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ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ   Healthy food habits are good for everyone. Our daily food intake should have a balanced portion of pulses, dairy, fruits, nuts and other things. Being hard core vegetarians, I always try to serve the best food for my family. Today, I am sharing a healthy recipe with you all. These Energy Balls are so delicious to eat, and comes very handy while you are on a trip, hiking, sports activity and also for kids snacks. I have not used any nuts in this recipe since my kids love to carry them for school snacks, and nuts are not allowed in school. You can use any combination of dried fruits and nuts for this recipe. Preparation time: 20 - 25 minutes Difficulty level: Medium Yield: Around 23 balls of medium size Ingredients: Oats: 1 cup Desiccated coconut: 1/2 cup Pitted dates: 2 1/2 cup Chia seeds: 4 tbsp Cocoa powder: 2 tbsp Orange zest: 1 tbsp Coconut oil: 2 tbsp Recipe Instructions: Take the oats and make a coarse powder using a mixie or food processor....

Who loves chocolates? I know, most of us love chocolates. Chocolates are good to eat in any form and any time. Here is one easy and quick recipe using cooking chocolate and rice bubbles. I guess, rice bubbles can be replaced with our own Murmura (Mandakki) if its not salty; but I have not experimented it yet. These Choco treats are my kiddo's favourite snacks. Also, they are perfect for kids parties, food stalls, picnic and travels. Here is the recipe of Choco Crackles to munch on any time! Preparation time: 15 minutes Difficulty level: Easy Serves - 27 byte size treats  Ingredients: Cooking chocolate (I have used dark cooking chocolate)- 100 gram  Rice bubbles (plain, white ones) - 2 1/2 cup Coconut oil (or Copha)- 1 1/2 tbsp  Cooking method: Heat coconut oil and cooking chocolate in a double boiler. Or, fill water in a wide pan upto 1/4th. Place a vessel inside and start heating. Put the oil and chocolate in the inner vessel.  K...

As everyone is restricted from going outside due to COVID - 19, its a bit hard to manage the kids at home all day. And, more household work like cooking, cleaning vessels, cleaning and the like. I am trying to involve kids in doing the household chores a bit. Here is a recipe which can be done involving the kids. Potato Podi or shallow fried potato slices are always on demand in our home.  Preparation time: 20 -25 minutes Difficulty level: Medium Serves: 4 Ingredients: Potato (big ones) - 2 Sooji rava (Course Semolina) - 3 tbsp Salt - to taste Red chilli powder - 3/4 tsp or to taste Oil - for cooking Method: Peel off the skin of potatoes and cut them into thin slices. Mix together sooji rava, salt and red chilli powder in a small bowl.  Coat the potato slices with the rava mixture by dipping them in the mixture. Cook them on the hot tawa by drizzling a few drops of oil. Flip them a few times to ensure even cooking. How to cook ...

I rarely prepare deep fried items at home. Dishes like Poori, Bajji, Bonda are always tempting. But as far as possible, we want to avoid eating food thats too oily. But I can't avoid making Chaklis when there's huge demand from my daughter! Months back, I had eaten Chakli at one of my Aunt's home. They were so tasty and I was surprised to hear that she had used Curd for making those Chaklis! Then one fine day, again on daughter's demand, I tried Chaklis using my own selection of ingredients along with curd. They turned out so crunchy and yum! This recipe looks very handy and easy for me now. Here is my easy peasy Chakli recipe for you all..  Preparation time: 2 hours Difficulty level: Medium Yield: 60 challis (varies depending on the size) Ingredients: Rice flour - 4 cups Roasted bengal gram dal / Pottu Kadalai - 1/2 cup Butter - lemon size Salt - for taste Sugar - 1 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder - 2 tsp or to taste Carom seeds / Ajwain - 1 tsp...

