Onion Fritter | Vegan/Vegetarian Recipe | Delicious Sweet Aroma

Onion Fritters / Onion Bhaji – Vegan

Quick and easy vegan recipe of crispy Onion fritters also known as Onion Bhaji in Indian cuisine, mainly served as a snack or starter before a main course. Its also sometimes named as pakora (fritter) which are deep-fried in a batter of chickpea flour. I make this quiet often when we want to munch on snacks and this […]

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South-Indian Flower Crab Curry Recipe

Flower Crab – Curry (Mangalorean Recipe)

I have been wanting to make these crabs for so long but always had something else planned for the weekend. I have never cooked crabs nor had the slightest idea what should be done if the crab is alive, neither did my husband. I told my husband: “My job is to cook the crab yours […]

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Rice Recipe | Sweet Pulav | Mangalorean Recipe | Delicious Sweet Aroma

Sweet Pulav – Rice Recipe

Pulao or Pulav is a delicately flavored rice that is lightly toasted in Ghee and then cooked in spices such as cloves, cinnamon etc. There are different variations of making a pulav in Indian Cuisine with assorted veggies. Sweet Pulav is mainly served during occasions in Mangalore. The main flavor of this dish is the […]

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Vegetable Chili Paste

Vegetable Chili Paste is commonly prepared by my mom at home to give a good flavor and aroma to the dish. Its also known as meet-mirsang masala (chili paste) to us Mangaloreans living in the coastal region. We grind the ingredients to a fine thick paste and store it in a small bottled container in the fridge. When […]

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Coorgi Pork | Delicious Sweet Aroma

Coorgi Pork

Coorgi pork is a traditional dish from Coorg with a complete twist unlike my previous post of black pepper pork recipe. Coorg also known as Kodagu, is a district in South-Indian state of Karnataka. It’s a hill station with a stunning landscape and because of its breathtaking view, history, nature, cool climate it is equated […]

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Easy Chicken Curry | Kori Rotti | Delicious Sweet Aroma

Chicken Curry with Kori Rotti – Easy Recipe

Curry is the pinnacle dish of South Asian meals goes-with-everything and a great accompaniment with bread, rice pancakes or rice. This Chicken Curry recipe is a basic recipe that is made easy where even a newbie can try and can never go wrong. In Mangalorean cuisine we call this dish as Kori Rotti, Kori – Chicken […]

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Soup of Mutton | Delicious Sweet Aroma

Soup of Mutton Bone-Marrow

Bone-Marrow is considered a delicacy in many countries with India being one of them. We in Mangalore prepare variety of mutton dishes with bone marrow in them. Not everyone accepts the taste of the bone marrow flesh but, I suggest you taste it once. Eating with hands is the best way to enjoy the bone marrow. […]

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Egg puffs | Easy recipe by Delicious Sweet Aroma

Egg Puffs with Easy filling

On the occasion of Easter weekend, I baked Egg Puffs wondering if something similar like these that are made in bakeries can be re-created at home. I never thought Egg puffs were this easy to be made at home, especially when you feel confounded by making a dough and your not too sure if the pastry would turn out […]

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Clay-pot Recipe, Kadgi Sukhi (Mangalorean food)

Raw Jackfruit Dry / Kadgi Sukhi in Clay Pot

Clay-pot recipes are one my families ancient ways of  cooking. My granies backyard has a separate open fireplace to cook food in clay-pots. My mom still cooks food in clay pots in granies kitchen. The food prepared in them are one of the tastiest than when prepared using other utensils. Having lived abroad some foods can never […]

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Black Pepper Pork | Mangalorean Pepper Pork | Delicious Sweet Aroma

Black Pepper Pork

Sometimes when there are celebrations at home, Black pepper pork is prepared by us Mangalorean’s. The local pork and the organic pepper seeds from the creepers in our home yard definitely makes a rocking recipe of black pepper pork, an all-time favorite. It’s not so fiery, you can moderate this by reducing the quantity of pepper. […]

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