Festival Bites

Hello readers. I know this is a late update. Sorry for that since I have been quite busy with my studies lately for my upcoming exams. Since I stay in a hostel, I go home once in a month or two so pretty much excited all the time to go home to the comforts of mom made food. This is a photo post about all the yummy food me and my mom made for Ganesh Chaturti. Since we are from Karnataka Stuffed Kadubu(Indian form of momos)  forms an integral part of Ganesh Chaturti celebrations and it is also one of my favorite festival food. slurp!!! Now kadubu is a rice flour based steamed dish. It is eaten as a solid rice flour ball with chutney and ghee or some form of curry(usually chicken). But during festivals usually stuffed ones are made both savoury and sweet which are equally mouthwatering.

Good ol' fresh Banana Leaves 

                                     

Kadubu(savoury) before steaming them

Kadubu(with spicy dal &coconut based stuffing)

Steamed Kadubus( savoury)

Sweet Kadubu(with coconut,jaggery and til stuffing)

                                   

Sweeti boondi laddoo and spicy, crunchy chakli
                                                               

Home made Chakli and Boondi Laddoo

Another festival food made commonly during festivals is Lemon rice.(writing this post am terribly missing my home and my mouth is constantly watering!!)  lemon rice is one of those dishes which literally makes my taste buds dance. The starchy rice balanced with the sourness of lemon, sweetness of onions, spicy and crunchy peanuts oh yummm!!

Tangy Lemon Rice

Slurp!!!