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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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 by adding brinjal and surprisingly it tastes
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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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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 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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We tasted this yellow lentil Paratha, for the first time, at our place when Mr. Jalan, a very good friend of Suresh, sent it along with ripened guava subji. Their cook made this paratha at their place I believe. This paratha is one of a traditional Indian flat bread which is popular and originated from
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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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Amla chutney powder | ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ ಪುಡಿ I am really very glad to have created this chutney powder recipe, which is prepared using amla or Indian gooseberry. Its not like nobody does this chutney powder, but I have created this in my own way to suit our requirements and also different people prepare this
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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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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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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 medicinal plant used widely in Indian medicine. It is also known by couple of other names like
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ತವಾ ಪುಲಾವ್ | Sharing the recipe of one of our most favorite rice dish, Mumbai famous tawa Pulao. I regularly make this particular pulao since last few years now. Initially followed the recipe of Chef Sanjyot Keer, but gradually made modifications as per our requirement to suit our taste and preference. This chili weather and
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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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Creamy tomato soup made absolutely in my own way without adding any kind of thickeners like, oats, corn flour, cream, butter, yogurt, lentil, rice flour etc or any kind of colour enhancers. So how do we get that creamy texture ? And the answer is nuts. Yes…. since long time I was trying to make
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Any kind of red coloured vegetarian rice dish fascinates me little more, than green and yellow coloured ones, no doubt I love those both colours as well …. but still I do prefer red !! And My children, when they were young used to call all the red coloured rice dishes like Puliyogare , gojjina
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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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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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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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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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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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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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My mom used to make these two snacks, whenever we would visit Tirumala Tirupati shrine and as a kid I would eagerly wait to eat them both. Both sweet & savory versions tastes yummy. Along with these two snacks, rave unde, Kuttavalakki, Kobbari mithai, besan unde, hacchida avalakki were the fixed sweets & savories we
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ಹೆಸರುಕಾಳು ಹುಳಿ/ವ್ರತದ ಹುಳಿ | Traditional, healthy, authentic, delicious huli/curry prepared using green gram or sabut moong dal or hesaru kalu. This one of those traditional dishes made particularly during ‘chaturmaasa vratha’. Both my grand mothers used to make this huli and my mother learnt from them, like wise further passed on to me. This is
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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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The word ‘menthya’ translates to ‘fenugreek seeds’, ‘sihi’ translates to ‘sweet’ and ‘huggi’ translates to ‘Khichdi’ in Kannada. This is a special dish prepared compulsorily for new mothers, during 2nd & 3rd postpartum month ie after the delivery of the baby, in some of the communities, to improve their overall health, blood, strength and for
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Here ‘soppu(soppina)’ is a kannada word for ‘green leafy vegetable’ and ‘huli tovve’ means curry made with special ground masala in addition to the sambar masala powder (huli pudi/sambar powder) what we use on daily basis. This huli tovve is particularly made using a kind of amaranth leaves (dantina soppu) which we get in Karnataka,
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ಬ್ರೊಕೋಲಿ ಪರಾಠ | There are some recipes which though I make regularly, never click the photo and post the recipe here. Always avert thinking that…..next time I’ll definitely post ! And this is one of those ! A very healthy, nutritious, full of health benefits and yummy broccoli parathas can be eaten with any kind
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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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Ambode is a deep fried lentil snack from our own state, Karnataka. The main ingredient used in this snack is split bengal gram/chana dal/Kadlebele. This is one of the most suitable festive savoury preparation, which is almost everyone’s first choice I can say Normally ambode can be called as a definite pair along with Holige/Puran
