All you really need to do is chuck a single dried avare bean into the ground around September, and water it occasionally. Try and source some beans from the Halebidu region, ...

Bengaluru, originally named Ben dakaluru or the city of boiled beans, has always loved avare bele or hyacinth bean, which is a seasonal special this time of the year ...

The season of avare (bean) is officially in as multiple melas have begun in Bengaluru where the delicacies of the bean can be savoured. The most popular Avarebele Mela, organised by Shree Vasavi ...

Rajma and Avare Beans. When in Coonoor, be sure to taste the local delight - Rajma and Avare beans. This hearty meal consists of tender red kidney beans cooked in a flavourful gravy, ...

Avare nippattu, chikki, mixture and avarekaalu saaru were some of the star dishes during the mela. And thus, Avare Mela, one of Bengaluru’s most awaited food events in recent times, was born.

The Avarebele fest held at the National College Ground, and not at the usual VV Puram Street, this year saw the humble hyacinth bean in all its avatars. The most popular was Appu Avare, in memory ...