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Breadfruit and peas sidedish (Otane randayi)
Otane is dry green/yellow peas. Randayi is a sidedish with coconut and is watery in consistency. Otane randayi is one of my all time favorite dish. Mainly because it has…
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Chickpea-plantain stir fry (Chana-kele upkari)
Upkari is a Konkani stir fry. We make stir fry of many vegetables as well as beans. This is an ideal example of the mixture of both. Somehow the black…
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Curried tomatoes
I am a big fan of cooking shows. When I was in Bangalore, I used to watch them for hours. I wrote down most of the recipes that I liked…
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Soya chunks methi masala
When I was doing my Bachelors in Belgaum, I tasted soya chunks for the first time. We used to get our lunch/dinner from a local "mess" (small restaurant). These soya…
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Curry leaves chutney (Karibeva chutney)
This chutney is known as "kushil narla chutney" (kushile-spoiled, narlu-coconut). Yes, it is basically made of a bit smelly coconuts, not the completely rotten ones though. Sometimes when the coconut…
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Vegetable sidedish(dhoddak/huggi)
"Dhoddak" usually has a very different way of cooking. The vegetable/fish is mixed with coconut masala. Then kept in between banana/turmeric leaves and charcoals are put on top of the…
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Peas(vatane) usli
Few days back I had posted a recipe for poha masala. I had mentioned in the post that this masala is very popular at our native and used in many…
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Brown cow peas sidedish (Bagade khatkhate)
Khatkhate ('t' s are pronounced as 'th') is a kind of Konkani side dish with coconut masala. Almost 90% of Konkani dishes have coconut in it and they have almost…
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Raw jackfruit sidedish (Kadgi chakko/kadgi sushal)
'Kadgi' means raw jack fruit. 'Chakko' or 'sushal' is a kind of side dish with coconut. This dish is one of the most popular dishes among Konkanis. I had tasted…
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Brown cow peas sidedish (Bagade moLe randayi)
There were many recipes on this blog which were posted during my initial years of blogging. I am trying to improve them by writing better explanation and with better pictures.…