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A Karnataka Sunday lunch,
hosted from home.
Baadoota is a country-Karnataka non-vegetarian Sunday lunch hosted from our home in New Brunswick. Ten guests, one long table, fifteen dishes served together on the bāḷe ele — banana leaf — and eaten with our hands. Doors open at noon. The same feast, every Sunday.
Country Karnataka cooking — unadapted, unapologetic, unhurried.Everything is sourced from Dey Farm at Oliveira Acres in Cranbury, NJ. The chicken is naati — country-bred, slow-grown. The mutton is country goat with the bone in. Spices are ground the morning of. The menu is fixed: we do not adapt for vegetarian or vegan diets and cannot accommodate allergies. If that isn't your meal, we'll say so kindly. If it is, the leaf is laid.