Mangalore southekayi (cucumber) sambar is a very tasty and easy sambar made with cucumber, coconut, and spices.  It is made without tamarind and tur dal which is normally used for making sambar. Coconut gives the sambar a rich taste and thickness to the sambar.  It is a traditional sambar recipe that is prepared especially during festive […]

Holige/Obbattu / Puran Poli is a popular, traditional festival sweet that is prepared during the Ugadi festival. Pineapple Holige is an Innovative Holige/Puran Poli, in which stuffing is fresh Pineapple, Coconut, sugar/jaggery, a healthy and a tasty dessert for any occasion. There are numerous versions of Holige with a variety of stuffings, Pineapple Holige is one among them.  

Raw Mango rice is a very tasty, quick and easy to make recipe and it is a perfect lunch box option, another version of making Mavinakayi chitranna where raw mango, coconut, and chilies are blended and added while seasoning which makes a delicious rice variety.   

Avalakki Kesari bath is one of the simplest and easiest sweet dish made from avalakki / poha / flattened rice, milk, sugar, ghee, cardamom powder and nuts and is very delicious and easy to make a desert. An easy to make prasad to offer God /easiest festive sweet.

Hurida Akki Thambittu is an authentic south Karnataka sweet dish, a festive sweet prepared to offer God during Shivratri, Ganesha chathurti, Nagara panchami festivals. It is prepared using rice flour (roasted rice), jaggery, grated dry copra, roasted peanuts, cardamom… which makes a tasty and delicious laddu’s.

Chikkina unde or chigali unde is a traditional sweet dish prepared with dry roasted black sesame and jaggery, made into round shaped laddu’s, then dipped in a batter prepared with all purpose flour, deep fried in oil, an easy to prepare and easy to store laddoo ‘s, these laddus have distinct flavour and very tasty.  Black sesame […]

Sweet  urad dal vada is a traditional sweet recipe, a simple to make recipe made with soaked urad dal , grated jaggery and cardamom which makes a delicious snack served along with medu vada in festive occasions, a tasty snack which is crispy outside and soft inside, a authentic south Indian snack followed from generations, […]

Thengol is a crispy crunchy,snacky, snack. Very easy to prepare recipe in a short time, a scrumptious snack prepared with rice flour, urad dal flour, which makes a crispy and tasty snack, one of a common snack prepared  for festivals like – Krishna Janmastami, Ganesha chathurti, Diwali and other occasions. A perfect snack to store for […]

Sweet Poha is a very easy to make recipe with thin flattened rice flakes. In Karavali region sweet poha is prepared and offered to God as a Nivedyam/Prasad, during pooja’s. Flattened rice is said to be favorite delicacy of Lord Krishna. Sweet poha is called as ” Pancha kajjaya ”  which is made from five […]

Today Ushaupchar is stepping into 2nd year 🙂  it as been exactly two years i started blogging, I thank you all for giving such a huge support and encouragement to share my recipes. On this occasion i am sharing this yummy and an easy to make recipe of  Coconut Gulkand Burfi made with coconut, gulkand, […]

Tutti fruity burfi is an easy to make yummy sweet, a rich and tasty sweet dish prepared with condensed milk, milk powder, ghee, tutti fruity and rose essence makes a flavorful dessert for any occasion. Quick and Easy Burfi recipe.   

Cornflakes mixture is very easy deep fried snack, a traditional Indian snack, It is a tasty hot and sweet namkin that can be easily prepared at home, An easy to make snack for any occasions, which can be made in a bulk/large quantity in a short time easily. A healthy and tasty snack to munch […]