My school going daughter has recently developed a great craving for snacks. Everyday after coming from the school, she asks for some snacks thats crunchy. I rarely entertain store bought snacks at home and also, she loves homemade food. So, I always keep a stock of 2-3 varieties of homemade snacks for her. One among those is Spiced Phool Makhana. These crunchy balls are very addictive and they are a good source of protein and Vitamin B too! Puffed Phool Makhana is available in most of the Indian grocery stores here. With this, one can easily prepare this delicious snack anytime. So, here is the recipe of Spiced Phool Makhana or Lotus Seed Snacks.. Preparation time: 15 minutes Servings: 8 - 10 Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Phool Makhana (Lotus seeds) - 100 gm Cooking oil - 4 1/2 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder - 1 tsp or to taste Chaat masala - 1 1/2 tsp Salt to taste Sugar powder (optional) - 1 1/2 tsp Method: Take a wi...

Hi everybody, I am here with a new recipe after long time. Life has made me busy with the arrival of our second baby. Taking care of two naughty kids is not an easy task. But I'm not exhausted, I'm enjoying this phase of life with them :) Well, this is the recipe of Chakli which my Mom prepared during her stay with us. My daughter is a big fan of Chakli and this was made on her demand. Try this melt in mouth Chakli and I'm sure you will love it! Preparation time: 2 hours Soaking time: 2 - 3 hours Difficulty level: Difficult Yield: 60 Chaklis (depending on the size) Ingredients: Rice - 1 big cup full (1 cup = 175 gms) Roasted rice flour - 3 1/2 cup (approx) Till seeds - 4 tsp Cumin seeds - 2 tsp Carom seeds - 2 tbsp Butter - lemon size Salt to taste Oil for deep frying Water for grinding Method: Wash the rice 2 times and soak it in water for 2-3 hours.  Drain the soaked rice and grind it along with till seeds, cumin seeds an...

Being born and brought up in a village environment, we rarely used to eat the bakery food. All we knew was only Bread those days! We didn't had an oven, so there was no chance to eat any baked food at home. When I started going to college, I came to know about more varieties of bakery food and got addicted to them. Veg Puffs are one of my favourite bakery food. Making the pastry sheets at home is bit tedious task. These days, puff pastry sheets are available in super markets, so making the Puffs at home is not that difficult. Here is my version of Veg Puffs! Preparation time: 30 minutes Baking time: 25 minutes Difficulty level: Medium Yield: 6 Veg Puffs Ingredients: Eggplant - 1 (small sized) Potato - 1 (medium sized) Capsicum - 1 halve Beans - 4 to 5 Green peas - 1/2 cup (*see Tips) Onion - 1 large Salt - to taste Amchur powder - 1/2 tsp or to taste Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp or according to taste Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp Oil - 3 tbsp (plus...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ Chips are perfect snacks for tea time! Varieties of chips can be prepared using different vegetables. At my native place, people prepare chips using vegetables like raw banana (plantain) chips, raw jack fruit chips , bread fruit chips, sweet potato chips , etc. Raw banana (plantain)s are available in all the seasons and hence, one can prepare Raw Banana Chips anytime. There are different varieties of bananas, the one known as 'Nendra Baale' is one among them, which is perfect for preparing chips. Both me and my hubby like varieties of chips prepared at our native place. Since it has been a while we visited native, sometimes we miss the native style food here. Whenever I find raw banana (cooking banana)s in Indian stores, I remember those crunchy and tasty chips prepared at my native. One fine day, I prepared chips using those cooking bananas which were there in the pantry. I came out nice and after adding my mom's style masala powder , it tasted the same ...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ   After coming back from work, having a cup of hot tea blended with spices is my Hubby's daily routine. We all would like to have some snacks along with evening tea, with lot of talk and laughter since it is the relaxing time for us! Me and Hubby prefer home made snacks all the time and so, I maintain at least 2 - 3 varieties of snacks in my pantry most of the time. Just like every other kid, my daughter also loves the store bought biscuits and snacks. So, we buy her favorite snacks sometimes from the stores. Cornflakes Mixture is one of the tea time snacks which I prepare. We do buy plain cornflakes to make breakfast on lazy days, but most of the time I will use it for making the Mixture. This mixture is easy to make and goes well with your cuppa tea!  