Category: Gluten free

Kayi Burfi/ Coconut Burfi:

October 25, 2024

Coconut burfi, a sweet much requested by my daughter, is a delightful and traditional Indian sweet that has been enjoyed for generations. Known for its rich, creamy texture and aromatic flavour, this dessert celebrates simplicity and taste. Made from freshly grated coconut, sugar, and a hint of cardamom, it’s a treat that perfectly balances sweetness with the nutty richness of coconut. Often prepared during festivals, special occasions, or as a thoughtful homemade gift, coconut burfi brings a touch of elegance to any celebration. This recipe will guide you through the steps to create this delectable confection in your kitchen, ensuring each bite is a culinary joy. The essential sweet, which I forgot to add to my blog, will take place today.

Ingredients:

Fresh Coconut gratings – 2 cups (Tightly packed and only white part)

Sugar – 1 cup

Water – ½ to ¾ cup

Cardamom powder – 1 tsp (powdered)

Ghee – 2 tsp (optional)

Milk – 1 tsp

Method:

-Put all the grated coconut in a mixie jar and pulse a little to get a powdery texture.

-Put sugar and water (sugar should immerse) and boil. Add 1 tsp of milk when the sugar dissolves completely and wait to accumulate the impurities at the top centre.

-Remove all the impurities until you see white bubbles.

-When the sugar starts to bubble, you will see that the sugar has reached a one-thread thick consistency.

-Add pulsed coconut and start mixing for a while. Add ghee and powdered cardamom and continue cooking until the mixture becomes bubbly and white and becomes like a mass.

-Pour the mixture into the applied thali. Put some ghee on the back side of the spoon and pat it nicely till it turns smooth.

Leave some time, mark it with the knife and store it in an air-tight container after it turns firm.

Appa kajjaya/Sweet Guliyappa:

September 6, 2024

Appakajjaya, also known as sweet Guliyappa or sweet Paddu, is a cherished delicacy in the coastal regions of Karnataka and Kerala. This traditional offering holds a special place in the rituals associated with Lord Ganesha, particularly during Gana-homa and Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations.

The preparation of Appakajjaya typically involves a blend of ground rice or rice flour, jaggery, banana, and coconut, resulting in a sweet, soft treat often served as Prasada in temples after offering to the deity as a naivedyam (offering). This dish represents the region’s culinary heritage and symbolizes devotion and gratitude towards the god.

In temples, devotees partake in “Appa Seve,” where they offer these delicious sweets to God, enhancing the spiritual experience of the occasion. The unique flavour and texture of Appakajjaya make it a beloved choice among devotees, reinforcing its significance in the cultural and religious practices of the area. In this blog post, we will explore the reparation method of Appakajjaya in the vibrant traditions surrounding Ganesha worship.

You can smell these beauties in any Ganesha temple in our region, cooking early in the morning or evening, and it was a trip down memory lane to my childhood to gobble these exquisite, ghee-soaked “treats” in no time.

Ingredients:

Rice – 1 cup

Overripe banana – 1 big or 2 small sized

Jaggery – ½ cup

Cardamom – 1

Fresh grated Coconut – 1 small cup

Ghee – as needed

Method:

-Soak Rice for 3 to 4 hrs. Drain the rice while grinding the batter.

-make a jaggery syrup with very little water and boil nicely until the jaggery melts completely and its raw smell vanishes. Sieve the syrup, remove all the impurities, and keep it ready.

-Now, dry grind the rice, add jaggery syrup, banana, coconut, and cardamom, and grind it into a not-so-smooth batter. Mix in 2 tsp of ghee and mix well or beat well and

-Allow the batter to ferment for at least 2 to 3 hrs. It results in the porous and soft Appakajjaya.

-Prepare the guliyappa in Paddu tawa by heating it and using ghee. Offer these guliyappa to lord Ganesha or have it as a snack.

Kanile-Kappu Kadle Kodilu/Bamboo shoot – Black Chana Sambar:

August 29, 2024

Welcome to our culinary journey through traditional flavours! Today, I’m excited to share a cherished recipe celebrating simplicity and authenticity: Kanile Kappu Kadle Kodilu, which is nothing but Bamboo Shoot-Black Chana Sambar. This dish is from our traditional kitchen, without adding onion or garlic, making it both wholesome and flavorful.  Join me as we explore this beloved recipe’s rich, aromatic layers, perfect for those who appreciate the delicate balance of traditional flavours and nutritious ingredients.

The recipe includes cooked dal, fibre-rich bamboo shoot chunks, black chana, and freshly roasted and ground coconut masala. The result tastes so fresh, and the crunchiness of the Bamboo shoot tantalizes the palate.