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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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ಕಲ್ಲಂಗಡಿ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಸಾರು – ಸೂಪ್ | After trying out my hands on Watermelon lassi, now I’m here with one more rare kind of recipe made using watermelon Watermelon curry – soup has become my most favourite curry/soup lately. I really look forward to prepare this curry more often. I got the basic idea of making this
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ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ಸೊಪ್ಪು ಮತ್ತು ಕಡಲೇ ಬೀಜದ ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು | Since some time, I was planning to make upma by adding fenugreek leaves (normally methi is not used while making upma) and co incidentally my sis – in -law Sandhya told me about adding Peanuts to the upma which, one of her friend does. So what next – I
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ಅನಾನಸ್ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಸೂಪ್| ಪೈನಾಪಲ್ ಸೂಪ್| An awesome soup with warming, comforting, nourishing as well as full of medicinal properties. Winter is the time when we look forward to have such a soothing soup…rather soups are excellent for winters. It is easy to prepare and make good starter for brunch or lunch or dinner. The Pineapple
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Pressed field beans and vegetables melogara | ಮೇಲೋಗರ | ಹಿತಕವರೇ ತರಕಾರಿ ಮೇಲೋಗರ | “Hitakavare melogara” is very much a seasonal curry or huli (sambar) prepared during winter. This is the authentic way of its preparation, to avail all the health benefits of winter vegetables. Most of the winter vegetables are used in this particular preparation….ie…
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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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ಪುದೀನಾ ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | One more type of chutney using Amla the seasonal fruit. This time I paired it with mint leaves and made chutney. I have prepared it in the same procedure which I follow while making pudina/mint chutney. I have just replaced tamarind with lots of Grated gooseberry. The Amla which we
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ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ನೆಲ್ಲಿಕಾಯಿ ಕೊತ್ತಂಬರಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಚಟ್ನಿ Yet another chutney recipe made in the combination of Coriander leaves plus Indian gooseberry. This one is also full of healthy ingredients and tastes yum yum. In this particular type of chutney, no need to roast anything, just gather everything and grind… that’s it.  In this way we could see
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ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ಸೊಪ್ಪು ಗೋಧಿ ಹಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಪೂರಿ | Though this is a deep fried recipe, this also has the goodness of whole wheat flour & fenugreek leaves ! It’s a very simple and easy recipe with very few ingredients. We can make once in a while. I make it at least once compulsorily during winter season every
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ಮೆಂತ್ಯ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಪರಾಠಾ | We get very fresh fenugreek leaves here now in winter. Anything made using fenugreek leaves tastes awesome and we all at home like this wonderful leafy vegetable very much. More and more dishes are prepared throughout the winter and we enjoy each and every dish. I make fenugreek leaves paratha in
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ಸೀಬೇಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | ಚೇಪೇಕಾಯಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ | Now its the season of Guava/amrood/seebekayi… Plenty are available in the market. So thought of sharing the recipe of guava chutney with you all. This is a mildly sweet more spicy chutney which one would like to eat as such. I make this chutney as an accompaniment to go
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ಜೋಳದ ರವೆಯ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ | Today let us learn about how to make rotti/flat bread using sorghum semolina/jolada rave. Sorghum which is called as Jowar in Hindi, Cholam in Telugu, Jola in Kannada, Cholum in Malayalam…. is a powerhouse of nutrients. Sorghum/Jowar also belongs to Millets category. Consuming millets has many health benefits and are economical
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ಹಿತಕವರೇ ಹುಳಿ | ಹಿತಕಿದ ಬೇಳೆ ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ ಹುಳಿ | I have earlier also posted this curry done with dry coconut and dry masala powder (Huli Pudi). But this huli/curry can also be prepared along with brinjal, flat beans, Potato etc. So today I’m going to post another version made with wet masala using fresh coconut &
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ನಿಂಬೆಹಣ್ಣು ಮಾವಿನಕಾಯಿ ಶುಂಠಿ ಹಸಿ ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ | Here I come with a mixed pickle which mainly uses lemon, mango ginger or fresh ginger as well as picador green chili (green chili available for making pickle) No need to mention about the enormous health benefits of Lemon. It has many nourishing elements like Vitamin C, B6,
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ಅವರೇಕಾಳು ಹುಳಿ | ಅವರೆಕಾಯಿ ಹುಳಿ | Come winter and…..special dishes using Avarekalu are made in most of the houses in Bangalore. Undoubtedly we are also its biggest fans !! This is very popular in Bangalore. It has many health benefits also. It has nutrients like Zinc, Iron, Copper, Vitamin B1 etc. This particular bean is
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ನಿಂಬೆ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಗೊಜ್ಜು | ನಿಂಬೆ ರಸದ ಗೊಜ್ಜು | We all are very well aware of the health benefits of Lemon and it is available though all round the year but in plenty during winter. Also the Lemons which we get in winter are very juicy & big in size. Gojju/curry is made using Lemon juice.