Preparation time: 5 - 10 minutes Servings: 15 approx Difficulty level: Easy Ingredients: Plain Cornflakes (Breakfast cornflakes) - 5 cup (measured in big cup) Groundnut - 1/2 cup Almond...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ There are some well known areas for shopping in Bangalore and one of them I like most is Gandhi Bazar. Evening time will be really good to roam around there, and our shopping will be complete only after having some food, preferably chat food. You can see so many chat shops serving various chat food to the never ending crowd. I had been to Gandhi Bazar with my sister quite a few months back. She knows that area very well and we did plenty of shopping. We were really tired and feeling hungry. She took me to a chat shop in Gavipuram Area. Mango - Sweet Chat from that shop was her all time favorite. So, we ordered the same enjoyed eating. It was so good and so yummy!  Unripened Totapuri mangoes are perfect for this chat recipe. Grilled sweet corn and finely chopped mangoes are really a wonderful combination. This chat food has become one of our favorite snacks for the evenings. Here is the recipe of Mango - Sweet Corn Chat for you! Time required: 20 - ...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ.  As all of us know, fruits are very good source of nutrients needed for our body. For fruit lovers like me, anything that's made using fruits sounds delicious! Recently, we had enjoyed the season of grapes and enjoyed various dishes with fruits. Apart from regular fruit salad and ice creams, I wanted to try something new with fruits this time. What came to my mind is Fruit Sandwich which I had long back in a restaurant. I still remember the taste of that yummy sandwich filled with lots of seasonal fruits and cream.  For various salads and ice creams, pineapple makes a good combo along with juicy grapes. I just used these two fruits along with cream for the filling. My family enjoyed eating this delicious sandwich for the evening snacks and everybody liked it.  Below is the recipe of Fruit Sandwich for you! And here is a small tip before you go ahead for preparation..don't forget to keep all the ingredients refrigerated before ...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ.  The season of jack fruit has started now in India. Raw jack fruit is very good for cooking. Various dishes and also papad and chips are prepared from this seasonal vegetable. Some sweet varieties prepared using jack fruit are Jack Fruit Kadubu, Jack Fruit Halwa, and so on. Jack fruit chips always resembles me the memories of childhood. At my mom's place, my mother and aunts used to prepare jack fruit chips in large quantities with the intention of preserving and using it for the whole year. Ours is a joint family and we were four kids with the same age group. Hiding the chips containers from our eyes was a big challenge for them! It was just like a hide and seek game :) Even now, every time while preparing chips, my mom and aunts will remember this and keep laughing! Jack fruit chips will remain good for up to a year if prepared using good quality of cooking oil. Below is the recipe of Jack Fruit Chips:   Preparation Time: 2 1/...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Girmit is a special snack variety of North Karnataka region. It looks bit similar to churumuri, but the ingredients used here are totally different. For Girmit, we use split peas (called as Putani in Kannada) powder which will give a unique taste to this snack. Whenever we travel to native by train, we would love to have Girmit / Churumuri which will be sold by Chaatwalas during the journey.  I hope, this yummy snacks with a cup of hot tea will make a perfect evening for you n your family :) Preparation time: 10 - 15 minutes Servings: 2 Ingredients: Puffed rice / Kadlepuri / Mandakki - 1 1/2 bowl Oil - 3 tsp Groundnut - 4 tsp Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Curry leaves 8 - 10 Turmeric - 1/4 tsp Green chilli paste - 1 tsp or to taste Onion - half Sugar - 1/2 tsp Lime juice - 2 tsp or to taste Salt to taste Chopped coriander leaves (optional) - 2 tsp Split peas (Putani) powder - 1 1/2...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ . This snacks resembles the memories of my childhood. I was born n brought up in a joint family. So, myself and 2 - 3 of my cousins we of the same age group. Daily, we used to have some snacks after coming back from school in the evening. Poha seasoning was our favorite snacks those days and most of the days, we used to demand for the same :D Even when I was working, I used to carry this poha seasoning for my lunch box. Although its not a stomach filling snack, I was preparing it for lunch box on some lazy days ;) There, it was a big hit! My colleagues were fond of this poha and they used to finish my lunch box whenever I carry poha! And I was satisfying myself with somebody else's lunch box :) This poha is a perfect snacks for evening time with a cup of hot tea or coffee.  