Bitter gourd – the key ingredient in today’s dish. Yes making paratha using a bitter vegetable, of which there are not too many appreciators Trust me, its going to be a finger licking experience for you. So definitely go ahead and make this Paratha without delay. I like bitter gourd, rather we like bitter gourd
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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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ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ | ಬಿಳಿ ಹೋಳಿಗೆ | One of the very old and traditional food, which I have grown up eating is this hittina holige or bili holige. I and my paternal grand mother are the biggest fans of this dish. This is one of our most favourite dish – hittina holige paired along with maavina
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This is one more recipe, which I made for a contest held by one of the baking group on fb in association with Ossoro flavours. We were asked to make and post any number of recipes we can and I also tried and posted some 7 to 8 recipes I guess. I will share all
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ಮಿಶ್ರ ಕಾಳುಗಳ ಹುಳಿ | ವಿವಿಧ ಮಿಶ್ರಿತ ಕಾಳುಗಳ ಹುಳಿ | A protein rich healthy preparation, which we always like to indulge in is this mixed pulses curry/mishra kalugala huli. The kannada word ‘mishra’ translates to ‘mixed’ and ‘kalugalu’ translates to ‘pulses’. I have used 12 kinds of pulses and a small quantity of toor dal/arahar dal/Pigeon
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ಮೃದುವಾದ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ತರಿ ಇಡ್ಲಿ | ಮೂರೇ ಮೂರು ಸಾಮಾಗ್ರಿಗಳೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಇಡ್ಲಿ This is, one more type of rice idly, which is slightly different from the regular one, using only three ingredients ie… akki tari (raw rice rava), black gram lentil/urad dal and beaten rice. This particular Idly turns out to be soft and light. This recipe takes
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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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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ | ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ | There are two varieties of Gooseberries in India. Both are packed with vitamin C and lot more health benefits. The bigger variety of gooseberry is highly used in Ayurvedic medicinal preparations. We can prepare many types of dishes also using gooseberries, but pickle is the famous and familiar
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ಮೆಕ್ಕೆ ಜೋಳ ಪಾಲಕ್ ಪುಲಾವ್ Palak/ Spinach is one of the wonderful green leafy vegetables which contains Iron and many other nutrients, recognised for its wholesome nutritional, anti-oxidants and anti cancer composition. It has many health promotional and disease prevention properties. Spinach leaves are an excellent source of Vitamin K. Maize also known as corn is
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