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ಮಾಟವಾಡಿ/ಮಾಟೋಡಿ ಪಲ್ಯ…. ಉಕ್ಕರಿಸಿದ ಬೇಳೆ ಮಸಾಲೆಯೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ Do not forget to check at the end of this recipe for an awesome, interesting twist which I recently made in this Matawadi Palya There are again different variations in making this dish, some use bengal gram and some pigeon pea and some people use both. I always make it
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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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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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A nutritious , healthy, soothing soup suitable for those rainy, cold chilly days. We all at home like this soup and this is one of our favourite. This soup has all the goodness of vegetables and sweet corn to the maximum. Except for boiling corn and sauteing vegetables , this soup is very less time
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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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Palak/Spinach saaru/rasam recipe explained with step by step procedure pics. This is one of a very healthy, simple, spicy & tasty saaru recipe, which is very aromatic and can be had as a soup as well. It is so tasty that one would feel like relishing on it without stopping. Of late this has become
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ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಕಡ್ಲೆಕಾಯಿ | ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಕಡಲೇ ಬೀಜ | Congress kadlekayi or congress Kadale beeja or spicy roasted peanut is a Coffee/Tea time snack. Roasted and de-skinned groundnut, tempered with spices & generous amount of Hing has different aroma and taste. This is an ever popular snack in Karnataka, that too specially in Bengaluru. Its an Iyengar
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One more summer cooler in a healthy way. Very easy to prepare and can be served during anytime of the day or after breakfast. During summer I always prepare this milk using slightly chilled milk…. so never use ice cubes. Where as in winters we can use warm milk , suitable for the weather. This
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Long back I got to know about this recipe from my friend and I was astonished to see chutney using only Almonds…..  but I tried it with using small quantity of fresh coconut also. It tastes more or less like coconut chutney and can be used as the accompaniment with almost everything. Can be made
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A healthy breakfast with the goodness of both broccoli and fenugreek leaves. Even I didn’t know that this is going to be so tasty before I tried. As far as I know, anything and everything prepared with broccoli turns out yummy. Earlier I had made this flat bread by putting cauliflower along with potato and
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We all know fenugreek (leaf or seed) is a kind of medicinal ingredient used in cooking. Its a rich reservoir of medicinal properties that imparts many health benefits. It lowers blood cholesterol, reduces risk of heart disease, controls blood sugar levels, good for skin problem, hair problem, menstrual problem, weight loss, cancer etc etc… there
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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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ಶ್ಯಾವಿಗೆ ಉತ್ತಪ್ಪ I’m here again with an instant Uttapa recipe which doesn’t need either any fermentation process or long waiting hours and it is definitely appropriate to prepare during winter season due to this reason. By the way, though this dosa can be definitely made in an instant version which is suitable for winter days,
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Huggi – Gojju, the pair made in heaven to relish during chili weather. Huggi is a savoury dish prepared using the combination of rice and yellow lentil/split green gram, cooked together until soft and tempered with some spices and herbs. This is the authentic method of making Huggi – gojju. This is a regular dish
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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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ಎಲೆಕೋಸು ರೈಸ್ ಬಾತ್ | ಎಲೆಕೋಸು ಮಸಾಲೆ ಬಾತ್ | ಎಲೆಕೋಸು ಅನ್ನ A very easy to make  and tasty rice dish with lot of health benefits. I prefer to cook this dish specially during winters as we get fresh & good quality cabbage here in Gurgaon at that time. Half – cup of cooked cabbage would provide
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ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಚಟ್ನಿ | It is definitely always pleasure to make and eat chutney prepared using vegetable and vegetable peel. We – the south Indians make chutney using the peel of many kind of vegetables Apart from containing vitamin A, carrot has health benefits including beautiful skin, anti ageing and cancer prevention. Carrot chutney can be
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