Posted inKonkani Recipes Side dishes
Ambade Sasam
Ambade is one of the very common vegetable used in Konkani food. Ambade(hog plums/amtekayi/ambazhanga) trees are commonly found in backyards of most of the houses in our region. There are…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Simple and Easy Starters
Ginger Pakoda (Alle Baje)
It has been raining heavily for the last few days here. Pakodas/bajes are one of the most loved dishes in this season. We make bajes with many vegetables. I have…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Side dishes Simple and Easy
Spicy Breadfruit (Jeev Kadgi / Palapanasa Talasani)
We have a breadfruit tree in our garden and this is breadfruit season. It is one of my daughter’s favorite vegetables. Read more about breadfruit here (this post also has…
Posted inFestival food Konkani Recipes Simple and Easy
Mango Rasayan / Seekarane (Ambe HashaLe)
This is almost the end of mango season here. This must be one of the easiest and very popular dishes prepared with mango. It is usually made with coconut milk.…
Posted inFish Konkani Recipes
Dried Fish Gravy (Bhobshe / Dhandshe Ambat)
We were not fish eaters until two generations back. Now, even though we like fish, we never liked the dried fish because of distinct and strong smell. Dried mackerel, shark,…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Munchies (dabbe khaaN) Sweets
Mango Burfi (Ambe Khadi)
During mango season, we prepare so many dishes of mangos. Mango burfi is one amongst them. These are liked very much by all at my home. My grandmother was preparing…
Posted inMunchies (dabbe khaaN)
Potato Chips
One of the most popular chips available in market these days are these potato chips (or potato wafers as they are called here). We make chips from raw jackfruit, plantain/banana,…
Posted inBaby/Kid friendly Parathas and rotis
Tricolour Chapatis
Though they are nutritious,it often becomes difficult to make the children to eat different vegetables. In one of the T.V. programs I saw an unique way of using carrot, palak…
Posted inSalads/Kosambaris Simple and Easy
Cucumber Kosambari/Salad
Raw uncooked vegetables in the form of kosambaris are liked by many people. We make many different kinds of kosambaris - cabbage, carrot, moong dal to name a few. One…
Posted inKonkani Recipes Starters
Drumstick Flower Cutlet (Maska Phulla Phodi)
We find drumstick tree in garden of almost each and every house in our area. They provide full iron and so used by everybody especially women to supliment their need…