Here we are at the final week of Blogging Marathon #100. This month is quite special as we completed 100 months of blogging as a group and we are forever grateful to Srivalli for starting this. Not only we log together, we also get together every two years and have…
Today, we will visit the state of Karnataka. As with every state, Karnataka also has it regional cuisines and so it is such a huge list of recipes to research. When I read about this Mangalore Veg biryani, I was hooked. When we make biryani, we don’t add coconut in…
Belgaum kunda is a sweet made in the town of Belgaum by Rajasthani Purohits. I read an interesting comment in an article stating that Belgaum / Belagavi is named as Kunda Nagari in Kannada Visvamelana Samman by the then CM Yediyurappa. The base for this amazing sweet is milk and…
For this week’s second post on the theme Indian States, I selected a savoury deep fried snack from Mangalore. Popularly known as goli baje or mangalore bajji, this has maida as the star ingredient. I went through so many recipes. Some had only maida, some had rice flour, some had…
I am taking part in the Indian Cooking Challenge after a long time. Nowadays I spend more time on baking related posts that I have completely forgot about other posts. I really need to do some variety for hubby and child. When Valli announced the recipe for the month, I…
Today we reach Karnataka and I present you one of Karnataka’s popular dishes. It is one of the four South Indian states and it shares its boundaries with Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra and Maharashtra. Karnataka is one of the states which is closer to my heart as I have lived…
When I resided in Mysore, I used to eagerly wait for Sankranti so that I can get ellu bella from my friends and neighbours. Each and every house has their own version of this snack and we used to get so many packs of ellu bella from friends during the…
This is the second type of Kodbale I tried for Indian Cooking Challenge. This version is different from the first type which I posted earlier. While the previous kodubale uses kopra, this kodbale uses peanuts for flavour. The maida is also steam cooked instead of roasting. The shape is spiral…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli selected a nice crunchy savoury snack from Karnataka. Kodbale is a very famous snack in Karnataka and I have enjoyed it during my stay in Mysore. When I was in college, I once attempted to make Kodbale myself with out mom’s help at…
Bisi bele bath is a famous dish from Karnataka. As the name suggests the rice consists of dhal and is served piping hot. Some call it as bisi bela huli anna. As tamarind is also added to the rice it is called so. What ever the name is, we are…