Avarekalu Mixture Recipe – Hyacinth/Field Beans Snacks - Avarekalu Recipes

Avarekalu season is started in Bangalore. Every year I never forget to try some interesting avarekalu recipes during this season. My School moms friends are the biggest inspiration & source for my Karnataka recipes. This year they suggested me to try Avarekalu uppittu & avarekalu mixture recipe. Avarekalu mixture is an yummy South Indian mixture recipe prepared with the combination of deep fried avarekalu(Hyacinth beans / Flat beans/ Indian lilva beans in English, Mochakottai in Tamil, Surti papdi in Hindi), poha, peanuts, nuts and raisins.

 One can find it easily in most of the snacks and savory shops in Bangalore at this time. In many places, people make this mixture only with avarekalu. But I like to add all the other ingredients to yield more quantity and taste. Hitikida avarekalu (Skinless beans) works well for this mixture recipe. It was so good and crunchy to taste. I am sure kids and adults would love to munch it during tea time. It would be ideal for their snacks box as well. Even though its high in calories, its a very tasty indulgence. You can also make this mixture with dry avarekalu/ dried beans by soaking overnight in water. 

Do try this yummy mixture recipe in this avarekalu season. You will love it. Ok, lets see how to make Avarekalu mixture recipe with step by step pictures.

Check out my other Avarekalu Recipes below

1. Avarekalu Saaru
2. Avarekalu pulao
3. Avarekalu sagu for poori, roti 
4. Avarekalu huli

Avarekalu mixture recipe

How to make South Indian style mixture recipe with avarekalu / Mochai / Hyacinth beans

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Snacks

Serves: Serves 4

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Hitikida Avarekalu / Skin less Field beans / Hyacinth beans / Pachai mochai kottai - 1 cup Thick poha - 1/2 cup ( Use 1/4 cup for less poha) Peanuts – 2.5 tbsp Fried gram dal - 1 tbsp Cashew nuts - 5 nos (Break into two) Dry grapes/ Raisins - Few (Optional) Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Curry leaves – few Cooking oil – to deep fry Salt - as needed Sugar – 1/4 tsp (optional) Dry coconut pieces – Few (Optional, I din’t use it) Hing / asafetida – A big pinch

HOW TO MAKE AVAREKALU MIXTURE

1. Wash and soak avarekalu in water overnight or for 6 hours.
2. Peel the skin and keep it ready.
3. Spread them in a cloth. Pat it dry.
4. Heat oil and deep fry avarekalu in batches. Cook till bubbles cease.
5. Remove them in a paper towel. Deep fry poha, peanuts, cashews, dry grapes and fried gram dal one by one and add to fried avarekalu.
6. Add salt, red chilli powder and hing. Mix well.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and soak avarekalu in water overnight or for 4 to 6 hours. Peel the skin by pressing the avarekalu between your thumb finger and pointer finger. Skin comes off easily. Collect them in a bowl. You can also split them into two halves if you like. Refer the picture below. Spread the peeled avarekalu in a cotton cloth and pat it dry to remove its moisture completely. Make sure its dry. Do not rest the avarekalu in the cloth for long time. It will become hard to eat after frying. So its enough if you just pat it dry nicely. Heat oil in a kadai to deep fry. Fry avarekalu in 3 batches. When you put the avarekalu in oil, it settles down in the bottom of oil with lots of bubbles. Once its cooked and becomes crispy, it will float on the top of oil without bubbles. You can remove them at this stage. Cook in medium high flame and keep tossing gently till its crispy else the entire mixture will become soggy the next day. So please be patient while frying avarekalu. Each batch takes nearly 5 minutes but its color won’t change. Drain the oil and Remove the avarekalu in a tissue paper. Now deep fry poha till crispy and add to fried avarekalu. Then deep fry peanuts, cashews till golden and remove them. Collect them in the avarekalu bowl.Deep fry dry grapes till puffy. Remove and add to the mixture. Lastly fry the fried gram dal just for a minute and remove it. Fry curry leaves and add it. Mix all the fried items in a wide bowl. Add salt, red chilli powder, sugar and a pinch of hing. Toss it to coat well. Serve with hot coffee/tea. Enjoy ! Store in an air tight box after it comes to room temperature. Enjoy up to a week!