Ingredients:

Bamboo shoot – Sliced or chopped.

Black Chana – ½ cup (soaked)

Salt, jaggery to taste

Toor dal – ½ cup (cooked)

Fresh Coconut – 1 cup

Byadagi Red chillies – 4 to 6

Coriander seeds – 3 tsp

Cumin – 1 tsp

Methi – ¼ tsp

Hing- 1 pinch

Tamarind – one Amla size (soaked in water)

For the Seasoning: Coconut oil, Mustard, red chilli, and curry leaves.

Method:

-Slice or chop bamboo shoots; if you want to know how it is done, I have a blog post HERE.

-First, cook bamboo shoot chopping with abundant water; discard the water and keep the chopping ready.

-Cook soaked black chana with sufficient water; discard the water and use only chana.

-Now, put cooked chana and bamboo shoots, salt, jaggery, cooked dal, and tamarind water, and boil for some time. If needed, add a cup of water.

-In the meantime, prepare masala; take one small kadai, heat 1 tsp of oil, and put in methi seeds; when it turns light brown, add all the remaining masalas like coriander, cumin, hing, red chillies, and roast everything.

-Grind all these with coconut, make a smooth paste, and add it to the boiling veggies. Boil nicely. Adjust the consistency, either by adding water or salt.

-Add the tadka by heating coconut oil, mustard and curry leaves. Enjoy with Rice or Roti.

Padenji -Bajil / Whole moong dry curry with Poha:

May 7, 2024

Bajil/ Avalakki is a default name for seasoned paper-thin poha, with added chopped onion or plain. It is a speciality of our native, Mangalore.

When Bajil/poha is paired and served with Whole moong curry, it is known as Padenji – Bajil. It is a nutritious, protein-rich combo breakfast option that fills our tummies. It is two straightforward dishes combined to make a pair. If you prepare without onion, an appropriate breakfast option for any day is feast / Vrat.

Even though many people would have tasted Avalakki oggarane in any of our temples, this combo is almost extinct in today’s world. Hence, I wanted to share it with you all.

First, we would prepare Padenji/moong curry:

Ingredients:

Whole green moong – 1 cup

Onion – 1 (optional) (chopped)

Green chillies – 2 to 3(chopped)

Curry leaves – 2 springs

Coconut – 1 small cup

Salt

For seasoning: Coconut oil, mustard, hing, curry leaves.

Method:

-Soak green gram overnight. The next day, wash properly, put sufficient water in the pot, and cook in an open vessel.

-When it starts boiling, all the scum comes to the top and remove that by using a spatula. It indeed increases the taste of the final dish.

-Switch off the gas and prepare the seasoning when the moong is cooked well (it should be soft but hold the shape).

-Take one kadai, heat coconut oil and splutter mustard, add hing, curry leaves, green chillies, and onion, and fry until the onion is translucent.

-Add the required amount of salt, cooked moong, and whatever water remains. Garnish with fresh coconut and cook until salt absorbs and the remaining water evaporates.

Now we would how to prepare Seasoned Poha/ Avalakki Oggarane:

If you want a pictorial guide, please click the highlighted section above.

Ingredients:

Freshly grated coconut – 1 cup

onion – chopped (optional)

Salt

Rasam powder OR Roasted coriander, cumin, red chilli, little hing.

Little tamarind

Jaggery – ½ tsp to 2 tsp (acc to your preference)

Paper thin poha – as needed.

For seasoning:

Mustard – 1 tsp

Urad dal – ½ tsp

Red chilli -1

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Method:

-At first, dry grind coconut, Rasam powder or roasted masala, jaggery, tamarind, and salt.

-Add seasoning to this mixture and mix it nicely by hand.

-Add the required amount of poha, mix nicely with your hand, and serve with Chana and Sweet potato curry.

-Relish the Age-old filling breakfast with your near and dear ones.

Instant Khichdi Mix:

January 20, 2024

Instant Khichdi Mix:

Instant Khichdi Mix is a delightful blend of flavours that combines the wholesome goodness of rice, lentils, and aromatic spices in a convenient package. My daughter loves adding readily available veggies, like peas and carrots, to enhance her nutritional intake.

This way, the Khichdi mix is like a culinary hug from home. It allows them to enjoy the comfort of a homemade meal even in a bustling hostel or PG environment.

How I make:

Ingredients:

Split green gram with skin – 2 cups.

Rice – 2 cups

Ghee or Oil – 2 Tbsp.

