Ingredients : Pumpkin pieces – 2 cups ( cut into small cubes ). Tamarind – One gooseberry size. Jaggery – 2 tbsp. Sambar Powder – 1 tsp. Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp. Salt to taste. For seasoning : Green chillies – 1-2. Red chilli – 1 ( Optional ). Oil – 1 tsp. Urad dhal…
Category: Side Dish
Pineapple Pachadi
Traditional side dish of keralas Onam Sadya. Ingredients : Pineapple – 1. Ripe Banana ( Nendra ) – 1. Black Grapes – 10. Chilli powder – 3/4 tsp. turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp. Salt to taste. Jaggery -1/4 cup ( grated ). Curd – 1/2 cup. For grinding : Grated coconut – 1 cup. Cumin…
Kadge (Tender jack ) chakko
Ingredients : Tender Jack ( Raw Jack ) -1/2 kg. Coconut – 1/2. Red chillies – 6 – 8. Urad dhal – 2 tsp. Coriander seeds -1 tsp. Tamarind – a pebble size. Salt to taste. For seasoning : Oil – 1 tbsp. Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp. Curry leaves – few. Method : Remove…
Pavakka ( Bitter Gourd ) Poriyal
Ingredients : Bitter gourd – 1. Onions -2 (medium size ). Grated coconut – 1 tbsp. Salt to taste. Chilli powder -2 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp. Mustard – 1/2 tsp. oil – 1 tbsp Method : Cut bitter gourd in to thin slice. Slice onion also. Heat oil in kadai add mustard seeds…
Pineapple Sasam
This is Kochi konkanis version of Pineapple Sasam, and one of the side dishes of their festival feast. Ingredients : Pineapple – 1 . Apple -1 Banana -2 ( Rasbale or kadali ) Seedless Grapes – few Coconut – 1/2.( Approximate 2 cups ) Curds – 1 cup. Green chillies -2 Sugar – 2 tsp. Mustard seeds – 1/4…
Beetroot Poriyal
Ingredients : Beetroot – 1 big. Green gram dhal – 1 tbsp. Shallots – 3. Crushed dry chillies -1 tsp. Grated coconut -2 tbsp. Oil – 2 tsp. curry leaves – few. Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp Salt to taste. Method : Peel and cut into fine pieces or grate beetroot.Sprinkle little water and cook in…
Vellarika (Madras Cucumber) Kichhadi.
Traditional “Onam Sadya” Curry of Kerala. Ingredients : Cucumber -2 cups (cubed ). Shallots -2 ( peeled and crushed ). Green chillies -2 (cut into round pieces ). Ginger – !/2 inches piece ( chopped ). Grated Coconut -2 tbsp. Garlic flake -1. Cumin seeds -a pinch. Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp ( crushed ). Curd –…
Tamdi Bajje (Red Amaranths Leaves) Sasam
Ingredients: Red Amaranths leaves -2 cups Colocasia root (alva mande) -8-10 Coconut -1/2 Green chillies -2 ( blanched ) Red chillies -1-2 (fried with little oil ) salt to taste. Mustard -1/4 tsp Curd -1/2 cup For seasoning : Oil -2 tsp Mustard – !/2 tsp Curry leaves -few Red chilli -1 (optional ) Method…
Tamdi Bajje ( Red Amaranths Leaves) Sanna muddo
This is one of favorite side dish of konkanis. We call it by two other names Sanna khotto ( when steamed in Jack fruit tree leaves ) Sanna muddo ( Steamed in Banana leaf ) and sannan. Ingredients : Raw Rice – 250 gms Coconut – 1 12 – 15 Red Chilies Tamarind –…
