Posted inSide dishes
Bottle gourd in peanut chutney
Bottle gourd is called gardudde(Konkani), lauki(Hindi). If you are a fan of Swami Ramdev, the great yoga guru, you would have heard the name of this vegetable a million times.…
Posted inChaats and Street food
Ragda pattis
I am a huge fan of chaats. I never tried making them myself before coming to US, since I would get them easily in Bangalore. But when I came here,…
Posted inStarters
Baked cauliflower
Cauliflower is a universal vegetable used in many dishes, in many forms. It is one of my favorite vegetables. Whenever I ask my husband to buy veggies, he always picks…
Posted inSide dishes
Carrot sidedish (Gajjara upkari)
I used carrot only in sambars or in kosambaris until recently. So I never tried to make any sidedishes with this beautiful and tasty vegetable, I thought it tastes awesome…
Posted inKonkani Recipes My lunchbox Rice items
Lentil pulav (Daali beTTi)
Until 2 weeks ago, I didn't know about this delicious Konkani dish. Daali betti is somewhere between a vegetable pulav and vegetable pongal. This is dry compared to bisi bele bhath.…
Posted inSoups
Vegetarian mosh awa (Afghani vegetable soup)
For last few days we have a freezing cold here. I always loved snow, but that craziness is gone after tolerating a chilling cold here. My office is just next…
Posted inGravy (Curry and daals)
Potato methi daal
I am a potato loving person. I like them in any shape and in any dish. Slightly roasted crispy potatoes taste better than the cooked ones. How about these crispy…
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Green beans in coconut base (Beans koddel)
Those who know about Koddel(a Konkani dish with coconut base), may say this does not look like or taste like koddel. When I read this recipe in "Udupi special" in…
Posted inSide dishes
Gujrathi cabbage stir fry
I was not a big fan of cabbage while growing up. But recently I have started liking it more and more. May it be simple cabbage upkari or cabbage vada,…
Clam vada (Khubbe/tisre vade)
Few of my friends want me to post some non vegetarian dishes here. Its been a long time I tasted any non veg except for shrimps. So I was wondering…