Though my mother tongue is Kannada and we speak the same at home, our language gets infiltrated with a few words from the regional language- Tamil.So for a few ingredients / terms I use the Tamil equivalents! So once when we went to visit my grandparents , grandpa told me that there were a lot…
Jeerige Menasu Saaru | Cumin and Pepper Flavored Rasam
I am a person who can survive on rasam rice and curd rice or either of the two for any length of time. The meal does not seem to be complete if either of the two are missing. I can forego sambar but never rasam or curd. Such being the case, I love to try…
Heeraykaye Thovvay | Ridgegourd in Dal
Here comes another dish from my ‘magic folder’. Long back, before there was this plan to do A-Z regional cuisine, I had made a list of dishes that I wanted to highlight on my blog. The list had dishes from the Madhwa cuisine,mostly family recipes and some specialties from Karnataka. So when I went to…
Dwadashi Gangi | Rice – Coconut Milk Porridge
We are on the 4th alphabet today in the Journey Through The Cuisines . While looking up for recipes in this series, I made note of only the recipes that were simple and were a part of out day to day cooking.For D, I was not sure what to cook until I saw this dish…
Balehannu Kosambari | Sweet and Savory Banana Salad
When it came to choosing a recipe for the alphabet B in this Mega Marathon- Journey Through The Cuisines, I was spoilt for choices! I could do dishes with Bale Kaye[Raw plantain], Bale Hannu[Banana],Bale dhindu[Plantain stem],Bendekaye[Ladies Finger],Badhanekaye[Brinjal],Bellulli[Garlic],Battani[Green Peas],etc. I first listed out all the elaborate dishes that could be made with these ingredients and then…