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 …
Masoor was not very commonly used in Konkani dishes before. But it has become a regular at my home these days. The …
Red amaranth is a very popular leafy vegetable that we get in the market here. It is in season now, so we …
Phodis are very popular among Konkanis. Chilli powder and tamarind are used to marinate the vegetables to make phodis. In old days …
It feels great to get back on internet again. Our laptop crashed couple of weeks back and it took a while to …
We have few jackfruit trees in our garden. During the season, we make many dishes from the raw fruit. This is one …
Generally these Muliks(as they are called by some Konkanis) or Modaks(as they are called at our place) are prepared with bananas. Some …
In our region, finger millet is used by many people along with other cereals. It is called Raagi in Kannada and Nanchano …
Jackfruits are easily available in this season. Raw jackfruit is called pansa kadgi or Chakke kadgi in Konakni. It is one of …
Mandakki or Churmuri or puffed rice is loved all people. It is used to prepare various dishes depending upon the individual taste. …
We have a big breadfruit tree in our garden which gives big fruits, sometimes twice a year. My children loved this. We …
Lately, I have been very busy. Busy work days, busy evenings trying to keep a toddler entertained and then if I still …
Many tubers are used in Indian cuisine. They are full of carbohydrates and are easily digestible. Yam or suranagadde is known to …
Amaranth – bhajji dento, is one of the very popular greens used at our place. Many people grow these in their gardens. …
Tirphal or teppal is used a lot in Konkani cooking. It has a very distinct flavor that goes very well in coconut …
In coastal Karnataka, we find Papaya trees in almost all the courtyards of the houses. We like ripe papaya fruit. It is …
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 …
Wish you all a very happy and prosperous Deepavali/Diwali. Ever since we returned from India, I have been thinking about making something …
It has been a long time since I posted anything here. Last few months were very busy for us. We were preparing …
Few months ago, I bought a bag of boiled rice (ukdo tandul/Kerala matta rice) – the brownish colored boiled rice. V and …
It has been raining heavily for the last few days here. Pakodas/bajes are one of the most loved dishes in this season. …
We have a breadfruit tree in our garden and this is breadfruit season. It is one of my daughter’s favorite vegetables. Read …
This is almost the end of mango season here. This must be one of the easiest and very popular dishes prepared with …
We were not fish eaters until two generations back. Now, even though we like fish, we never liked the dried fish because …
During mango season, we prepare so many dishes of mangos. Mango burfi is one amongst them. These are liked very much by …
These days my cooking is inspired by what my little baby eats. There are two vegetables that he totally adores – sweet …
We find drumstick tree in garden of almost each and every house in our area. They provide full iron and so used …
Banana chips are a very popular snack. We grow many varieties of bananas in our garden. Some of these are consumed ripe …
The specialty of Konkani seafood dishes is – they are almost always quite spicy and made with coconut. A drizzle of coconut …
Sweet potato has become a regular at home these days for us. I initially started buying it to make baby food for …
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 …
Poha is one of the main items of Konkani breakfast/snack. Depennding upon individual taste there are many varieties in it. There are …
Okra/bhende is one of the most loved vegetables at our home. My grandmother used to prepare this dish very often. Song is …
Hope you all had a happy Ganesha Chaturthi. We had a small pooja at home this year too. We got a beautiful …
Cluster beans (Chitmitki in Konkani) is a vegetable that is frequently used in Konkani cooking. Many people do not like this. Chitmitki …
We had posted the traditional way of making Hittu/khotte or kadubu couple of years ago. Making the baskets for these is a …
This post was in our drafts for a while now. We sun dry many vegetables, which make nice crispy accompaniments with meals. …
We have a big garden in front of our home, where we have grown different types of banana plants, coconut trees etc. …
This is one of the very popular Konkani sweets. There are few types of duddaLLis – one prepared with rice and coconut, …
Puran polis and Sukrundes need a very dry stuffing. The water from cooking the chana dal is not used for these preparations. …
Sukrunde is a very popular sweet among Konkanis. At our place, there is a tradition to make these for the baby showers …
Mulangi Saang are tender beans of radish that have small seeds. If you don’t take out radish roots when they are grown …
Revisiting the recipe Chiroti is made in special occasions at our native, but we prepared it whenever we wanted. These are liked …
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 …
We came to US last week to stay with our daughter for a while. Since both of them love pickles, I started …
