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Finger millet balls(Ragi mudde)
Ragi mudde must be one of the most popular items of Karnataka cuisine. I have heard about it from the time I was a kid, but never got a chance…
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Rice with coconut masala(Chitranna with coconut masala)
Aayi has brought a big collection of recipes for me this time. Few of them are very traditional ones which her grandmother and others used to prepare. Aayi has hardly…
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AvrekaLu chitranna
AvrekaLu being the most popular beans found in Bangalore, it is used to cook almost all kinds of dishes from upma to dosa to gravies. As I mentioned in avrekaLu…
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Lentil pulav (Daali beTTi)
Until 2 weeks ago, I didn't know about this delicious Konkani dish. Daali betti is somewhere between a vegetable pulav and vegetable pongal. This is dry compared to bisi bele bhath.…
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Gulabi pulav
I guess the name comes from its color - 'gulabi', (rose color in few of the Indian languages). This recipe was sent to me by Pelicano. Before that I used…
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Kofta biryani
I saw this recipe in one of the cooking shows. As usual I had written down but never tried. Few days back, I was going through my recipe diary and…
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Spicy Pongal with side dishes (Khara pongal – HuLi gojju – Mosaru bajji)
It has been a challenge for me to make my husband eat Pongal. He never touched it whenever I tried it in Bangalore. I had never made it at home.…
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Rice with eggplant (Vangi bhath)
Vangi-eggplant, bhath-rice is probably one of the most popular rice items in Maharashtra and few places in Karnataka and Andhra. I say few places because it is not very common…
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Prawn Pulav (Sungta Pulav)
Few days back, one of my reader had requested for this recipe. So far I have tried making many types of prawn/fish pulavs. But I always loved this delicious prawn…
Biryani (with biryani mix)
Few days back I bought 'Shan' basmathi rice. A small packet of "biryani mix" was there in this rice bag. Before this, I always prepared biryani by the method I…