rice or poha Kheer is a healthy and filling sweet dish. Like other dishes this is also made in many ways, even I do it in many ways, but on this festival day I make this Payasa/Kheer in this particular
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ಶಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಅಡುಗೆ | ಶಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಊಟ | More of rice, jaggery, sesame seeds, peanuts few special vegetables are necessarily used on this day of Makara Shankranthi. I shall write the detailed recipe of each & every dish as soon as possible. The Platter consists of …. the following dishes The Shankranthi/Sankranthi Platter – 2018
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ಭೋಗಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಅಡುಗೆ | ಭೋಗಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಊಟ | A day before Shankranthi is celebrated as Bhogi habba (bhogi festival) in Karnataka. The significance of this day is of being together with the family  by being a part of domestic activities. This day is celebrated in the honor of Lord Indra …the God of Rain…. for
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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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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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This is one of the must do savory snack of Karnataka, prepared during Deepavali/Diwali. So thought of sharing my way of making this festival special snack with you all. The basic ingredients used in this snack is Chickpea flour & Rice flour in equal proportion. My mother was an expert in making this snack. I
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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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Wish you All a very Happy Ganesh chaturthi. These are the dishes made during Ganesh chaturthi, one by one I will add recipes of all the dishes very soon. Have a great day. The spread goes like this on a Plantain leaf (clockwise)  Salt, Kosambari (lentil cucumber salad), Cucumber Palya (stir fry) , Kadalekalu usli
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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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Holige is a traditional sweet dish, which is a must during festivals like Ugadi (Kannada new year day), Swarna Gowri vratha and on Upakarma day. And it is also made during big functions at home as well as temples. There are many kinds & procedures of preparing Holige The one which I’m going to share
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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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UGADI is the new year day for the Hindus, based on the Hindu calendar according to the movement of the moon (Lunar). And in some other parts of India this festival is celebrated according to the movement of the Sun. However mainly the people of  two states ie Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh celebrate this festival
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This is one of the winter special vegetable/beans available in Karnataka with a entirely different aroma. We get these field beans in plenty during winter season in Karnataka. But In Gurgaon we get only dried field beans. Something is better than nothing…so we make use of that only. This is a very famous curry there
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PEANUTS SWEET FLATBREAD | One more way of adding protein to your diet by making a dish using groundnut in the cold season or during winter when fresh groundnuts are available in plenty or also on any day, any time for that matter using the dried ones as well This is a super easy and
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ಬೆಲ್ಲದ ಕ್ಯಾರೆಟ್ಟಿನ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ sweetened with jaggery | This is something which I tried with left over carrot halwa. I never thought it would serve a day’s breakfast programme !! but it did so happy me ! So gladly sharing it with you all. First I thought of making paratha, while in the process it strike
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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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ಖರ್ಜೂರದ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ One of the yummy sweet dish containing Iron……! Iron is an important nutrient for our body and for our health. Iron carries oxygen around the body. If Iron stores are low then our body is prone to more frequent infections. So getting the right amount of iron and other nutrients from food is
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ಅಪ್ಪೆ ಪಾಯಸ | ಅಪ್ಪಿ ಪಾಯಸ | Appe payasa, My Manoj’s (my first son) most favourite sweet dish, is one of the famous sweet delicacy from Karnataka. This is a kind of kheer prepared using crushed poori, which is made using very fine quality semolina, which is recognized as chiroti rava (cream of wheat), which is
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