I have a bunch of Havyaka friends here. What is so unique about them is their language. Being born and breed in Bangalore, I am pretty fluent in Kannada. But the Havyaka Kannada or Havi kannada (ancient kannada) is a treat in itself. Very different and very sweet to the ear, I would love to learn this dialect of Kannada.
Anyways, coming to the post, thanks to my friends I have gotten to taste several Havyaka dishes. All the gojjus, the tambuli’s, hashi and the chitranna’s are a delight! The other day mom wanted to try something different and unique. What with Varalakshmi Pooja and lots of visits to several homes, we ended up with a couple of big yellow Lemons! Lemons are usually part of the tambulam bag during Varlakshmi festival! Mom decided to try Lemon Gojju or Nimbehannina Gojju as its called in Kannada. It turned out to be a sour-spicy-sweet, all in one tasty side, that is supposed to be great with rice. But I even used it as a spread on my toast and as a spread on chapathis. Innovation is a wonderful thing….
Mom said she got this recipe of this site! She's quite internet savvy, you know :-) The recipe worked great. Look for yourselves :-D
Lemon Gojju
Closer look - Dont you guys love how that seasoning looks!
All ready to be eaten - Rice mixed with Lemon Gojju - Rice Mudda!
One more entry to RCI- Karnataka – hosted by our very own Asha of Foodie’s Hope, brainchild of Lakshmi of Veggie Cuisine!
These events are a wonderful thing – don’t you agree? We end up trying cuisines and ingredients that we would otherwise hesitate to try!
19 comments:
latha, but lemons do you mean american lemons? or indian lemons (limes)?
Lemon Gojju is very nice entry and unique idea for especially traditional dish. Lots of ingredients but after that it is more taste with ghee taste and also add jaggery in nice.:)
latha, wow great choice nan bayalli neeru barutha ide!
Bee, I used the American ones - the yellow thick skinned ones. I guess India they probably use the
limes!
Thanks for stopping by Kajal. It does seem like a lot of ingredients, but it involved no cooking so it was easy to make.
Roopa, ogranne nodi nanagu bayalli neeru banthu :-) Annada jothe super combination. Banni manege taste madiyuranthe! :-)
Latha,
It looks so delicious,nimbehannina smell illige barutide, tempting to try,
Latha lemon gujju amazing must have been good, love the tadka.Kudos to your mom for researching and then preparing !!!
Latha, never knew about Havi Kannada, interesting! Great entry Latha,thanks.
I love Lemon in cooking which makes it tangy and spicy! Gojju looks yum.
Check my blog and scroll all the way down.Surprise!!!:D
Oh I forgot to thank your PC savvy mom for this and for that link!:))
hi latha!!
just came back from holiday and saw u'r blog!!
amazing recipes!!!
i did miss few posts, have to start over this weekend!!
have a nice weekend and catch u later
that bowl overflowing with gojju is so tempting :)
nice entry :)
ur mom is surely pc savvy:) gojju looks absolutely wonderful. and girl, havyaka's hail from south canara(kundapur, m'lore and udupi) also :)
the gojju looks great. Now I got to check the website too:)
The lemon gojju looks great, Love this traditional recipe, mouthwatering....add to feed links, now I can keep track of ur posts, tx for visiting my blog...am glad u liked it...
I thought I made gojjus from pretty much everything but guess I forgot Nimbekayi! :)
Sounds divine and looks mouthwatering! Internet savvy mom, huh? How cute ! :)
hi latha! lemon gujju recipe looks mouthwatering,so i tried it today.but it turned out to be very bitter:(.recipe said we have to grind with lemon peel.this makes it bitter i guess?
Hi Anonymous,
Yes lemon peel does make it bitter- you would have to adjust the jaggery or brown sugar amount to a little bit more to suit your taste. That would reduce the biiterness.
Hope it works out better next time.
Cheers
Latha
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