Geeta M. Baliga

I am Geeta Baliga born in Chennai and grew up in Calicut, Kerala.


I got married at the age of 21 to Mohan Baliga and moved to Hubli. I have 2 daughters and a son.


I was an entrepreneur and ran a very successful pre-school called Rose Bud in Hubli for 35 years. All my children are settled in North America. I have 5 grand children.We are now settled in the US to stay closer to our children.


Konkani cuisine is known for great fish curries and other seasonal delicacies like "Kadgi Chako" and "Keerla Sukhe".


We constantly had family visiting us for whom I helped cook barrels of curries, chakkulis and ubbatis, phenories, shevai, thile undo, halvas, etc. I had friends from various parts of India - Punjabi, Maharasthrian, Savji and Lingayat (Hubli locals) from whom I learnt to make other types of cuisines. Over time my reputation grew as a good cook in the family and circle of friends, particularly for seafood.


I update this blog as and when I prepare the dishes. If you find these recipes interesting please leave your comments in comment box below each recipe. and also add to my followers group . This will encourage me to continue with my efforts !


All the recipes are listed in alphabetical order on the right hand side and sorted by labels on the left side

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Vegetable Pulav

Method -
2 cups basumati rice
wash 3 to 4 time drain and keep aside
1 large onion cut  legthwise
Oil + ghee 2 dessert spn
1/2 kg carrots cut in to tiny  half moon shapes
 1 cup peas
 1/4 kg beans cut in to lengthwise
 3 tab spn cashewnuts bits
 2 tabsopn raisins
2 tab spn garlic paste
 4 slit green chillies
 7 to 10 cloves
 1 " cinnamon
1 tspn garam masala
a few strings of chopped coriander leaves
A few strings of chopped mint leaves

Heat oil + ghee in a flat bottom kadai
add cinnamon & cloves
Add the garlic paste and stir a while till the odoue leaves
 Add  onion
Add slit green chillies
 Add the cashew nuts and raisins
 Add the vegetables
Add the chopped coriander leaves + mint leaves
Add 1 tspn  salt to taste and garam masala
 Add safron or 1 tspn turmeric
 Fry a while adding little water to cook the vegetables
Add 4 cups of water
add salt to taste
 Boil the water
 when the water reaches boiling point add the rice and stir and keep on the fire
 close this with a lid
 Lower the fire and keep the rice on low flame  till it is done
 Remove from fire and stir and mix thoroughly
 Pulav is ready to relish

Recipe no 2 

 2 medium size tomatoes + 1 onion chopped 
4 to 6 lavang 3 to 4 small pieces dalchini ,a few coriander leaves 
Grind together in to paste 
Heat oil ,+ ghee inna kadai 
Add this paste and stirr till it leaves oil 
Add all the vegetables , raisin s ,cashe bits and mix  and keep on the gas till vegetables r cooked  adding little water 
Add salt to taste 
Add the cooked rice and mix and keep on the stove on a very low fire fr a few a seconds . serve hot with onion raita 


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