Pudi Chitranna

Pudi Chitranna is a easy seasoned rice variety with goodness of ground lentils added to it making it healthy and tasty. Kids will definitely love it. Chitranna is a favorite South Indian Rice variety, you can make variety of chitranna aka one pot meal. 

Pudi Chitranna

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice (cooked)
• 1/4 cup fresh coconut(grated)
• salt to taste

To grind :

• Chana dal- 2 tsp
• Urad dal- 2 tsp
• Dhania/ Coriander seeds- 1 tsp
• Methi/ Fenugreek seeds- 1/4 tsp
• Jeera/ Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
• Red chillies- 5 to 6 

Seasoning

• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/2  tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp channa dal
• 1 tsp urad dal
• 2 tbsp peanuts
• Hing pinch
• Ground pudi-1-2 tbsp
• Red chilly-1 (opt)
• few Curry leaves
• Few coriander leaves
• Oil-2 tbsp

Method:  Dry roast all the items mentioned in to grind. Once cool, ground into coarse powder. Next allow the rice to cool ,spread it on a plate. Next heat oil in kadai, roast peanuts and keep it aside, next add the other items in seasoning, roast well, add the ground pudi  and fry add the rice to this seasoning. Add the grated coconut, salt and peanuts and mix well. Saute for 1-2 mins. Garnish the rice with coriander leaves. Serve hot .

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Shahi Tukda

Shahi Tukda or Shahi Tukra is an all time favorite at my home. And am sure once you try it you will definitely enjoy it too. It is made by roasting the sweet bread slices in ghee then topped with a thick rabdi and garnished with dry fruits. You can also use Milk bread to make Shahi Tukda. A truly rich bread pudding! Forget the diet for a day and enjoy this delicious dessert!


Ingredients

Shahi Tukda

• 6 slices White sweet bread slices
• Ghee for roasting
• 1/4 cup Sugar
• Few Cardamom crushed
• 1 litre Full cream milk
• 15-20 strands Saffron
• Few almonds and pistachios to garnish

Method- First in a thick bottom vessel boil milk. Let it boil it starts thickening. Next add sugar and stir. Keep stirring the cream into the milk so it thickens well. Once done switch off the gas. Add saffron and cardamom powder. 
Next cut the corners of sweet bread slices and cut the slices in any desired shape. Next on a tava roast the bread golden brown on both sides. Use ghee while roasting the bread. Now in a serving plate, place the bread. Pour the thickened and sweetened milk over the bread slices. Garnish with almonds and pistachios slivers. 

You can either serve this royal dessert Shahi Tukda immediately or set it in fridge and enjoyed chilled.

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Nippattu

Nippattu is a deep fried, spicy rice flour snack delight of Bangalore. It is "chai time" crispy cracker, also prepared during festivals like Gokulashtami. Easy to prepare and can be enjoyed by all.

Nippattu

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice flour
• 1/4 cup maida
• 1 tbsp. red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp. coriander finely chopped
• few curry leaves, chopped
• 1/2 tsp. sesame seeds /white til
• pinch-hing
• 1/2 tsp ajwain
• 1 tbsp.hurikadle/puttani 
• 10-12 peanuts coarsely powdered
• 2 tbsp.butter
• Salt to taste
• Oil to deep fry
• water to knead the dough

Method: In a pan heat 2 tsp oil. In a separate pan, roast the rice flour, maida flour for 5 mins on medium flame. In a bowl, add all the ingredients and add little water, and mix. Next add the hot oil into this dough and mix to form a stiff dough. Keep it aside for 10 mins. Next take small lime sized dough ball and flatten into thin round shape. You can use plastic or foil to flatten the dough. Heat oil in a big kadai. Carefully take the discs/ nippattu and deep fry it in the hot oil till golden and crisp on both the sides. Remove it on tissue paper. Once cool you can store in air tight container. Enjoy these Nippattu with hot cup of tea or coffee. You can prepare an extended chaat from this Nippattu by topping these with sweet and spicy chaat chutneys, onion,carrots, sev and peanuts.

