Posted inGeneral
About kid’s lunch box recipes
Our dear friend Meeta is doing a great job with The daily tiffin. She updates it regularly with amazing pictures of her kid Soren's lunch boxes. Now as she is…
Posted inBreakfast or snacks
Bonda soup
You must be wondering what is this dish? Is it a soup made of bonda(vadas)? etc. When I heard this name for the first time, I was also very confused.…
Posted inSide dishes
Soya chunks methi masala
When I was doing my Bachelors in Belgaum, I tasted soya chunks for the first time. We used to get our lunch/dinner from a local "mess" (small restaurant). These soya…
Posted inNonVeg Prawns(Shrimp)
Kokum Shrimp(Sola sungat or sungta khoLu)
"KhoLu" is the red liquid part of pickles (generally mango pickle). But here, I think KhoLu means pickle. So this can be called as Shrimp pickle. 'Kokum' is called as…
Posted inBreakfast or snacks Idlis
Cucumber idli (Kadamb)
"Kadamb" is another dish that always I wanted to include in Aayisrecipes. But like hittu/khotte, for this, the 'turmeric leaves' were not available here. So I always prepared either tausalli…
Posted inSide dishes
Curry leaves chutney (Karibeva chutney)
This chutney is known as "kushil narla chutney" (kushile-spoiled, narlu-coconut). Yes, it is basically made of a bit smelly coconuts, not the completely rotten ones though. Sometimes when the coconut…
Posted inPickles and powders Rice items
Rice with eggplant (Vangi bhath)
Vangi-eggplant, bhath-rice is probably one of the most popular rice items in Maharashtra and few places in Karnataka and Andhra. I say few places because it is not very common…
Posted inBreakfast or snacks Festival food Idlis
Idlis in jackfruit leaves(Hittu/khotte/khotte kadubu)
Aayisrecipes would not be a "Konkani site" if I had missed this dish. Hittu/khotte is one of the most popular dishes for Konkanis (This is also popular among Kannadigas). For…
Posted inSweets
Bottle gourd burfi(Gardudde khadi)
We call Bottle gourd as 'Gardudde' in Konkani (there are other names also). 'Dudde' is pumpkin, I wonder if it is related to pumpkin in someway?? I loved these burfis…