Kootu curry is a popular and traditional side dish made as a part of Onam Sadya . Kootu means mingling or a combination, so as the name implies, it is a mixture of black chick peas and combination of vegetables like Malabar yam , plantain and winter melon . This is prepared in different ways…
Author: Suprabha Mallya
Benda (okra ) Alle Piyava Ghashi
Alle piyava ghashi is a delicious curry prepared with fish , but for vegetarian like me , we prepare this dish with lady’s finger ( okra ) or with Brinjal. The flavour of this dish is from raw onions , ginger and green chillies along with a lovely aroma of coconut oil on top ….
Gobi Manchurian
Gobi Manchurian is a popular Indo-Chinese appetiser made with cauliflower. This delicious crisp fried appetiser is very popular in Indian subcontinental. It makes its appearance every where in street stalls, restaurants and even in parties. Ingredients: Sauces : Tomato sauce – 2-3 tbsp . Soya sauce – 2 tbsp . Chilli sauce – 1/2 tsp…
Cauliflower leaves Fritters
This is one of the dish that you don’t see in restaurants . It’s uses the leaves of the cauliflower that are normally discarded. It’s is considered quite a delicacy. The cauliflower leaves are not only edible they are delicious also, leaves and stems are healthy and nutritious chocked full of fiber,calcium and vitamin C…
Rice and moong dal kichidi with jaggery
Sweet moong dal kichidi is Konkani delicacy, that is normally made during Dhanur masa . In temple and every Konkani house hold made this dish with polo (dosa ). Ingredients : 1 . Raw rice – 1 cup . 2 . Moong dal ( moong bean split and deskinned ) – 1/2 cup . 3…
Tomato Phanna Upkari
Phanna Upkari is a traditional Konkani preparation. This is a spicy dish. Mostly this dish is made with fish like sardines or mackerel. For vegetarian this dish is made using tomatoes. This dish goes well with rice or dosa like pan polo ( neer dosa ) . Ingredients: 1. Big size tomatoes – 6 –…
Malpuri
Malpuri is a traditional Mangalorean dish . Malpuri is soft at centre and crispy towards the edges and outer surface. Malpuri is one of my favourite sweet. It is very easy to make , just mix all ingredients rest the batter for minimum one hour or more ,then shallow fry it in ghee or oil….
Healthy Trail Mix Indian version
This healthy Indian version trail mix is beautiful with an amazing variation of colours . It’s also so tasty and simple. I find my self reaching for it often whenever I need a quick bite. It’s easy to make a big batch of this mix in advance so you can have it ready anytime you…
Thakka Ambat (simple curd curry )
This is simple curd based curry adding mostly tubers vegetables. This kochi G S B Konkani style dish . Served in temple feast during Karthik month . During Deepavali day most of kochi Konkanis prepared this dish in their home. Thakka ambat is prepared with vegetables like ash gourd, potato , mande ( colocasia or…
Eggless chocolate chip cookies
These eggless chocolate chip cookies are crispy edges and soft & chewy in centre . Loaded with chocolate chips and simple to make with easy to find ingredients and quick and easy method. These eggless cookies are rich in flavour and exploding with chocolate. In this recipe I used combination of white and brown sugar,…
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