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Orange Sheera

Orange Sheera or Orange Kesari / sajjige is yummy flavored sweet that can be made in very less time. Enjoy this delicious dessert during orange season along with your kids. Sweet and warm Sheera/Sajjige blended with fresh orange puree, garnished with dryfruits makes it a perfect dessert recipe.

Ingredients

1	cup Chiroti rava (semolina or sooji)
1	cup Ghee
2	tbsp Raisins
	1/2 cup thick orange pulp 1/2 cup milk
1	/2 cup  Sugar
	Few pista /Cashew nuts/Badam  1 tsp  Cardamom Powder 1 tbsp kesar milk (kesar soaked in milk) Orange Sheera Method

• Roast rava in the ghee till aromatic
• Add sugar and mix and lower the flame. Add the fresh orange pulp. Simmer and cover with lid till it blends in. 
• Add raisins and cardamom powder to garnish.
• Add fried cashew nuts/Badam and kesar milk and mix.
• Enjoy with little ghee on the top.

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Benne Biscuit / Nankhatai biscuit

Benne Biscuit or Nankhatai or Butter cookies is an easy recipe which doesn't require too many ingredients. Benne is butter in Kannada. These cookies are normally available in Iyengar Bakeries. 

This is a perfect homemade biscuits for your kids as evening snack or as "just bites". Enjoy baking this delicious cookies aka ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ ಬಿಸ್ಕತ್ತು with your little ones. Do try it out. 

You can use homemade ghee or butter. 

Benne Biscuit / Nankhatai biscuit

Ingredients

1. 1 cup maida or wheat flour
2. 3/4 cup powdered sugar
3. Home made Ghee - 4 tbsp
4. Elachi/Cardamom pwd-1/2 tsp
5. Dry fruit powder-1 tsp
6. Salt-pinch
7. Baking powder-pinch (opt)

Method- In a bowl, take the flour, powdered sugar, dryfruit powder, elachi powder, salt and mix. Next add 4 tbsp of gheerepare small sized ball, press it and make it little flat. Preheat oven in convection mode for 10 minutes in 180cLine the tray with baking sheet. 
on a oven tray leaving gaps in between. 
Bake the cookies for 12-15 mins. Switch off , once cool remove from the tray. 



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French Fries

French Fries is every one's favourite. A perfect recipe for rainy days where you want to eat something chatpata but cannot go out or are just bored to order. So why not make it with your kids at home. 

Healthy, Hygenic, tasty. Enjoy it hot while watching a nice movie.

French Fries

Ingredients

• Potato -2 large
• Spices and Salt-as per taste
• Oil -for frying

Method- Take a fresh potato, clean well and peel the skin. Next cut the corners and cut finger sized fries shaped pieces. It should be like cubes. Soak the cut pieces in cold water for 2-4 hours to remove starch and make the fries crisp. Drain the water out very well. Arrange in tray to dry it off. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the pieces on low heat. Remove once it starts softening. Once the batch is completed, increase the flame and fry the potatoes again till it turns brown and crispy or once done. Take it out on plate on a tissue, so excess oil gets absorbed.

Add salt and pepper and give it a mix and serve hot with ketchup.

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Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes - As my experimenting with baking continues, here is the chocolate cupcake that I tried out. It is made from Hershey's chocolate powder, it is delicious and mouth watering.  Do try it out, it is easy to prepare. Kids will definitely love it. So for a perfect tea time or for your kids snack box, check this chocolate cupcake. This doesn't include butter. 

Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Maida/Plain flour - 1.5 cup 
• Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Hershey's Cocoa pwd- 5 tbsp 
• Vegetable Oil - 1/4 cup 
• Salt-pinch
• Milk-1 cup
• Lemon Juice-1 tbsp
• Vanilla essence-1/2 tsp
• Few Walnuts- shredded

Method -  Preheat the oven to 180ºc ,prepare the cupcake tray by lining with parchment paper. Next sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda,cocoa powder well. 

In a bowl, mix sugar and oil and blend well. Next add milk and mix again. 

