Festival Food

Gowri and Ganesha Festival Platters – Festival Food – Habbada Adige

Wish you all a very happy Gowri - Ganesha festival!  Shopping, mantapa decorations, and preparing delicious festival food mark the…

Balehannina Payasa Recipe – Banana Payasa Recipe – Plantain Pudding Recipe

Tomorrow is Hindu New Year - Ugadi.  This festival is celebrated by worshiping god and eating Neem flowers mixed with…

Hesarubele Muchore – Green Gram Savory

Here is a recipe O Hesarubele Muchore for the Gombe habba.  This crisp savory is prepared using Rice and Green…

Singada Halwa

Singada Halwa is prepared using Water Chestnut flour. Singada is also known as Water Caltrop. Let us start Dasara festivities…

Kharjurada Holige – Dates Stuffed Bread – Khajoor Poli

Wish you all a very Happy Ugadi! What better way to usher the new year than Kharjurada Holige / Bread…

Sweet Kolkotte – Sweet Steamed Rice Balls Recipe

Sweet Kolkotte is a dish where steamed rice balls are mixed with Coconut and Jaggery mixture. This is prepared during…

Mudde Payasa – Banana Rice Payasa Recipe – Kela Chawal Kheer Recipe

Mudde Payasa is prepared using cooked Rice and Ripe Banana. Cuisine: Dakshina Kannada Time Required: 25 Minutes Ingredients: 1 Ripe…

Spicy Ammini Kozhukattai

Spicy Ammini Kozhukattai  is prepared using Rice flour.  Ammini means small, the small Rice balls are steamed and tossed in…

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…

Bamboo Rice Payasam

Bamboo Rice Payasam / pudding is prepared using Bamboo Rice, which is known as Mulayari in Malayalam. Cuisine: Kerala Time…

Kusuri – Sakkare Kalu – Shankranti Sesame Seeds Sugar

Sesame seeds coated with sugar is known as Kusuri – Sakkare Kalu.  These are distributed during Makara Shankranthi in Karnataka.…