When it rained it rained cats and dogs unlike the rains of today some 40yrs back we did not see sunlight for months together. our village houses where actually shelters we could sit on what we called the “jagali” and stick our hands or legs out into the rains. There would of course be a … Continue reading
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Pumpkin Parata
The pumpkin itself is a symbol for mortality.”
― Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern
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Kumbalakai Kadabu
Pumpkin is an universal magical vegetable. Low fat rich in nutrients. Continue reading
Red Pumpking (kumbhalakayi sasive)
All Potterheads, know that pumpkin is the pivotal vegetable that carries all the witches and wizards through. Well here sharing some recipes that not often prepared. Kumbalakayi sasive. In Kannada we call the red pumpkin as kempugumbala or kempukumbala. Ingredients: 2 cups grated red pumpkin. 2 tbsp. curd. (can be tittered to taste) 1 cup … Continue reading
Dalimbe mosaru gojju.
Dalimbe mosaru-gojju. Dalimbe or pomegranate peel is extremely medicinal particularly in healing in challenged stomach. Though it does have acrid after taste is quite great dish to accompany khichdi. Ideal thing to do is to sun dry the pomegranate peel and powder it. in case you have fresh peel then dry roast it. ingredients: 2tbsp. … Continue reading
Jowar Bread.
With edentulousness I found that eating Baakhri was a problem with the seniors of my family. So, my first attempt was to bake traditional all-purpose bread replacing the all-purpose flour with Jowar, of course with warm water so that it would bind well. But it turned inedible. After various trails todays was quite a bit … Continue reading
Finger Millet (Raagi) Bread.
It’s been a while since I did any experimental baking. It is adventure time again. With excess of raagi flour in the house, I decided to bake Raagi bread instead of the usual raagi roti, or dosai. Ingredients 2 cups all purpose flour. (I used wheat flour) 1 cup Raagi flour. 2tbsp. oil/butter. 200ml milk. … Continue reading
Grape Jam.
“The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams.”
― Thomas Love Peacock, Melincourt; Or Sir Oran Hautton
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World Pulse Day
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Apple Jam.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away and if the doctor is handsome keep the apple away. How about that. With lot of apples in house, apple jam is a handy thing to make. It can be used to spruce up boring milk, used as a filler for pies. Eaten with bread or roti, … Continue reading
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