Love the freshness of a Mediterranean sandwich anytime of the day! Ingredients: Bread of your choice 1 Cup Guacamole Hummus of your choice Cucumber Lettuce or Kale or Spinach Olives Red … [Read More...]
January 2025 Hints
Wear an old pair of cotton socks on your hands while cleaning the Venetian blinds. Use an old shirt sleeve to make a permanent broom cover to dust in high places. Cut the sleeve off at the elbow, … [Read More...]
Vegetarian Recipes
Hagalkayi Uppinakayi – Bitter gourd Pickle Recipe – Karela Achar
Spicy, sour, and bitter pickle prepared using Bitter gourd and Green Chilies. Time Required: 15 Minutes + Maturing time Ingredients: 1 Hagalkayi / Bitter Gourd 10 Green Chilies 1tsp … [Read More...]
Alu Parwal – Aloo Parwal Recipe – Potato and Pointed Gourd Recipe
A side dish prepared using Potatoes and Pointed gourd. Time Required: 25 Minutes Ingredients: 2 Potatoes, Peeled and Diced 4 Parwal / Pointed Gourd 2 Tomatoes, Chopped finely 1 Onion, … [Read More...]
Double Beans Pulao
Rice cooked with Double Beans and spices. Cuisine: North Indian Time Required: 40 Minutes Ingredients: 2 Cups Basmati Rice 1 Cup Double Beans 2 – 3 Bay leaves 2 Onions Sliced 2 Green … [Read More...]
Sweet and Sour Pumpkin Squares
Sweet and sour crispy pumpkin squares is a healthy and tasty side dish. Serve it with Rice and Dal or with your choice of Indian Bread. Time Required: 30 Minutes Cuisine: North … [Read More...]
Vegetable Fried Quinoa
Quinoa cooked in Chinese style adds a twist to the menu. Time required: 30 Minutes Ingredients: 1 Cup Quinoa 1 - 2 Green Chilies, slit 1 Onion, sliced 1 Carrot, Peeled and sliced and … [Read More...]
Hesarakalu and Sabsige Palya – Green Gram and Dill Recipe
Hesarakalu and Sabsige Palya is prepared using whole Green Gram and Dill. This makes for an interesting side dish to go along with the Indian Bread. Cuisine: North Karnataka Time required: 15 … [Read More...]
Cucumber Idli
Steamed Rice cakes with Cucumber. Ingredients: 1 Cup Idli Rawa 2 Cups Cucumber, Grated 1/4 Cup Coconut, Grated 1/4 Cup Coconut, Chopped 3 Green Chilies 1tsp Asafoetida 3tbsp Coriander … [Read More...]
Heerekayi Bonda – Ridge Gourd Fritters – Turai Pakora – Beerekayi Bajji
When you bite into a Heerekayi Bonda (Ridge Gourd fritters) your taste buds are sure to be confused. The outer layer is crispy and spicy and even before the saltiness is experienced a … [Read More...]
Travel
Sri Ramanarasaiah
When we moved to our own house, I dreamt of hanging an original Mysore painting in the lobby. Thus started my quest to find either the right painting or a painter. Fortunately, I came across a website … [Read More...]
Lalgarh Palace, Bikaner
An architect’s delight, the Lalgarh palace in Bikaner was built between 1902 and 1926. Built in Rajput, Mughal, and European architectural styles, the building was custom-built by Maharaja Ganga Singh … [Read More...]
Birds of Byndoor
Byndoor is a beautiful coastal town in Udupi district, Karnataka. This place was also known as Bindupura and is famous for the Byndoor Beach, Someshwara Beach, Kosalli Falls, and Ottinene Sunset … [Read More...]
Sowkoor Durgaparameshwari Temple
A temple dedicated to goddess Sri Durgaparameshwari is situated in Sowkoor, Kundapur taluk. This unknown temple is tucked away in the gorgeous hills of the Western Ghats. But the people who … [Read More...]
Hubli
Hubli is my birth place and it was initially known as Hubballi meaning flowering creeper in Kannada. This is one of the major cities of Karnataka. The twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad are the second … [Read More...]
Gadag-Betageri
Gadag-Betageri is a town and district headquarters in the state of Karnataka, India. Gadag and its sister city Betageri (or Betgeri) have a combined city administration. It is 80 km from Dharwad and … [Read More...]
Kishkinda Moolika Bonsai Garden Mysore
You will be delighted to find a bonsai garden of international standard in the city of palaces: Mysore. Kishkinda Moolika Bonsai garden is in Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashrama and houses many … [Read More...]
Festivals
Gombe Arathi Haadu – Dolls Arathi Song – Golu Song – Dolls Arrangement Song
In Mysore, during Dasara festival, there is a tradition of arranging dolls on 7 steps or 9 steps. Various dolls passed on from generations are removed from boxes, dusted, and arranged according to … [Read More...]
Lakshmi Aarathi Song – Devotional Song
Here is a devotional song sung while doing Aarathi to Goddess Lakshmi. May Goddess Lakshmi bless you with health and prosperity. ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಆರತಿ ಹಾಡು ಮಂಗಳಾರತಿ ಬೆಳಗುವೆ ರಂಗನಾರ್ಧಾ೦ಗಿಯಳೇ … [Read More...]
Independence Day
On August 15th, 1947, India got Independence from British rule. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, addressed the Constituent Assembly and citizens to recognize the … [Read More...]
Surya Stotra
Today is Rathasapthami and here is a beautiful stotra / hymn in praise of the sun written by Lakshmisha in Jaimini Mahabharatha. Kannada script: ಸೂರ್ಯ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ ಮಿತ್ರಾಯ ಸೂರ್ಯಾಯ ಹಂಸಾಯ … [Read More...]
Budha Brihaspathi Vratha
Budha Brihaspathi Vratha is observed on Wednesdays and Thursdays during the Hindu month of Shravana, August-September in the Gregorian Calendar. Once Budha and Brihaspathi (Budha is planet Mercury … [Read More...]
Good Friday
Having studied in a Catholic school, we were shown many movies on Jesus Christ. I remember when I was 6 or 7 yrs old and crying out with all my heart when Jesus was being nailed to the cross and Mary … [Read More...]
Vaikunta Ekadasi
"Shaantaakaaram Bhujanga Shayanam Padmanaabham Suresham Vishvaadhaaram Gagana Sadrisham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam Lakshmiikaantam Kamalanayanam Yogibhidhyaarnagamyam Vande Vishhnum Bhavabhayaharam … [Read More...]
