Posted inSide dishes Simple and Easy
Spicy chickpeas (Kala chana)
Kala Chana is a spicy chickpeas curry with a heady aroma of ajwain and garlic, goes well with chapatis or naan. Kala Chana was given to me by one of…
Posted inPickles and powders
Mango pickle(HinDi/Kochla nonche)
Hello everyone, It was a bit difficult to decide which would be my first post. Shilpa and her husband (who call themselves as 'board of directors' of this blog) voted…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Side dishes
Spicy Okra (Bhende Song)
Okra/bhende is one of the most loved vegetables at our home. My grandmother used to prepare this dish very often. Song is a very spicy Konkani side dish. The most…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Side dishes
Snake gourd sidedish (Padwale Randayi)
Shilpa had posted this recipe on Sailu's blog along with an introduction to Konkani cuisine. This must be one of her favorite dishes, so she asked me to post this…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Side dishes
Jackfruit Seed Vada (Bikna Vade)
Summer in our region brings a lot of seasonal fruits like mangoes, jackfruits etc. We have few jackfruit trees in our backyard and during season, the trees give so…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Sweets
Jackfruit Burfi (Pansa khadi)
Summer is the season for mangoes and jackfruits. We have few trees of jackfruits which bear different varieties of jackfruit(panas). We use the leaves to make khotte, fresh tender unripe…
Posted inBaby/Kid friendly Simple and Easy Starters
Spicy Steamed Corn Balls (Jolad Undi)
Corn or Jola(in Kannada) is in season now. I saw this recipe in a magazine a while back Since we all love corn, I have tried it many times at…
Posted inFish Konkani Recipes
Lady Fish Gravy (Nagli Ambat)
Nagli or Kane or Lady fish is abundantly available in the river near our home. So we get very fresh ones in the market. It is considered as one of…
Sweet Appe With Sooji
Appe is one of the very popular breakfast loved by adults and kids alike. We make different kinds of appe like urad dal appe, boiled rice appe, sugarcane juice appe all…
Sundried Mangalore Cucumber (Magge Salli)
Magge or moggem is a special kind of cucumber. It is widely used in cooking at our place. In Bangalore, it is sold as Mangalore Southekayi (cucumber), this is called…