Und kadabu

Und kadabu is a snack that is a specialty of north Karnataka too. This is steamed and so should not be confused with the usual kadabu. This is served with menthe – very healthy because of high iron in the menthe.
Ingredients: 1 cup Jowar flour, 1 cup wheat flour, 1 table spoon oil and salt.
Process:

Take [...]

Jowar Vada (Jolad Wade)

Jolad Vadi is another favourite of mine. My mami’s sister in Dharwad – Umakka is the expert in our family when it comes to this! Everytime we go to India, we have a program of going to her place to eat yummy vadis with curd! Slurrrrrrppp!! Do note that this is not a last minute [...]

Mushroom Bhajji

Mushroom pakoda is another besan flour preparation that comes out really good!
Ingredients:
Mushrooms – 200 grams, Besan (gram) flour 200 grams, Rice flour 150 grams, Red Chilli powder to taste, salt to taste, vinegar two teaspoon full, baking soda one teaspoon and half teaspoon asafoetida (hing). Canola oil for frying.
Process:

Clean the mushrooms under running water. Marinate mushrooms [...]

Onion Pakoda (Kanda Bhajji)

Onion bhajjis are a treat to eat on a rainy day!
Ingredients:
Onions medium sized 3, Besan flour 200 grams, Rice flour 150 grams, Red Chilli powder to taste, salt to taste, vinegar two teaspoon full, baking soda one teaspoon and half teaspoon asafoetida (hing). Canola oil for frying.
Process:

Cut onion into long pieces. In order to do [...]

Ragi pud (Gundpokal or Appum)

This is another raagi recipe – the best thing about this is it uses urad daal (uddin bele) and ragi. So it is a dish that has high protein and iron. And it is tasty too.
Ingredients:
1 cup udid dal, 1 ½  cups ragi flour, 1 tablespoon gram dal (chana daal), 1 teaspoon  methy seeds, salt to [...]

Kotambari Vadi (Fresh Coriander Vadi)

Kotambari Vadi  (Fresh Coriander Vadi) is made of fresh cilantro and besan flour.
Ingredients:
2 cups of clean, chopped fresh coriander leaves, 1 cup gram flour, ¼ cup rice flour, 1  tablespoon white til (sesame seeds0, 2 tablespoons ground green chilli + garlic paste, salt to taste, ½ spoon turmeric powder, ½ spoon  cumin powder, ½ spoon baking [...]

Thalipet

Thalipet is a snack that is made with different flours. I think I love anything that has a rough texture – rotti, sajji rotti, katak rotti, dry rotti, thalipet etc.
Ingredients:
With Mixed flours:
2 cups rice flour, 1 cup wheat flour, 1 cup jowar flour, 1 cup gram flour, 2 onions cut into small pieces,  7-8 green [...]

Chakli

Chakli is a crunchy snack that we usually prepare during festivals. If you like this and love to cook, we definitely recommend that you buy the Anjali kitchen express. It is easier to make chaklis and comes with a lot of different moulds to make different kinds of shev (bhujia) too.
There are three variations that [...]

Hittin Dose

Hittin Dosa is another of my favourites! No need to wait 20 hours to get the batter ready. Not that the other dosas are not worth the effort but hittin dosa is a soft and yummy and ofcourse quick variation of the dosa!
Ingredients:
Jowar flour 2 cups,  wheat flour 1 cup, rice flour 1 cup, gram [...]

Pud (salty appam or gundpokal)

Pud is a snack that is very commonly made for breakfast. This is made from Udad daal (uddin byaale) and the speciality of this is that the ratio of rice to daal is 1:1. This makes this a high protein snack (lesser carbohydrates than its counterparts like idlis, dosas etc). We get a different pan/tawa [...]