Comments on: Poha masala powder(Phova pitto/Kumta masala)

By: rakhee shenoy

rakhee shenoy — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:22:35 +0000

hi shilpa,
i am from siddapur(nk),now living in sydney. whenever i go to india i used to bring this pitto from kumta.
now no need to bring from there, as i can prepare it at home. thank u very much. i usually prepare mandakki with that and also masala corn. thank u once again.

By: kanimozhi

kanimozhi — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:47:01 +0000

Hi..
I am very very facinated with so many recipes of urs.. one of the recipes which i tried was – Sabudana khichdi.. Astonishingly it came out well… the best thing about your website is the additional information which u give.. which helps a lot for people like me who r a bit new to the cooking world..
Thnx a lot..
Kani

By: roop zainab

roop zainab — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:57:29 +0000

hi!
im a med student in china and i love your recipes! we’re not allowed to cook in the dorms (hehe)..but we cant help it because we miss the food at home so much. You’re doing a great job and its very helpful. I feel like cooking just looking at the recipes.. i tried the vindaloo, the aalu bhaji and now these sandwiches. Everything turned out really good.
i have a few queries:
There is no coconut powder or mustard seed available in stores here. The closest thing we have is mustard oil/mustard sauce for the latter and coconut milk/coconut milk powder for the former. Could you advise me on which alternatives wd be better? Most of ur recipes require one of the two and i am confused as to what wd be best.
thank you,
Kudos on your work, once again.

Shilpa: Roop, Atleast in Konkani dishes, you cannot substitute mustard seed with mustard oil/sauce. I would suggest you to leave it out altogether if you cannot find the seeds. I think coconut powder or dessicated coconut would be more suitable substitute for fresh coconut(I have done that when I didn’t find fresh coconut before).
take care,
roop.

By: Narayan Mahale

Narayan Mahale — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:01:22 +0000

I am from Kumta and I love this pitto. This is a multipurpose pitto, you can use it in the preparation of many dishes. Thanks to Shilpa for mentioning its ingredients.

By: mehul

mehul — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:33:00 +0000

pl sent me ingredients of goda masala and fish masala
and how i will make in my house pl sent reply on my email address

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:43:14 +0000

Hi Shilpa… I made this powder yesterday. However, I have a slight doubt. U mentioned to put the same amount of chilli powder as the remaining ingredients.. At the same time u wrote 3 tbsp approx in the list, which is comparatively lesser than that mentioned in the recipe. For now i put 3tbsp.. Do i need to add more or something?
The powder had a good aroma… & i just cant wait to try it out.

Shilpa: You are right Tina. My mistake. Sorry. You have to add same volume as rest of the ground masala.

By: gowri

gowri — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:00:05 +0000

Hi all the items r different i m very eager 2 c new variety

By: Gill

Gill — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:58:19 +0000

Hello Shilpa
My husband and I are Germans living in Australia and love Indian food. I enjoy your Site, albeit I get dreadfully confused with a lot of the ingredient names and have to do a lot of cross referencing to get the English word: however, I box on and research their meaning. I am still stumped with an ingredient called “dalia” – could you please help me? I have all the other ingredients to make ‘chivda’. Keep up the good work. What a great idea that the Pova Pitto (powdered masala) can be used in other recipes too. Kind regards and many thanks, Gill

Shilpa: Gill, Thanks for your kind words. I am working on a exhaustive glossary for this site which will have pictures as well as different Indian names and English names.I just uploaded picture of dalia. Click on Dalia in the post. Its roasted chana(chickpea) dal.

By: Arun Shanbhag

Arun Shanbhag — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:11:49 +0000

Shilpa – Kalaylo pohv is one of my favorites. Every morning mom would ask, “what do you want to eat?” and I would reply: “Kalaylo pohvu.”

And you are absolutely right – it must be a guy thing. M rolls her eyes!
And, I picked a pound of fresh pohva pitto in Kumta!

Yaaay!

By: pallavi

pallavi — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:59:29 +0000

hi shilpa,

your site is wonderful. it made me nostalgic to read your recipes and also to hear of kumta from you. my mother’s native is kumta and i’ve spent almost all my school vacations there. your post has really good things right from the recipes to our G.S.B culture. it is a site i will frequent regularly.keep it u- pallavi.