Belada Hannu Paanka is a juice made from the pulp of Wood Apple. This is must make Paanka during Ramnavami, where we make this along with kosambari and distribute it among friends and family. Belada Hannu / wood Apple/ kath bael, is a berry with extremely hard rind and soft and stringy pulp with a…
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WATermelon Jam
Watermelon jam!!! Yes you heard it right, watermelon jam. Not something that is very common. I had already made granita and smoothies this summer and didn’t want to repeat it and hence ended up making jam. But the Watermelon Jam turned out so good that now i get watermelon just to make jam. Try it out…
PAKoda – Onion Fritters , Pakode
I am lucky that though i live in a city with pollution & population, my house faces a forest making it feel like a hill station,the breeze is so pure and so cool… And the weather here from past few weeks has been heavenly. It is raining every single day making. Sitting at home…
Christmas Cookies
Remember I started with a post saying i have made 6 different cookies for this years Christmas Cookie box. Loved each and every one of them. Packed them up and sent them to friends…. Putting all the cookie recipe here for convenience ? BUTter Cookies LINtzer Cookies CRAnberry Pistachio Biscotti…
BEEtroot Tikki
Salad Nation, one of the community on Facebook asked me to judge a contest this month in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The contest’s theme was the Colour. Red, Pink or White. The other criterias were to keep the dishes healthy and be innovative .. Beets contain an antioxidant known as alpha-lipoic acid,…
COFfee Shortbread Cookies
Short bread cookies are these crisp, buttery, coffeey (if i can say that) ?. My mum had one and asked me if i can pack few for her. I said “Ofcourse i can”. I went into the kitchen and the bottle was empty. My husband who was standing there making tea had finished off…
HAYagreeva – Bengalgram sweet
HAYAGREEVA, is a sweet dish, a speciality from Karnataka. Hayagreeva is a sweet dish made with Bengal gram cooked with jaggery and flavoured with cardamom. Hayagreeva is specially made during Gowri festival and offered to goddess Gowri, mother of Ganesha. Hayagreeva is a super simple sweet dish that can be prepared in no time. Hayagreeva is one…
KAShāya / Kada – Herbal Immunity booster
Kashāya or Kada , is a decoction of spices that helps build immunity and the drink that gives you relief from cold and cough when had regularly. Kashaya is also known as Kada. Kashaya for us always meant some torturous horrible drink. It is used as a metaphor to describe a bad tasting, medicine. “Oh…
Anaanaas Gojju – Pineapple Curry
Anaanaas Gojju – Pineapple Curry is a sweet, spicy curry made using ripe pineapple and is usually had with hot steamed rice and generous amount of ghee. Anaanaas Gojju is a speciality of Karnataka and no wedding or festive meal is complete without this Pineapple curry. Anaanaas Gojju is usually made using pineapple but now a days…
AAM Papad -Homemade Mango Leather
Homemade Aam papad or Mango leather is sweet snack made during summer in most households. Made using sweet, ripe mangoes these were one of our favourite snacks as kids. I remember it being dried on a woven grass mat leaving an impression of the texture on the aam papad. Apart from Sandige and sun-dried tomatoes ,…