Buttermilk is called Tak (or Taak) in Konkani. Taka kadi is one very simple dish, where buttermilk is seasoned with either garlic …
Every Indian cuisine has a recipe for simple dal. The Konkani version is called Dalithoy. This must be the simplest possible recipe …
This recipe is inspired by beetroot sasam and beetroot raita. This is very mild in flavor, it has that sweetish tinge from …
V’s grandmother mentioned about this dish during our last India trip, somehow it had slipped out of my mind. Cooked okra is …
We get white colored huge radishes here in Indian stores. The size of them is quite intimidating to me as I had …
As I mentioned here, we could not find the English name for Neerpanas. So I am using the Konkani name as it …
This must be one of the most requested recipes on the site. Aayi sent me the picture of the dish a long …
This is another classic recipe that I got from V’s grandmother. Kadi is usually a very thin-almost watery dish. I would think …
As I had mentioned earlier many times, I like to discuss food with V’s grandmother. She is almost 85+ years old now, …
We get two types of edible Amaranth – red ones called as ‘tambdi bhajji’ and green one(we call it white) called as …
Sukke(Konkani) translates to dry. Sukke is a type of dry sidedish with coconut. Some times, it has a coconut paste and sometimes …
Somewhere in the month of July – August, we get Mushrooms(Almbe in Konkani, anabe in Kannada) here. They grow naturally especially in …
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 …
With the advent of the rainy season, we find green vegetation all around. Since ancient times we were using many of these …
At our part of the world, there seems to be no person who does not know about bamboo.They grow extensively in thick …
When I go shopping, I have a habit of picking up any vegetable that catches my fascination. Most of the time, I …
V’s grand mother is a very enthusiastic cook. It amazes me to see her interested in cooking even at an age of …
Saar/saru is a very thin soup kind of dish which can be consumed with rice or like soup. I am a big …
This Friday was Ramnavami – Read more about this festival here. This festival is celebrated with all grandeur in all the Hindu …
As most of you know, coconut is the main ingredient in Konkani food. In India, our coconut supply came from my hometown. …
Shilpa had posted this recipe on Sailu’s blog along with an introduction to Konkani cuisine. This must be one of her favorite …
We make a variety of coconut based sasam(a chutney like dish with mustard) or bharth (a chutney like dish with cooked/smoked vegetables). …
I had posted recipe for urad papad (uDida happol) sometime ago. These are quite delicate papads and break easily (if they are …
We were busy for last few days, so could not post anything here. One of our readers requested for this recipe. This …
Konkanis use Kulith (horsegram) very frequently in cooking especially in cold season. It is supposed be to be garam – i.e. warming …
Pakoras are one of the most popular snacks in India. They are called as bajo-singular or baje-plural in Konkani. They are also …
As I had mentioned earlier, Konkanis make many different sarus which are like rasams. These are very quick to make, so they …
Randayi is a Konkani sidedish which has juicy coconut paste. Different vegetables, lentils are used to make randayis. Pineapple and peas is …
Menthe hittu(Kannada) – fenugreek powder, is a spicy powder prepared by grinding a variety of spices and lentils. This is served with …
Phodis – vegetables spiced and rolled in rava(samolina) and shallow/deep fried, are very popular among Konkanis. We make these from most of …
There is a saying in Kannada “Tambali antha ootavilla kambalianth hodikeyilla” - meaning, there is no meal like the one with tambali …
There may be many people like me who like pickles very much. During my childhood, pickle was an essential item of the …
Now that’s a funny name!!!. Sud-sud (or sad-sad as some people say) in Konkani means loose and it looks very weird when …
Avalakki/poha is supposed to be one of the easiest and cheapest snacks. We have heard in Mahabharat that Sudaama gave avalakki to …
Whole green chilies are one of the constituents of many North Karnataka meals. It is usually served with Jolad rotti or sajjige …
Many Konkanis who live in the coastal areas are seafood lovers. This goes to such an extent that, some people call all …
All Konkanis are familiar with Vali bhajji (Malabar spinach or basale soppu in Kannada). Many of us grow it in our backyard …
Papad (happolu in Konkani or happala in Kannada) is one of the constituents of Konkani as well as many other Indian meal. …
Hello everyone, It was a bit difficult to decide which would be my first post. Shilpa and her husband (who call themselves …
It’s an ultimate feast for the eyes, and a hungry pet (stomach). Eversince the inception of Aayi’s Recipes, I wanted to post …
Ambe (mangoes) must be one of the most loved fruit during summer in India. Konkanis make many different dishes with it. One …
This post was originally published on Sept 12 -2006. I am reposting it with updated pictures which I clicked this time. This …
