Posted inSweets
Sweet khichdi(mooga daali khichdi)
I don't cook sweets very frequently. But when I cook, I have few favorites. This khichdi is one of them. There are many ways of making this dish, this is…
Posted inCakes, Cookies, Pies
Plum streusel coffee cake
Many of you requested me to post Christmas special food here, but I am a person who has neither celebrated it at my home nor did I meet anyone who…
Posted inGravy (Curry and daals)
Dried peas with garlic seasoning(Vatane Saru-upkari)
Some 2-3 months back, Aruna had sent me recipes of many dishes. This was one of them. She said, "You must be knowing we prepare different types of saru-upkari. Basically…
Posted inBreakfast or snacks
Rice rava balls (Undi)
Undi is one of the most popular breakfast dishes for many of the Konkanis. But I never heard or tasted this before. From few days, I was getting a lot…
Posted inSide dishes
Beans-peas sidedish (Beans-otane randayi)
Randayis(Konkani) are watery side dishes(almost of gravy consistency) with coconut masala. Depending on the vegetables used in this, the taste differs. I have posted most of these. I grew up…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Side dishes
Eggplant Sagle (Vayngana/GuLLa Sagle)
"Sagle" is a Konkani dish with coarsely ground coconut, urad dal, coriander seeds masala having some kind of vegetable in it. This is a sweetish spicy side dish. I think…
Posted inBreakfast or snacks Upma/uppittu
Rice rava upma (Akki tari uppittu)
One of my reader Vanishree sent me this recipe few months back. I forgot to try this for a long time. When I was checking my mails few days back,…
Posted inCakes, Cookies, Pies
Carrot cake with apple filling
This recipe is from Neeta Mehta's "Oven recipes" book. I am a novice when it comes to decorataing a cake. So like most of my other cakes, I could not…
Posted inGravy (Curry and daals)
Pumpkin plant (dudde vali) tambali/tambli
Tambli/Tamboli/Tambli is one of the easiest dishes that can be prepared in no time. There are many different recipes for tamblis. I found a very good article about tamblis in…
Posted inParathas and rotis
Layered paratha
Our friend's mom taught me this recipe. She and her daughter came here 2 months back from Karachi. They are originally from Pakistan. We had gone to their house for…