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Halasina kayi palya is an easy, vegan South Indian unripe jackfruit recipe. Unripe jackfruit (halasina kayi) is a delicacy in my hometown of Mangalore. I grew up eating jackfruit and after a few years of living in the USA, when I finally found a pack …
Fragrant and flavorful tomato rasam/Saaru made with freshly roasted spices and coconut! If you love rasam, you need to give this version a try! If you haven’t heard of rasam, it is a South Indian spicy broth generally served over rice. It can also be …
Genasale – steamed rice cakes filled with coconut and jaggery, wrapped in banana leaves. Patholi/Patoleo – steamed rice cakes filled with coconut and jaggery, wrapped in turmeric leaves. Genasale and patholi/patoleo are two very similar sweet rice dumplings prepared in the western coast of Karnataka, …
Southern Indian rice crepes flavoured with ripe/unripe jackfruit! When jackfruits are in season, Jackfruit dosa(pronounced dosé), especially the ones made with unripe jackfruit(halasina kayi dosé) is on the menu in every Havyaka household in the Mangalore region. We have an obsession with anything and everything …
Easy vegan Indian mango dessert with chopped mangoes in freshly squeezed coconut milk sweetened with jaggery. When mangoes are in season, Mango rasayana is a mandatory dessert in Mangaluru. Sweet juicy mangoes in freshly squeezed coconut milk and jaggery is flavoured with cardamom and sprinkled …
Bendekai Kayirasa is a simple okra curry from the South Canara Havyaka community. Serve with rice for a hearty meal! Vegan and gluten-free! {Bendekai – Okra/ladies finger. Kayirasa – coconut curry} In the southern Indian state of Karnataka, there are many different regional ways to …
Menthe kodilu/sambar is a quick and easy Havyaka side dish for idli. It is also a side dish for idiyappam(homemade rice noodles) Menthe kodilu/Methi seeds sambar is a coconut based plain curry without any vegetables, with aroma and flavour from roasted methi seeds. It is …
Asparagus chutney using the ends of asparagus that are otherwise trimmed and discarded. Best use of waste! When cooking with Asparagus do you trim away the ends that are slightly woody? Most of the times, the ends aren’t too woody but they aren’t tender enough …
Made with only rice, water and salt, Neer dosa(or dosay) is a super soft and lacey rice crepe from Mangaluru Udupi region of Karnataka. Neer dosa literally translates to water dosa. While it sure is a funny name for a dosa, it is justified as …
Raw cucumbers in a coconut mustard gravy, cucumber sasive is one of the sasive recipes commonly prepared in the state of Karnataka. Have you sometimes stumbled across traditional dishes that are incredibly easy to make but satisfies the soul? Sasive is one such traditional recipe …