Nowadays fruit carts are filled with so many exotic berries and fruits. I wanted to Celebrate my niece‘s 10 th result and thought of using natural fresh fruit to prepare some dessert and made this. Th…
Raw Mango Rice / Mavinakayi Chithranna
Mangos are in season now. My daughters love to have raw mango rice in their tiffin box and this preparation of mine is one of their favourite rice items. Ingredients: To make rice: Rice – 2 cups, Salt…
Kantola Tawa Fry
Kantola has many names like Spine gourd, Mada hagala, .Locally we call this as “Kaadu peere” in Mangalore .Kantola is one of the famous and nutritious vegetables of the coastal region and loved by all…
Wild Mango Saasive / Wild Mangoes in coconut and mustard sauce
Last week my sis-in-law gave me these wild mangoes from her hometown and lucky me, I got this after so many years and I prepared this traditional curry out of it. Wild mangoes have sour and sweet comb…
Detoxifying Ash gourd-Brahmi and Pomegranate juice
Raw vegetable and fruit juices are helpful in restoring our health. One can include this juice in the early morning with an empty stomach, after working out or walking. This juice has highly nutritive…
Bannangayi Dosa /tender (young) coconut Dosa:
When I was a little girl, my mom used to work and I used to spend the summer vacation at my grandparents’ house. I used to enjoy at the farm house by having an unlimited supply of Mangoes, tender coco…
Banana Halwa
Banana Halwa was an integral part of my childhood. Usually, this Halwa is made by using Kerala big banana which is called as” Nendra variety” but in our home, we used to have lots of overripe bananas …
Lemongrass Tambli
Lemongrass is used as a culinary as well as medicinal herb in the Asian continent. It has a mild citrus flavour with sweetish taste. It can be used in a dried, powdered or fresh form in various things…
Raw Mango and Coconut chutney
There are so many ways to make lip smacking good Mango chutney. This is traditional mango chutney from Mangalore, South of Karnataka and it is mostly ground to a thicker consistency and is also called…
Kadle Bele –Gerubeeja Payasa / Chana dal and Cashew Kheer
Happy Ugadi! Ugadi is celebrated as the beginning of a new year in India (but through different names). In Bangalore, we start this festival by eating neem and jaggery. Neem denotes the bitterness we …