Preparation time: 15 minutes Servings: 2 Ingredients: Thin poha / Paper Avalakki - 2 1/2 bowl Groundnuts - 3 spoon Urad dal - 1/2 spoon Dry red...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Gavvalu is a famous snack item from Andhra. Few months back, one of my Andhra friends offered these lovely goodies to us. We were wondering about the shape of these goodies! They look alike small shells and tastes very nice.Then, she told me the recipe of these sweet shells. But there was a small confusion. She told that she had used the Gavvalu board, a small board with zig zag surface to give that shape to the Gavvalu. Then, I searched in Google for an alternative for the Gavvalu Board. I ended up with two easy alternatives which are - a fork or a big comb! I tried with both, but for giving a nice shape, I felt the comb better than fork. These days, I am maintaining a separate comb in the kitchen exclusively for Gavvalu preparation! These sweet shells goes well with a cup of hot tea or coffee. Or simply you can eat them anytime (like me??) :) Be cautious a bit while eating Gavvalu..coz you can't stop munching them!!    ...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Onion Samosa is a famous snack of Hyderabad. I heard about this samosa from some of my friends and tried it at home. It was so good and tasty n we liked it a lot. It will have a crispy outer layer and will be smooth from inside. For learning this recipe, first thing I did is I checked the Vah chef video and followed the same procedures. Later, wanted to go for a healthier version. I tried my own variations in the original recipe and prepared Oats Samosa! As all of us know, oats is low fat healthy food and many people prefer having oats for their breakfast to reduce the fat. These samosas can be preserved for 1 - 2 days and are perfect for evening snacks. Preparation Time: 1 hour Servings: 3 Ingredients: 1) For the dough:     Wheat flour - 1 cup     All purpose flour / maida - 1 cup     2 tbsp oil     Salt to taste     Water 2) For stuffing:  ...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Spring roll is a kind of Chinese appetizer which will be perfect for evening snacks. It will have a nice crispy layer from outside and a smooth and spicy stuffing inside. The name 'Spring Roll' is because of Chinese people who eat this dish during Spring festival.  Spring roll sheets will be available in supermarkets and I used to buy the same earlier. Then, I tried preparing these sheets at home. Preparing the sheets at home is bit time consuming, but if you can't get them from the shop, definitely you can try preparing the sheets at home.    Preparation Time: 1 1/4 hour Yield: 8 spring rolls Ingredients: 1 ) For Spring Roll sheet: (you can buy it from supermarket as well)      All purpose flour / maida - 1 cup      Pinch of salt      Water to prepare the dough 2 ) For stuffing:      Thinly sliced (lengthwise) onion - 1...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. My hubby loves to have a cup of tea once he is back from office. If he comes home bit early, I would like to prepare some or the other snacks along with tea. We both enjoy having some snacks while watching the TV programs. My sister used to prepare this kind of snacks at the evening time. Thanks to my dear sister for this recipe :) Don't get confused, its chana dal & not sweetcorn ;) Preparation Time: 5 minutes Soaking Time: 1 hour Servings: 2 Ingredients: Chana dal - 1 1/2 cup 2 green chillies - chopped Chopped coriander leaves - 2 table spoon Mustard seeds - 1/2 spoon Pinch of asafoetida Oil - 1 spoon Lime squeeze - for taste Salt to taste Method: Soak chana dal for at-least 1 hour. Heat around 1 spoon of oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and let it splutter.  Then, add chopped green chillies and saute for a minute.  Add soaked chana dal and asafoetida. Add salt and 1/4th cup of water. Cook it closed for 5 minutes and saute it 1 - ...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Bakarwadi is a famous snack item from Maharashtra. This crispy snack will have a spicy stuffing with the hint of sweet and tanginess. Chitale Bandhu is a famous brand who are very popular in India for preparing Bakarwadi. I love the Mini Bakarwadi of Haldirams too! After making few trials, finally I was able to prepare these nice snacks at home :)  Preparation Time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours Ingredients: 1 ) For the dough:      All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup      Besan flour - 2 tbsp      Salt to taste      Red chilli powder - 1/2 spoon      Water - little more than 1/4 cup      Oil - 1 spoon 2 ) For the stuffing:      Dessicated coconut - 3 tbsp      Poppy seeds - 1 tbsp      Red chilli powder - 2 spoon (according to taste)      Sugar - 2 spoon  ...