Posted inGravy (Curry and daals)
Potato in coconut masala (Hirva batata)
Hirva batata is a Marathi dish that I had tasted at my pachi's(mom's sister) place in Belgaum for the first time. This must be one of my favorite Marathi dishes.…
Posted inBread
Cumin/Jeera bread
We had invited some of our friends for dinner over the last weekend. We didn't realize how the time had passed. During one of our discussions, I told them I…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Pickles and powders
Bamboo shoots pickle (Keerlu-ambade lonche/nonche)
Ambade(hog plums/amtekayi/ambazhanga) trees are commonly found in backyards of most of the houses in our region. There are two types of ambades – sour and nonsour(sweet ). We use sour…
Posted inChicken Simple and Easy
Grilled chicken kabab
Kababs are V's favorite way of eating chicken. Â So I make these simple kababs very often. I bake them most of the times, but when there is shortage of time,…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Side dishes
A Konkani rainy season delicacy – Alvatti
With the advent of the rainy season, we find green vegetation all around. Since ancient times we were using many of these plants as ingredients in our cuisine. One such…
Posted inFish Simple and Easy
Grilled Pomfret
As we like fish very much, we try to get as frequently as we can, though most of the weeks that gets confined to Sundays. We hardly find fish of…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Side dishes
Bamboo shoots in sweet-spicy coconut (Keerla sukke)
At our part of the world, there seems to be no person who does not know about bamboo.They grow extensively in thick forests. In Uttar kannad district we find them…
Posted inEgg Rice items
Egg biryani
I call it newbie's egg biryani. It cannot get easier than this and even the people who have never cooked biryani can get it right. So if you want a…
Posted inGravy (Curry and daals)
Val gravy(Avrekalu ambat)
My day to day cooking is usually very simple, but I love to cook with lots of spices once in a while. This was one such dish with loads of…