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Category: Konkani Curries

  • Batani Surnu Piyav Phanna Ambat

                                                   Dried peas or batani is one of our favourite pulses.We love any curries using them and this one combined with surnu (elephant yam )  I feel this…

  • Dhavi tori ghashi

                           Ghashi is a common curry in our cuisine and is a must on most of the religious occasions ,festivals and functions.There are already many combos of ghashis in this blog shared by my friends.Today I am going to show…

  • Happolu Ambat

                  This curry is just like Udida Vodi Ambat which is featured in this blog !This picture & recipe is courtesy my dear FB friend Jayanthi Kamath . In this picture she has shown both the happolu vodi & Udida vodi . You can get the recipe…

  • Jeevkadgi Gashi ( Mangalore Version )

                      Jeevkadgi means Bread fruit in English.Ghasi is a coconut based curry normally had as a side dish with rice.You can always find atleast one coconut based dishes in konkani platter.From this blog you can learn variety of gashi’s with vegetables alone…

  • Varn ( Dal and coconut based thoy)

                           Varn is an authentic konkani dish like dali thoy.This is prepared with moong dal and coconut with an awesome flavour of jeera.                      In mangalore varn is an important dish…

  • Kadgi Uppat ( Raw Jackfruit Curry )

    This is a very old traditional GSB  recipe.This is a nearly forgotten amchi dish ! Lets see the recipe for this simple , seasonal delicacy. Ingredients :-  Kadgi cut & cubed  – about 15 medium sized pieces Grated coconut – 1 cup Roasted red chillies – 5-6 no. Tamarind –…

  • Tambdi beeye saarupkari (Rajma)

                 Saarupkari is the easiest konkani curry you can whip up.This is a simple to make yet delicious dish   seasoned with garlic and chillies.It is served with plain rice.                   This is the best way to…

  • Gulla Kolmbo

                   Kolmbo is our version of Sambhar.I have already shared Kolmbo recipe using Pumpkin Here .Today  I am sharing one more version which is a favourite with many because of the vegetable combo ..Infact it is said to be the classic combo and the best of…

  • Bhajji Bendi ( red Amaranth curry )

                                        ” Bhajji ” or red spinach is one of the very nutritious leafy vegetables. . Amchi cuisine has various recipes on the red amaranth and bhajji bendi is one such curry usually served with rice…

  • Alsande / chavli koddel

                              Koddel is a coconut based gravy dish using pulse from South Kanara. I have already shared Koddel recipe using red chavli( Bagdo) here .Today sharing another version using Chavli / Alsando.Each pulse has its own taste though the basic…

  • Double Beans Songh

                                            Double beans or Lima beans is one of our favourite pulses  and the songh prepared using it is much more tasty. A very simple and tasty side dish with minimal…

  • Daalithoy…with ginger

                               Daalithoy is Konkani version of Daal.It is the most common dish that can be found in every Konkani household no matter where they are settled or from which region they belong to. Daalithoy is also a must…

  • Magge Bendi (without garlic)

                          Magge Bendi is a coconut based curry with the flavour of hing and coconut oil in the seasoning. Normally bendi is a curry seasoned with garlic,as we GSB community people prepare Satvik dishes (no garlic and no onion)  during…

  • Vaingana Batata Piyava Saghle

                                       Saghle” is basically a side dish usually served with rice as a  gravy of semi thick consistency. We also prepare “puddi saghle ” with almost the same recipe but make it very much dry…

  • Red Tingalvaro Hinga Ghassi

    Red thingalavro  also called as ” thambdi bee ” is a popular pulse available in Mangalore / North kerala belt. Its looks almost like the rajma but cooks more fast than rajma..You don’t even have to soak it  before cooking , though the soaking does make it cook faster. I…

  • Dharmbya Sola Ghassi

                                    Healthy, Tasty and Quick – that’s Darambya / Dharmbya Sola Ghassi (Malabar Tamarind in coconut gravy) for me. I learned this from my Mom. This is  very handy when we are in hurry or when…

  • Dudhya Khatkhato

                       Khatkhato is a very traditional recipe prepared from pumpkin. Usually this dish can be found in temple menus where the devotees are fed as part of ‘Annadana’, or made for temple feasts during the temple festivities.In Karkala (a small town in…

  • Kirlaile Kulitha Ambat

                      Kirlayil kulitha ambat means sprouted horse gram curry.This is a very healthy and protein rich curry as we use the sprouted horse gram.As we all know that horse gram is food of horse so consuming this keeps us fit as a…

  • Venti Gashi (Version – 2)

                                Venti means  stem . Here in this recipe stems of colacassia/alva/pathrada paan is combined along with elephant foot yam stem and Amaranth greens stem.This is also a traditional dish prepared on Vayana Pooja .This is a…

  • Mooga(muga) Thoy

                              Thoy is general word for a dish which is used as an accompaniment to rice.The most famous and common thoy in Konkani cuisine is daali-thoy i.e Konkani style dal . Today I am sharing a similar thoy…

  • Karathe Koddel

                         Posting one more simple and easy recipe today with bitter gourds.This is my mother in laws recipe and is often prepared back home.But I had never tried it myself as only limited bitter gourd dishes was liked by my family,…

  • Jeevkadgi/Gudugo Ambat

                                                       Jeevkadgi or breadfruit is one such veggie which is loved by all  and blends easily in any gravy. This one is a simple recipe with…

  • Piyava ghashi

                        Ghashi is usually done with pulses and vegetable combo,the most commonly used veggie being surnu(elephant yam).It is always seasoned with mustard and curry leaves.This recipe is an exception as it uses only onions and hence the name Piyava Ghashi …piyav…

  • Bhenda alle piyava ghashi

                Ghashi’s are usually done with mustard seasoning but this recipe is bit different as it has onions and ginger which gives it a very unique flavour.In this recipe ladies fingers are simmered in a coconut gravy which is flavoured with ginger and onion.Goes well…

  • Gidigi / Kadgi Sukke( Kochi version )

                       Its  the season of jackfruits again ! Now we are getting small tender  Jack fruits  and time for us to prepare a favourite dish made in & around Kochi , Kerala  by us GSBs ! Ingredients :- Small tender jack fruit…

  • Kulle Ambat

                                  Kulle Ambat !!   Sounds amusing ,right ?? Yes,its a traditional recipe of my great grand mom . Its simply the mixed veg ambat (with onion seasoning) but prepared in kulles or clay pans ( the…

  • Teppla Ambat( potato and drumsticks)

                     Teppla Ambat is to North Canara just like Koddel(Coconut based pulse curry with garlic) is to South Canara . In North Canara garlic is very rarely used in cooking and hence most of the recipes are with Teppal . Teppal is a…