Cumin –2 tsp

Hing – a small peanut size

Bay leaf – 1 (broken)

Cinnamon – 2 “

Cloves – 2

Cashew bits – 2 Tbsp. (optional)

Salt, Jaggery (optional)

Turmeric – ½ tsp

Red chilli powder – As needed.

Garam masala – As needed.

Coriander leaves – 2 Tbsp. (dried)

Method:

-Take rice and dal, pour them onto a clean kitchen towel, and wipe the grains gently.

-Pulse the grain mix by putting it in a dry mixer jar. This action reduces the cooking time.

-Chop coriander leaves and air dry beforehand and keep it ready.

-Prepare seasoning, heat ghee/oil, fry cashew, cumin, hing, bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves. Add in pulsed dal-rice mixture and roast it for 2 to 3 minutes.

-Add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, and garam masala; if you are adding jaggery, add that as well.

-Switch off the gas, add coriander leaves or Kasuri methi, mix well, cool the content and pack it in a zip lock pouch or an air-tight container.

How to Prepare the khichdi:

Take ½ cup of readily available khichdi mix; if you want to add vegetables, take chopped veggies, onion or whatever you want.

-If it is in a kettle/induction stove, boil 2 cups of water. Add chopped veggies (if you have them) and khichdi mix. Cook and have it with curd or as it is plain.

Navane -Hesarubele Payasa / Foxtail millet and moong dal payasam:

September 18, 2023

Foxtail Millet Kheer is a delicious addition to the festive menu, including the fasting menu, to the traditional kheer we usually make with rice. This millet, also known as Navane in Kannada & is rich in protein, minerals  & dietary fibre.
I have mixed nutty-flavoured Foxtail millet and a little moong dal to enhance the rustic taste.

Soaking millet makes it easier to digest and allows your body to absorb more nutrients. I usually do it overnight.

Foxtail Millet – ½ Cup
Moong dal – 2 Tblsp
Water (to cook Thinai) – 2 ½ Cups
Jaggery – ¾ Cup to 1 cup
Cardamom powder ½ tsp
Coconut milk – 1 Cup (you can add whole milk as well)
Ghee – 2 tsp
Cashew – 10 nos
Method:

-Soak millet for overnight. Morning, drain the water and leave the millet to air dry on a colander.

-wash moong dal and drain that as well.

-Make jaggery syrup by – Add Jaggery and water in a pan and heat it till the Jaggery melts completely. Use a filter to remove the impurities and extract Jaggery syrup. Keep aside

-Now, take a thick-bottomed vessel or kadai, heat ghee, fry cashew bits, and remove it; keep aside.

-Add moong dal and fry it until light brown; add foxtail millet and fry for 2 minutes.

-Add hot water or 3rd extract of coconut milk or whole milk. Cook until millet and dal turn soft and mushy. (it should hold the texture but turns mushy between your thumb and forefinger while pressing it.)

-If you are using clean Jaggery, here I have used Nolen gur (date palm jaggery); add directly and boil until the raw smell of Jaggery vanishes.

-Add thick coconut milk cardamom powder and allow to boil once. Switch off the stove. Garnish with fried cashews and serve.

Raw /Green Tomato Chutney:

April 20, 2023

Green Tomatoes are firm, unripe and tangy compared to Ripened Red Tomato. Green tomatoes are rich in nutrition and antioxidants.

Raw/Green tomato Chutney makes a delicious accompaniment to South Indian breakfast and is easy to make. When I have homegrown tomatoes, it is a must condiment in our household. Today, I am sharing our favourite, much-loved recipe with you all.

Here is how to make it,

Ingredients:

Raw/ Green tomatoes – 4 to 6 (depending on the size)

Oil- 1tbl sp

Cumin – 1tsp

Garlic cloves – 10 to 12

Green chillies – 4 to 5

Puffed chana / Hurigadle/ Pappu – 1 tbl sp

Coconut – ½ cup

Coriander leaves – 2 tbl sps

Salt

Method:

-Take one tawa, heat one tbl sp of oil, then cumin, chopped green chillies, garlic and roast. Then add chopped tomatoes and fry until it wilts by adding salt.

-Switch off the gas when tomatoes wilts, add puffed chana and coconut and fry for 2 minutes. Cool the mixture.

-Grind this by adding coriander leaves. Enjoy with Dosa, Rotti or idli.

Veg Fried Rice:

January 19, 2023

Who doesn’t love fried rice? Even I love fried rice, especially what my husband makes. Yes! You heard that right. It is his recipe, which I learnt from him. He usually prefers to make vegetable-loaded egg fried rice; today, I kept it simple by preparing veg fried rice.

