Motte Tovve
As I grow older and as I spend more and more time in the kitchen I realize that my idea of a well stocked pantry was too exhaustive. In fact my list can actually be cut down by half. If we are...
View ArticleGoogle reader to be retired
Friends, I recently found out that Google is retiring the Reader. All these days I have used the Google Reader to keep in tough with all you folks and your lovely blogs. My question is how are you...
View ArticleAvial - Majjige Huli
All cultures celebrate a vegetable medley dish. For some reason we all adore our mixed vegetable dish. They are just so festive and awesome. We Kannadigas we have Huli where all kind of vegetables...
View ArticleGrilled Veggie Salad
I got to know that recently a Kannada cookery show aired an episode featuring Oats in good old Akki Rotti. Ah! So good job Quaker and agriculture department of Australia. It looks like there are...
View ArticleBrussel Sprouts Rice
We Indians have long been a seafaring community. We have long gone to unknown lands and called it our home. Our forefathers went to lands as far as Guyana, Caribbeans,South Africa, Mauritius, Belize,...
View ArticleMethya Avarekaalu Khara Bhaath
I often always have stories to tell, reams and reams of paper to write, yarns and yarns to knit my stories,but the past few months have been surprisingly dry for no apparent reason. I had photographs...
View ArticleRicotta Almond Peda
It is my favorite time of the year. Dasara/Navrathri has begun and we as usual have the bombe (dolls) out and all set up. So for the first day I was thinking of making something special, not the usual...
View ArticleVangi Bhaat MIL style
Navratri is in full swing. This past weekend we went to a south Indian temple to see the Bombe habba. Then in the evening we went to a Punjabi temple for Durga aarti. Later we went to a Gujarati...
View ArticleDharwad Peda
Darasa continues. Today is Saraswati Pooja. May the blessings of Mother Saraswati be with us all the time. While writing my previous post on Peda, I happened to think of Dharwad Peda. Once the...
View ArticleCashew Burfi
My fondness for sweets is well known. I sometimes doubt if it is the sweets that i like better than the festival itself. And what can be better than nine continuous days of celebrations and of course...
View ArticleSorekayi Kofta Curry
Navrati to Deepavali is all about eating! It is another thing that to me eating well is a very big part of living well. But this time of the year is all about reckless and guilt free eating. But then...
View ArticleBendekayi Huli Gojju
Deepavali is just round the corner. Wishing you all and your families a very happy Deepavali. This year as usual most of my Deepavali 'tindi' is ready. Just Kajjaya needs to be fried. I will update my...
View ArticleKesar Peda
It is the time of the year to go crazy over shopping. Usually by this time I would be having my shopping list ready, would have checked the best prices for the stuff on my list and have a mental map...
View ArticleCranberry Jeera Rice
It is not that I love cranberries. It is just that I happened to buy a bag impulsively at Costco and struggled to finish it until I realized that they could be used everywhere we traditionally use...
View ArticleKhara Sev /Shevu and Deepawali Thindi
Every Deepawali I make loads of goodies to be shared with loved ones and friends. This time on the menu were the usual suspects Kajjaya, Godi Laddu , Seven cups and savory debutantes- Chakkli and...
View ArticleMango Phirni and tribute
This past weeks has been very eventful. In a sense it is an end of an era, things that make me feel that every new day I am growing old and the world around me is getting older too. Sachin Tendulkar...
View ArticleDhideer Chakkuli / Easy Chakkuli
This Deepavali, I did not have in stock Mom's or MIL's Chakkuli flour also means that it is about time I go home. So I was forced to make my own. Obviously I do not have the luxury of flour mills,nor...
View ArticleHesaru Kalu Menasina Saaru
Money and power corrupts us mortals like nothing else, more so my fellow Indians who are rich and powerful. As an expat, it is very uncomfortable when a fellow Desi is apprehended for violating the...
View ArticleTomato Tovve
Wishing all my readers a very happy new year. I spend the fag end of 2013 back home in India with my loved ones. We spent some good time together, ate great food and yapped to our heart's content. I...
View ArticleThe Holy Grail called Jalebi..
More stories from India. My little Sunny boy was a very picky eater till his previous trip to India. During our last visit, when he was just about two, we visited India and he fell in love with the...
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