Thatte Idli

Thatte Idli is Karnataka special recipe with idlis steamed in plates specially from Bidadi. Bidadi is an industrial suburb just outside Bangalore enroute to Mysore . Thatte Idli is super soft fluffy larger and flatter idli made in plates instead of the regular idli mould hence being coined as plate idli too . Thatte means…

Nippattu

Nippattu are crispy deep fried rice crackers from Karnataka cuisine . These are eaten as a evening snacks and are also made during festivals . Nippattu is a similar to Tattai from Tamilnadu and Chekkalu from Andra Pradesh . Each family has their own recipe and varies from region . Here I am sharing my…

Simple chicken curry for kori rotti

  Kori rotti is a popular spicy coastal south Karnataka dish. It is a traditional tuluva (Tulu speaking people of south canara) dish made up of a thin gravy spicy chicken curry served over thin crisp rice wafers . Kori means chicken and rotti is the thin crisp rice wafers. I buy these thin crispy…

Mavina (Mango )Menaskayi

Menaskayi is a sweet ,tangy and spicy side dish served at every feast in Udupi. Ingredients : Raw Mangoes – 500 gms. Grated coconut – 2 tbsps. Coriander seeds – 2 tbsps. Black gram Dal (Urad dal ) – 2 tbsps. Fenugreek seeds ( methi seeds ) – 2 tsps. Sesame seeds  (Black thill )…

Goli Baje (Mangalore Bonda )

Ingredients : Maida – 1 cup. Bengal gram flour – 1 tbsp. Green chillies -2. Ginger- 1 inch piece. Sugar – 1 tsp. Cooking soda – 1/2 tsp. Butter milk – 1/2 cup. Salt to taste. Oil to deep fry. Method : Crush green chillies and ginger. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl….

Nendra Bale Hannina Gole

 Ingredients : Ripe Plantain/banana ( Nendra ) – 2. Grated coconut – 2 tbsp. Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp ( chopped ). Green chilli  – 1- 2. Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp. Black pepper – 6 – 8 pods. Jaggery -a lemon size. Salt to taste. For Seasoning : Oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves. Method :…

Mysore Rasam

Ingredients : Thuar dhal – 1 tbsp. Coriander seeds – 2 tsp. Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp. Black pepper pods – 10. Red chillies – 2- 3. Tamarind –  pebble size. Garlic – 3 – 5 flakes. Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp. Asafoetida – 1/4 tsp. Salt, Jaggery as for taste. For seasoning : oil,…

Kaju Burfi

Mangalorean Kajju beeye Khadhi/ gsb style cashew burfi: Every year with the onset of wedding season I am always nostalgic about how as a child I used to attend weddings in my native place, Mangalore. After the wedding lunch,the packet of sweets distributed to all was much awaited.It is usually consisted of a boondi laddu…

Akki Rotti

Ingredients : Rice powder – 2 cups ( approximately.) Cucumber – 1. Carrot -1. Onion -1. Green chillies -2 ( finely chopped ). Grated Coconut – 1 tbsp. Chopped coriander leaves. Salt to taste. Oil for frying. Method : Peel and grate cucumber, carrot. Chop onion into fine pieces. In a bowl mix all ingredients…

Southekai (Madras Cucumber )Huli

Ingredients: Cucumber -1/2 kg. Chowli (lobia ) -1 tbsp.( heaped ). Grated coconut -2 tbsp. Coriander seeds -3 tsp ( heaped ). cumin seeds – 1 tsp. Fenugreek seeds -1/2 tsp. Red chillies -8. Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp. Cinnamon – 1/4″ piece. Asafoetida – 1/2 tsp. Tamarind -small marble size. curry leaves – few. Jaggery…