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The taste of Karnataka!
Bisi Bele Bath
Bisi Bele Bath is one of the most popular Karnataka foods. Essentially a blend of rice, lentils, vegetables and spices, all cooked together to create a flavourful all-in-one dish. It is often served with generous helpings of ghee and potato chips or boondi. Bisi means hot in Kannada and hence this dish is best eaten piping hot.
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Dosas - The Perfect Comfort Food!
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Dosas - The Perfect Comfort Food!
Dosas are a popular dish all across India, and Karnataka is no different. They are essentially pancakes made with fermented batter of rice and black gram, and served with sambar (lentil stew) and chutney. The southern state is known for its many varieties of dosa. One of the most well-known is Davangere Benne Dosa, which is made with generous amounts of butter, while Mysore Masala Dosa is smeared with chutneys stuffed with spicy potato filling. Set dosas are thicker versions, while you can also get dosas made with ragi (millets) and rave (semolina). Another popular variation is the Neer Dosa that comes from Mangalore, where the rice is soaked in water overnight rather than being fermented.
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Mysore Pak - The Delicious Sweet Treat!
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Mysore Pak - The Delicious Sweet Treat!
Mysore Pak is a well known sweet from Karnataka. It was first created in the kitchens of the Mysore Palace and is made with chickpea flour, ghee (clarified butter) and sugar. The texture varies with the amount of ghee added to the dish from hard and porous (less ghee), to soft, dense, and fudge-y (more ghee).
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Maddur Vada-The Ideal Snack!
Maddur Vada-The Ideal Snack!
Maddur vada gets its name from the Maddur town that is 80 kilometres away from Bangalore. The vada has a crispy, hard crust and a soft core. The onion pieces in the vada make it very tasty and likeable by all. The vada is served with coconut or tomato chutney.
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Tatte Idli-A Popular Variant of the Traditional Idli
Tatte Idli-A Popular Variant of the Traditional Idli
Like dosas, idlis are enjoyed across South India. These steamed rice cakes are made with a fermented batter of black lentils and rice and served with chutney and sambar. A popular variation in Karnataka is the thatte idli, a plate-sized flattened variant (thatte is the Kannada word for a plate). Other variations popular in Karnataka are the rava idli, made from rava (or semolina), and Moode idli found in Mangalore.
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Dharwad Pedha-Wholesome Goodness!
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Dharwad Pedha-Wholesome Goodness!
Named for the city of Dharwad in Karnataka, this sweet is made with milk which is heated and stirred continuously, along with sugar and condensed milk. It is said that that the Dharwad peda was first created by a 19th-century confectioner in Dharwad, and has been given a Geographical Indication tag making it quite famous among the various Karnataka foods.
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Jolada Rotti-A North Karnataka Speciality
Jolada Rotti-A North Karnataka Speciality
This Indian flatbread is made with jowar (or sorghum) flour and salt, which is cooked on an iron skillet. It is popular in North Karnataka, where it is eaten with enne gai (eggplants stuffed with spices) or chutney. Other common rottis include akki rotti (made with rice flour, chillies, and onions) and ragi rotti (which is made with ragi, chillies and onions)
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Chiroti - A Flaky Pastry
Chiroti is a traditional Karnataka sweet that is prepared with a layered dough of maida (plain flour) fried until it resembles a flaky pastry and sprinkled with cardamom sugar. A version of this is the shredded, flaky peni (also called pheni or sutarfeni) which resembles crispy vermicelli. Also similar is mandige, a crepe with a thin filling of sugar and ghee.
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Mangalore Bajji - A Monsoon Snack
Chiroti - A Flaky Pastry
Chiroti is a traditional Karnataka sweet that is prepared with a layered dough of maida (plain flour) fried until it resembles a flaky pastry and sprinkled with cardamom sugar. A version of this is the shredded, flaky peni (also called pheni or sutarfeni) which resembles crispy vermicelli. Also similar is mandige, a crepe with a thin filling of sugar and ghee.
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Mangalore Bajji - A Monsoon Snack
Also called goli baje, Mangalore bajjis are a popular snack from Karnataka. It is made with flour, yoghurt, gram flour, rice flour, onions, coconut, and green chillies which are shaped into small balls and deep fried. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, it is often served with coconut chutney.
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Ragi Mudde - A Staple in Karnataka
Ragi mudde is a very popular staple dish in the rural area of Karnataka, and can also be found in cities across the state. It has only two ingredients, ragi (millets) flour and water. The mixture is cooked until it creates a smooth dough which is then shaped into balls. These are eaten with types of saaru (thin stews made of greens with sprouted grams, meat or vegetables) or curry. It is an extremely nutritious food item from Karnataka that’s also easy to make and keeps you full and feeling fit.
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Obattu(Holige)
Obattu(Holige)
This sweet flatbread is found across India as puran poli. Known as obbattu or holige in Karnataka, it is made with wheat flour, ghee, cardamom and nutmeg. One version is filled with channa dal (split yellow gram) or toor dal and jaggery, while another has a coconut and sugar based filling.