Comments on: Beans sidedish(Beans upkari, Valasangi/alsande upkari, chitmitki/gawar upkari)

By: Neha

Neha — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:28:06 +0000

Hi Shilpa,

I have recently moved to New Zealand after getting married, and had never entered a kitchen (except to eat )… The idea of making my own meals was a little scary… and then I went and stumbled upon your site!! I have tried quite a few of your recipes… and it is helping cure a bit of the homesickness
I tried this upkari today… and its turned out so delicious that I hope there is some left for my husband when he gets home
Thank you so much!!

By: Indian food, Andhra recipes and Global cuisine inspired cooking » All Recipes Shilpa Vegetables Vegetarian Recipes » Indian Food Trail - An essay on Konkani Cuisine - by Shilpa

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:27:55 +0000

[...] red chilli powder is used and the vegetable is cooked in seasoning and little water. For example, beans upkari, tendli upkari(http://www.aayisrecipes.com/2006/07/04/ivygourd-sidedish-tendli-upkari/) • [...]

[WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The comment’s server IP (208.97.167.25) doesn’t match the comment’s URL host IP () and so is spam.

By: sowmya

sowmya — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:59:02 +0000

thank you soo much shilpa…

By: Shilpa

Shilpa — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:58:11 +0000

Sowmya, you can make many dishes with beans. Please search “green beans” in search box above. We have a very good Indian store here. So I get everything from there. You can try in Chinese store near your place. They usually have alsande any many of our veggies.

By: sabita

sabita — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:24:46 +0000

Hi,

Thanks a lot will make it today with guvar. Tried your shrimp curry the other day & my husband loved it.

By: Arthi

Arthi — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:43:15 +0000

Hello

I tried this recipe out with guvar. It is very traditional. It came out very very well.
Thanks for the recipe.

By: Chetna

Chetna — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:14:59 +0000

I noramlly do not steam the french beans and alsando, only steam or micro-wave the gavar beans.

I make another version of alsando – finely chop it, then temper the oil with mustard and hing , add the alsando, salt, jaggery and sambar powder or amti masala and fry it for a few minutes to make it crisp. Just befrore taking off the fire, I add finely chopped onions, grated cocnut and dhaniya leaves. Do not fry or cook the onions for more than a miute or two, Should still remain a little kaccha. Try this….you will love it. You may omit the masala powders and still make it yummy !!

Another vesion for French Beans is add urad dal and finely chopped ginger to your recipe. rest all the same. Again I do not steam the beans as I like it to be crunchy..

By: sujatha

sujatha — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:08:23 +0000

I’m new to your website. i love your recepes. I’m from shimoga but my syster stays in mangalore. whenever i visit her she makes lot of konkani dishes. i used to love it. by visiting your site i miss my syster. thanks a lot.

By: Shilpa

Shilpa — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:10:37 +0000

Asha, I am looking forward to read your recipe. Your idli experiment was great. Loved it.

Thanks for your kind words Garima. Keep visiting…

By: GARIMA

GARIMA — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:34:04 +0000

Hi there…… I was searching a recipe for teesrio where i came across ur site and believe me…i was more than happy to find ur site. I am a north indian, staying in north india but born and brought up in Goa and absolutely love the konkani and karwari food and I am so glad I got all the recipes of my favorite dishes….. I tried ur beans upkari recipe and it was exactly the way I used to relish at my friend’s house…. Thanx a ton and even i passed this upkari to my north indian friends and they loved it and now I m promotiong ur site. Do keep up the gud work