Tuppa Anna tavvi uppinakai (lemon pickle) / Varan Bhaat Toop Loncha (lemon pickle) Send a North Kannadiga or Maharashtrian on a culinary holiday around the world. Let both of them indulge in Italian Pasta or Pizza in Rome, world-class Japanese sushi, a quintessential American cheeseburger topped off with a Michelin star meal, Delhi’s butter chicken or Kolkata’s macher jhol.They will invariably come back home and demand some hot Tuppa Anna Tavvi Uppinakai / varan bhaat toop Loncha limbu (dal, rice, homemade ghee, pickle and lemon) or even curd rice with mango pickle. They will then pat their tummy, heave a sigh of relief, and say “Atta kuthe jevlya sarkha watala / Eega oota madidnga aat nodpa (Now that’s what I call a meal).” In North Karnataka (Bijapur, Belgaum,Dharwad districts) and Maharashtrian Karnataka households, the humble Tavvi Anna Tuppa / varan bhaat toop is as versatile and ubiquitous as Naomi Campbell on oxygen channel or Radhika Apte’s...