A sweet bread stuffed with Coconut mixture. Kayi Holige is prepared during festivals especially during Gowri-Ganesha festival. Cuisine: Karnataka Time Required: 1 … [Read more...]
Annada Kesaribhath – Festive Rice Recipe – Zarda Recipe – Meethe Chawal Recipe
Annada Kesaribhath is a delicious aromatic festive Rice, prepared using whole spices, Sugar and Saffron. This is prepared during festivals. Cuisine: Karnataka Time Required: 1 … [Read more...]
Antina Unde – Dinkache Laddoo – Dink Ladu – Dry Fruits Laddoo
Sweet dish prepared using dry fruits and nuts and edible gum. Antina Unde is prepared for lactating mothers in Maharashtra and North Karnataka. Time Required: 40 … [Read more...]
Dry Fruit Chikki – Lonavala Chikki Recipe
Dry Fruit Chikki are dry fruit squares prepared using nuts, sugar, and honey. Time Required: 30 Minutes Ingredients: 1 Cup Almonds 2 tbsp Pistachios 1 Cup Cashew nuts 3/4 Cup Sugar 1/4 … [Read more...]
Gasagase Payasa – Poppy Seeds Payasa Recipe – Khus Khus Kheer Recipe
Gasagase Payasa is a sweet pudding prepared using Poppy seeds. Cuisine: Karnataka Time Required: 25 Minutes + Soaking Time Serves: 4 Ingredients: 1 tbsp Gasagase/Poppy … [Read more...]
Karchikayi – Coconut stuffed sweet dish – Karanji – Karida Kadabu
Karchikayi is a crispy puffed sweet with coconut stuffing. 21 Karchikayi is prepared and offered to Lord Ganesha on Ganesha festival and during Sankashta Ganapathy Pooja. Cuisine: Karnataka … [Read more...]
Jalebi – Jilebi Recipe
Jalebi is a sweet dish, which looks like a maze is prepared using flour, deep fried and dipped in sugar syrup. It is also known as Zulbia, Jilapi, Mushabak, and Zalabia. Time Required: 30 … [Read more...]
Hoornada Holige – Puran Poli – Obbattu
A sweet flat bread, stuffed with a mixture of Jaggery and cooked lentil. This is also known as Obbattu and Puran Poli and is prepared on festivals. Time Required: 1 Hour Makes: … [Read more...]
Masala Chai – Masala Tea Recipe
Tea prepared using spices. A favorite drink among Indians and the only place on this earth where tea is literally cooked. Time Required: 10 Minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients: 4 tsp Tea … [Read more...]
Kashmiri Chai – Kashmiri Tea Recipe – Spiced Almond Tea Recipe
Tea prepared using Almonds, Cinnamon, Saffron and Cardamom. This concoction is very popular in the beautiful state of Kashmir, India. Cuisine: Kashmir Time Required: 10 Minutes Serves: … [Read more...]
Chocolate Tea
Chocolate flavored Tea. Time Required: 10 Minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients: 3tsp Tea Powder 1 Cup Milk 1 Cup Water Few chunks of dark Chocolate with 1tbsp Milk or 2 tbsp Drinking Chocolate … [Read more...]
Bangalore – LalBagh – Bengaluru
Lalbagh is a Botanical Garden situated in South Bangalore, India. The garden was commissioned by the ruler of Mysore, Hyder Ali in 1760. His son Tipu Sultan completed the 240 acre gardens. The Glass … [Read more...]
Baby Corn Fingers
Spicy, sweet and crispy Baby Corns. It is delicious and children love 'em. Time Required: 20 Minutes Ingredients: 10 Baby Corns 2 tbsp Gram Flour/Besan 2 tbsp Rice Flour 3 tbsp Corn … [Read more...]
Orchid Spathoglottis Plicata
Spathoglottis Plicata is a species from the Far East grows very well in South India. It is a terrestrial orchid with large bulbs and is good landscaping plant in frost-free areas. A long spike … [Read more...]
Orchid Cymbidium Bicolor
Orchid Cymbidium Bicolor is widely found in Western ghats and Himalayas. Picture above: Cymbidium Bicolor in Bhadra Sanctuary It is a tufted robust orchid with large false bulbs and pendulous … [Read more...]
Upakarma – Janivara Habba
Upakarma festival is solely for the men. The others also join in by preparing delicious food as naivedhyam / blessed food and eating together. This festivals falls on Shravana Nakshatra (a star) on … [Read more...]
Swarna Gowri Vratha – Gowri Habba – Gowri Festival
Swarna Gowri Vratha/Pooja is celebrated by girls and women in Karnataka and Andhara Pradesh. Goddess Gowri is the mother of Lord Ganesha. This festival falls in the hindu month of Bhadrapada, August - … [Read more...]
Rakhsha Bandhan
Rakhsha Bandhan festival is a celebration of the brother-sister bonding, celebrated mainly in North India. It falls on Poornima / full moon day in the Hindu moth of Shravana. August - September … [Read more...]
Masala Thepla – Indian Flat Bread – Methi Chapathi – Methi Roti Recipe
Masala Thepla is a type of bread prepared in Gujarat. This has a long shelf life and is very suitable to carry while travelling. Time Required: 25 Minutes Serves: 2 Ingredients: 1 … [Read more...]
Tossed Salad
Tossed salad is easy to make and is extremely healthy. I always make this as everybody in the house likes the colors in the salad. This salad goes well with any of the Indian Bread. Time … [Read more...]
