5 years ago, if someone had told me I would be a big fan of cast iron, I would have laughed. “There is no way” I would have said. I had this myth in my mind that cast iron takes a lot of oil. The first entry of cast iron in my kitchen came in …
When I visited India last November, I spent almost a month and a half in Bangalore. My in-laws were at my MIL’s brother’s home that time. I stayed with them for a couple of days. They have a new cook at their home now. This cook comes around 11AM and makes couple of sidedishes and …
I love babycorn in any dish. Many years ago when I lived in Bangalore, I cooked with it whenever I could. But in last 8 years or so, I have not seen fresh babycorn here in Kansas. I heard it is available in some stores here, but I have never seen it. I am not …
I wanted to post this recipe for a long time. This was a regular with chicken biryani at my pachi’s (aayi’s sister) home. It has been over a decade and I still remember the awesome taste of this combination. Somehow I have not prepared this very often, I kept forgetting to get the exact recipe …
Hope you all had a very happy Diwali. So after all that sweet dishes that you all might have enjoyed, I thought of posting a spicy dish. Last year when we visited India, my SIL R prepared this dish for us. She got this recipe from a magazine and she made little modifications to it. …
I spend a lot of time looking at every corner of Indian store here and I wonder about new vegetables that I have never tasted. Almost during every visit, I saw these frozen pigeon peas and wondered what to make with them. Then I saw my friend P making this delicious subji with them. She …
Phodis are very popular among Konkanis. Chilli powder and tamarind are used to marinate the vegetables to make phodis. In old days the chilly powder was not easily available. So they prepared a pulp of red chillies, tamarind, salt and asafoetida. This pulp was used to prepare phodis of different types. It can also be …
We have few jackfruit trees in our garden. During the season, we make many dishes from the raw fruit. This is one such dish which happens to be very popular among Konkanis. Some call it Chakko chane ghashi, we call it chakko chane randayi (In our Konkani, randayi is any side dish which is watery …
Amaranth – bhajji dento, is one of the very popular greens used at our place. Many people grow these in their gardens. Read more about it here. We also had grown these in our garden many years ago. Now we just buy them. Some of our neighbors still continue growing these and they share it …
Tirphal or teppal is used a lot in Konkani cooking. It has a very distinct flavor that goes very well in coconut dishes. You can read more about this spice here. We use them in preparing chutni and other dishes. For preparing chutni, we use tender teppal (called jeev teppal in Konkani) which is generally …
