My Minimalism Summerised
A few reasons why I believe in minimalistic lifestyle. 1. Lower carbon foot print: the less we need, the less burdensome it is on Mother earth. Ex: fewer things we buy, lesser the demand and therefore...
View ArticleMy Pantry
Typically Indian kitchens (though in India and else where in other countries) are the most crowded part of the house. Mine was no exception. I started out with one suitcase full of cookware and things...
View ArticleAloo Badane Gojju / Potato Egg Plant Gravy
It is the peak summer time here in North Eastern United States. This time of the year we binge on fresh vegetable. Often we pick our own if not grow them. People who do not like their vegetables...
View ArticleVegetable Biriyani
I am very very very fond of Biriyanis. There is a magic when rice is cooked right with a bunch of aromatic spices and loads of fat. Amma's Chicken Biriyani happens to be my favorite along with the...
View ArticleHalasina Kayi Khorma
Jack fruit is one of the most beloved fruits in southern and coastal Karnataka. Back home, as the temperature starts to tick upwards the school calendar becomes shorter and shorter and exams are just...
View ArticleAkki Shivige Chitranna
Akki Shavige or rice vermicelli used to be a love of labor. When we were young Shavige was something we got to eat when we visited our grandparents during our summer vacation. It was like a festival....
View ArticleRagi Vegetable Uppittu
A heavy breakfast is the order here. Somehow all the three of us thrive on a heavy breakfast. Now that they say breakfast is good for us. Back home it has always been that way. The typical routine of...
View ArticleAvalakki Spinach Uppittu
In this age of hyper information, as much as life gets easier, it also gets complicated in other ways. We are constantly bombarded with 'health' foods and panaceas on all of media. Reader's Digest to...
View ArticleMixed Veg Paddu
One very critical as aspect of cooking in the ability to innovate. There are times we realize we have run out of an ingredient mid way through the cooking. Or there are times when we have to...
View ArticleBurfi
I have an incurable sweet tooth. Somehow I manage to have at least a small piece of sweet every single day. Despite the ill effects of sugar, I am hooked. Sugar like a lot of other stimulants does...
View ArticleBrown Burfi
Happy Navratri and Saraswati Pooja. It is my favorite time of the year. While it is a time for many to fast, it is time to feast here. Now is the time I end up making loads of goodies and...
View ArticleParis Pranaya
Paris, it does elicit a variety of reactions. To a lot many it is a romantic destination, to some it means fashion, for a foodie like me it is a place I have been curious about for a long time, to be...
View ArticleOdisha Odyssey Part 1
Odisha has intrigued me for a long time now. Having never been to east or west India, my only window to these places were the people who hailed from these places that I met way away from either my...
View ArticleOdisha Odyssey Part 2 Konark Sun Temple
Day 3: The whole family was up and ready well before 8 AM and hit the breakfast buffet. On the menu were Idli, tasty Sambar and terrible Chutnies, sticky sweet Upma, Aloo Puri, toast,eggs, fruit and...
View ArticleOdisha Odyssey -Part 3 Puri
The drive from Konark to Puri should have been a picturesque one long back. Today the roads are comfortable but the stretch of road that run parallel to the seas shore is completely covered in litter...
View ArticleRasayana
Wishing you all a very Happy Mahashivratri. Shivratri is said to be the day on which Lord Shiva in order to save the world consumed the poison that emerged from Samudramanthana. Alarmed Parvati then...
View ArticleUgadi Playbook - How to put together a traditional Ugadi feast without the fuss
Wishing all my readers a very happy and prosperous Kannada new year. I rarely ever end up wishing my readers on festivals. Ugadi for instance, I had grand plans of wishing my readers but turns out...
View ArticleBananti Uppittu
Babies bring joy to the world but to new mothers babies not only bring joy, they also bring anxiety, worry and a bunch of other emotions. New mothers without much support are no doubt lost and find it...
View ArticleRagi Shavige Uppittu
Food fads are fleeting. But some of them can actually be good and doable like 'millets'. Millets are the latest darlings out there. Move over oats (or am I too early on oats!), super buddy 'Mr....
View ArticleStuffed Paratha
Paratha! Something that is quick and relatively easy to make and has the potential to be lick smacking good. However, not all parathas are created equal and it is very rare that we come across good...
View ArticleHerekayi Gojju
My food blogging efforts have come down drastically. This year I have been super lazy looking at the number of posts. It is also true that since I started blogging the world wide web has changed so...
View ArticleBananti Saaru
I have been meaning to post more postpartum recipes but lagging behind. A few months back when a dear friend had a baby, I had an opportunity to make some special postpartum dishes for her. Here is...
View ArticleKichdi
Kichdi- the word brings about myriad memories. It is a very popular staple in most rice consuming societies. We Kannadigas have our own huggi/ bisibelebhaath, Tamils have their pongal, Oriyas,...
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