A Konkani rainy season delicacy – Alvatti
With the advent of the rainy season, we find green vegetation all around. Since ancient times we were using many of these …
Amaranth in coconut sauce(Bhajji denTe randayi)
We get two types of edible Amaranth – red ones called as ‘tambdi bhajji’ and green one(we call it white) called as …
Amaranth in Raw Coconut Masala (Bhajji Dente Sasam)
Amaranth – bhajji dento, is one of the very popular greens used at our place. Many people grow these in their gardens. …
Ambade Sasam
Ambade is one of the very common vegetable used in Konkani food. Ambade(hog plums/amtekayi/ambazhanga) trees are commonly found in backyards of most …
Arrowroot Pudding(DuddaLLi)
This is one of the very popular Konkani sweets. There are few types of duddaLLis – one prepared with rice and coconut, …
Bamboo shoots in sweet-spicy coconut(Keerla sukke)
At our part of the world, there seems to be no person who does not know about bamboo.They grow extensively in thick …
Bamboo shoots pickle (Keerlu-ambade lonche/nonche)
Ambade(hog plums/amtekayi/ambazhanga) trees are commonly found in backyards of most of the houses in our region. There are two types of ambades …
Beetroot Halwa
Wish you all a very happy and prosperous Deepavali/Diwali. Ever since we returned from India, I have been thinking about making something …
Beetroot-Yogurt Gravy (Beetroot Tambli)
This recipe is inspired by beetroot sasam and beetroot raita. This is very mild in flavor, it has that sweetish tinge from …
Bittergourd pickle (Karathe nonche)
My mom’s pickles are very famous among our friends and family. She even gives them to most of the functions at the …
Bottlegourd sweetdish (Gardudde paays)
Wish you all a very happy Ganesh Chaturthi. Bottlegourd is called gardudde in Konkani. According to Ayurveda, this vegetable has many medicinal …
Bread Upma
This is usually done from a day old bread that remains after making some sandwiches or other bread dishes. In the above …
Breadfruit Chips
We have a big breadfruit tree in our garden which gives big fruits, sometimes twice a year. My children loved this. We …
Brown cow peas sidedish (Bagade khatkhate)
Khatkhate (‘t’ s are pronounced as ‘th’) is a kind of Konkani side dish with coconut masala. Almost 90% of Konkani dishes …
Buttermilk gravy with pepper and cumin(Jeer mirya taka kadi)
As most of you know, coconut is the main ingredient in Konkani food. In India, our coconut supply came from my hometown. …
Buttermilk Gravy/Soup (Taka Kadi) with buttermilk chillies
Buttermilk is called Tak (or Taak) in Konkani. Taka kadi is one very simple dish, where buttermilk is seasoned with either garlic …
Cabbage Vada
This dish is used as a side dish. This can be prepared with drumstick (maskasangi) flowers instead of cabbage. In North Canara, …
Capsicum kairas with coconut
We were busy for last few days, so could not post anything here. One of our readers requested for this recipe. This …
Cashew Fruit Fritters(Kaju Modak/Mulik)
Generally these Muliks(as they are called by some Konkanis) or Modaks(as they are called at our place) are prepared with bananas. Some …
Cauliflower and/or carrot pickle(Flowera nonche)
This is a ready to serve pickle. Can be preserved in refrigerator for at the max 1 week. Cauliflower should be very …
Cauliflower Pickle With Pickle Masala (Flowera Nonche/Lonche)
We came to US last week to stay with our daughter for a while. Since both of them love pickles, I started …
Chana Dal Soup (Poli Saru/Holige Saru)
Puran polis and Sukrundes need a very dry stuffing. The water from cooking the chana dal is not used for these preparations. …
Chiroti/Phenori
Revisiting the recipe Chiroti is made in special occasions at our native, but we prepared it whenever we wanted. These are liked …
Coconut dosa (Soyi polo/Pan polo/Neer dose)
This is a very common breakfast in North Canara. The combination differs. Some people eat this dosa with normal coconut chutney or …
Coconut-peanut chutney powder (Shenga chutney pitto)
I think every Indian cuisine has a set of ‘chutney pitto/chutney podi/chutney powder’ recipes. We too make different types of ‘chutney pitto‘ …
Coriander leaves gojju(Kottambari gojju)
This is used as a side dish. A sweetish chutney which is very flavorful. Ingredients: 1/2 fresh/frozen coconut 1/4 tea spn tamarind …
