Geeths Dawath Food Blog

Its nearly a month since Monsoon has hit  Mangalore. There are lot delicacies prepared during this season because few greens are available only during this season.Some of them are Cassia tora leaves orTaikilo,Maralva paan or Colocasia leaves,Kirlu or tender bamboo shoots,phagil or teasel gourd and most important and my favourite is THUNDER MUSHROOM or  GUDGUDU ALAMBE as in Konkani which ... Read More »

Andhra chicken dry is a  chicken sukka version of Mangalore. Well, my folks said it tasted like chicken sukka as maam also says it is their version of chicken sukka.Yes,I adapted this recipe from Kudpi maam’s blog.The dish came out to be very good.I slightly reduced the whole garam masala’s as per our taste.Recipe adapted from:kudpiraj’s garam tawa Ingredients:Broiler chicken- 1.5 kg,skin ... Read More »

Taikile leaves or taikilo is often seen only during monsoon season.In English it means Cassia tora and thojanku as in the local language Tulu.We prepare varieties of dishes with these leaves.My aayi (granny) says that, it is the poor mans food and has lot of medicinal benefits.I  still remember we used to go in search of these leaves with aayi ... Read More »

‘Nale raje goli baje’.Well, these are the  popular lines hummed by most of us Mangaloreans when a holiday was declared  in  the school for the next day, where ‘Nale raje is a Kannada term which means ‘tomorrow is a holiday so feast with Goli baje’.You’ll guessed it right. Today I’m going to share a popular Mangalorean dish,  Goli bajo or Goli ... Read More »

Ennegai is one of my favourite dish.This is prepared with small,baby brinjals either with green or purple.I borrowed this recipe from Santoshi Nayak and she prepares the best ennegai with different versions.This is one of the version I’m posting today.In this recipe coconut is not added.This not exactly a GSB dish,I assume this is a North Karnataka dish.Any person who ... Read More »

Soya rice is a pulav made with soya chunks.Soya chunks preparation is a favorite at our place.My daughter Sanju loves this rice ,so I prepare it very often.Soya chunks are rich in protein and has many other health benefits. Soya chunks is the best substitute to chicken.Many delicacies are prepared  like soya ghee roast, Manchurian to name a few.I have already posted the recipe ... Read More »

This is one of the easy peasy recipe which I adapted from my friend Seema D Shenoy’s page Seema’s dine divine.I love recipes which is very quick to prepare,new and tasty.And this turned out very tasty.Thank you Seema for the this tasty recipe.This makes a great starter. Ingredients: Paneer or cottage cheese-200 g Capsicum-1,diced Onions-3,diced Garlic-2 tsp chopped Ginger-1 tsp,chopped ... Read More »

Few days back Shobana Rao,my Fb friend and a fellow blogger who works on  the space Cooking with Shobana approached  me to do a guest post, I wanted to share something really dashing.Of course Cake was in mind, as usual I stumbled on Divya’s blog and this black beauty fell into my eyes and I said this is it.I baked ... Read More »

Finally succeeded in preparing eggless tiramisu in desi style.Though the method looks lengthy it is very easy to prepare.I started my preparation the previous night itself.I baked the cake and kept it ready.I also hung the curds and refrigerated it.So my job became easy on the Dday.You may also use ready made sponge cake to reduce the job.I adapted this ... Read More »

Coorg is a small hill station,a tourist spot situated in Karnataka,close by to Mysore and we have visited that place to the maximum.It is few hours from Mangalore and we have our own lodging too….It is famous for its spices and aromatic coffee powder. I suggest it is one of the must place to visit…Coming back to the dish,I wanted ... Read More »