You might need to buy:
  • cheesecloth or sieve lined with paper towels
  • freshly ground cardamom
  • saffron
  • sliced almonds or a combination of almonds and pistachios
  • mango pulp
Belongs to Nandini mangalore buns 
You might need to buy:
  • Soda
  • Yogurt - 1 small bowl
  • Salt - as per taste
  • Sugar - 1 small bowl
  • Wheat flour + Plain Flour - at least 2 bowls
  • Butter - 2 little blobs
  • Oil for frying
You might need to buy:
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cooking Time: 5-8 mins
  • Serves: 2-3
  • Ingredients:
  • Jaggery
  • Fresh/Frozen Coconut
  • Jeera
  • Mustard Seeds
  • Urad Dal
  • Dry Red Chillies
  • Curry Leaves
  • Hing/Asafoetida
Belongs to Nandini Patrode Uppkari 
You might need to buy:
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cooking Time: 5-8 mins
  • Serves: 2-3
  • Ingredients:
  • Jaggery
  • Mustard Seeds
  • Urad Dal
  • Dry Red Chillies
  • Curry Leaves
  • Hing/Asafoetida
  • Fresh/Frozen Coconut gratings
You might need to buy:
  • Prep Time: 2 mins
  • Cooking Time: 5 mins
  • Serves: Depends on Patrode slices
  • Ingredients:
  • Patrode
Belongs to Nandini Patrode 
You might need to buy:
  • Cooking Time: 20-30 mins
  • Serves: 3-4
  • Ingredients:
  • Colacasia/Taro/Collard Greens Leaves
  • Rice
  • Fresh/Frozen Coconut
  • Urad Dal
  • Split Moong Dal
  • Coriander Seeds
  • Jeera/Cumin Seeds
  • small Lime sized Tamarind Pulp
  • Jaggery
Belongs to Nandini Sundal 

Sundal is the most easiest evening snack that you can make. It is a very common streetfood in tamil nadu often served in beaches and parks. On the other hand, it is also a festive dish made by hindus (during navarathiri).
It is made by soaking and cooking any dry beans. Then the beans is seasoned and garnished with fresh grated coconut. The commonly made sundal is channa sundal (with chik peas). The other sundal varieties are channa dal sundal, green gram sundal, green peas sundal, peanut(groundnut) sundal and kidney beans sundal. This can be had as a snack, salad or as a sidedish with rice.

You might need to buy:
  • Salt - to taste
  • Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Dry Red Chilly - 2
  • Curry Leaves - 1 string
  • Asafetida - a pinch
  • Oil - 1 tblsp
Belongs to Nandini tharakari kadubu 
ready in about 20 minutes; serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • sorekayi - 1
  • seeme badanekayi - 1
  • carrot - 1
  • navilu kosu - 1
  • mulangi - 1
  • thogaribele - 1 cup
  • hurida akki thari - 1 cup
  • thenginakayi - 1/2 holu
  • ingu - 1 kadalekaalu gatra
  • hasi shunti - 1 nellikayi gatra
  • uppu - ruchige takkashtu
  • hasi menasinakayi - 6
  • kottambari soppu - 1 cup kattarisiddu
Belongs to Nandini Raagi Mudde 
ready in about 30 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • Water – 1 1/2 measures
  • Salt – to taste
  • Oil – 1/2 tsp