Category: Konkani Breakfasts

  • Appo and garlic chutney

                            Appo or urad dal paniyaram is one of the most traditional breakfast dish of GSB community. The lovely roasted paniyarams is usually had with garlic chutney only. Ingredients for Appo Urad dal – 1 cup  Raw rice  –  3…

  • Thavsha idly

                      Thavsha idly (  Cucumber idly in turmeric leaves) is basically a very healthy break fast dish.  Usually it is prepared like Ada in turmeric leaves  to get the aroma of the leaves.  If turmeric leaves not available we can use either Banana…

  • Udid Ani Mooga Dali Polo

    Ingredients: Urad ( Black Gram) dal, 1 cup Moong ( Green Gram) dal, 1 cup Ginger, 1 ” piece, grated Green chillies, chopped, 3-4 Hing, (Asafoetida), a pinch Oil,  Salt, to taste Method: Prepare the batter by soaking urad dal and moong dal in water for about two to three hours. Grind…

  • Panpolo with godda churna

                   Dosa is a staple  breakfast in every konkani household.There are many varieties of Dosas but this one is quite unique as it requires simple ingredients but needs practice too.This dosa is traditionally served with jaggery- coconut mixture called churnu but can be had…

  • Amchi Pulao ani salad

                             This is the first pulao I learnt to make from my Amma and is still one of my favourites.Though Pulao is basically not a Konkani dish,this one is special as I have been eating this since childhood and…

  • Watermelon Rind Dosa

    This dosa is prepared with the watermelon rind (white part) which we normally discard.This has a very soft texture which is easy for the kids and the old people to eat.Ingredients: 2 cups White Rice 1/2 cup Grated Coconut. 1/4 cup Beaten Rice 1 cup White portion of the watermelon.…

  • Duddiya Polo

                                        Duddiya Polo  (Pumpkin Dosa) is a yummy and simple instant dosa recipe from my Grandma. Ingredients Raw rice soaked (2 hours)….1 Cup Grated coconut …….½ cup Pumpkin chopped…1 cup Salt to taste…

  • Sagutandla Polo

           Sagutandla polo is a dosa variety which is a delicious one prepared with sago rice/Tapioca pearls/sabudana.It is soft in texture and beautiful with lots of  pores. Ingredients:  Raw rice  – 1 cup Sago  – 1/4th cup Poha   –   1/4th cup Curds –  1/4th cup Methi…

  • Magge Polo

    Magge/Mangalore cucumber is otherwise called coloured cucumber which is yellow in colour. This dosa is really good one for the morning breakfast, even kids and the old people love it as the texture is very soft. They are made in different style like fermenting and non fermenting method. This does…

  • Layee (popped rice) Dosa

        This dosa is normally prepared a day after Tulsi pooja.On Tulsi pooja we prepare a prasad with layee,jaggery and cardamon.when this prasad is leftover it is used to prepare dosa.Here I am posting savoury version of the dosa. Ingredients: 1/2 cup urad dhal 1 cup raw  rice 3/4…

  • Cheppi Surnali

      Surnali is a dosa which is fluffy and spongy in texture. It is served with dollops of fresh homemade ghee or with chutney. Sweetened surnalis are also prepared by adding jaggery to the same ingredients used for the cheppi surnali ,recipe is already updated by my friend in this…

  • Mushti Polo

          Mushti means fist in Konkani and polo is for dosa.Here we use fistful of urad dal with other ingredients which are also supposed to be measured in fist and hence the name.This is a popular breakfast item in south canara for the Konkanis in Karnataka. Ingredients:- 2…

  • Sandhan

                 Sandhan is a very popular breakfast dish of the konkanis ! especially popular when breakfast has to made in large  amounts & quickly too . Ingredients:- Urad dal – 1 cup Boiled  rice  – 2 cups  Raw rice – 2 cups  Methi seeds –…

  • Surnali

    This dish is by – Jayashri Baleri A very traditional amchi delicacy more popular among the Mangalorean GSB community Recipe for surnali Ingredients: 1.5 cups raw rice 1 tsp methi seeds Half tsp turmeric 1 cup poha flakes(the thin variety) 1 cup yoghurt 1 cup grated jiggery (can increase or…