Crabs gravy(Kurle ambat)
Finally, here I am with my all time favourite crabs gravy. I have observed that people who are very fond of fish, …
Cucumber/water melon Dosa
Aayi makes these dosas whenever we get watermelon. Many people throw out the white part between green skin and the red sweet …
Daal (Dalithoy)
Daali thoy(dalitoy/dalithoy) is the first recipe learnt by all konkani people when they start cooking. It is simple daal with chilies, ginger, …
Dal with vegetables and coconut (Dali ambat)
If you ask me what is my comfort food, this is one of the dishes that comes to my mind. A simple …
Dried Fish Gravy (Bhobshe/Dhandshe Ambat)
We were not fish eaters until two generations back. Now, even though we like fish, we never liked the dried fish because …
Dried Gooseberry Gravy(Sukkil AvaLe Kadi/Tambli)
This is another classic recipe that I got from V’s grandmother. Kadi is usually a very thin-almost watery dish. I would think …
Drumstick Flower Cutlet (Maska Phulla Phodi)
We find drumstick tree in garden of almost each and every house in our area. They provide full iron and so used …
Finger Millet Sweetdish (Nanchne Duddalli / Ragi Manni / Ragi Halubayi) With Coconut
In our region, finger millet is used by many people along with other cereals. It is called Raagi in Kannada and Nanchano …
Finger Millet Sweetdish (Nanchne Duddalli/ Ragi Manni) Without coconut
Finger millet duddali is usually prepared with coconut especially in coastal areas where coconut is grown and used in cooking. Since many …
Fried ivy gourds(Tendli talasani)
Ivy gourd is the vegetable loved by most. It is one of my favorite vegetables. I love it in any form. ‘Fried …
Garlic Dal (Losney Dalithoy)
Every Indian cuisine has a recipe for simple dal. The Konkani version is called Dalithoy. This must be the simplest possible recipe …
Garlicky-sweet-spicy bittergourd
When I go shopping, I have a habit of picking up any vegetable that catches my fascination. Most of the time, I …
Ginger Pakoda (Alle Baje)
It has been raining heavily for the last few days here. Pakodas/bajes are one of the most loved dishes in this season. …
Gooseberry Tambli (Avale Tambli)
In winter, we usually get fresh gooseberries. The local ones we get are quite small, but I usually buy the big-ping pong …
Green Chilli Poha (Olli Mirsangi Phovu)
Poha is one of the main items of Konkani breakfast/snack. Depennding upon individual taste there are many varieties in it. There are …
Green Peas Kurma
Green peas were/are seasonal at my native. When I was a kid, we used to bring it from Belgaum once or twice …
Horsegram curry (Kulitha Saru) with coconut
There are two versions of this dish. This is the one more popular at home. Since horsegram is very good for health, …
Horsegram gravy and sidedish(Kulitha saru and kosambari)
Konkanis use Kulith (horsegram) very frequently in cooking especially in cold season. It is supposed be to be garam – i.e. warming …
Horsegram Idlis (Kulitha Idli)
This must be one of the most requested recipes on the site. Aayi sent me the picture of the dish a long …
Hot and Sour Cutlet (Amshe Tiksani Phodi)
Phodis are very popular among Konkanis. Chilli powder and tamarind are used to marinate the vegetables to make phodis. In old days …
Idlis In Banana/Jackfruit leaves(Easy Hittu/Khotte/Kadubu)
We had posted the traditional way of making Hittu/khotte or kadubu couple of years ago. Making the baskets for these is a …
Idlis in jackfruit leaves(Hittu/khotte/khotte kadubu)
Aayisrecipes would not be a “Konkani site” if I had missed this dish. Hittu/khotte is one of the most popular dishes for …
Idlis with wheat rava (Ganva rave idli)
As I have mentioned earlier, rice is an important and main item in our food. So during the fasting days, we eat …
Jackfruit – Chickpeas Sidedish (Chakko Chane Randayi/Ghashi)
We have few jackfruit trees in our garden. During the season, we make many dishes from the raw fruit. This is one …
Jeera-Pepper Kadhi (Jeer-mirya kadi)
This is one of my favorite Konkani dishes. My Aayi is an expert in preparing this. Since we add cumin seeds(jeera) and …
Lemon soup (Limbe saru)
As I had mentioned earlier, Konkanis make many different sarus which are like rasams. These are very quick to make, so they …
Maida Burfi
Most of our sweets take a lot of time and energy. Very few are very fast to make and do not require …
