49th day of our blog

Hello Readers,

Today is 49th day of our blog.  I hope you will like it.  So here we go………

 Famous food of Karnataka 

Mango Chutney

Mango chutney is easy to make! And a great way to take advantage of mangoes when they are in season and plentiful at the market. 

Chutney is an Indian word pronounced as chatni and it means 'strongly spiced'. It is usually a fruit or mixture of fruits in warm spices, cooked with sugar (or jaggery) and an acid, like vinegar. Chutney may be sweet, spicy or a combination of the two. You can have a sweet chutney, very similar to jam, but strongly spiced.

This chutney is spicy from ginger, mustard seeds, garlic, and red chili pepper flakes. It gets its tangy-ness from the acidity in the mangoes and added vinegar, and it gets its sweetness from the mangoes, raisins, and sugar.

The basic tase of this comes from the type of mangoes you use. The mango is combined with the pungent taste of ginger-infused with warm spices like cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom. So, essentially you have a sweet, sour, spicy yet mild burst of flavors.

Ingredients 

Mangoes - I use firm mangoes that are semi-ripe. I find raw mangoes are quite sour while ripe mangoes are sweet and also tend to become smooth.

Ginger - Fresh is the way to go. Mango and ginger are an old classic combination that works perfectly every single time.

Vinegar - I use regular white vinegar. Apple cider works just as well.

Chili - Today I have used both sliced chili as well as chili flakes. You can use sweet chili or hot chilly along with smoked chili flakes. You can also increase or decrease the spiciness of this chutney per your individual preference.

Cinnamon - I highly recommend using a whole stick rather than powder. We want the flavor not the taste of cinnamon.

Cloves, cardamom - It's best to use whole spices. And yet, if you must, use just a pinch of the powder instead.

Star anise - Use a whole spice or omit it. Do not use the powder as star anise can be fairly strong.

Karnataka Culture - Know about tradition

Tula Sankramana

The Tula Sankramana is the first day of the Kodava community’s Toleyar month. River Cauvery holds a special significance and is revered by the Kannadiga population. It is believed that the goddess Cauvery rises from the water on this day to bless her devotees. On this day, thousands of people throng near the Talacauvery river to witness the water levels rise. Following this, they take a dip in the holy river as it is considered auspicious.

It is usually held on the 17th day of October and around 100,000 devotees from various parts of Karnataka gather in the Kodagu district to participate in the festivities.

Let’s Learn

In this Section you are going to learn how to read, write and speak Kannada fluently in a fun way. So let’s start. Yesterday’s edition we have asked readers to translate the sentence from English to Kannada from previous lessons. Hope you have completed😀 So here you have translation in Kannada to yesterday’s questions☺️

1. Give me 2,000 rupees.{ Nanage 2,000 rupaayi kodi}

2. They are my kids. {avaru nanna makkalu}

3. He is my friend.{Avanu nanna snehita}

4. No school tomorrow.{naale shaale ella}

5. My leg is paining. {nanna kaalu noyuthide}

We are excited to know how you have translated the same…..Please write it in comment section…We want to see your progress👍

Now Translate these Sentence from English to Kannada

1. I had idli for breakfast.

2. We saw cute elephants.

3. My computer is new.

4. My internet is fast.

5. We should sleep early.

We have given sentence based on information given in this blog…So please read and try to answer. Please write your answer in the comment section.

We hope you will like our post.  Please let us know what do you want to know in comment section. We will try to add those things.

Let’s meet tomorrow with new post😀

Yours,

Seema