Once it is mixed well, add the flour mix slowly and fold in carefully. Do not over mix. Add the batter to baking tray. Bake it for 30 mins. 

You can insert a toothpick, to check if the cake is done well.

Once done, let it cool. Enjoy yummy and delicious chocolate cupcake.

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Balekayi Bajji / Raw Banana Bajji

 Balekayi Bajji / Raw Banana Bajji 
 is an interesting crisps variety made from Raw banana.  
 Blended with spices, it tastes delicious. 
 Do try on the rainy day with a hot cup of coffee.

 Ingredients

• 1 cup besan / gram flour
• Raw banana-thinly sliced-1 cup
•  turmeric-pinch
• Hing-pinch
• 1 tsp Sarin pudi/ Chili pwd
• 1/2 dhania jeera pwd
• Salt- to taste
• Water for mixing
• oil for frying

Balekayi Bajji / Raw Banana Bajji

Method - Take a bowl 
combine all the ingredients 
and mix well. 
Add little water, 
add cut raw banana slices 
and mix well, 
the flour and slices 
should blend and 
be well coated. 
Heat a little oil and 
add it to this batter 
and mix it well.
Keep it for sometime. 
In a kadai heat sufficient oil for frying. 
Slowly add the besan 
mix in batches 
in the hot oil. 
Fry till golden brown 
on both sides. Drain on absorbent paper. 

Serve hot crisp bhajias with ketchup or chutney of your choice.





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 hard work, and learning from failure".Colin Powell 

Potato Upma

Potato Upma or Alugadde Uppittu, Aloo Upma is the simple upma blended with the boiled potatoes. It is tasty, spicy and filling breakfast. A nice, quick hot breakfast with goodness of potatoes for chilly winter mornings. Upma or Sooji Upma is a semolina based famous and fave South Indian breakfast recipe. #carpediemspicyeats

Potato Upma

Ingredients:

1. Rava or sooji- 1cup
2. Water - 2 cups
3. Potatoes-1 cup (boiled and chopped)
4. Green chillies-6-7
5. Curry leaves-few
6. Oil-1-2 tbsp
7. Mustard-1/2tsp
8. Jeera-1/2tsp
9. Channa dal-1tsp
10. Urad dal-1tsp
11. Hing- a pinch
12. Turmeric-a pinch
13. Fresh coriander-few
14. Lemon juice-1tbsp
15. Salt to taste
16. Freshly grated coconut-1/2 cup (opt)

Method:  Fry the rava well until slightly brown and aromatic and keep it aside. Boil water. Heat oil in a pan add mustard, jeera when they begin to splutter add channa and urad dal fry about 2 minutes until light brown. Next add chopped  green chillies, potatoes, hing, curry leaves, and fry well. Once done add fried rava ,salt and mix well next add the boiling water slowly. Stir until all the water is gone.  Add the lemon juice. Close the lid and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. 

Garnish with coriander leaves and coconut and serve potato rava upma hot.

You can also add Dhania-Jeera Powder/Kalamiri Powder for additional spicy flavor.

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Avarekalu sagu

Avarekalu Saagu is an interesting accompaniment for your chaptis or puris. You can enjoy it with idlis, dosa or rasam rice. This delicious gravy is a blend of Indian spices with onion, tomatoes and coconut. Try it out during the avarekayi season. 

Avarekalu is Hyacinth Beans or Vaal.

Avarekalu Sagu

Ingredients

1. 1 cup avarekalu (cooked)
2. 1 big onion chopped
3. 1 tomato chopped
4. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
5. 3 tsp cooking oil
6. 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
7. 1/2 tsp urad dal
8. 1/2 tsp chana dal
9. Hing a pinch
10. 4 - 5 curry leaves
11. Salt as per your taste

To grind

1. 1/2 cup grated coconut
2. small piece ginger
3. 1 tsp coriander seeds
4. 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 
5. 2 tbsp putani /roasted dal
6. 1 tsp poppy seeds
7. 1 - 2 green chili
8. 1/2" cinnamon
9. few cloves
10. green Elachi or cardamom
11. 2 tbsp coriander leaves (optional)

Method - Avarekaalu Saagu recipe

Roast the ingredients from 2-5 mins with little oil. Next grind all ingredients along with spices.

