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It has been a long break from the blogsphere. I could not muster the motivation to click pictures after cooking and writing. I was wondering if I had hit the wall and run out of words! That looked...
View ArticlePav Bhaji (without Potatoes)
Hmmm... What is Pav Bhaji doing on Kannadacuisine? I was actually thinking if I should post this recipe at all. Well there is nothing Kannada about Pav-Bhaji, but then there is nothing Kannada about...
View ArticleChocolate Cashew Burfee for Navratri
It is my favorite time of the year! The season of festivals, joy of celebrating the victory of good over the evil and of course great food. Here is wishing you all a very happy Dasara. Dasara...
View ArticleRagi Halbai
It has been very busy on personal front. Though there is a lot of cooking happening in the kitchen, there is a dearth of motivation to take pictures and write about my beloved food. It does not help...
View ArticleHuli Soppu
Here comes one more recipe that has been in my inbox for god-knows-how-long!! We Kannadigas pride ourselves with simple, unpretentious every day food. Most often than not, our every day foods fits...
View ArticleJola Rawa Dosa
With the explosion of internet there has been proliferation of many things. Social media - which sometimes can be good like connect you with a long last friend while also connecting you to that...
View ArticleWhy Minimalism
Of late I do not seem to have much to say at all. So I am planning to integrate my other blog here and hopefully find motivation enough to keep the writing going on. Henceforth I plan to write about...
View ArticleMy 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...
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