Tag: Konkani food
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Ponsa Kakkambi
As the name suggests this dessert is made from ripe Jack fruit . Its made for marriages feasts especially when jack fruit is in season .Some temples too serve this as payasu during festivals .It is very easy to make . So do…
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Rava Laddoo
This is the most common Indian sweet.It needs no introduction as it is so popular among Indians.It is an easy to make sweets and available in all stores any time of the…
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Gonva kanacho godappo
Broken wheat sweet paniyarams ( Gonva kanacho godappo) I learnt this recipe from my aunt. She is an expert in making them and as a kid…
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Bondi Godd Sukke
Not only a spicy side dish Bondi / banana flower , it can be used to make a sweet dish too . This is an almost forgotten recipe . This used to made by my mother as an after school snack – a…
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Gulla Bajji
Gulla is otherwise called Matti Gulla.It is a special type of brinjal with a mix of light and dark green colour grown in Matti village of Udupi District in Karnataka.Its a chutney like side dish had with…
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Moong Dal And Urad Dal Idlis
Idlis are considered to be the most healthy among the indian breakfast items. Idlis are normally made with rice and urad dal. Below is a different version of idlis made with moong dal ad urad dal.This…
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Chonya usli/upkari
Amchis use chono to make a variety of dishes -one such dish is usli. Usually black chono usli is made during auspicious days where one is forbidden to have any rice based items. This usli reminds me of Navrathri Ashtami days when my mom used to invite ladies and…
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Dudhya Ghire Chutney
Dudhya Ghire Chutney/Pumpkin Fibre Chutney This recipe is almost forgotten now or we simply throw away the fibre without knowing how nutritious it is.In this recipe the fibre around the seeds are used to prepare a lip smacking chutney which is used as…
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Chevli & Surnu galnu Dhevi Ghassi
Ghassis are very popular with konkanis. so many varieties are made ..each lentil is combined with a veggie to give a very different flavour . Here is another variety of Dhevi ghassi – as I have mentioned in an earlier post – the name is got from the dhevo (…
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Kuwale Dhanven Ambat.
White Ambat with Ashgourd / Kuwale Dhanven Ambat. Ingredients:- 5 Cups Ash gourd, peeled and cut into 2 inch chunks 1/2 cup Thick Curd ( alternative to Tamarind paste, see Method below ) Salt to taste A little Water. For the Paste:- 3/4 cup grated Coconut 1 Red chilly 3…
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Banana chips/Nendran chips or Kelya Kachri
Banana Chips… These words take me back to freshly made banana chips from City Bakery , Harish Bakery, Ayodya or Taj Mahal of Mangalore.. If made in coconut oil they have a short shelf life and needs to be consumed fresh so as to avoid the rancid taste and…
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Kulitha Doddak/Kulitha Idli
Horsegram or Kulith is one of the pulses which is used extensively in Konkani cuisine.We make variety of dishes with this ,the special being the Kulitha Kadi/Upkari.Kulitha doddak and idli is one more special recipe which has been passed from generations.It was believed that kulith in batter form cannot be…
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Rontoso and Dali thoy
Rontoso is an all time favorite of GSB. Usually this is prepared by Cochin GSB. It is nothing but rice puris, and a combination with, the trade mark dish of the GSB “the Dali thoy”. Prepare this tasty dish and enjoy with your family . Ingredients:- For Rontoso Rice Flour…
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Sagli Masoori Randai
Sagli Masoori (Whole Red Lentil)- Randai – Coconut based gravy This recipe is the one I learnt from my MIL.. Being brought up in Bombay, I was not keen on these coconut based curries.. being surrounded with gujjus, marathis, punjabis. We as kids were more interested in their…
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Undis/Oondis
Undi/Oondi is a popular breakfast among Konkani people. These are seasoned rice dumplings that are steamed before consumption. Ideally it is prepared from rice which is soaked drained and later dried. Once dried it is ground with coconut and the mixture given a tadka with mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, etc…
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Tingalavre Kolmbo
Kolmbo is the Konkani version of the sambhar. Usually sambhar is prepared with toor dal but this dish uses Tingalavro / white navy beans .I have already posted Pumpkin Kolmbo recipe. The method is same except that…
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Kelya Halwo.
Kelya Halwo / Banana Halwa is a very popular sweet of GSB. The main ingredient in this is Nendra Banana. Mangalore GSB prepare this with a different recipe by grinding Banana etc. Here I give the preparation of Kelya Halwo in cochin style. Ingredients Very ripened Nendra Banana – 8 Grated…
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Kirlaile Mooga Ghashi Batata Ghalnu
Mooga Ghashi [using moong bean] is a konkani festive dish [as it contains no onion garlic] and favourite of most of the amchis. This dish which is a coconut based gravy can be prepared in combination with yam / raw jackfruit / tender bamboo shoots / potato. Ingredients :- 1…
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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…
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Gabbya Ghari
Gabya ghari is a tea time snack and is very simple to prepare – so here is the recipe : Ingredients Soaked ( for 1 hour) tur dal…. ½ cup Soaked ( for 1 hour) raw rice….1 cup Red Chillies – 10 Chopped gabbo (banana stem) .. ½ Cup Hing …
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Puli koddel
This is a sweet and spicy curry. I learnt this from my Sudha pachi in Mulleria. She prepares this excellently. Its my husband’s favourite dish and she never forgets to prepare this whenever we go there. Since this is…
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Kulitha kadi & Kulitha Upkari
Kulith or the Horsegram is very healthy legume. We konkanis prepare various dishes with this and Kadi is one among them. Kadi is thin soup extracted by boiling…
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Boothal & Chari sukke
GSB s are very ingenious at making very tasty dishes even from items which are usually considered waste ! If a GSB gets a jack fruit only the thorns are discarded. each & every part is used to…
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Pulichikeri
Pulichikeri as the name suggests are sour & spicy dishes which go well with rice .. We can prepare many varieties with many vegetables like raw mango , kuvale ( ash gourd) , mande (colocasia) , moggae ( coloured cucumber ) , , nonchambo…
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Ambuli Chutney
If you are a Mangalorean GSB and if you simply hear “Ambuli Chutney Losun galnu” of course you will say I am drooling. This recipe is very simple and easy to prepare. Ingredients Raw tender Mango. – 1 big Grated Coconut – ½ Coconut Roasted Red Chillies – 6 Garlic…
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Thakka Ambat.
This is a “satvik” super tasty dish of GSB Cochin. We can see this dish served in temple feasts, marriage and other important feasts of GSB’s residing in central Kerala. This is a lip smacking dish, even a first time taster will surely fall in love with this dish. The…
Konkani Khann Anik Jevan 