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ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ   Shrikhand is one of the famous sweet dish from Indian cuisine. This delicious sweet is prepared using minimal and easily available ingredients. Adding of saffron, dry fruits and nuts makes it more rich in taste. Amrakhand is also a variation of Shrikhand, which contains the goodness of mangoes.  Shrikhand can be served as a dessert or side dish. It tastes good with Poori, Dosa and Tellevu . Try this easy dessert at home and let me know your feedback! Preparation time: 15 - 20 minutes Time to hung the curd: 7 - 8 hours Serves: 5 - 6  Difficulty level: Easy Ingredients: Hung curd - 1 1/2 cup Powdered sugar - 3/4 cup or to taste Cardamom / Elachi powder - 1/2 tsp Saffron strands - 10 to 12 Method: Take the hung curd in a large vessel and beat it for few minutes without lumps. To this, add the powdered sugar, saffron strands and cardamom powder. Beat it till everything is combined well.  Serve is as it is or ref...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ   Blueberries are one of among the Baker's favorite fruits. As the name indicates, these pretty fruits are blue in color and have a sweet and a bit sour taste. I had eaten fresh blueberries quite a few times, but never used them in baking. Last month, we bought the frozen ones to prepare smoothie and I thought of preparing Blueberry Muffins for the kiddo with the leftover fruits.  Whenever I plan to bake something, I need to think of the egg substitute first, since we wont eat eggs. This time, I decided to use milk to prepare my muffins. Experiment went on well and the muffins tasted good. But I felt like some more improvement is needed. Next time, I replaced milk with curd in the same recipe and yippee..muffins came out perfect! I have tried this recipe several times and yes! now its the time to share the recipe with you all!! Here is the recipe of Egg less Blueberry Muffins.. Preparation time: 15 minutes Baking time: 23 - 25 minutes Yield: ...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ   Ash gourd, also known as winter melon or white pumpkin, is used for preparing various dishes in Indian cuisine. Apart from regular dishes like Sambar, Majjige Huli , Palya and so on, delicious sweets like Petha and Halwa can also be prepared with this vegetable. Ash gourd is a good source of various nutrients like iron and calcium. Due to its nutritional facts, I love to use it in my cooking frequently. Kashi Halwa is a well known sweet dish prepared using Ash Gourd. Its a traditional sweet in Indian cuisine, I had tried it this time with slight variation. It was delicious and my family liked this sweet. I am sharing the recipe of Kashi Hawa / Ash Gourd Halwa here..try it and enjoy with your family! Time required: 30 - 35 minutes Servings: 6 Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Grated ash gourd (after squeezing the water content) - 1 cup (1 cup = 300 gm approx) Khova - 100 gm (yield from 1/2 ltr milk) Sugar - 1 1/2 cup or to taste Ghee ...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ At many rural places like my native, various fruits and vegetables are grown in their own estate. Rarely they buy veggies from the markets. Home grown vegetables are always healthy, tasty and are free from harmful chemicals and pesticides.  Here in Australia, we will grow few veggies like fenugreek leaves, tomato, chillies, etc. in our balcony garden. I love to use various leafy vegetables in my cooking. Few days back, we had got a big bunch of drumstick leaves from the grocery store. I remembered my Mom's way of preparing the Stir Fry and tried the same. It was so tasty and I prepared it one more time! Some recipes like this are always a hit at my home. Try out this recipe of Drumstick Leaves Stir Fry and enjoy with hot rice! Preparation time: 25 - 30 minutes Servings: 6 - 7 Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Drumstick leaves - 1 big bunch Amchur powder - 3/4 tsp or to taste Sugar - 1 1/2 tsp or to taste Salt - for taste  - For Masala ...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ   Kesari, Shira or Sheera is a popular sweet dish in South India. It is one of the most common sweets prepared in festivals, marriages and other occasions. Also, its one of the easy n rich treats for the unexpected guests! Main ingredient for this dish is Semolina / Sooji Rava. I had posted the Kesari / Shira recipe long back. Pineapple Kesari is a variation of that recipe, with added pineapple and of course, more flavorful! We had bought pineapple few days back for preparing Pineapple Jam . The fruits were large enough and juicy. There was a quarter piece left after preparing the jam and I used the same for making this Pineapple Kesari. Try this yummy Pineapple Kesari / Sheera and enjoy with your family :) Time required: 35 - 40 minutes Servings: 8 Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Medium semolina / Sooji rava - 1 cup Sugar - 2 cups Salt - big pinch Ghee / clarified butter - 2/3 cup Hot water - 2 1/2 cup Grated pineapple (inclu...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ   We have a big Indian grocery store nearby. I love buying few veggies from there which are rarely available in other shops. This time, I bought drumstick leaves from there and enjoyed preparing different dishes. Drumstick leaves has lot of health benefits. Its a good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium and anti oxidants. It helps in the well functioning of heart, eyes and nerves system. Drumstick leaves add a nice taste to the dishes. I love to prepare delicious Sambar, Stir fry, Dal, Tambli, etc, using these leaves. Let me share Drumstick Leaves - Tomato Sambar recipe today. Its quite easy to prepare, and tastes awesome with rice. Time required: 30 minutes Servings: 3 - 4 Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Toor dal - 1 cup (1 cup = 50 grams) Moong dal - 2 tbsp Drumstick leaves - 1 cup Tomato - 1 Salt to taste Sugar / jaggery (optional) - 1/4 tsp Tamarind - 1 1/2 tsp or to taste Onion (optional) - 1 small Water - 5 cups approx...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ If there are kids at home, demand for snacks will obviously be more. This holds good for our house as well and not only the kiddo, we are also snacks lovers! More than deep fried items, we like the baked goodies. This biscuit recipe caught my eyes sometime back while reading a local magazine. I just gave it a try and the biscuits tasted delicious! Original name of this biscuit is 'ANZAC Biscuit'. As I read in Wiki , the name of these biscuits is associated with Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). During the time of 1st World War, wives of the soldiers were preparing biscuits using flour, rolled oats, desiccated coconut, sugar, etc. They were sending those biscuits to the soldiers which had a good shelf life. There are several ways to prepare these ANZAC biscuits. This recipe was published in a local magazine during the time of ANZAC Day. Original recipe called for Golden Syrup. I have replaced it Honey and it worked out well! Recipe courtesy: Col...