Bang Bale Kele Kachri ( Plantain Chips )

Ingredients: Plantain ( Bang bale Kele ) Raw. Salt Oil for deep frying. Masala for sprinkle : Red chilli powder. Asfoetida. Variation Kala namak powder.( Himalayan Black Salt ) Black Pepper powder. Method : Peel off the skin of the plantain. Heat oil,slowly slice the plantain using chips slicer or mandolin slicer directly into hot oil….

Dave Umman ( Guna )

This is a Kochi konkani recipe. Tellicherry side konkanis call it Guna . Ingredients : Coconut – 1 Ash gourd (Winter melon ) – 250 gms. Potato – 1. Colocasia/taro root( alva mande ) – 8 – 10. Long beans ( Chowli Pods )  – 5 -8. Bitter gourd – small piece. Bimbul ( bilimbi…

Kele Muddo

Ingredients: Ripe Banana -2.( Cavendish Banana ) Raw rice – 1 cup. Grated coconut  – 1 cup. Jaggery – 1/2 cup (grated ). Salt – apinch Method : Soak rice for  half an hour. Grind rice with grated coconut in to rawa consistency. Add grated jaggery,salt and mashed banana. Spread this batter in greased banana leaves ….

Surnali

Ingredients : Raw rice – 1 cup. Coconut – 1 cup. Powa ( beaten rice ) – 1 cup. Butter milk – 1/2 cup. fenugreek- 1/4 tsp. Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Jaggery ( grated ) – 1/2 cup salt to taste. Oil for frying. Method : Soak rice in water for 2 – 3 hours….

Sprouted Green Gram Ghasi

Ingredients :  Moong (Green gram whole) – 1 cup. coconut – 1 Red chillies – 6 – 7.( fried in little oil ) Bimbul (Bilimbi ) – 2-3 ( if bimbul  is not available use 1 chana size tamarind ) Chinese Potato ( Kook in Konkani ) – 8 – 10. Salt to taste. For Seasoning : Mustard…

SEVAI

This is a favorite dish in almost all konkani homes. Ingredients : Idly Rice (par boiled rice ) – 2 cups. Grated coconut – 1 cup. Water -4 cup. Salt to taste. Method :  Wash and soak rice in 4 cups of water for about 2 hours. Grind with grated coconut to a smooth paste. Add…

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…

KASI HALWA

Ingredients : Bottle gourd  – 3 cups.     ( or ) Ash  gourd Milk    – 1/2 Cup Sugar – 1 cup Ghee – 1 Tbsp Cashew Nut & Kismis – 1 Tbsp Cardamom – 1/2 tsp Saffron – 1 pinch Method : – Grate Bottle gourd.  Cook in a vessel with milk. Cook till all milk…

Kaju Burfi

Mangalorean Kajju beeye Khadhi/ gsb style cashew burfi: Every year with the onset of wedding season I am always nostalgic about how as a child I used to attend weddings in my native place, Mangalore. After the wedding lunch,the packet of sweets distributed to all was much awaited.It is usually consisted of a boondi laddu…