Note

For variations, you can roast Kellogg's corn flakes in 2tsp oil and add to the mixture instead of poha. Frying the avarekalu properly is the key to make perfect crispy mixture. If you rest the avarekalu in the cloth for long time, it loses all the moisture and becomes very dry. So it will taste hard once you deep fry. So it is enough if you just pat it dry. Adjust the quantity of chilli powder as per taste. For variations, you can also add 2 pinches of chat masala powder and black salt.

Try this easy, yummy, crispy Avarekalu Mixture and enjoy with tea/coffee !

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Vegetable Sagu Recipe – Karnataka Style Saagu Recipe For Poori, Set Dosa, Rava idli

Sagu is the most popular side dish for poori, set dosa, rava dosa and even for rava idli in Karnataka hotels just like vegetable kurma in Tamil nadu. It is served along with coconut chutney. In Kannada Sagu means Kurma. Being in Bangalore for the past 10 years, I had tasted this saagu ( mixed vegetable sagu) several times in restaurants, marriage functions here.

In some places, potato sagu is served instead of vegetable sagu. During avarekalu season ( Field beans), avarekalu sagu is served. Recently I got this recipe from Nagalakshmi ( one of my friends in School moms group). Actually she shared two versions. One is the green version and the other one is red. But I wanted to try the hotel style sagu recipe. So I chose the green version and tried it for Ragi Poori. It came out really well. In some hotels, sagu looks red in color. To make that, use byadgi red chilli / Kashmiri red chilli while grinding masala or use red chilli powder.

Before posting here, I shared a picture of this sagu with my friends in Whatsapp, got their approval about the color and texture and posting it confidently. The flavor and texture of this sagu is very similar to south Indian veg kurma. Coconut, poppy seeds are the most important ingredients. It forms the base for this gravy. You could find many variations in sagu masala. But tastes good in all the ways ! Lets see how to make Karnataka style mixed vegetable sagu recipe with step by step pictures.

Saagu recipe / mixed vegetable sagu recipe

Karnataka style mixed vegetable sagu recipe - side dish for poori, set dosa, rava idli and rava dosa

Cuisine: Karnataka

Category: Side dish for poori, dosa

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250 ml Mixed vegetables - 1 cup ( 1 medium carrot, 5 beans, 1 potato, handful green peas ) ( Cauliflower, knol khol can also be used) Big onion - 1 no Tomato - 1 small ( optional) Salt & water - as needed To Grind Grated coconut - 1/4 cup Green chillies - 3 nos ( use 2 for less spicy taste) Poppy seeds/Khus Khus – 1.5 tsp Fried gram dal – 1.5 tsp Big onion – 1/2 no (medium sized) Coriander seeds - 1/2 tsp Ginger - 1/2 inch Garlic cloves - 2 nos Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp Cinnamon - 1 inch piece Cloves - 2 nos Cardamom - 1 no  Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp Tamarind – A pinch (Optional) To Temper Cooking oil – 2 tbsp Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Urad dal – 1 tsp Curry leaves - Few

HOW TO MAKE VEGETABLE SAGU - METHOD

Wash and chop all the vegetables finely. Grind all the ingredients given under “ To grind” to a smooth paste. Set aside. Heat oil in a pressure cooker base. Temper mustard seeds, urad dal and curry leaves. Add the finely chopped onion and saute till transparent. Add the chopped vegetables and required salt. Mix well and add ground paste. Saute till raw smell goes off.  Lastly add 1 cup of water. Mix well and Pressure cook for 1 whistle in low flame. Open the lid after the steam is released. If its watery, boil for a minute. If its too thick, add some water to adjust the consistency. Mix well and serve with poori, set dosa or rava idli. Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of green chillies as per your spice level. Adding tamarind is optional while grinding masala. You can add 1 tsp of ginger, garlic paste instead of ginger and whole garlic. You can also add few mint leaves while grinding.

Try this easy, Karnataka special vegetable sagu for poori, dosa. Its flavorful and healthy too!

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Instant Karnataka Style Chakli Recipe – Simple Murukku Recipe

Instant chakli recipe / Simple murukku recipe with step by step and video. This Karnataka style easy and simple murukku recipe (Chakli in Kannada) using store bought rice flour and besan flour was in my to do list for long time. Recently I got a pack of bull driven cold pressed (Chekku ennai) sesame oil, groundnut oil and coconut oil from Gramiyum – An online store. Product & packaging was too good and its professional too. If you are looking for original cold pressed oils, you can buy them online from Gramiyum. They also have organic honey, natural nuts at a reasonable price. 

