Kohlrabi is called as ‘Navalkol’ in Konkani and ‘Navil Kosu’ or ‘kosu gadde’ in Kannada. ‘Sukke’ is usually a side dish prepared with some kind of vegetable or sea food and coconut masala. This dish has a sweetish and spicy taste because of the jaggery and red chilies in it. This is my all time favourite dish.
When I was a kid, I had grown these in my neighbour’s fields. Our neighbour(fondly called as mami) grows lot of different vegetables in their field. As I had the “madness” of growing vegetables for a short period of time, she allowed me to grow all the kinds of vegetables along with her lot. Ofcourse, she used to nurse my plants. I only watered those plants and claimed they are mine whenever we went to the field 
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Updated on 5th Sep:
Kohlrabi looks like this
Ingredients:
Kohlrabi(Navalkolu/navilkosu)(cut into small pieces) 1 cup
Onion(cut into small pieces) 1/2 cup
Coconut(fresh or frozen) 3/4 cup
Red chilies 4-5
Coriander seeds 1/2 tea spn
Urad daal 1/2 tea spn
Tamarind 1/2 tea spn
Jaggery 1/2 tea spn
Oil 1 tea spn
Salt
Method:
Cook Kohlrabi in cooker.
Heat 1/2 tea spn of oil and fry coriander seeds and urad daal. Grind them with coconut, jaggery, red chillies and tamarind by adding just sufficient water(do not make the masala too watery).
Heat remaining oil and fry onion. Add cooked kohlrabi and ground masala. Add salt and cook till masala is done and the dish becomes almost dry.
Serve as a side dish with rice and daal/gravy or with chapathi.
Serves : 3
Preparation time : 20mins
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This is the winter I am going to try cooking kohlrabi – and will begin with this recipe. Sounds delicious, thanks!
Hi Shilpa….What is this vegetable. I have never eaten it, although i have heard of it a couple of times. Also where do you get this, in the American store or Indian store? Thanks for this new recipe, i am going to try it, once i get this vegetable.
shilpa, your variation is simply delicious….
Hi Shilpa,
Many of ur recipes are new to me…. It is very interesting to read ur postings. sure am learning a lot of dishes from u..
what is this vegetable.. can u post the picture of the vegetable.. what is it called in english?
Shilpa,
Thanks.
Great! I like cooking this veggie occasionally, but have only two recipes for it. Glad to have a third one now.
Thanks Linda, Lera, Vaishali.
Aruna, Prema, please click on the link that I have given in the post. ‘Kohlrabi’ is the English name of this vegetable (First when I heard this name, I thought it is an Indian name!!!).You can see the picture. This is usually available in Farmers market and some time in American groceries(I found it in HyVee)
Though I have seen this veggie many a time never tasted it.. Now that I have a recipe will try sometime..Thnx for a good one.
I just tasted kolrabi sambar this past weekend. This looks delicious too. Will definitely give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
I have been looking for recipes using Kohlrabi. Thank you so much for sharing this
Hi Shilpa …From the link the picture was not very clear, now since you have posted the picture, i do recollect that i have seen this veggie everytime, i go to the stores. But i did not know what you do with it. Now i have the recipe, i can go ahead and buy it . Thanks for a different recipe.
It was nice of u to post the picture of kohlrabi shilpa.. I think we call Noolkol in tamil.. iam not sure abt it.. but i know the veg now.
This vegetable is known as Knolkol in tamil and Ganth Gobhi in Punjab. It is a part of the cabbage family.
hi shilpha, I wanted to know whether u can do any dish with kohlbari with the leaves………Coz we do a gujarathi type of dish with mulangi along with the leaves…..So plz tell me whether u can do anything with that….
Thanks all for the different names of the vegetable.
Nandita, we add the leaves also to the dishes along with the kohlrabi. For example, the kohlrabi and its leaves are used in this dish, upkari, dali ambat and in a curry which is prepared similar to moolangi ambat
ok i wanted to clairfy bcoz the pic didnt show any signs of leaves being put……Anyways thanks a lot….Must say u r presentation of the dishes is superb…Mouth watering
Hi Shilpa,
Was planning on trying out some of your recipes and was wondering what do you do when you get the fresh coconut, how do you keep it and do you use it all. Do you find any difference in the frozen ones when it comes to the taste of the curries?
Thanks a bunch.
Shilpa: No, I don’t feel any difference between frozen and fresh coconut. I keep it frozen before opening. Once opened, I put them in ziploc bags and refrigerate them and finish it off within 4-5 days. I never buy fresh coconut here, always buy frozen ones
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Do you know US English name for Navalkol?
I would like to mention, my mother in law taught me to eat leaves of navlkol instade of throwing those off.
Wash them, dry them, Cut them to look like noodles
Make a phodni (oil+ Mustard seeds, cumin, garlic ) add these leaves, add salt, Garnish with roasted dry coconut.
It is awesome.
Also vitamins in leaves are much more than that of Navalkol itself. very nutritious.
Swapna.
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“Cook Kohlrabi in cooker” is not very specific. Could you explain this more clearly please.
Thanks
Shilpa: Cut kohlrabi into small pieces. Add about 1/2 cup water to it and cook in pressure cooker till it is cooked.
Hi Shilpa…..its been a long time since i browsed your blog….was a bit busy……we hardly get kohlrabi here but by chance i got my hands on a few & came to your blog to look for a recipe & as always was glad to try this one….its was awesome!! Thanks for sharing & keep up the great work you are doing!
Hi Shilpa… Amazing recipe for Navilu kosu.. My hubby does not like this vegetable when i make sambar out of it.. But with this recipe, he did not even recognize that it was navilu kosu… Thanks a lot for the recipe…
Hi
Can any one kindly post the benefits of eating this navil kosu raw? I have heard it’s very good for diabetes.
kind regards
Prasad
Nice recipe. Should the red chille be grinded too?
Yes
Thanks Shilpa for his wonderful recipe.Had never tried this vegetable before as I did nt know how to make it .It tasted great!
Hi Shilpa,
Thank you for this site – Even we can eat that raw soft Kohlrabi with salt and pepper(optional) sprinkled on it, tastes good on fasting days
hey Shilpa,
I have tried this recipe many times.with different veggies like radish,kolrabhi,potato and today dudhi..it turns out delicious everytime..It tastes like ones served in the south indian temples in mangalore..Thanks a ton…
Vini