Oota is a celebration of food from Karnataka, South India. 

 

Our online journal shares recipes and stories from the women, girls and friends of the Baale Mane Girls’ Home in Gopalapura Village, outside Bangalore.
Through Oota we invite you into our home to share our food stories. We aim to encourage people across the world to cook our traditional recipes, raising awareness of Baale Mane and supporting our fundraising initiative by hosting Supper Clubs and buying Supper Club products.

 

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Our third graphic in our #malnutrition series, designed by Ishana Sundar, Oota Intern. This one is particularly relevant to the Baale Mane girls, and forms a key part of the nutrition programme at Baale Mane - we use wild spinach, drumstick leaves a
The second of our malnutrition infographic series - wasting in children. Our Oota recipes are tried and tested to improve the health of the Baale Mane girls and prevent wasting. ⭐ Designed by Ishana Sundar, Oota Intern 💕 . . #ootastories #oota #oota
The first in a six part series we are running about malnutrition and it's impact on girls and women in India. Oota Stories celebrates the food cooked at Baale Mane and the strength we provide our girls through healthy, wholesome and regular meals, so
Pani Puri 🙏🏽 (literally, 'water bread') A fairly untranslatable Indian street food, it comprises of a deep fried and crispy thin bread shell, different fillings and a spiced water poured inside. The puri is then placed into your open mouth whole, b
A typical scene in the Baale Mane kitchen! Chopping tomatoes and greens for a healthy, home-cooked meal. 🍅🔪🌱
Ingredients for a delicious pumpkin palya, perfect in the Bangalore monsoon season. 🎃 🍴 🌿 ⛈️
A spicy love affair: South Indian cooking and the wonderful green chilli. 🌶️ (excuse the colour of this emoji, there is no green chilli!) 🍃 Green chillis, used fresh, add a serious kick to most meals cooked at Baale Mane. Unlike their warmer, smoki
We are keeping warm at Baale Mane with the classic idli, vada and sambhar combo in these Bangalore rains. 🌶️🍅🍃☔⛈️ Need some Sambhar inspiration? Check out the Baale Mane version on our Oota Recipes page.