Tag: Konkani recipes
-
Vaingana Phanna Upkari
Phanna Upkari is a spicy and tangy gravy prepared with very few ingredients.This recipe is a stuffed brinjal recipe and is a regular at my home.I learnt this from my mother. Here we…
-
Kadgi phodi / Raw jackfruit deep fries (Instant version)
Raw jackfruit is widely used In our cuisine for making curries,pickles and fritters.Recipes with raw jackfruit have been already shared by me and my blogger friends in this blog.Now as the jackfruits are again available I thought of sharing this instant version of making fritters or “phodis” as we call…
-
Baby Potatoes Phanna Upkari
This is a simple but tasty dish using baby potatoes which will appeal to kids & elders too ! ..here is the way to make it ! …
-
Fresh Teppala Chutney
Teppal is mostly used in North karnataka and Goa by GSB people, especially for fish curries. But those who are purely vegetarian too use this in many types of vegetarian curries. It’s mostly available in winter season. People buy it…
-
Jeev Kadgi butthi
Jeev kadgi is also known by the name Breadfruit.It is almost similar to Jackfruit but differs in taste.Me and my blogger friends have already shared many recipes in this blog.Today am sharing one more dish using this veggie.Do try this one too. Ingredients:- Small jeevkadgi/breadfruit…
-
Kesari Bhath
Kesari bhath is a famous dessert prepared from rice which is infused with Saffron strands. This used to be a much preferred item during weddings and other religious functions in our GSB community in Karnataka but has been almost forgotten…
-
Double beans/Lima beans upkari
Upkari is a dry side dish which is known as stir fry.We konkanis prepare upkari’s with pulses,vegetables or with various beans.Few upkaris don’t have onion in the recipe. Here is a simple upkari but its so really tasty. It almost tastes…
-
Keerlu Thallale (Bamboo shoots fry)
Keerlu/Bamboo shoots are available during the monsoon season.They are brined in most of the konkanis homes to use it the whole year. We prepare variety of delicacies with fresh and…
-
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…
-
Ambe satta Tamballi
In summers when Mangoes were in plenty and all could not be consumed by the family – our clever elders just sun dried them well so that they could be used when mangoes were out of season ! This is Ambe sat – sweet and sour…
-
Soyye Khadi(coconut barfi)
We GSb’s use lots of coconut in our cooking !! So it’s no surprise that we prepare burfis with the same. This is a very simple recipe which uses minimum ingredients but is great on taste due to the…
-
Udid ani Nanchane pitti polo (ferment method)
Udid is urad dal and Nanchane is Ragi (finger millet in English). Ragi is a whole grain rich in iron content and has beneficial nutrients. Ragi helps in weight loss and controlling…
-
Ukde tandla Bhakri (with onions)
Bhakris are thick form of dosas made from rava or ground rice. Today I am sharing an very old and traditional form of bhakris made from red boiled rice. This is my late…
-
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…
-
Huggi
Huggi means Pongal/khara pongal/kichdi.It is made with rice, moongdal,pepper and jeera.The flavour of ghee along with the pepper and jeera gives an excellent taste to this dish. Moongdal or Yellowgram is a very good digestive food.It is free from…
-
Hindori with par boiled rice
Hindori is a traditional sweet among Mangalore GSB community.They are made with rice or rice is replaced with poha or wheat flour.Today I am sharing my version with rice flour,jaggery and coconut in it.I learnt…
-
Dudhiye Polthein / Pumpkin Chutney
This is a fusion of all flavors- Spiciness from chillies, Tanginess from the tamarind, Sweetness from the pumpkin and the Salt that goes with it. To top it all, the aroma from the…
-
Kashayu
Most of us suffer from common cold occasionally.This happens mostly during rainy season,sometimes after eating ice cream or drinking ice cold water. We are all aware of some sort of home remedies for…
-

Festival Special – Navaratri
Sarva Mangala Mangalye Shive Sarvartha Sadhike Sharannye Trembhake Devi Narayani Namostute ||| During the fortnight of Ashwin (during Shukla Paksha of Aashvij in Konkani).- the first nine days are celebrated as Navaratri and the tenth day as…
-
Phova Upma ( Version -2 )
Phova Upma / usli is an easy , quick to make and a filling breakfast dish ! This is usually made by Kochi side GSBs . Here is how to make it ! Ingredients :- Phovu / poha – 250 gms Grated coconut…
-
Pejje Polo (Karkala version)
Pejje polo is a dosa variety which is offered to Lord Venkataraman (Balaji) in Karkala .This Konkani food is very famous in and around Karkala and needs to…
-
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…
-
Batate Gojju
Batate gojju is a simple ,quick and easy recipe which can be made in a jiffy if we have boiled potatoes handy .This would be made by my amma for dinner time when she…
-
Taikila Upkari
Taikilo is a monsoon leafy vegetable. Myself and my friend Sandhya Puranik had already shared all the details about this veggie and recipe of Taikila Muddo and Taikila Dangar/Ambado ,in this blog. Today I am sharing the recipe of Upkari/Stir fry. This…
-
Cheppe Bhajji
Cheppe Bhajji upkari is a dry stir fry with 5 mixed green leafy vegetable and coconut which is cooked without salt.This upkari is a must and specially done only on Vayana/Gouri pooja…
-
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…
