KK's Home Kitchen

Garlic Chutney । ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ ಚಟ್ನಿ  Garlic chutney , it is very traditional dish. Its simple mixture of garlic, chillies and tamarind. If you dislike the taste of tamarind you can skip it. Even without tamarind this chutney absolutely tastes good. Serve this chutney with curd rice or Dakshin kannada style gangi. This can be served with rice, dosa. If you are a fan of Ganji then this would be the best mate for it. Initially this dish was done by our grandmother, then our mother use to do it. Now we are doing this. You all know that garlic is very good for health and also it cures a lot of health issues. If you are a garlic hater due to its smell, then this is the best recipe to try. Give it a try. Ingredients Required : Garlic - 30 to 35 cloves (2 pods) Oil - 3 tsp Red chili - 3 to 4 Tamarind - Peanut sized Salt - As per the taste (3/4 tsp)  Water - 2 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Curry leaves - 1 tsp Method of Preparation : Initially take a pan a...

Avalakki Mixture । Flattened Rice Mixture ।ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ   ಮಿಕ್ಸ್ಚ ರ್ Avalakki mixture is very easiest recipe. This Mixture can be stored for longer time in an air tight Container. So it can be taken for trips or hostels. It cane be the best muncher during trips and travels. If its homemade it would be healtheir than other outside snack. It is a Maharashtra or north Karnataka  snack recipe. It is very good snack to have with coffee or Tea. If you prepare some rice item or poha recipe or upma recipe you can have this avalakki mixture with it. It will be very tasty.  The ingredients in this recipe are very healthy and simple as well. Try out the recipe.  Ingredients required : Avalakki / Poha / Flattened Rice - 1 Cup Red chilli Powder - 1.5 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Salt - 1 tsp (As per the taste ) Sugar - 2 tsp Cashew - 1 tsp Garlic - 3 to 4 cloves  Peanut - 1/2 cup Curry leaves - 2 tbsp Oil - 2 tsp + deep frying  M...

Hayagreeva Maddi। Hayagreeva Sweet । ಹಯಗ್ರೀವ ಮಡ್ಡಿ । ಹಯಗ್ರೀವ ಸ್ವೀಟ್  Hayagreeva Maddi Sweet is made with bengal gram dal. It is famous sweet of South India. Specially in udupi and dakshina Kannada people serve this recipe as  nivedyam for god vishnu and god narashimha. This sweet is very special for god vishnu and god narashimha. Bengal gram is shreshta for guru graham. Guru graham consists lord vishnu and lord narashimha, so whichever sweet you make from bengal gram it is shreshta for these two gods. Even for lord Shiva this nivedyam is shreshta. Some people will add cloves and grated coconut to it. it is optional. try this recipe. Ingredients required : Bengal gram dal ( Soak for 1 hour in water )  - 1 cup Jaggery - 1 cup Cashew - 2 tsp Raisin ( Dry grapes ) - 1 tsp Ghee - 3 tsp Cardamom - 1/4 tsp Water - As per the requirement Method of Preparation : Soak the Bengal gram dal in water for 1 hour. After 1 hour cook it in cooker pressu...

Rice Dumpling ।Pundi । ಪುಂಡಿ | Kadubu Pundi is a famous south canara breakfast recipe. In Mangalore and udupi regions if you see  at least once in two week they will serve this as  breakfast. It is also called as "Pundi Gatti".  Traditionally its made with rice, but due to fast life, these days its prepared using Rice rava. It is very easy to prepare and it is very tasty too. If you eat this recipe with coconut chutney or sambar it will be very tasty. Ingredients Required : Rice rava - 2 cup Water - As per the requirement or 40 to 5 cup Salt - As per the taste  Sugar - 2 tsp Coconut Oil - 2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Curry leaves - 1 tsp Red chili - 2 Green chili - 2 Grated Coconut - 3/4 cup or 1 cup Method of Preparation : Take rice rava, pore water, so that whole rice rava is covered and rest it for 1 hour. After one hour remove excess water and pore fresh water to it, such that water should  2 inch above rice rava Now...

khara Sev । Karakaddi । Gram Sev । ಖಾರ ಕಡ್ಡಿ  Do you like oily food ? here it is very easy recipe khara sev. It is a famous south Indian snack. Very easy to prepare, very less time required to prepare, not only time very less ingredients required to prepare. Its very good to have with tea or coffee. are you beginner to prepare cooking ? then  definitely  you can try this recipe and you will be   Ingredients Required : Gram flour - 1 cup Rice flour - 1/4 cup Red chili powder - 1 tbsp Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Oil - for deep fry and 2 tsp for mixing Salt - As per the taste Water - As per the requirement Method of Preparation : Initially take a bowl add gram flour, rice flour, red chili powder, turmeric powder, 2 tsp of oil, salt and mix them well. Now add water as per the requirement to prepare the dough.  The dough should be a medium texture (like chapati dough). Now make a ready of murkku press. for murkku p...

Dry Fruit Laddoo । ಡ್ರೈ ಫ್ರೂಟ್ ಲಡ್ಡು  DO you have fuzzy eaters? Or is it difficult to make your kids to have dryfruits? Then try this recipe.  Some times kids or any other aged person is not ready to have any particular dry fruit which is healthy, so you can make dry fruit laddoo and they will eat without getting to know that their hatest dry fruit is added to it.  Dry fruits laddoo is a very healthy and nutrient snacks for all age grouped people. It is very good for weight loss.  Dry fruits will increase your immunity, vitamin levels and it contains good fiber too. So lets try the recipe.  Ingredients Required : Almond -  1/2 cup Cashew - 2.5 tbsp Melon seeds - 1 tbsp Walnut - 1 tbsp Poppy seeds - 1 tbsp Dates - 1 cup Ghee - 3 to 4 tsp Method of Preparation : Initially take a pan heat it, add almonds, fry it for 1 minutes in low flame and shift it to one plate. Now to the same pan add cashew, fry it for 30 seconds and transf...