Here, rice preparation would decide the texture of the final product. So, I suggest preparing rice in advance ( at least 2 hours before the final touch). Remove the starch by using the open vessel cooking method.

At first, I would brief the rice preparation:

Ingredients:

Small grain rice/ sannakki/ Jeera rice – 1 cup

Salt – 1tsp

Oil – 1 tsp

Method:

-Boil water in a big pot; add oil, salt and washed rice. Cook for 7 to 9 minutes / Al dente.

-Rice should be cooked as well as firm. Drain the starch and cool the cooked rice grains to room temperature before making the fried rice.

For the Fried rice:

Ingredients:

Cooked rice – From 1 cup of rice

Chopped veggies – Carrot, capsicum, cabbage.

Spring onions – 4 bulbs with greens (chopped)

Oil – 2 tablespoons

Ginger garlic paste – ½  tsp

Salt

Pepper powder – ½ to 1 tsp

Vinegar – 1 tablespoon

Soy sauce – 1 tsp

Method:

-Take one wide kadai, heat oil, and fry the chopped bulb part from the spring onion choppings.

-Add chopped veggies, fry for a while, add ginger garlic paste, and fry further.

-Add vinegar and soya sauce and fry for 2 minutes.

-Sprinkle a little salt and pepper powder, give a toss, add cooled rice, and mix nicely by adding the required amount of salt and pepper powder.

-Garnish with spring onion greens and serve with any Chinese side dish or eat as it is or with fried egg chunks.

-Here, I served it with Veg Ball Manchurian with Hot Ginger sauce.

Avarekai Usli/Hyacinth beans:

December 25, 2022

Avarekalu or Avarekai is pure love for the people of Bangalore- Mysore region. These are seasonal beans available in and around Bengaluru between Nov and Jan., Also known as Hyacinth beans.

We relish Avarekai curry with dosey, a yearly affair at our home. Now, after tasting usli at our friends’ place, there is no looking back. I make it a point to prepare the same combo of vermicelli Uppittu and Avarekai usli.

Avarekai usli is versatile, and it can have it as a salad or with anything and everything.

To make a much-loved effortless dish, here is the method.

Ingredients:

Avarekai ( soaked and peeled one) – ¼ kg

Salt, turmeric

Coriander leaves – 1tbl sp (chopped)

Fresh coconut – 2tbl spoons

For seasoning:

Cold pressed oil – 1 tbl sp (as per your choice)

Mustard – 1tsp

Cumin- 1 tsp

Hing – one pinch

Green chilli – 1 (chopped)

Ginger – 1 tsp (juennile)

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Method:

-Cook Avarekai ( peeled dals) in water. When it froths, remove all the foam and discard. ( I would help to enhance the taste as well as to help to avoid bloating.

-When the dal becomes soft, switch off the gas and keep the vessel aside.

-Now, prepare the seasoning. Heat oil, splutter mustard, hing, cumin, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves, and turmeric and saute.

-Now, add the cooked dal with the remaining water. Add Salt and coconut and allow the flavour to seep by closing the lid. Garnish with coriander greens, and enjoy.

Karjura Payasa/ Dates kheer:

December 5, 2022

I can’t believe it has been six years of blogging and four hundred-plus recipes since I started Shrikripa.in

At first, I intended to restore my recipes to my daughters, near and dear ones. Then, it gave me great learning opportunities, memories, growth, and many beautiful bondings with amazing people.

Today, I want to share our homely recipe of Karjura Payasa, which is nothing but payasam using dates, jaggery and coconut milk, which is a perfect way to end your meal!

Ingredient:

Thank you to all of my readers, who have stood by me, read my recipes, prepared and enjoyed with your near and dear ones, and made an extra effort to write back with beautiful feedback.

Dates – 1 to  1 ½ cups ( chopped)

Jaggery – ¼ to ½ cup ( according to the sweet level)

Coconut milk – 1 tin

OR

Coconut – 1 (To extract milk)

-OR-

Thin coconut milk – 2cups

Thick coconut milk – ½ cup

Salt – ½ tsp

Cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Ghee – 1 tbl sp

Cashew – 1 to 2 tbl sp (Roasted )

Method:

-Take a thick vessel, add ghee and fry chopped dates until it is flavourful.

-Add jaggery, salt, thin coconut milk or plain water and boil the content until the raw smell of the jaggery vanishes.

-Add a thick extract of coconut milk or if you are using tinned coconut milk, add it now. Add powdered cardamom and give one boil and switch off.

-garnish with ghee-fried cashew bits and serve.