Cucumber raita is a quick and easy traditional side dish prepared with cucumber, Southekayi means Cucumber and sasive is  mustard, coconut and raw mustard is blended to a fine paste and added to chopped cucumber and seasoned. The unique flavour of mustard makes the dish special and taste great as a side dish for rice. 

Avial curry is a nutritious and delicious curry, a traditional dish of Kerala. It is a coconut based curry prepared with mixed vegetables, A great accompaniment to serve with steamed rice. It is an easy to make recipe which can be prepared in a short time. A classic dish prepared with vegetables like elephant yam, carrot, […]

Ganesha Chathurti is the Hindu festival celebrated in honor of the elephant-headed god, Ganesha. This is a very auspicious day celebrated to pray to the god so that every new activity that is started is successfully completed without any obstacles. Ganesha Chaturthi or Ganesha Festival is a day on which Lord Ganesha, the son of […]

Steamed vada is a low cal and healthy vada recipe which is able to incorporate the benefits of chana dal or Bengal gram. It is a healthier version of a deep fried masala vada/ fritter. A traditional Karnataka dish popularly known as Havi vade/habe vade. An easy to make recipe with simple ingredients.

Appam is a tasty traditional snack of Kerala. The easiest, tastiest and fluffy instant Appam is prepared by preparing a batter by using wheat flour, semolina and rice flour with jaggery, banana and cardamom powder, shallow fried in paniyaram pan by adding ghee, which taste heavenly delicious in taste, the natural flavor of banana adds an unique taste  to the […]

Sajjappa is an authentic, traditional sweet dish  prepared for festivals in Karnataka, especially around Mysore, Bangalore region. It is a delicious sweet dish. A stuffing is prepared with coconut, semolina (rava) jaggery and cardamom, stuffed in a dough prepared with fine semolina and all purpose flour and deep fried in oil, which makes a tasty […]

Chana Usli is a very delicious and popular recipe of Karnataka. It is very simple and tasty side dish prepared with soaked Kabul chana or white chickpea , boiled, drained and seasoned which makes a flavorful and tasty side dish to enjoy as a side dish for sambar rice. You can make similar type of usli with Kabul chana or white chickpea, brown chickpea, green gram or […]

Sesame rice, Ellanna or ellore in Kannada, ellu sadam in Tamil or til ke chawal is a nutty flavored healthy and tasty rice dish of Tamilnadu, a quick and easy lunchbox dish. It is also served as ‘naivedyam’ (prasad) in many temples especially on Saturdays.  A flavorful rice prepared with roasted black sesame and black […]

Seven cup burfi is a popular South Indian homemade sweet variety, it is an easy to make recipe which is made from seven type of ingredients. It tastes very close to traditional Mysore Pak, but with an additional taste & aroma of coconut. It tastes very delicious and a perfect sweet recipe to make on festivals […]

Raw Mango rice is a very tasty, quick and easy to make recipe and it is a perfect lunch box option. Raw mango rice is usually prepared by grinding roasted spices and other is just seasoning, It is prepared almost similar as Lemon rice recipe. But here taste comes from raw mangoes instead of lemon juice. Yum.. the […]

                  Karnataka’s traditional snacks, crispy, crunchy, spiced rings with an irresistible addictive taste, that is – Kodbale my all time favorite snack. A perfect snack to munch for evening snack with a cup of tea or coffee, or to serve as an after school snack, to pack as a […]

                  Puliyogare is the most popular South Indian dish. Puliyogare is also known as tamarind rice in English, it is a tangy-spicy South Indian Rice variety, which is known for its long shelf life and great travel food.  It is traditionally made using with tamarind juice, groundnuts or […]