Chicken Ghee Roast

Rich, spicy, smoky, and coated in a deeply roasted dark masala, this Chicken Ghee Roast is a true celebration of Mangalorean cuisine and a dish that is guaranteed to impress.

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…