Badam Halwa

Wish you all a happy and colorful Holi.  Enjoy this sweet dish prepared using Almonds.

Cuisine: North Indian

Time Required: 30 Minutes + Soaking time

Badam Halwa

Ingredients:
1 Cup Almonds, soaked in water
1 Cup Milk
½ Cup Ghee / Clarified Butter
¾ Cup Sugar
¼ tsp Cardamom Powder
Few strands of Saffron soaked in Milk

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Gulab Jamoon

The dish is originally adapted from an Arabic dessert. During the Mughul era, it became popular in India. The Dessert is prepared using Milk Solids and Sugar. The easiest way to make is to bring the instant mix available in the market and prepare Jamoons.

Time Required: 40 Minutes

Gulab Jamoon

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Originally posted 2010-10-10 17:14:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Hannina Kayi Sasve

Fruits mixed in coconut and chilies sauce.  This is a traditional Udupi dessert served just before the meal on the plantain leaf ends.

Cuisine: Udupi, Karnataka

Time Required: 20 Minutes

Hannina Kayi Sasve

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Raghobdas Laddoo

Diwali festival is a great time to prepare and enjoy sweet dishes.  The recipe for today is a sweet dish prepared using Gram flour and Semolina.

Cuisine: Indian

Time Required: 25 Minutes

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Navanakki Holige

Today is Navrathri Padya (first day of Dasara) and holige is must have on this day in Mysore.  This holige is prepared using Navanakki and this is also known as Hurakki Holige.  A delicacy from North Karnataka.

Time Required: 30 Minutes + resting time for dough

Hurakki Holige

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Godi Laddoo

Sweet prepared using wheat flour.

Time Required: 25 Minutes

Godi Lddu Ingredients:
1 Cup Wheat Flour
¾ Cup Ghee
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
½ tsp Elaichi/Cardamom Powder
1tbsp Chopped Nuts (Cashewnuts, Badam/Almonds/Pistachios)

Method:
Heat Ghee in a thick-bottomed pan and add Wheat flour. Fry until you get an aroma (approximately 4 minutes) on medium flame. Remove from heat and let it cool. Add Sugar powder, Elaichi powder and nuts and mix well. Tie them into balls and store.

Originally posted 2008-02-16 12:50:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Glazed Nendrabale

This dish is very simple to make.  It is prepared using Kerala Banana, Clarified Butter and Sugar.

Time Required: 10 Minutes

Nendrabale - Kerala Banana

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Originally posted 2010-12-09 20:04:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Kusuri – Sakkare Kalu

Sesame seeds coated with sugar are auspicious to distribute during Makara Shankranthi in Karnataka. Making them is time consuming and exhausting. My mother used to prepare this along with her cousins when she was young and I was more than curious to know how it is prepared. These sugar kalu / balls are used to make ornaments for children.  The children (below 5 years old) are decked with these ornaments on Makara Shankranthi evening and a Aarathi is performed to the children.

Sakkare Kalu - Kusuri Kalu

Here is the method to prepare Kusuri Kalu.

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Navanakki Payasa

Happy Ugadi dear readers and the celebration feels complete with a cup of Payasa. The recipe for this Ugadi is a very unique and authentic recipe, prepared using Navani / Indian barnyard millet or sawa millet. Navanakki Payasa is popular in North Karnataka.

Time Required: 25 Minutes

Navanakki Payasa

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Sihi Kumbalakayi Bun

This deep fried dish is prepared using Sweet Pumpkin and this dish is from the kitchens of North Karnataka.

Time Required: 20 Minutes

Sihi Kumbalakayi Bun

Ingredients:
2 Cups Grated Sweet Pumpkin
1 Cup Grated Jaggery
1 Cup Wheat Flour
Oil for deep frying

Sihi Kumbalakayi Bun

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