My MIL usually says snacks fried in groundnut oil is more flavorful. So I thought of making this easy, Karnataka style chakli/ murukku by frying in cold pressed groundnut oil ( Kadalai ennai).This instant chakli recipe which I had bookmarked years ago from Savi ruchi blog came to my mind. Its an easy, instant chakli recipe made with easily available ingredients. It came out very well with the awesome flavor of groundnut oil. I have tasted this Chakkuli/Chakri ( My friends tell this way) in my friends place. All my friends here make it during Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali and Gokulashtami festivals.

 Basically I love this Karnataka style chakli a lot and got the recipe for homemade chakli powder from my friend Priya. I will share that recipe later. This chakli is made with rice flour and besan flour. Its prepared without butter or ghee. Hot oil is used to bring crunchiness. So it doesn’t have a melt in mouth texture just like butter chakli but tastes crispy and crunchy. It tastes the best with full flavor by the next day. We enjoy this chakli with our evening tea/ chai. 

As its summer vacation in India, Kids must be nagging you for some evening snacks. Do try this easy chakli recipe at home for your kids!They will like it. Please excuse me for the non uniform shapes. I am not so good  or patient enough in pressing murukku. But my MIL says everything comes by practice. So this year, I am planning to try more murukku recipes. Hope I can make perfect swirls in future.
Lets see how to make Karnataka style Instant chakli recipe with step by step pictures and VIDEO.

Check out my Butter murukku/chakli, Potato murukku, idli rice murukku, Lemon murukku, Garlic murukku too.

Chakli Recipe - Instant Chakli Recipe - Karnataka Chakli Recipe

How to make Karnataka style Chakli/ Murukku at home

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Snacks

Serves: 15 

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Rice flour - 1 cup Besan flour - 1/4 cup Red chilli powder - 1 tsp ( I used Kashmiri chilli powder) Sesame seeds - 1/2 tsp (I used black. You can use white too) Asafetida/Hing - 1/4 tsp Hot cooking oil - 3 tbsp Water - As needed Salt - As required Cooking oil or Groundnut oil - To deep fry

HOW TO MAKE CHAKLI - METHOD

In a wide bowl, sieve the rice flour + besan flour.To the sieved flour, add salt, red chilli powder, sesame seeds and hing. Heat cooking oil and add it to the flour. Mix with a spoon till oil spreads well in the flour. Add water gradually and make a smooth dough.Make the dough slightly sticky. If the dough is too hard, chakli will break while pressing. Cover the dough with a wet cloth till use. Besan flour in the dough absorbs more water and dough becomes thick over time. So if the chakli breaks while pressing, sprinkle little water to the dough and try again. You will get it right. Sprinkle water whenever needed. Take the chakli maker with star mould, fill with the dough. Press it on a butter paper or cotton cloth. Make shapes. Cover it till use else dough will become dry and murukku breaks while frying. Heat oil in a kadai to deep fry the chakli. When the oil is heated, drop a pinch of dough. If it rises to the top immediately, oil temperature is right. Drop 2-3 chakli for one batch. Keep the flame medium. Do not touch the chakli for one minute. Let it cook in the hot oil. Then flip it and cook the other side. Keep the flame medium. Cook the chakli till 90% of bubbles cease and becomes golden. Remove in a tissue paper. Repeat the same & fry all the chakli. Store in an air tight box after it cools down completely. Tastes best the next day ! Enjoy !

Note

Besan absorbs all water in the dough. So you may need to add sprinkle more water whenever needed while pressing. Do not reduce the quantity of hot oil else chakli may turn hard. Make sure oil temperature is right else murukku absorbs more oil.

Try this easy, instant chakli for your kids and family’'. They will love it !

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Mavinakayi Chitranna Recipe – Raw Mango Rice Recipe Karnataka Style

Ugadi festival is around the corner. This year for Ugadi, I am sharing a Karnataka special delicacy Mavinakayi Chitranna recipe. Its nothing but raw mango rice recipe ( Mangai sadam) prepared in  Karnataka style. I learnt this recipe from my School moms friend Archana. 

