Kitchen For Real

Kaara Kulambhu or Puli Kulambhu is our family's favorite and I make weekly once for our lunch.Last week I got lot of eggplants from my home garden and I wanted to make kaara kulambhu,noted from a T.V show.The recipe sounds simple but the  highlight of the recipe is the use of freshly ground masala paste.Here I used the long variety eggplant but the original recipe is with the baby eggplants.                                                                                                                                            Kathirikkai Kaara Kulambhu/Kuzhambhu                                                                                                     Basic Information    Preparation time 15 minutes     Cooking time 25 minutes    Serves 3-4          Ingredients        Ingredient Quantity Tamarind/puli a small lemon size Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/2 tsp Small round eggplants/kat

Coming to the final day of regional recipes in Karnataka cuisine for Blogging Marathon edition 66 is a crispy snack. Kodubale is a crispy rice flour rings,a quite addictive snack can be made in so many ways.I have already shared a version of kodubale  Suma's  blog. It uses rice flour along with ground peanut and all purpose flour,in the ratio of 4:1:1.The kodubales were so crunchy and addictive.Off to the recipe................                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Kodubale /Crispy Rice flour Ring                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 30 -35minutes     Cooking time 25-30 minutes    Serves a family of 4-5(generously)

For the final day of checker board recipes under Blogging Marathon#66 is an exotic ice cream slice made with oreo cookies and white chocolate. When  I was going through the internet for checker board recipes,found this one in  CadburyKitchen .I scaled down the measurement and tried a small slice with mini oreo cookies.For the first trial it came out good and its a rich and creamy dessert with the crunch of oreos.Also I tried a single serving in a small square bowl.Off to the recipe.....................                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               White Chocolate Oreo Ice Cream Slice                                                                                                           

Coming to day 2 recipe,themed under checker board recipes is an interesting fruit salad.When I was going through some checker board recipes for the theme,this salad caught my attention. For this fruit salad all you need is some fruits cubes and creativity to arrange it.Though the salad sounds simple,cutting the fruits into even sized cubes is a difficult task.Here I used watermelon,honey dew melon and some mango cubes.Also I drizzled the salad with some honey for an added taste.                                                                                                                                                                  Honey drizzled Rubix Cube Fruit Salad                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 20 minutes     Makes 1(3 x 3 cube)     Ingredients     Ingredient Quantity Watermelon (cubes) as needed Honey dew melon(cubes)

Starting the third week of blogging marathon,66th edition with checker board recipes as theme.As I have already shared the checker board cookies ,I planned to  make something with ice cream..With the basic  vanilla cake  and  vanilla ice cream  I tried an ice cream cake slice.For the chocolate ice cream added cocoa powder in the vanilla ice cream mixture.Also for the bottom layer of the cake I used the cake crumbs.Lets move on to the recipe..............                                                                                                                                                       Checker Board Ice Cream Cake Slice                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 20 minutes    Bak ing time 30 minutes (for the cake)    Freezing time 6-8 hours    Makes 1 loaf(8.5 x 4.5 inches)     Ingredients     Ingredient Quantity Vanilla c