Karnataka cuisine
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Karnataka cuisine is the cuisine of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is similar to the cuisine of neighboring states Goa, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. It is commonly served on a banana leaf, especially for special occasions.[1]
Its varieties include Mysore and Bangalore cuisine, North Karnataka cuisine, Udupi cuisine, Kodagu and Coorg cuisine, Karavali and coastal cuisine, and Saraswat cuisine. It includes vegan, vegetarian, and meat items, as well as savory and sweet dishes.[1]
Dishes that originated in Karnataka but have become popular outside the state include idli, rava idli, and Mysore masala dosa.[1] Other Karnataka cuisine items include:
- Avalakki - Flattened parboiled rice cooked with spices. In Karnataka avalakki can be eaten with majjige or gojju.
- Chitranna - Chitranna is prepared using rice, onion, green chili, lemon or raw mango peel, coriander leaves and turmeric.
- Bisi bele bath- A spicy rice-based dish. It originated in Mysore, Karnataka and from there spread across South India.[2]
- Jolada rotti - The staple diet of most of North Karnataka. It is eaten with pulse curries, ennegayi or assorted chutneys.[3]
- Mysore pak - Sweet dish prepared by using gram flour and ghee
- Holige (obbattu) - Extremely common sweet dish in Karnataka
- Neer dosa - Very common in Mangalore and Malenadu regions.[4]
- Ragi mudde - Very common in rural south Karnataka. Eaten with bassaaru and upasaaru.[5]
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Typical north Karnataka staple meal, rice, bele sambar curry, millet Jolada rotti, sauteed vegetables called palya and pickle.
Masala dosa is popular breakfast with origins in Karnataka
North Karnataka and Central Karnataka staple; kadak roti, served with various palya, chutney podi with yogurt, seasoned rice, and madli.
Ambode is popular lentil fried-fitters
Chitranna is popular seasoned rice dish
Ragi mudde with bassaaru
Bisi belebhath, a well-known rice-lentil based stew dish
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Jai Paul Dudeja (2025). A Guidebook on Healthy and Unhealthy Foods and Diets: With Description of Over 80 Foods, Diets and Cuisines in the World. Notion Press.
Equally, varieties in the cuisine of Karnataka have similarities with its three neighboring South Indian states, as well as the states of Maharashtra and Goa to its north.
- ↑ "Healthy Bisi Bele Bhath with broken wheat". The Hindu. 14 July 2024.
- ↑ "Celebrating Kannada cuisine Culinary feast at the 87th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in Mandya". The Indian Express. 7 December 2024.
- ↑ "Karnataka's most unique dishes under one roof". The Hindu. 6 May 2024.
- ↑ "Ragi Sangati". The Hindu. 21 June 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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Media related to Cuisine of Karnataka at Wikimedia Commons
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