Kai / Kayi Kadubu and Ganesh Chaturthi Wishes!!

Hey folks!! Here's wishing you all a very happy Gowri/Ganesha Habba!!!! May all your wishes and dreams come true. I am in Bengalooru right now and am thoroughly enjoying the festive season out here!!!!! I am posting a few pictures of Malleshwaram Sampige rd- 8th cross, on the eve of the festival. Hope you like it... This will also be my entry for Lakshmi's Ganesh Chaturthi Event.

Also Check out - Karigadubu/Karjikayi recipe

Flower Market at Malleshwaram 15th cross....

A picture of one of the stalls selling Ganesha idols on Sampige road, Malleshwaram

Most people nowadays go in for environment friendly Ganeshas with no chemail paints!!! We got the same one at our house too :)

Last but not the least, a picture of Gowri-Ganesha at my home.....

I have for you the recipe of Kayi Kadubu this time. Kayi kadubu is a traditial sweet dish of malnad regions of Karnataka. Kayi kadubu is steam cooked and uses no ghee/oil.... Hence it is healthy and easily digestable. It is usually prepared for festivals like Nagarapanchami and Ganesh-Chouti. Here goes the recipe.... Enjoi!

PS: Please excuse the poor quality of my Kadubu picture...... I was in such a hurry that I didn't have time to even make the right settings on my camera. Will capture better pictures from the next time, I promise! :)))

Ingredients:

1 cup Rice

1/2 cup Coconut, grated

1 cup Jaggery, powdered
1 tsp Elaichi powder

Method:

1. Soak the rice overnight in enough water. Drain out the water thoroughly and powder it in a blender. The powder should be VERY fine.
2. Boil 1.5 cups of water in a kadai. To this, add the rice powder and stir continuously to form a single dumpling.
3. Remove from stove and knead well, like chapati dough.
4. Pull out small balls and roll them into chapati like circles.
5. Place about 2 tsps of filling in the centre and fold the rice chapati. Seal the ends with the help of some water.
6. Place the kadubu prepared above on a plantain leaf and steam cook for about 7-9 mins.

Filling:

1. Mix jaggery and coconut in a kadai and place on stove on low heat.
2. Stir continuously until the jaggery melts and blends well with the grated coconut. You can adjust the quantity of jaggery according to your taste.
3. Add elaichi powder and remove from stove.

Avalakki/Poha Upkari

I'm sure, all you mangloreans out there will agree with me that Avalakki Upkari is one of the most simple and tastiest snacks ever! I had it for the first time at my in-laws place after my wedding and I loved it instantly!! I tried making it myself many times since then, but never got the masala right. So this time, I got my mother- in-law to make it for me and it turned out as good as ever! Avalakki upkari makes a very good evening snack!! It also goes really well with Upppittu/ Upma for morning breakfast. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

1.5 cups Thin poha/ paper avalakki

1 Onion, chopped finely

1 tsp Jeera seeds

3-4 Dry red chillies, low spiced

1.5-2 tsp Coriander seeds

1-2 strands Cilantro, finely chopped

1 tsp Lime juice

1 tsp Sugar

Salt as per taste

For tadka:

2 tsp Oil

3-4 Curry leaves
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

A pinch of haldi

A pinch of hing

Method:

1. Grind together red chillies, jeera and coriander seeds to form a smooth powder.
2. Mix all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl; Add the masala powder and toss well. Adjust ingredients according to taste.
3. Temper with mustard, curry leaves, hing and haldi.
4. Serve with hot tea/coffee and enjoi!

It's all about me, me and ONLY me this time!!!

Hey folks! Hope all's well at your end.... My vacation is going good. I've been off on a break from blogging since I did not have access to internet from home.... Am really sorry about that! My blogger friends Roopa of My Chow Chow Bhaat and Bhags of Crazy Curry had tagged me for the Seven Random facts MeMe about a month back, and I finally got a chance to post today. Sorry about the delay, and thanx for tagging me!! :)
Hmmm..... Didn't think that writing about myself would be this difficult!! Naveen would have been better off penning this post, than me :).... Anyway, here goes:

1. I am crazy about chocolates! I can have as many "Milk Chocolates" as one can offer.... But I hate chocolate ice cream!!!! Infact, I hate anything made out of chocolates.. like drinks, cakes, pastries, mousse.... Weird?? i know!!! :)


2. I dislike garlic! I don't use garlic in any of my dishes. Not that I dont eat garlic..... I can have dishes with garlic as long as I am not told that there's garlic in it! hehe :D


3. I am crazy about fancy ear-rings!! When in college, I had a matching ear-ring for almost every dress of mine.... Nowadays, I've stopped collecting them. But I make it a point to go to the ear-rings section everytime I go to the stores.


4. I love kids!!!! Baby girls, especially.... I love the kids section in the stores and I can spend hours looking at the different toys and clothes!! :)
5. I am crazy about soft toys! There was a time when I owned a cupboard full of soft toys! I used to be so possesive about them that I never brought them out in front of other kids thinking they would get spoilt.....
6. I love spending time with friends and family. I prefer chatting with friends, to watching a movie or reading a book.
7. I am usually a chatter box. I don't really need a topic to start a conversation. But I can get really silent at times, with no particular reason behind it!! A good night's sleep will bring everything back to normal for me :)

Well, this is all I have to say about me..... I am a pretty straight forward person and there's hardly anything that my friends and family dont know about me! Hope you enjoyed reading the post!

I'd like to tag Arts from Aarti's Corner, Jyothsna from Curry Bazaar, Vanamala Hebbar from Nalapaka for the MeMe. Folks, play along if you are interested and you have enough time in hand...