I grew up playing around moringa(maskasangi) trees. Everyone has atleast one tree in their garden in our place. My parents always told us how maskasangi was full of iron and slightly nudged us to eat it. But I had never tasted the leaves(pallo). Aayi would make phodi (which is still one of my all time …
Cucumber is called “Taushe” in Konkani. “Taushe hulel” is a side dish which is usually a part of meal that is offered to god during festivals. I saw a similar dish here, the only difference being, we use the cucumbers (used for salads) and everything is used raw. So this dish can be …
We were in Belgaum in December and we visited pachi (aayi’s sister). As usual, she had a feast planned for us. I have so many memories associated with her food that I can clearly feel the taste just by looking at the dishes. When I saw her making these, I did a happy dance. …
One of the queries I got over and over from my readers is a recipe/method for baking a cake in pressure cooker. I rarely have any free time to experiment these days, so although this request was always there in the back of my mind, I never tried it. But recently I got a chance …
Wish you all a very happy and prosperous Diwali. This year has been one of the busiest years as far as I can remember. Although I have weekdays and weekends packed with work, kids activities and other household stuff, I am trying my best to take out some time to celebrate festivals. Diwali for me …
It is festival season with Diwali just around the corner. I miss the festivities here that we had in India. Over the years we have started celebrating few festivals in a small scale. Ganesh Chaturthi is one festival which we celebrate every year without fail. We think of inviting all our friends but that hasn’t …
My 7 year old is a very active little guy who loves to run around entire day. I have tried giving him healthy food, but he is not great when it comes to eating. The other day I was discussing about healthy snack bars with a friend. I have to make an honest effort hereafter …
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 one of my …
It was many years ago, we had a function at home in India. The food was a simple Konkani javan(meal). This was the time I had just started my blogging and very much into learning new recipes. The cook was making his signature Devasthana saru/rasam, which was usually served during functions at temple. It had …
Green onions or scallions or spring onions or Kande patti is a seasonal and loved delicacy in my hometown. My dad loved it a lot and aayi would make kande tambli whenever we found this in market. Few years back, I sat down with V’s grandmom to collect some of her signature recipes. Kande patti vade was one …
