Rice Payasam (Tandla payasu, Doodh Paank, Milk Payasam)
A lip smacking dessert prepared by cooking long grained aromatic basmati rice in milk, cardamom and saffron strands. Condensed milk adds extra taste!
Raw Jackfruit Curry (Kadge Gashi)
Kadgi ghashi is raw jackfruit in a spicy coconut curry. It is a curry for special occasions, festivals during summer. A very popular konkani dish.
Potato Stir Fry (Batate Upakari)
Batate upakari means potato stir fry. If you love poatoes you'll love this stir fry. An easy to prepare side dish that gets ready in no time.
Fenugreek Leaves Stir Fry (Methe Palle Upakari/Methi Sabzi)
Stir fry with fenugreek leaves, onions, capsicum is an amazing side dish that is sweet and spicy.
Bitter gourd, hog plums in a coconut gravy (Karathe, ambade gashi)
A coconut gravy with bitterness from bitter gourd, tanginess from the hog plum, sweetness from jaggery to balance the bitterness, with spices and seasoning.
Chickpeas Curry (chane gashi)
Chickpeas in a spicy coconut curry is a curry for special occasions, festivals. Chickpeas are paired with yam, potato, tender raw jackfruit to prepare ghashi.
Ash gourd fritters in spicy coconut curry (Odi ghashi)
Ash gourd fritters are called as kuvale vadi/oodi in konkani. They are deep fried and added to a spicy coconut curry called as gashi in konkani.
Shallow Fried Colocasia Tuber (Maaddi Phodi)
Colocasia tubers/maaddi are a favourite among Konkanis. Maaddi is used to prepare yummy phodis, by shallow frying(tava fry /rava fry) or deep frying them.
Rice with coconut milk and turmeric leaves (Cheppi kheeri/Kheeri)
Kheeri is a festival dish. A flavourful rice dish that is sugarless, with the aroma of turmeric leaves. Rice is cooked in coconut milk and with turmeric leaves.
Broken Puffed Paddy Panchakajjaya (layapitta panchakajaya)
Broken Puffed Paddy Panchakajjaya (layapitta panchakajjayya) is prepared as naivedyam for different poojas, called as prasadam.