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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ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ ಪುಳಿಯೋಗರೆ | ಮೈಸೂರು ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ ಪುಳಿಯೋಗರೆ | Few days back, came across someone’s recipe which looked like a make over to our own Karnataka’s age old, traditional, authentic rice dish called Puliyogare (tamarind rice) by adding a vegetable to it. So even I felt like trying it out right away and made this Vegetable Puliyogare
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ತರಕಾರಿ ಅನ್ನ | We tasted this tarakari anna recently in a south Indian restaurant called Naivedyam (Vipul Square). I and Mukund (my second Son) got attracted by this dish’s name ‘Tarakari anna’, which translates to ‘vegetable rice’ and we wanted to try and know about its taste. We definitely liked this simple recipe … no
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ಶುಂಠಿ ಅನ್ನ | ಶುಂಠಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | Aromatic, flavorful one pot meal herbal rice recipe, which uses very few ingredients but turns out to be mouth watering dish ! The awesome ginger flavor gets infused into the rice and tastes superb. Found this recipe in one of my written recipe book and as usual don’t remember
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ಮೊಳಕೆ ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ಕಾಳಿನ ಪುಲಾವ್ | ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ಕಾಳಿನ ಪುಲಾವ್ | As I said earlier in one of my post ie sprouted fenugreek seeds tambuli, I’m very fond of this particular sprouted seed. So today I tried making pulao using the sprouted fenugreek seeds/ankurit methi/molake menthyada kalu. It’s just the basic pulao recipe, easy and quick but
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ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ | Today made our own Karnataka special breakfast and one of my most favorite rice dish, onion or eerulli chitranna with a healthy twist using Spinach/Palak paste/puree. And named it as Palak eerulli chitranna (palak onion rice)…. but originally this dish has been innovated by Manoj – my
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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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ಪುಳಿಯೋಗರೆ | ಐಯಂಗಾರ್ ಪುಳಿಯೋಗರೆ | As I have explained in my earlier post raw mango Puliyogare ,  this is the signature dish of a particular community in namma Bengaluru called Iyengars community. The classic Puliyogare is spicy yet tangy and it always tastes better a few hours after it is being mixed with the cooked rice.
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ಪರಿಪ್ಪು ಸಾದಂ | ಬೇಳೆ ಅನ್ನ | One of the Tamilnadu special dish which I have tasted many a times in one of the famous south Indian restaurant “Saravana Bhavan” in Delhi (Connaught Place) and have recreated/made for numerous number of times at home till now. They basically make it using rice and lentil (pigeon peas),
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ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಪಲಾವ್ | Simple yet flavorful rice dish made by adding minimum vegetables and and less time consuming too with readily almost always available stuffs. You can make this Simple onion pulao when you are not in the mood to cook or when you are running out of time or there are no many vegetables
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ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರಿ ಪುಲಾವ್ | Very gladly sharing the recipe of Kashmiri pulao…. one of my most favourite dish ! It was there in my to do list since long time and tried it out in my own way…and it’s a big hit immediately. I have already made this yummy and aromatic Kashmiri Pulao repeatedly for many
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ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನದ ಪುಡಿ | ಗೊಜ್ಜಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನದ ಪುಡಿ Chitrannada Pudi, the word ‘chitranna’ translates to the tempered spicy rice dish which we prepare using home made masala powder called chitrannada pudi…..my mom’s one more signature rice dish, prepared by using this particular powder. No vegetables are used in this recipe. It almost tastes like the south Indian
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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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ಕೊತ್ತಂಬರಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಪುಲಾವ್ 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
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