Sweets are always a traditional part of our festival meal. One of the most popular sweets are burfi/barfi .The flavor of a barfi is often enhanced with fruits or nuts. The base ingredient can be coconut, besan/gram flour or even with milk…
We wish all our readers a Very Happy Ganesha chaturthi. May God Ganesha bless you all with good health and ample wealth. Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chaturthi is one of the most important festivals in Karnataka. Traditionally, it is celebrated…
It is festival season in India. Started with Bheemana amavasye where girls/women worship shiva as the light of life. Next comes Nagara panchami . And then the major festivals Gowri and Ganesha festivals. Every home is decorated with colorful rangoli…
Payasa/kheer/payasam can be prepared from many different things like Fruits, dals, rice you name it. Each payasam is has its own flavor and taste. Here is one of my favorite payasam using jackfruit/halasina hannu. It is very easy to make.…
Shravana maasa is month of festivals. Nagara panchami, mangalagowri and finally gowri festival , we make tambittu to offer to god and also we do aarati with this tambittu. Simple to make, healthy and for naivedya, here is the recipe…
When I was reading about this seemebadane kayi/chayote Chayote/Bangalore Brinjal/Chow Chow I found out it is actually a fruit. I always though it is a vegetable. Chayote is low calorie, high fiber squash with excellent source of Vitamin C, and…
Gul Pavate is a very traditional sweet which can be prepared with fine sooji/chiroti rava or it can be prepared with whole wheat flour. Healthy and delicious gul pavate everyone will love this. This particular sweet can be prepared in…
Holige/poLi /obbattu/Bobbattu can be prepared using varieties of stuffings like dals, dates, peanuts and so on… Holige is one of my favorite sweets. This one is using freshly grated coconut and jaggery.