Comments on: Sweetened popcorn powder (Layya piTTo)

By: Arun Shanbhag

Arun Shanbhag — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:05:04 +0000

yes, remember lahyya pitto very well from the festivals at our home. Did not know that it was ‘popped’ rice. Creative use of pop-corn.

Hope your janmashtami was memorable.

Now ready for Ganesh Chaturtthi? )

Shilpa: Still thinking what to post for Ganesh chaturthi. I had covered most of the things last year .

By: Jagmohan

Jagmohan — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:45:56 +0000

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a blog that is specific to Indian recipes but to be cooked outside India. You know what I mean: e.g. how to make besan ladu in USA using local ingredients.

Jagmohan

Shilpa: Jagmohan, I currently live in Kansas, USA and about 99% of the recipes I have posted on this blog are cooked here(cooked and pictures taken). So all these ingredients are available in Indian stores here.

By: Sabitha shenoy

Sabitha shenoy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:09:48 +0000

Dear Shilpa,
for the layyepitto or lhayi, you can add coconut, alle, green chilli& salt dhadanu churna and prepare theek laaye pitto. After having too many sweets, this tastes wonderful! In karkal, one of the temples, after the continuous godu phovu poojas, on the day of okkul(holi) they prepare theek phovu/lhayi which is known as kalle phovu/lhayi.

Shilpa: Sabitha, Yes, we do make this version. It tastes great, I will do a post about it sometime.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:29:35 +0000

So in a way, this is your own fast food. Nice to learn about these new dishes.

By: Pooja

Pooja — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:48:22 +0000

Your recipes remind me of all my childhood days. I guess karwar n goa has almost same rituals.

By: kanchan

kanchan — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:11:17 +0000

shilpa you can make godda panchakdayi also very very quickly. all u need is a little scraped coconut [ soyi], jaggery[ god ] a little ghee and coarse powder of roasted chana [ futanya dali which we put in chivda]. mix it well and heat just c that jeggery dissolves . and in 2 mts it is ready to eat. i add a bit of roasted seasame seeds too .

Shilpa: Kanchan, that recipe is already there on the blog(if you click the Janmashtami link that I have mentioned in the above post). Thanks anyway.

By: Rajitha

Rajitha — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:53:05 +0000

that is one quick and easy one..

By: Purnima

Purnima — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:34:20 +0000

Shilpa,
Lovely substitute for Lhaiye pitto! At my place, lhaiye pittya undo is made mixing chuna(coco+goda), cardamom pwdr,honey and tupa (just bit of latter two ingr) and undo kornu, naivedya dakkonu, tulsi pallo ghalunu neighboursanka vantuchey rivaaz.
Tks for refreshing my old memories..indeed its a sweet festival..Dahi Kala/Handi being my fave. Thks for posting Shilpa.
WISH U A VERY HAPPY JANMASHTAMI!
pls chk this link for home remedies.
http://www.cuisinecuisine.com/HomeRemedies.htm

By: shreyas

shreyas — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:57:36 +0000

hey kewl,

that sounds good. I am having janmashtami pooja at home today. I will definitely make this.

thanks shilpa.

By: Nags

Nags — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:41:23 +0000

this seems like such an authentic recipe. or is it? anyway, simple and sweet