In a pan heat a tsp of oil and add mustard, chana dal, urad dal once done, add curry leaves, hing and turmeric. 

Add onion and tomatoes and fry well. Next add the boiled avarekalu. Mix. 

Add the grounded paste and mix well. Bring it to boil. Add salt. Simmer on low heat for 3-4mins. 

Cover and let the saagu blend well. 

Serve Avarekalu saagu hot with puris or chapatis.

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Onion Rings

Onion Rings is yummy and tasty crisps made from thinly sliced ( ring shaped) onions in seasoned lentil flour batter. Enjoy sizzling hot cripsy onion rings with tea just anytime...

   Onion Rings

Ingredients

2 onions

(peeled and thinly sliced)

For Batter

1 cup Besan (chick pea flour)

1 tsp Rice flour

½ tsp red chili pwd

1 tsp bhath pwd

1 tsp ajwain

turmeric-pinch

Salt for taste

hot oil-1/2 tsp
Chili flakes-pinch
Mixed herbs-pinch


For Frying
Oil

Method: -Take a bowl combine all the ingredients and mix well. Add little water, and make the mix. Heat 1/2 tsp oil and add it to the batter. Add the sliced onions to the batter, and mix well, the flour and onions should be well coated .

In a kadai heat sufficient oil for frying. Slowly add the sliced onion flour mix in the hot oil. Fry till golden brown on both sides. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot crisp fried onion rings with ketchup or chutney of your choice.

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Hershey's Eggless Chocolate Cake

Hershey's Eggless Chocolate Cake 

Hershey's Eggless Chocolate Cake - The baking continues, today's trial is chocolate cake and it did come out well. Made from Hershey's chocolate powder, it is delicious and mouth watering.  Do try it out, it is easy to prepare. Kids will definitely love it. So for a perfect tea time or for your kids lunch box, check this chocolate cake. This doesn't include butter. 

Ingredients

Maida/Plain flour - 1.5 cup 
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1 cup
Hershey's Cocoa pwd- 5 tbsp 
Vegetable Oil - 1/4 cup 

Salt-1/4 tsp

Water-1 cup

Lemon Juice-1 tbsp

Vanilla essence-1/2 tsp

Method -  Preheat the oven to 180ºc ,prepare the baking tray by lining with parchment paper. Next sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda,cocoa powder well. In a bowl, mix sugar and oil and blend well. Next add water and mix again. Once it is mixed well, add the flour mix slowly and fold in carefully. Do not over mix. Add the batter to baking tray. Bake it for 30-40 mins. You can insert a toothpick, to check if the cake is done well.

Once done, let it cool , slice and serve, Enjoy yummy and delicious chocolate cake. You can add the syrup too.

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Methi Millet Dosa

 Methi Millet Dosa  is another dosa variety that can be made with wholesome Foxtail Millet (navane) flour -  easy, quick dosa variety. This version includes addition of fenugreek leaves (methi) to make it more healthy, nutritious! This recipe is with Lentils based chutney.

 Methi Millet Dosa 

Millet Dosa will be slightly thicker, but porous and soft with the awesome taste and goodness of the millets giving you loads of health benefits.

Ingredients

• Chiroti rava 1 cup
• Millet flour - 1 cup
• Curds-3 tbsp
• Methi leaves, finally chopped - 1 cup
• Coriander leaves-few
• green chillies, finely chopped - 5-6
• coconut, grated - 2 table spoon
• jeera - 1 tsp
• salt - as per taste
• Coconut-3 tsp(opt)
• Water

Method - In a bowl, add rava, millet flour, and curds, next add chopped methi leaves, coriander leaves, green chilies ,jeera, salt and grated coconut, add water and mix well to form dosa batter. Keep it aside for 1-2 hrs. Make dosa. Serve  Methi Millet Dosa hot with chutney of your choice.

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