Iyengar Bakery Kara Biscuits

Iyengar Bakery Kara Biscuits

Being bought up in Bangalore, Iyengar Bakery is a very important part of the landscape: the fresh aroma/fragrance of the baked bread, Dil Kush, Dil Pasand, Bread Toast (vegetable) and various other bakery foods, its nostalgic ! This post is about the Kara Biscuits they 

Stuffed Brinjal/Bharwa Baingan

Stuffed Brinjal/Bharwa Baingan

  Bharwa Baingan is a one of a kind outlandish dish. Bharwa Baingan is a mouth-watering dish of little/baby brinjals, with a strongly seasoned stuffing of onion, coconut and lively flavours/spices.

Vegetable Dalia / Dalia Pulao / Dalia Upma / Lapsi Rava Pulao/ Lapsi Rava Upma

Vegetable Dalia / Dalia Pulao / Dalia Upma / Lapsi Rava Pulao/ Lapsi Rava Upma

Dalia/Lapsi Rava/Vegetable Dalia are whole wheat in rava form, it can be cooked into various dishes like kheer, upma/pulao. Its delicious and also nutritious as we can add many vegetables into the dish and being form whole wheat its healthy. Its fat and cholesterol free…😊 

Cooking Rice

Cooking Rice

Cooking rice is not a stellar issue, but cooking rice and keeping it fluffy is a challenge, rice is different in regions across Indian subcontinent. One has normal rice and then you have basmati rice, normally basmati rice is soaked and then cooked, for normal 

Curd Rice/Yogurt Rice/ Thayir Saadam

Curd Rice/Yogurt Rice/ Thayir Saadam

Yoghurt or curd can be a part of healthy balanced diet and it doesn’t make one gain fat. Curd is rich in calcium, protein and provides one with Probiotics (healthy bacteria) which aid in keep our gut microbiome or flora healthy. Health Benefits of Curd/Yogurt: 

Rasam (Accompaniment)- South Indian

Rasam (Accompaniment)- South Indian

A delicious preparation i.e. Rasam is a south Indian curry / soup made with tamarind/kokum, tomatoes, pepper, cumin, lentils etc. Rasam can be served as a gravy for rice soup along with papad. Rasam can be made in different ways, one of them is made 

Beetroot Fry/Vepudu (Andhra Style Beetroot Fry)

Beetroot Fry/Vepudu (Andhra Style Beetroot Fry)

Beetroot is a very versatile vegetable – or rather a root.  Eat it or drink it but never miss it – it is so bloooooody red in colour.  In ancient India  –  or rather even now it can be used as a natural dye. Leave 

Tamarind Coconut Chutney/Pachi Pulusu

Tamarind Coconut Chutney/Pachi Pulusu

This is a home-based recipe, which I have been having it with Pongal from my childhood @ home. Its made out of tamarind, jaggery and coconut, which gives you that khatta and metta taste/twist to this chutney. This chutney is very simple yet very tasty 

Ven Pongal/Kattu Pongal/Khara Pongal

Ven Pongal/Kattu Pongal/Khara Pongal

South Indian lord of breakfasts/lunch Ven Pongal/Khara Pongal. Rice and dal/lentils cooked and tempered with cumin, pepper, ginger and ghee. Pongal is the least difficult and simplest breakfast formula/recipe. I make it a point not to eat pongal in hotels/roadside eateries, as they for the 

Rice Sevai/Vermicelli Upma/Sevai Upma/Vermicelli Pulao

Rice Sevai/Vermicelli Upma/Sevai Upma/Vermicelli Pulao

UPMA is one of the standard and regular breakfast that is made in most South Indian homes. It can be made of rava, vermicelli, poha, sabudana, oats or millets. The energizing noodle-like appearance of vermicelli truly works for the Vermicelli/Sevai Pulao, making it a hot