Mango Burfi (Ambe Khadi)
During mango season, we prepare so many dishes of mangos. Mango burfi is one amongst them. These are liked very much by …
Mango Ginger Gravy (Ambe Haldi Sasam)
Ambe Haldi(Konkani) or Mango Ginger(English) is very rarely available at our place. These roots look almost like turmeric(Haladi) root and have a …
Mango Pachdi
This Friday was Ramnavami – Read more about this festival here. This festival is celebrated with all grandeur in all the Hindu …
Mango Rasayan/Seekarane (Ambe HashaLe)
This is almost the end of mango season here. This must be one of the easiest and very popular dishes prepared with …
Mango/pineapple in sugar syrup(Ambe/Ananas paank or Morambo)
At my native, during mango/pineapple season, this dish is prepared in huge quantities(just like pickles) and stored for the rest of the …
Masoor – Spinach Gravy with Coconut (Masoori – Palak Ambat)
Masoor was not very commonly used in Konkani dishes before. But it has become a regular at my home these days. The …
Milk Payasam (Doodha Paays)
There are many payasams/payasas that we make for festivals/special occasions. By modifying the ingredients/method slightly, entirely new sweetdish is made. Check out …
Mushroom Curry(Almbe Garam-masale ambat)
Mushrooms were available only during season at my native. The season usually is hardly 1-2weeks per year. During this season, these mushrooms …
Mushroom fry(Almbe phodi)
Somewhere in the month of July – August, we get Mushrooms(Almbe in Konkani, anabe in Kannada) here. They grow naturally especially in …
NeerPanasa Randayi
As I mentioned here, we could not find the English name for Neerpanas. So I am using the Konkani name as it …
Okra Bharta (Bhende Bharth)
V’s grandmother mentioned about this dish during our last India trip, somehow it had slipped out of my mind. Cooked okra is …
Pakora(Baje)
Pakoras are one of the most popular snacks in India. They are called as bajo-singular or baje-plural in Konkani. They are also …
Papad gravy (Hapla ambat)
I had posted recipe for urad papad (uDida happol) sometime ago. These are quite delicate papads and break easily (if they are …
Pappaya Sweet(Papaya Khadi)
In coastal Karnataka, we find Papaya trees in almost all the courtyards of the houses. We like ripe papaya fruit. It is …
Pathrado or pathrode
Pathrado is one of my all time favourite dishes. I remember writing ‘pathrado‘ in the ‘favourite food’ column of autograph books which …
Pineapple-peas sidedish (Ananas vatane randayi)
Randayi is a Konkani sidedish which has juicy coconut paste. Different vegetables, lentils are used to make randayis. Pineapple and peas is …
Plantain Gravy (Kele Ambat)
We have a big garden in front of our home, where we have grown different types of banana plants, coconut trees etc. …
Plantain/Banana Chips (Kele Balka)
Banana chips are a very popular snack. We grow many varieties of bananas in our garden. Some of these are consumed ripe …
Potato in coconut curry(Batate Song)
If I claim I have a Konkani food blog, anybody will ask the question “have you blogged about our great Batate Song??”. …
Prawns In Spicy Coconut Sauce (Sungta Sukke/Dhoddak)
The specialty of Konkani seafood dishes is – they are almost always quite spicy and made with coconut. A drizzle of coconut …
Pumpkin Bharta(Dudde Bharth)
It has been a long time since I posted anything here. Last few months were very busy for us. We were preparing …
Pumpkin-Cluster Beans Sidedish (Dudde Chitmitki Upkari)
Cluster beans (Chitmitki in Konkani) is a vegetable that is frequently used in Konkani cooking. Many people do not like this. Chitmitki …
Puréed tomato saar/saru
Saar/saru is a very thin soup kind of dish which can be consumed with rice or like soup. I am a big …
Radish Pods Gravy (Mulangi Saangi Ambat)
Mulangi Saang are tender beans of radish that have small seeds. If you don’t take out radish roots when they are grown …
Raw Jackfruit Shallow Fry (Kadgi Phodi/ Chakke Phodi)
Jackfruits are easily available in this season. Raw jackfruit is called pansa kadgi or Chakke kadgi in Konakni. It is one of …
Red Amaranth Gravy (Tamdi bhajji – Odi Ambat)
Red amaranth is a very popular leafy vegetable that we get in the market here. It is in season now, so we …
Rice Pudding (Tandla Paays)
