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Gadbad Ice cream is a famous dessert of Karnataka. As I read in Wiki, its the signature dish of a ice cream parlour based at Mangalore. Me and my Hubby both are big fans of Gadbad Ice cream. Every time we visit our native place Sirsi, we will visit the ice cream parlour at least 2 - 3 times just to enjoy Gadbad Ice cream! Layers of chopped fruits, ice cream jelly, dry fruits and nuts make this ice cream delicious and rich in taste. I love to prepare Gadbad Ice cream at home when I have ripened mangoes in my pantry. Try this delicious ice cream and let me know your feedback! Preparation time: 30 - 35 minutes Refrigeration time: 1 hour Servings: 2 Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Ripened mango - 1 Apple - half slice Banana - 1 Sugar - 2 tbsp Raisins - 3 tbsp Broken cashews - 4 to 5 tbsp Cherries (for decoration) - 2 Tutti frutti (optional) - 2 to 3 tbsp Ice cream - as required Method: Chop apple, mango and banana finely. Combine them in a mixing bowl. Ad...

Different kinds of leafy vegetables are part of our healthy diet. They are good source of various nutrients and taste delicious as well. One among those leaves is Amaranth Leaves. We buy it often from the vegetable market. Amaranth leaves are a good source of calcium, iron and vitamins. They are good for preparing stir fry, sambar, hashi, saasive and other side dishes. Below is the recipe of Amaranth Leaves Stir Fry / Harive Soppina Palya.. Preparation Time: 20 - 25 minutes Serves: 2 Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Amaranth leaves / Harive soppu - 1 bunch Dry red chillies - 2 or 3 (adjust according to taste) Urad dal - 1 tsp Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Asafoetida / Hing - a pinch Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp Cooking oil - 3 tbsp Grated coconut - 1/2 cup Salt to taste Amchur powder - for taste Jaggery / sugar - 1/4 tsp or according to taste (see Tips) Onion (optional) - 1 Method: Wash the amaranth leaves in clean water thoroughly. Chop them finely. I...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ   Makara Sankranti is one of the famous festivals which is celebrated by Hindus. January is the month when different agricultural crops are ready for harvest. Makara Sankranti is known as the festival of harvests. In different parts of India, this festival is celebrated with different names like Pongal, Bogi Pallu, etc. At my native, we prepare 'Sankranti Kalu', tiny balls of sugar syrup which will have sesame seeds inside. Being kids, we were enjoying eating them during those days. All the people in the household along with friends and relatives enjoy eating them with other festive specials. This festival will end up with a sweet note - 'Eat sweet and talk sweetly'! Most of the people prefer buying Sankranti Kalu from the shops since preparing them at home is a hectic job. At my moms place, they usually prepare Sankranti Kalu at least in small quantity for offering to the God. Me too prepared it at home this time for my Kiddo :) Preparat...

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   Palak Paneer, is a famous side dish from North Indian cuisine. Paneer cubes are dipped in Spinach gravy with added spices, which tastes delicious with Chapathi, Roti and Poori.  Palak plants are easy to grow even in your balcony. One of my friends have gone for vacation last month and she had left her plants at my place. She gave me her spinach plants and shared a nice tip. Don't take out the whole plant when it is ready for plucking. Take out only the grown up leaves and leave the plant to grow again. This works nicely and the leaves are again ready for plucking within 3 weeks! I had planted some spinach plants in our backyard when we were in Adelaide, but I didn't knew about this. Hope this tip will be useful for you as well! And, wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year!  Below is the recipe of Palak Paneer: Time required: 30 minutes Servings: 3 Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Spinach leaves - 1 big bunch To...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ  Paneer or Cottage Cheese is a common ingredient in most of the North Indian side dishes. Also, there are varieties of sweets which calls for Paneer as the primary ingredient. Since Paneer is easily available in super markets and convenience stores, most of the people prefer to buy them instead of preparing it at home. If you have enough time, preparing Paneer at home is not a big deal.  Here is the recipe of Home - made Paneer.. Time required: 30 - 35 minutes Hanging time and refrigeration time: 2 hours Yield : 25 pieces Ingredients: Full cream milk: 1 1/4 liter Half lime A Muslin cloth Method: Heat the milk in a vessel and bring to boil.  Once it starts boiling, add 1 table spoon of lime juice and stir it nicely. Keep it on medium flame and stir regularly. After 1 - 2 minutes, add one more spoon of lime juice. You can see the milk starts curdling slowly.  Add little more lime juice if required. Keep stirring t...

ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ Don't know whether I am becoming more busy (or lazy!) these days, its becoming tough for me to invest time for blogging. We were roaming around different places during the week-ends and kiddo keeps me busy during the week days! Even I tried varieties of dishes, but couldn't click the picks being with her. We had a memorable Diwali celebration this time. There are more Indians in our locality. So, we took part in Diwali celebrations at different places. We celebrated the festival at home one day. I had prepared Holige / Obbattu for Diwali this time. In fact I prepared Seven Cup Burfi and Mysore Pak too! But they were for kiddos playgroup and hubby's office. There are different ways to prepare this Tovve. My version was slightly different earlier; after I learned this version from my friend Maitri, I just shifted to this method. Try this simple and easy curry and let me know your feedback! Preparation time: 20 minutes Serves: 2 Difficulty lev...