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Eggless Banana Sponge Cake (using pressure cooker)

This is one of the easiest cake recipes, especially when you have extra ripe bananas at home! Just blend it, mix it and bake it. Voila!...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Mar 24, 20193 min read

Whole wheat Eggless Chocolate Walnut Brownie

Who doesn’t love chocolate? And anything that’s made from chocolate or tastes chocolaty is so heavenly delicious, isn’t it? Anything we...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Mar 23, 20193 min read

Paneer Coriander Lababdar

Who doesn’t love paneer?? Especially vegetarians like us?? The only delicious source of protein which is equally tasty and healthy is...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Mar 15, 20193 min read

Whole wheat stuffed cheese garlic bread

In my previous post I had mentioned that I will post my recipe on stuffed garlic bread using whole wheat flour so, in this post I would...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Mar 15, 20193 min read

Stuffed Cheese Garlic Bread

I loved it when my parents ordered stuffed garlic bread from Dominos. We used to have it almost every week. They (Dominos) first had...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Mar 15, 20194 min read

SOYA MASALA GRAVY

Soya Chunks - an absolute protein packed nutrition for us vegetarians!! That’s right! The nutritional value in these soya chunks is...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Mar 12, 20192 min read

BREAD UPITTU (using whole wheat bread)

Ah! Bread upittu !!! Yum!! Even now my mouth waters at just hearing the name of this dish. This dish was my Dad’s special at home....

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Feb 8, 20193 min read

Pudina Chutney (without coconut)

Chutneys are always the most favorite side dish, especially to us Indians. Aren’t they?? Chutneys are served with almost every meal in...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Jan 21, 20193 min read

Bangladeshi Biriyani

Love for Biriyani!! Who doesn’t love Biriyani??? In fact, I had friends who were Muslims and Christians and my other friends used to...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Jan 20, 20195 min read

Soft Idli/ dosa batter recipe

Idly and Dosa/ dose is authentic to Karnataka invented by people of Udupi, it was made on the temple streets of Udupi. Idli is a typical...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Jan 11, 20192 min read

Avarekalu payasam

Avarekalu, is the most favorite source of food used during winter by people, mostly in the southern parts of Karnataka. I love “Avarekalu...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Jan 9, 20193 min read

Ragi Balls and Bass Saru ( south karnataka dish-Nati style)

The most relished dish, mostly in the villages is the Ragi Balls – popularly called as ‘Ragi Mudde’. Villagers eat these ragi balls...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Dec 12, 20183 min read

Uddin vada ( spicy urad dal mini dough nuts):

In Karnataka, Urad dal vada is one of the most savored snack. In local restaurants at south karnataka, these crispy vadas are mostly...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Dec 12, 20182 min read

The Tiny Chef In Me!

It interests me the fact that the curiosity in you to know about me has made me write this blog in the 1st place. Thanks for taking some...

Samanvitha Lalithakumar

Dec 12, 20181 min read

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