I wish you all a very happy Ugadi and Hindu New Year. This year it is the Sri Krodhi Nama Samvatsara. Wish you a prosperous and healthy new year! Habbada Adige (festive food) plays a very … [Read more...]
Happy Ugadi 2023
I wish you all a very happy Ugadi and Hindu New Year. This year it is the Shobhakrit Nama Samvatsara. Let everything be shobha (grace) to everyone! Habbada Adige (festive food) plays a … [Read more...]
Palash Leaves Cup Making
During festivals and pooja, friends and family are given the Arishina and Kumkuma (Haldi and Kumkum) and the prasada (blessed food) like Kosambari, Gugri, Sathyanarayana Prasada (sooji halwa) are … [Read more...]
Happy Ugadi 2022
I wish you all a very happy Ugadi and Hindu New Year. This year it is the Subhakritu Nama Samvatsara. Let everything be shubha (auspicious) to everyone! Habbada Adige (festive food) plays … [Read more...]
Happy Ugadi 2020
Wish the readers a very happy Ugadi and New Year. I wish and pray that you are all staying at home and are safe! Hope the beginning of the New Year brings great joy and destroys all evil. This … [Read more...]
Edakkal Caves
Do you want to come face to face with the drawings made by your ancestors in the Stone Age period? Have you ever wondered about the way they lived? You can get some answers with a visit to Edakkal … [Read more...]
Vaikunta Chathurdashi Vratha
Vaikunta Chathurdashi Vratha is a religious practice that people vow to perform in the Hindu month of Karthika, which is October – November in the Gregorian calendar. It is performed for 14 years and … [Read more...]
Dharwad Peda Holige
Wish you all a very happy Ugadi! May you have a wonderful new year with new joyous beginnings! Ugadi festival is the time when the kitchen is filled with the aroma of Mavinakayi Chitranna, … [Read more...]
Habbada Thindi and Panaka – Festival Snacks and Juice Recipes
Food and festival go hand in hand in India. Special dishes are prepared on festivals and during vratha (observance). Habbada Adige / festival food is prepared on all festivals. But … [Read more...]
Carrot
Carrot Kosambari is a favorite and a very common traditional salad in Mysore so is Carrot Halwa in North India. While teething, babies are given a piece of peeled Carrot to gnaw so as to comfort the … [Read more...]
Siriyala Shashti
Shiva Shiva endare bhayavilla Shiva namake sathi berilla (2) The above lyrics is a famous song from the movie Bhaktha Siriyala starring Lokesh, Aarathi, and Ashwath. The meaning of the … [Read more...]
Poha Salad – Beaten Rice Salad Recipe – Avalakki Salad Recipe
This tasty salad cum snack is prepared in Maharashtra households. Time Required: 20 Minutes Ingredients: 1 Cup Soaked Poha / Beaten Rice 1 Cucumber, Chopped finely 1 Tomato or few Cherry … [Read more...]
Bamboo
Presence of Bamboo in most of the South Indian wild life sanctuaries like Bandipur, Madumalai, Bhadra, Nagarhole, Tholpetty, and Kabini has played an important role in sustaining the wild and avian … [Read more...]
Jackfruit
The Jackfruit tree is an evergreen tree belonging to Moraceae family and the botanical name is Artocarpus heterophyllus. Jackfruit is native to South and Southeast Asia and has been cultivated in … [Read more...]
Chickpea – Channa
Every December and January vendors would tie chickpea plants full of tender pods on their cycles and would cycle through the streets selling them. It used to be a tasty and protein rich snack for us … [Read more...]
Vaththu Shavige – Idiyappam Recipe – Rice Vermicelli – Nool Puttu Recipe – String Hoppers Recipe
This is also known as Idiyappam in Tamil and Malayalam. It is known as Vaththu Shavige or Akki Shavige in Kannada and is prepared on Bheemana Amavasya festival. This Rice noodles is served in many … [Read more...]
Talacauvery
The birth place of Cauvery / Kaveri River is Talacauvery. It is nestled in the hills of Brahmagiri range near Bhagamandala, Kodagu district, Karnataka at 1,276 meters (4,187 feet) above sea level. A … [Read more...]
Celebration of Hindu New Year in different regions of India
New Year is celebrated all over India in different ways and is also called by different names. Some states follow the solar calendar and some follow the lunar calendar. In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh … [Read more...]
Bili Yellu Pudi Chitranna – Sesame Seeds Rice Recipe – Til Bhath Recipe – Til Rice Recipe
Tasty white Sesame Seeds rice from Karnataka. Time Required: 30 Minutes Ingredients: 4 Cups of Cooked Rice Salt to taste For the Masala: ½ Cup White Sesame Seeds, Roasted 4tbsp … [Read more...]
Kurtakoti
Kurtakoti is a small village situated 16 Kms from Gadag and every single summer holidays of mine was spent here. My Grandfather was the zamindar and the police Patil. The main occupation of the … [Read more...]
