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Snap Melon Cooler | Mekkehannu Payasa

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ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ We grow different kinds of vegetables in our backyard every summer. This year, while ordering seeds online, we also found Snap Melon seeds. Hence, after many years, we finally got to enjoy Mekkehannu payasa again! This fruit - also called Ibbudla or Kyakarike Hannu - gives a wonderful taste to the payasa. When it is still unripe, it tastes extremely bitter, but once it ripens and cracks open, it becomes soft and melts in the mouth. The kids really enjoyed watching this fruit split open on its own, and our little boy even calls it “Hatch melon”! Here is the recipe for this payasa, which can be prepared using just a few ingredients: Preparation time: 5 - 10 minutes Difficulty level: Easy Serves: 3 Ingredients: Snap melon (Mekke hannu) - peeled, seeds removed and chopped - 2 cups Sugar - 5½ tablespoons or adjust to taste Cardamom powder -  ½ teaspoon Cold milk - 1½ cups Sabja seeds / Kamakasturi seeds (optional) - 2 teaspoons (soak in water for 20 m...
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Spinach Palya / ಪಾಲಕ್ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಪಲ್ಯ

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Ingredients: Spinach leaves - 1 bunch Green chillies - 2 Red chilley - 1 Grated coconut - 4 table spoon 1 onion - sliced sugar - 1/4 spoon salt - as per taste Few drops of lemon squeeze For seasoning: oil - 3 spoon, urad dal - 1/2 spoon, cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon, 1 red chilley Procedure: Wash the spinach leaves thoroughly, chop nicely and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan, add red chilley, ured dal, cumin seeds. Once they are roasted, add sliced green chillies. Then, add the chopped onion and saute for a while. Now, add the chopped spinach and allow it to cook by closing the lid for 7 - 8 minutes without adding any water. Once it is half-cooked, add salt and sugar and mix well. After it's done, add the grated coconut and remove from flame. Finally, add the lime squeeze and mix it well. Serve with rice or chapathi.
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Butter Biscuits / ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ ಬಿಸ್ಕಿಟ್

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ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ..   Ingredients: Butter (@ room temperature) - 1 cup Powdered sugar - 1 cup (about 3/4th cup of sugar will make 1 cup of powdered sugar) Elachi  4 - 5 Maida flour - 2 1/2 cup to 3 cups Method: Take sugar and elachi in a miksi jar and make a fine powder. Beat the butter until its smooth and fluffy. Then, add the powdered sugar little by little and continue beating. Finally, add the maida flour and make a smooth dough. Make small balls out of the dough prepared, flatten it a bit and keep them on the greased baking tray. Preheat the oven to 200º C and bake the biscuits for 20 - 25 minutes. Once it is done, take them out and allow to cool for sometime. Store them in an airtight jar. 
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Avarekaalu (hyacinth beans) Samosa / ಅವರೆಕಾಳಿನ ಸಮೋಸ

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ  ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ..    Ingredients: Avarekaalu (hyacinth beans): 1/2 kg Cinnamon pieces, cloves, marathi moggu, dhaniya - 2 table spoon Coriander - 1 bunch Little Pepper Ginger - 1/2 inch Green chillies - 10 nos (depending on your taste) Fenugreek (Methi) leaves - 2 bunch All purp. flour (Maida) - 1/2 kg Little butter Cooking soda - a pinch Salt - as per taste Oil  for deep frying Method: To start with, remove the outer skin of the hyacinth beans. Take Cinnamon pieces, cloves, marathi moggu, dhaniya, and pepper and fry them in a pan without adding any oil, and make a smooth powder out of it. Put green chillies and ginger in miksy jar and prepare a paste. Finely chop the methi and coriander leaves and keep aside. Take all purp.flour, add little butter, salt and cooking soda and mix it well. Prepare a smooth dough by adding water, kneed it well and keep it aside. Cook Avarekaalu in a pan by adding 1 table spoon oil and litt...
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