50th day of our blog

 Hello Readers,

We are very happy to say that Today is 50th day of our blog.  I hope you will like it.  So here we go………

 Famous food of Karnataka 

Haalbai

Haalbai Recipe is a traditional and unique recipe from Karnataka cuisine which is prepared on special occasions. It is authentically made with coconut milk and rice flour. One can also try the same recipe by substituting rice flour with whole wheat flour or ragi flour. You can serve the Haalbai recipe warm or chilled, as a dessert after festive lunch or during evenings with tea.Haalbai is made in several households as a festival sweet or to celebrate special events.

How is Haalbai made:

Idli/dosa rice is soaked for a few hours to soften, then ground thoroughly to get batter. This rice batter is mixed with coconut milk and then added to a hot pan containing ghee and jaggery. Upon heating the batter mix thickens to form a cake. Add-ons like cardamom, elaichi may be added at this stage. Additional ghee or coconut milk added as felt necessary. Once heating is complete, the mixture is transferred to a larger plate, spread evenly and cut into cubes for serving. A piece of cashew or almond may be inserted on top of haalbai for visual effect and added taste.

Since jaggery used in Haalbai is made from natural sugars, Haalbai is safe for consumption by even those who have high sugar levels.

Where to get Haalbai:

Haalbai has a relatively shorter shelf life because of the usage of coconut milk. Hence it may not be stocked in restaurants or bakeries and is often made to order. You may take help from your local host to help locate a store where Haalbai may be available or made to order.

Karnataka Culture - Know about tradition

Ganesha Chaturthi

This is one festival all of us know about. It is the day that we celebrate in devotion to Lord Ganesha, son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. All of us know the story of how Lord Ganesha was created. The festival is celebrated over a period of 10 days, it begins on the 4th day of the waxing moon period(Shukla Chaturthi) and ends on the 14th day of the waxing moon period(Anant Chaturdashi) in the month of August or September.

In public places, clay idols of Lord Ganesha are placed in all the holy shrines and prayed upon while in the houses a small area of the house is cleaned and the idol is placed and prayed upon. The main sweet dish of this festival is the Modak which is a dumpling that is made from rice/wheat flour and stuffed with coconut, jaggery, dried fruits etc. Another sweet dish is Karanji which is also similar to the modak.

This festival is very sacred to the Hindus. On this festival four main rituals are performed which are as follows:

Prana Pratishtha: It is when Lord Ganesha is asked to come inside the Murthi or idol

Shodashopachara: It is the 16 ways to pay tribute to Lord Ganesha

Uttar Puja: It is the puja after which Lord Ganesha has entered the Murthi and can now be shifted. The murthi of Ganesha is shifted in the houses and offered fruits and other sweets.

Ganpati Visarjan : This is when the murthi or idol of Lord Ganesha is immersed into the river body be it a lake, pond or the sea.

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. I had idli for breakfast.{Belagina upahaarakke Naanu idli tinde}

2. We saw cute elephants.{Naavu sundaravaada aanegalannu nodidevu}

3. My computer is new.{ nanna ganaka yantra hosadu}

4. My internet is fast.{ Nanna internet tumba vega ede}

5. We should sleep early.{naavu bega malaga beku}

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. Today I will eat cake

2. I will get up early today.

3. The headphone is yellow in colour.

4. I got blessings from my elders on my birthday.

5. My Parents love me.

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