When I was asking her about Ugadi special recipes of Karnataka other than holige/Obbattu, she told me that they make Mavinakayi chitranna , Mavinakayi chutney, kosambari, obbattu saaru and some palya for the festival. As I had already shared Holige recipe and easy obbattu saaru recipe,I wanted to try Kosambari and mango chitranna this year. 

Actually our friend Tara told me another recipe for Mavinakayi chitranna adding onion and roasted methi seeds powder. I will post that version later. I found many variations for this particular recipe on net. As I am sharing a festival recipe, I wanted to make a simple no onion, no garlic green mango rice and I followed my friend's recipe blindly :) So here you go, Ugadi special Karnataka style mango rice recipe – Mavinakayi chitranna with step by step photos and a video !

Check out my Holige recipe, easy obbattu saaru, Karnataka Ugadi lunch menu post !

Check out my Andhra Ugadi pachadi recipe, pulihora and boorelu recipes.

Mavinakayi Chitranna Recipe - Karnataka style raw mango rice

Mavinakayi chitranna recipe - Raw mango rice recipe - Karnataka style

Cuisine: Karnataka

Category: Rice varieties

Serves: 3

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Cooked rice – 2 cups ( Raw rice or steamed rice – 1/2 cup) Grated raw mango – 1/2 to 3/4 cup ( Based on sourness of mango) Grated coconut - 1 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Salt - as needed To temper Cooking oil - 2 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1 tsp Chana dal - 1.5 tsp Raw Peanut - 1 tbsp Green chillies - 3 nos ( Slit) Curry leaves - Few Coriander leaves - 1.5 tbsp

METHOD

Wash and pressure cook 1/2 cup of rice ( you can use raw rice or steamed rice) adding 1.25 cups of water and few drops of cooking oil. I used steamed rice/ Boiled rice. I used 1:3 ratio of rice and water. After the rice is cooked, spread it in a plate and add a tsp of oil around. Let it cool down. Measure 1.5 cups of cooked rice and keep aside. Wash and grated a medium sized raw mango. Taste it to check its sourness. After grating measure 3/4th cup of it and set aside. Pls refer the pic above. Adjust the quantity of  raw mango based on its tanginess. Heat oil in a kadai.Splutter mustard seeds.Add urad dal, chana dal and peanuts. Roast till peanuts are done and dal turns golden brown in color. Roast it in medium flame. Now add the slit green chillies, curry leaves and half of the chopped coriander leaves. Saute for a minute. Now add the required salt and turmeric powder.Mix well. Some people add raw mango,saute for a minute and then add the rice. But I added the cooked rice first and tossed well for a minute then added the raw mango as the sourness of my mango was less. My friend also told me to do the same. You can saute the raw mango before adding the rice if its too sour. It can be done in either ways. Lastly add the grated mango and mix well for a minute. Check for taste. If the taste is too sour, add some more cooked rice, some red chilli powder or slit green chillies to balance the sour taste. You can add more rice or grated mango based on your taste. Mix well and cook for a minute.Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves and grated coconut. Serve hot or warm as u wish. Enjoy !

Note

For variations, you can make the raw mango paste without coconut seperately, refrigerate it for a week and then mix with cooked rice whenever needed.For this, add the grated raw mango after the tempering is done. Allow it to cook for a minute and switch off the flame. Let it cool down and then store in a box. Use clean spoon to handle. Adjust the quantity of green chillies based on the sourness of mango. I have used steamed rice ( Puzhungal arisi). Generally raw rice is used. You can add basmati rice as well. The quantity of rice may vary based on the sourness of raw mango. My mango was not too sour. It is optional to peel the skin of mango. As we are grating the mango, it is not necessary to peel the skin. Some recipes call for grinding mango, coconut, green chillies and add to cooked rice. You can try this method for variation. Do not avoid coriander leaves. It lends a nice flavor to the rice. Add half of the coriander leave while tempering and the remaining to garnish.

Try this simple and yummy raw mango rice at home, enjoy your lunch !

