Category Konkani

Vali Ambat(Indian spinach curry)

Vali ambat is a famous dish of the G.S.b Konkani’s.This Indian spinach grows as a vine.It is most commonly known by the names Vali as in Konkani,Basale as in Kannada and Malabar spinach.It grows upto 8-10 metres long.It is sold…

Piyava Thambali

Piyava thambali is a popular G.S.B dish. “Piyavu” means onion. It is most commonly served with  fried fish. Amma used to prepare this often. This is one of my personal favourite and now my husband’s favourite too… Chilled thambali tastes…

Mushroom/Alambe buthi

Whenever I miss Alambe buthi I prepare Mushroom buthi. Now you’ll might wonder what is Alambe. Alambe means thunder mushroom in Konkani  which is available only during the  first month of monsoon. Don’t worry friends,I will post the recipes on the same during the season.So…

Potato bhaji(dry)

I prepared  this bhaji today as an accompaniment with theek puri.This is a dry bhaji which  is very easy to prepare.This is my Amma s recipe and is one of the best recipe.My Amma adds coconut bits which enhances the…

Palak pathrade

I first saw this pathrode /pathrade recipe in the  TV cookery show by my favorite chef none other than  Sanjeev Kapoor. Khana khazana was the first cookery show that I  ever  watched, enjoyed and used to never miss a single…

Bhendi white curry

Bhendi white curry is a traditional dish of Konkani’s who reside in Kerala.I adapted this dish from my Aayi(paternal grandma, that’s what we call,but generally we address as  Bapama for paternal grandma) who has a very good collection of old is gold recipes.Since she…

Assorted veg fries(phodi’s)

Hello dear readers! Today I will share assorted vegetables phodi recipe. Ingredients: Drumsticks(mashinga sanga)-cut into index finger size Jackfruit(Kadgi)-cut as shown in picture Bittergourd(karathe)-cut into round pieces Kantola(phagil)-Cut as shown in the Picture Green brinjals(Gulla)-cut as shown in picture Chilly…

Dhali Thoy

Dhali Thoy is a popular Konkani special dhal which is a must in most of the GSB homes.This dhal is prepared with tuvar dhal (split red gram).Any functions like weddings,temple functions,you’ll get this yummy dhal to relish it.The aroma of…