Today is “Anant Chaturdashi†commonly called as “Nopiâ€. This is usually celebrated on ‘Bhadrapada shukla Chaturdashi’ which comes on the 11th day after ‘Vinayak Chaturthi’. There are two significances to this day. First one, the Ganesha idol brought home at Vinayak Chaturthi is immersed in water on this day, only in those houses where Ganesha …
Chibbad(Konkani) or Karbooja(Hindi) is a kind of sweet melon. There are so many different kinds of melons available here, I was very much confused which one to use for this dish (and also for the milkshake). Finally I zeroed on cantaloupe which had the same taste as the one we got in India. Chibbad is …
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Soyi(coconut) khadi(burfi) is famous sweet dish at our native. It is prepared either with jaggery or sugar. Anu requested me for this recipe. This is the easiest of all coconut burfis. She even sent me the recipe, I am yet to try it out. So I thought of posting my mom’s recipe of this dish. …
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 day of wedding (or same day as wedding, but before actual wedding), we do a pooja called as ‘Sreemanth pooja‘. (Some day in future, I will elaborate on all these functions). During this, …
‘Nankatayi’ or Nankatai can be called as Indian biscuits(cookies). I had thought this is a Konkani name, but recently I came across this name in many of the food blogs. So I guess this dish does not need any introduction. When I was a kid, I was a big fan of Nankatayi. We had the …
When it comes to my Pachi‘s cooking and sweets, I can think of only one dish. Biscuit pudding…Ahh..Its so tasty. Though I don’t like sweets or chocolates, somehow this dish is my favorite. Whenever I go to Pachi‘s house in Balgaum, I ask her to prepare this and then I request her to let me …
Ganva(konkani) or Genhu(hindi) (I donno how to write down the pronunciation of ‘n’ in Ganvu/Genhu, hope all my Indian friends know how to say this word) means wheat. GuLi is laddu in Konkani. This sweet is called ‘Chirmund’ in South Kanara. ‘Ganva laddu’ is the most famous sweet in North Kanara. If you go to …
Payasa, Payasam or ‘paays’ is the sweet dish, a must in all functions. The Konkani ‘Paays’ or ‘paaysu’ is broadly classified as ‘GoDa paays (Paays with jaggery)’ and ‘Saakre paays (Paays with sugar)’. As far as my observation goes, all the elder generations like the jaggery paays and younger generations usually like sugar paays.There are …
This is one of my favorite sweet. In my native North Kanara, I have seen some people who are experts in making these. I think a lot of patience and experience is required to get the perfect texture of this. I tried this for the first time, it tasted heavenly. Though I know I can …
I think this is a universal sweet. Everybody likes one or the other version of it. Namewise, its called as Sheera/Sanja (Konkani), Kesari Baath (in Bangalore-Kannada, it should be bhath, not Baath though. I wonder why it is called ‘bhath’ because as far as I know ‘bhath’ means rice) and Sooji Halwa. Recently we went …