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Vegetable Palav Recipe – Karnataka Style Veg Pulao - Rice Bath Recipe

Here is a fool proof, Karnataka special Vegetable pulao recipe (vegetable palav) with step by step pictures and video. This mixed vegetable pulao is a must and should recipe in all the weddings, lunch buffet and parties in Bangalore, Karnataka. In hotels, its called as rice bath or veg palav in the menu. In our school moms group, we used to conduct kitty party once in a month in one of our houses. Mostly it would be a lunch party. I still remember Tara’s kitty party lunch menu. I had this pulao for the first time in her house and after that in few hotels, marriage functions and birthday parties. My friends call this as “Palav” in Kannada. I am a big fan of this Karnataka style pulao especially for its wonderful flavor. I don’t mind eating one full plate of it. 

I got this recipe from Tara and made it for our Sunday Lunch last week. It came out very well with the awesome masala flavor which is the highlight of this pulao. Tara makes it super spicy and very tasty. The whole pot gets emptied in few minutes. Thanks a lot Tara for teaching me this wonderful, authentic Karnataka veg pulao recipe to me. Now I am confident enough to try this rice variety for my guest and parties. This pulao looks mild green in color. 

In some hotels here, they serve a red colored pulao adding red chilli powder. If you are looking for that version, check out this delicious and Restaurant style SPICY VEG PULAO recipe which I learnt from my another friend Megha. Now lets see how to make this yummy, Karnataka style Vegetable pulao with step by step pictures and video !

Karnataka style vegetable pualo recipe

How to make Karnataka style veg pulao recipe at home

Cuisine: Karnataka

Category: Rice varieties

Serves: 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Sona masoori / Raw rice - 1 cup ( Use good quality ones) Water - 2 cups ( to soak rice) Mixed vegetables - 1/2 cup ( 1 Carrot, 5 beans, 1 potato, fistful peas) Cooking oil - 3 tbsp Bay leaf - 1 no Black stone flower - 2 nos Marathi moggu - 1 no Star anise - 1 no Cinnamon - 1 inch piece Cloves - 2 nos Big onion -1 no ( sliced) Tomato - 1 small ( chopped finely) Dhania powder - 1 tsp Crushed kasoori methi - 1 tsp (optional) Salt - as needed To grind Grated coconut - 1/4 cup Green chillies - 6 nos ( use 8 for more spicy taste, 4 for less spice) Mint leaves - a handful Big onion - 1/2 no Cinnamon - 2 inch piece Cloves - 3 nos Cardamom - 2 nos Ginger - 1.5 inch piece Garlic cloves - 8 nos Water - as needed ( to grind to paste)

HOW TO MAKE KARNATAKA VEG PULAO - METHOD

Wash and soak 1 cup of rice in 2 cups of water for 15 to 30 minutes. Wash and chop the vegetables into small cubes. Grind the ingredients given under “ To grind” to a smooth paste by adding required water. Set aside. Heat oil in a pressure cooker base and add the whole garam masala. Saute until aromatic and then add sliced onions. Saute till transparent. Now add the tomato pieces and saute till mushy. Add the ground masala paste. Mix well for a minute. Now add chopped vegetables, mix well for a minute. Then add the soaked rice along with water. Add dhania powder, crushed kasoori methi(optional) and required salt in the water. Mix well. Take some water and check for taste. Add more salt if required and slit green chilli for spicy taste. Pressure cook in very low flame for two whistles. Open the lid after the steam is released completely. Fluff the rice gently with a fork. Remove in a plate and serve hot with onion raita ! This rice looks slightly mushy when hot. But rice grains become fluffy and separate as it cools down. If you are making it for parties or functions, make this pulao one hour in advance and let it be in the cooker to stay warm. If it cools down, sprinkle very little water and reheat it for few minutes before serving. Tastes and smells yum ! Enjoy !

Note

My friend Tara adds 8 to 10 chillies for the mentioned quantity. But I used 6 as my chillies were spicy. Adjust the quantity based on your taste. You can even add slit chillies in the water if you feel spiciness is less. If you want, you can use red chilli powder or red chillies instead of green chillies while grinding the masala. Addition of dhania powder and kasoori methi gives a nice flavor to pulao. Kasooi methi is not added usually in Karnataka style pulao, but I followed my friend's suggestion :) Good quality raw rice is used for Karnataka style pulao. You can replace with basmati rice of you wish. In that case, use 1:1.5 cups of rice and water ratio based on the rice you have. For variations, you can use coriander leaves instead of mint leaves but flavor may vary.

Try this yummy, spicy Karnataka style veg pulao for your weekend lunch or lunch box, Enjoy !

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