Celebrating Passion for Food
Dear reader, the fact that I originally hail from one of the coastal regions of India largely contribute to the fact that my palate has developed significant affinity to all those recipes that feature seafood as one of the primary ingredients. So if you notice the quantity of recipes tilting more in favor of seafood recipes, you should not be surprised.
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Today’s recipe is India’s favorite breakfast dish. Yes you guessed it right, soft, spongy, fluffy white, circular in shape “Idli” and it tastes delicious with coconut chutney or tomato chutney.
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Dear readers, it must be pretty evident to you by now that we have been smitten by food and culture of Mangalore post our return from the food excursion of this coastal city. You may want to read about our trip here and here and we are trying to relive those moments by making some of the culinary gems that we tasted and learnt during our trip. If coastal food draws your fascination you may want to try out these Mangalorean recipes.
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If I have to verbalize my endearment for these roundels, I think it can be best expressed by stating that they were the primary reason for my visit to Mangalore, well actually one of the several. If you want to check out other reasons for our Mangalore trip, the recipe section Mangalore recipes may interest you. Our food excursion in the coastal city of Mangalore and temple city of Udupi resulted into several moments that we would nurture in our memories. You may read about the trip here and here.
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Neer Dosa originates from Tulu region in Karnataka. Neer means water in Tulu and this dosa attributes its name to the way it gets prepared which involves adding lot of water to make these dosas thin, soft with porous surface.
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There are some dishes in our country that are so deeply ingrained in the food culture of that region that they become synonymous to that region viz. Vada Pav, Dabeli of West India, Sarso ka saag-Makke ki roti, Tandoori Chicken from North, Dosas and Idlis from South of India and many others. The recipe that we are discussing today is deeply associated with Mangalorean cuisine.
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My first rendezvous with filter coffee, if my memory does not play the betrayal games on me, was when I was a kid whose mother would find herself in the company of her acquiescent son wherever she would go.
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