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ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Looks like the winter is counting its final days now.. It was raining here from past two weeks. Due to rain, our bird friends were not able to go in search of their food it seems..they were spending all the day in our balcony! For me, it was a nice company with these pigeons and colorful parrots :) Now, the rain has stopped and the birds are back to work! But they will give a guest appearance at-least twice a day! Today's posting is a simple but special item which I learned from my sister. This is a kind of bread spread, i.e., peanut butter! It goes well with Parathas also. Ingredients: Peanuts - 1 1/2 cup Sugar 3 - 4 spoon (according to taste) Method: Roast the peanuts on medium flame and allow to cool. Remove the outer skin of peanuts. Grind the peanuts and sugar in a mixie jar into fine paste without adding any water. Transfer it to an air tight container. You can preserve it for 1 - 2 months....

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. I prefer this sandwich for breakfast or as snack while going for some picnic or tour. The reason is simple.. we can prepare it previous night itself so that there will be no worry about the morning breakfast! This recipe is from a Kannada magazine which I came across couple of years back.  Ingredients: 2 medium size carrots Finely chopped tomato - 2 tbsp 1 medium size onion - finely chopped Finely chopped curry leaves - 1 tbsp Finely chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp Green chillies chopped - 1 tbsp (you can add more if you want) Ginger - garlic paste - 1 tbsp Salt to taste Few drops of lime squeeze Bread - 1 loaf Ghee - for roasting the bread (optional) For seasoning: Oil - 1 spoon, Cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon, pinch of turmeric Procedure: Grate the carrots and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, turmeric and chopped green chillies.  Then, add ginger-garlic paste and saute until the raw smell is gone. Add chopped tomato and saute...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. This dosa is very easy to prepare and the batter won't need any fermentation to be done. Try it once, you will love this dosa! Servings: 2 Preparation time - 20 minutes (Soaking time 3 - 4 hours) Ingredients: Rice - 1 1/2 cup Fenugreek seeds - 1 spoon Grated coconut - 3/4 cup Ripe tomatoes - 2 Dried red chillies - 3 Salt to taste Procedure: Soak the rice and fenugreek seeds in water for 3 - 4 hours or overnight.  Grind the red chillies, grated coconut and chopped tomatoes in the mixer. Then, add the soaked rice and fenugreek seeds to this and prepare a fine batter. Add salt to the batter and mix it well. Heat the tava and prepare thin dosas. Serve hot with chutney . Sending this over to the August - 2011 Contest of Manjula's Kitchen.

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. For typical Havyaka kind of sambar, coconut and roasted spices (or curry powder) will be ground into a fine paste and will be added to the cooked dal and veggies. You can use different varieties of vegetables for preparing this type of sambar.  Serving: 3 - 4 people Preparation time: 40 minutes Ingredients: 1/2 Carrot 7 - 8 Beans Toor dal - 1/2 cup Moong dal - 1/4 cup Sambar Powder - 1 1/2 spoon Salt - according to taste Few curry leaves Tamarind - little Turmeric - 1/4 spoon Sugar / jaggery - 1/4 spoon Grated coconut - 1/4 cup Procedure: Chop the vegetables and cook them in a pressure cooker along with washed dal, 3 - 4 drops of oil, turmeric and sufficient water. After 3 whistles, switch off the flame. Grind the coconut, sambar powder and tamarind into fine paste. Pour the masala paste, cooked dal and vegetables into a vessel and allow it to boil. Add salt, sugar/jaggery and some water, to adj...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Hi, i am back with an easy easy recipe for sambar (curry) powder. You can store it in an airtight bottle and it will last for 1 - 2 months. So, don't go for buying the sambar powder this time; instead, try this recipe at home. Cheers! :) Preparation time: 20 - 25 minutes Ingredients: Cloves - 7 nos Cinnamon - 2 pieces Chana dal - 1/2 cup Urad dal - 1/4 cup Fenugreek (methi) seeds - 1 1/2 spoon Mustard seeds - 1/2 spoon Coriander seeds - 1/2 cup Cumin seeds - 1 1/2 spoon Asafoetida Turmeric - 1/4 spoon Curry leaves 4 - 5 Red chilli powder - 6 spoon (adjust as per your preference) Procedure: Add 1 - 2 drops of oil to the heated pan and roast all the above ingredients except curry leaves and chilly powder. Once they are roasted, add the curry leaves and allow the ingredients to get cool down. Transfer them to the mixie jar and prepare a fine powder. Roast the chilly powder for 2 - 3 minutes by adding few drops of oil. ...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Serving : 3 people    Preparation time: 30 minutes Ingredients: Finely chopped cabbage - 2 cups Green gram - 1/2 cup (soaked in water for 7 - 8 hours or overnight) 1 small onion Green chillies 2 - 3 Curry leaves Few drops of lime squeeze Salt - according to taste For seasoning: Oil - 4 spoon, urad dal - 1/2 spoon, mustard seeds - 1/4 spoon, turmeric - 1/4 spoon Procedure: Chop the onion and green chillies and keep aside. Heat the oil in a pan, add urad dal, mustard seeds and turmeric. Once they splutter, add green chillies, curry leaves, and then, cabbage. Close the lid and cook for 2 - 3 minutes. Then, add the soaked green gram and salt. If you want, you can add little sugar. Close the lid and allow to cook. When its almost done, add chopped onion. Cook it for 3 - 4 minutes and remove from flame. Finally, add the lime squeeze and mix well. It goes well with rice, roti or chapathi and dosa.

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Most of the days, our dinner will be accompanied by some or the other kind of roti or chapathi. I will keep on trying some or the other variations in doing them. Here is a version of Carrot Rotti, which is the result of my experiments in the kitchen. It suits for breakfast as well as for the lunch box. If you find it difficult to prepare it in the morning, you can keep them ready by previous night itself. Preparation time: 45 minutes You can prepare 8 - 9 rotis with the measurements given here. Ingredients: Wheat flour - 2 3/4 cup Warm water - 1 1/2 cup Salt to taste Oil Amchur powder - 1/2 spoon Red chilly powder - 1/2 spoon Kasoori methi - 2 spoon Carrot - 1/2 piece Method: Grate the carrot and keep aside. In a vessel, combine the wheat flour, salt, amchur powder, red chilly powder, kasoori methi and grated carrot. Add water little by little and make a smooth dough. Add 2 - 3 spoons of oil to this doug...