Konkani Recipes - Aayi's Recipes

Dried Gooseberry Gravy (Sukkil AvaLe Kadi/Tambli)

This is another classic recipe that I got from V's grandmother. Kadi is usually a very thin-almost watery dish. I would think this is more like tambli than kadi. She…

Shilpa November 21, 2009

Breakfast or snacks Konkani Recipes

Steamed Coconut-Rice Cake (Doodh Sannan/Sandan)

As I had mentioned earlier many times, I like to discuss food with V's grandmother. She is almost 85+ years old now, but has this great interest in food. What…

Shilpa October 19, 2009

Konkani Recipes Side dishes

Amaranth in coconut sauce (Bhajji denTe randayi)

We get two types of edible Amaranth â€“ red ones called as 'tambdi bhajji' and green one(we call it white) called as dhavi(white) bhajji. Any greens are called bhajji in…

Varada August 29, 2009

Konkani Recipes Side dishes Simple and Easy

Spicy drumstick (Maskasangi sukke)

Sukke(Konkani) translates to dry. Sukke is a type of dry sidedish with coconut. Some times, it has a coconut paste and sometimes it has grated coconut. Maskasangi - drumstick sukke…

Shilpa August 18, 2009

Konkani Recipes Simple and Easy Starters

Mushroom Fry (Almbe phodi)

Somewhere in the month of July â€“ August, we get Mushrooms(Almbe in Konkani, anabe in Kannada) here. They grow naturally especially in forests. They grow abundantly near the snake nests.…

Varada August 8, 2009

Konkani 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 â€“ sour and nonsour(sweet ). We use sour…

Varada July 22, 2009

Konkani 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…

Varada July 18, 2009

Konkani 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…

Varada July 12, 2009

Konkani Recipes Side dishes

Garlicky-sweet-spicy bittergourd

When I go shopping, I have a habit of picking up any vegetable that catches my fascination. Most of the time, I don't even know what I am going to…

Shilpa June 16, 2009

Fish Konkani Recipes Simple and Easy

Spicy fish (Iswana sukke)

V's grand mother is a very enthusiastic cook. It amazes me to see her interested in cooking even at an age of 85+. Everytime I call her, I ask for…

Shilpa May 19, 2009