Best Ragi Mudde (Finger Millet Balls) at a restaurant and not from India ?

Well, I have to admit that I had the best Ragi Mudde (probably for the first time in a restaurant) from Panchavati at Sunnyvale. Its being run by a couple who have folks who make Karnataka food so authentic that you cannot probably get this taste and quality in Bangalore either - simply awesome.

Bangalore Cafe - to-go

From Bangalore Cafe, Santa Clara: Bisibele Bath, Curd Rice, Pickles, Vada/Idly, Raitha, Boodhi and Sambar - tasted absolutely authentic !!

"To go" at Thali Restaurant, Santa Clara

A typical to-go dinner I took out from Thali at Santa Clara. Thali is a very small typical Gujarati indian dining place on the El Camino Real.

Tawa roti, Ivy gourd curry, halwa, dal and kadi for 10$. Its just about ok, not super flavorful typical of most restaurants in the west. 

Typical inflight breakfast

Typical Emirates business class breakfast on EK525 to Dubai. Idly, Poha and the continental stuff. Tasted fresh.

Snake gourd @ the Sunday Market

That's my son Pradyumna holding out a 6 ft long Snake Gourd at the Sunday veggi market at Yousufguda Checkpost.

Interesting vegetable; imparts a flavor some will desist as being just too bland and not doing much. But one of the best I like is the Snake ground Raitha - you pressure cook Snake gourd, add it to basic tadka (mustard, hing, red chillies and curry leaves) and add salt & yogurt on cooling - serve chilled - you will love it !

Red Guava in Mysore

Just clicked it after carving it out with a knife - looked like a flower !

Rajma, Pulao and Sitaphal Dessert

Typical vegetable pulao, Rajma, Raitha and tomato dal along with a dish we tried - Sitaphal ice cream.

Sitaphal (Custard Apple) is a very difficult fruit to eat (simply because of its seeds) but the flavor is just so awesome that you simply cannot ignore it. To make the home made icecream, I scooped out all the fruit from about 3 ripe custard apples in to a bowl, added a glass of milk and beat it vigorously and strained out the seeds to just get the pulp. Put it in a blender with some sugar and froze it. Could have been made creamer; but decided to keep it healthy !