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Kaayi Unde or Kaayunde is one of my favourite sweet snacks from childhood. As the name indicates, the main ingredients in this sweet dish are coconut and jaggery. To make it more tastier, nuts like toasted groundnuts or cashews can also be added.  Here is the recipe of Kaayi Unde for you all! Time required: 30 minutes Difficulty level: Medium Serves: 28 balls  Ingredients: Fresh grated coconut - 3 cups Jaggery - 1 cup (either powder or liquid)  Roasted groundnuts - 1 cup Cardamom powder - 1 tsp Recipe Instructions: Take the toasted groundnuts, peel off the skin and pulse them in the mixie or food processor into small chunks. Combine fresh grated coconut and jaggery in a wide pan, keep mixing it on medium flame.  Slowly, the water content in the coconut releases and the jaggery combines well with the coconut. If the mixture looks too dry, you can add 1 - 2 tablespoon of water to make it moist.  Keep mixing the mixture for around 20 minutes, till you see the mixtu...

  ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ   Just like every year, our summer veggie patch is on full bloom this year too. When there are so much home grown veggies, its very hard to choose the veggies for your cooking, when you don't want anything go waste! We are making a good use of home grown veggies in our daily cooking, sharing some with friends and also, preserving some in the freezer for the winter months.  A few of our white radish plants grew up taller, they didn't produce any bulbs, but we could see big bunches of radish beans on the plant. Then, I got to know from one of my friends that, radish beans are good for cooking curries and stir fries. I tried my hands on making 2 - 3 varieties of stir fry (Palya), and here is the one which was liked by all.. Preparation time: 25 - 30 minutes Difficulty level: Medium Serves - 5 Ingredients: Radish / Muli beans - about 3 cups Salt - to taste Sugar - 1 tsp Amchur powder - 3/4 tsp  - For Seasoning: cooking oil - 3 tbsp, Ur...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ   Cucumber is one of those vegetables which is widely used in Indian cooking. Its summer here, and we are making a good use of cucumbers. My cooking style goes more towards my native style food when its summer; we enjoy preparing and eating native style curries like Hashi, Tambli, etc which are mainly yogurt based. But when the winter starts, we prefer more of soups, chapathi and curries. Hashi or Saasive is a yogurt and coconut based curry which is a good combination with rice. We Havyakas can prepare Hashi or Saasive using almost every variety of vegetables and edible leaves.   Today, I am going to share the recipe of Savatekayi Hashi (Sasive) with you all. When we were school age kids, we cousins were all very keen to watch how Amma / Aunty / Grandma chop the cucumber so finely using 'Ilige mane' or coconut scraper. We all loved that aroma which comes when the cucumber is chopped finely. And, we used to wait for that small leftover pieces o...

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....

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ.  Zucchini - this vegetable was originated from Italy and is popular in many countries. Look-wise its like cucumber, but tastes like ridge-gourd. Since zucchini won't have any strong taste or smell, it goes well with many other veggies in cooking.  It was during our initial days in Australia. Dear hubby had brought home a big box full of Zucchini, thinking they were cucumbers! I had no clue how to use zucchini in cooking. I had to look for zucchini recipes over the net, tried using using it in my style of dishes too. Finally, the box got over without wasting too much of them 😅 But now, I love to use zucchini in my day-to-day cooking and kids enjoy eating them. Zucchini is the most common veggie in our grocery list these days.  Today, I am sharing the South Indian style Akki Rotti recipe (Rice flour roti) using zucchini. Do try this recipe for your breakfast or dinner.  Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 35 - 40 minutes ...

Balekai or plantain is one of our family favourite vegetables. We get raw banana or plantains once in a while in the Indian grocery stores here. We love different dishes made using plantains in our native style.  I had brought raw bananas after a long time during my recent grocery shopping. My daughter requested to prepare Banana chips since its her all time favourite. Hence, I had to make some Banana / Plantain Chips for her. One dish we never want to miss is Plantain Palya / Poriyal / Fry / Thoran.  Here is the recipe of Havyaka Style Balekayi / Plantain Palya for you all! Preparation time: 20 -25 minutes Difficulty level: Medium Serves: 4 - 5 Ingredients: Medium sized plantains - 3 Grated coconut - 3 tbsp (fresh / frozen or desiccated coconut)     Green chilli - 1 (according to taste) Salt - to taste Sugar - big pinch Lime squeeze - 2 tbsp or to taste Curry leaves - 1 string Dry red chilli - 1 inch piece Urid dal - 1 tsp Mustard seeds - 3/4 tsp Hing / Asafoetida ...

We do prepare varieties of sweet dishes using different vegetables. Beetroot Burfi is one of those delicious sweets which I frequently prepare. My kids love to eat non - sticky sweets. This colourful burfi tastes divine and is the perfect Indian sweet for any occation! Below is the recipe of Beetroot Burfi / Beetroot Barfi for you all.. Preparation time: 30 minutes Difficulty level: difficult Yield: 12 pieces Ingredients: Grated beetroot - 1 cup Grated coconut (fresh / frozen) - 1 cup Sugar - 1 cup  Ghee / clarified butter - 3 tbsp Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp Recipe Instructions: Pulse the grated coconut in a mixie or blender for a few seconds to make it evenly course. Take a heavy bottom pan. Mix 2 tbsp of ghee and grated beetroot on medium flame for about 2 minutes or till the raw smell is gone. Add grated coconut and sugar to this mixture and keep mixing on medium flame till it thickens. It took me around 30 minutes to achieve this stage. If the quantity is more, you may need a bi...