I am not sure why I haven’t posted this dish so far. This is one of the most loved dishes at my …
Koot in Konkani is a dish with raw coconut paste. As I mentioned earlier, jackfruit dishes are very popular among Konkanis. This …
I have fond memories of Jackfruit (Panas in Konkani), my pappa and me having a competition to see who eats more. My …
This recipe was in my drafts for a long time now. Aayi prepared this when she was here in July. For one …
One of my readers asked me for this recipe few days ago. This dish is not known to people in North Kanara(like …
I have posted a lot of Konkani dishes, but one thing that I have not covered is “sundried items”. During summer, like …
Randayis(Konkani) are watery side dishes(almost of gravy consistency) with coconut masala. Depending on the vegetables used in this, the taste differs. I …
When I was a kid I simply hated dried seafood. I never even wanted to taste it because of its smell. But …
Aayisrecipes would not be a “Konkani site” if I had missed this dish. Hittu/khotte is one of the most popular dishes for …
This traditional dish is almost forgotten. I have not seen anybody preparing it these days. When I was a kid, aayi prepared …
Ivy gourd is the vegetable loved by most. It is one of my favorite vegetables. I love it in any form. ‘Fried …
“Dhoddak” usually has a very different way of cooking. The vegetable/fish is mixed with coconut masala. Then kept in between banana/turmeric leaves …
Khatkhate (‘t’ s are pronounced as ‘th’) is a kind of Konkani side dish with coconut masala. Almost 90% of Konkani dishes …
‘Kadgi‘ means raw jack fruit. ‘Chakko‘ or ‘sushal‘ is a kind of side dish with coconut. This dish is one of the …
Cholko – A piece of leaf. Usually a piece of banana leaf is called ‘cholko’ in Konkani. Vayli – on top of …
My mom’s pickles are very famous among our friends and family. She even gives them to most of the functions at the …
Cheppi (bland taste) kheeri (kheer in Marathi means ‘payasam‘ or ‘pudding’, the dish I am referring to is ‘kheeri‘ the difference may …
At my native, during mango/pineapple season, this dish is prepared in huge quantities(just like pickles) and stored for the rest of the …
During Konkani weddings, we make a set of sweet dishes. The most famous among them is ‘ManDe/chowde‘(Konkani) or ManDige(Kannada). Usually the previous …
I think every Indian cuisine has a set of ‘chutney pitto/chutney podi/chutney powder’ recipes. We too make different types of ‘chutney pitto‘ …
Every South Indian cuisine has its own recipe for Vadas. Here is Andhra Version of it. As Preeti says here, this is …
Pathrado is one of my all time favourite dishes. I remember writing ‘pathrado‘ in the ‘favourite food’ column of autograph books which …
Finally, here I am with my all time favourite crabs gravy. I have observed that people who are very fond of fish, …
If I claim I have a Konkani food blog, anybody will ask the question “have you blogged about our great Batate Song??”. …
Poha is a very famous dish. Aayi prepares some 3-4 types of poha. I like this one very much. Phova pitto is …
In last few days, the number of Konkani visitors to my blog as well as Konkani recipe requests have significantly increased. So …
Finally I am happy to say, I can cook fish!!!. This was my weak point for a long time. I recently tried …
Mushrooms were available only during season at my native. The season usually is hardly 1-2weeks per year. During this season, these mushrooms …
This is one of the popular drinks during summer at my native. During these hot months, fresh kokum is available in large …
Green peas were/are seasonal at my native. When I was a kid, we used to bring it from Belgaum once or twice …
If you ask me what is my comfort food, this is one of the dishes that comes to my mind. A simple …
There are two versions of this dish. This is the one more popular at home. Since horsegram is very good for health, …
This is a ready to serve pickle. Can be preserved in refrigerator for at the max 1 week. Cauliflower should be very …
This is one of my favorite Konkani dishes. My Aayi is an expert in preparing this. Since we add cumin seeds(jeera) and …
This is the simplest way of doing Urad dal dosa. Some people add one table spoon of chana dal for making the …
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 …
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 …
This is usually done from a day old bread that remains after making some sandwiches or other bread dishes. In the above …
Aayi makes these dosas whenever we get watermelon. Many people throw out the white part between green skin and the red sweet …
This is a recipe mostly done in rainy season. Usually this is made of different kinds of leaves grown in the gardens. …
This is a very common breakfast in North Canara. The combination differs. Some people eat this dosa with normal coconut chutney or …
This dish is used as a side dish. This can be prepared with drumstick (maskasangi) flowers instead of cabbage. In North Canara, …
Daali thoy(dalitoy/dalithoy) is the first recipe learnt by all konkani people when they start cooking. It is simple daal with chilies, ginger, …