Hope you all had a happy Ganesha Chaturthi. We had a small pooja at home this year too. We got a beautiful …
Rice rotti on banana leaf(Mumbri or Cholkya vayli bhakri)
Cholko – A piece of leaf. Usually a piece of banana leaf is called ‘cholko’ in Konkani. Vayli – on top of …
Ridgegourd chutney (Gosale sasam or Gosale Bharth)
We make a variety of coconut based sasam(a chutney like dish with mustard) or bharth (a chutney like dish with cooked/smoked vegetables). …
Sanjuri/Sanjori (Sheerachi Poli)
5 years ago, aayi gave me this recipe and I wrote it down on my diary to make it sometime. Every time …
Shallow Fried Colocasia Tuber (Maaddi Phodi)
Many tubers are used in Indian cuisine. They are full of carbohydrates and are easily digestible. Yam or suranagadde is known to …
Shallow Fried Sweet Potatoes (Kananga Phodi)
These days my cooking is inspired by what my little baby eats. There are two vegetables that he totally adores – sweet …
Snake gourd sidedish (Padwale Randayi)
Shilpa had posted this recipe on Sailu’s blog along with an introduction to Konkani cuisine. This must be one of her favorite …
Spicy Breadfruit (Jeev Kadgi/Palapanasa Talasani)
We have a breadfruit tree in our garden and this is breadfruit season. It is one of my daughter’s favorite vegetables. Read …
Spicy drumstick (Maskasangi sukke)
Sukke(Konkani) translates to dry. Sukke is a type of dry sidedish with coconut. Some times, it has a coconut paste and sometimes …
Spicy fish (Iswana sukke)
V’s grand mother is a very enthusiastic cook. It amazes me to see her interested in cooking even at an age of …
Spicy Garlicky Radish(Mulangi TaLasani)
We get white colored huge radishes here in Indian stores. The size of them is quite intimidating to me as I had …
Spicy Okra (Bhende Song)
Okra/bhende is one of the most loved vegetables at our home. My grandmother used to prepare this dish very often. Song is …
Spicy powder for rice (Menthe Hittu)
Menthe hittu(Kannada) – fenugreek powder, is a spicy powder prepared by grinding a variety of spices and lentils. This is served with …
Spicy Puffed Rice (Kalaylo Chirmuro) with Poha Masala
It feels great to get back on internet again. Our laptop crashed couple of weeks back and it took a while to …
Spicy Puffed Rice (Masala Mandakki/Chirmuri)
Mandakki or Churmuri or puffed rice is loved all people. It is used to prepare various dishes depending upon the individual taste. …
Steamed Coconut-Rice Cake(Doodh Sannan/Sandan)
As I had mentioned earlier many times, I like to discuss food with V’s grandmother. She is almost 85+ years old now, …
Sun Dried Tindora (Tendli Kachri)
This post was in our drafts for a while now. We sun dry many vegetables, which make nice crispy accompaniments with meals. …
Sundried bittergourd chips (Karathe kachri/hagalkayi sandige)
I have posted a lot of Konkani dishes, but one thing that I have not covered is “sundried items”. During summer, like …
Sweet Chana Dal Fritters (Sukrunde)
Sukrunde is a very popular sweet among Konkanis. At our place, there is a tradition to make these for the baby showers …
Sweet Potato Stir Fry (Kananga Talasani)
Sweet potato has become a regular at home these days for us. I initially started buying it to make baby food for …
Teppal(Tirphal) Chutney/Tambli
Tirphal or teppal is used a lot in Konkani cooking. It has a very distinct flavor that goes very well in coconut …
Urad dal dosa (Udida pole)
This is the simplest way of doing Urad dal dosa. Some people add one table spoon of chana dal for making the …
Urad Dal Paddu(Udida Appe)
Paddu(Kannada), appe(Konkani), ponganalu (Telugu), paniyaram(Tamil), unniyappam(Malayalam), is one very popular dish in South India. To make this we require a special paddu …
Vandelaga tambali (Ekpanni tambali)
This is a recipe mostly done in rainy season. Usually this is made of different kinds of leaves grown in the gardens. …
Vegetable sidedish(dhoddak/huggi)
“Dhoddak” usually has a very different way of cooking. The vegetable/fish is mixed with coconut masala. Then kept in between banana/turmeric leaves …
Wheat Flour Dosa (Ganva Polo)
Lately, I have been very busy. Busy work days, busy evenings trying to keep a toddler entertained and then if I still …
Wheat sooji rotti (Ganva rave bhakri)
We, Konkani people, prepare varieties of dishes for breakfast made up of rice. On fasting days we do not eat rice preparations. …