Chickpea powder is used to make ladoos for festivals like Janmastami, Ganesh Chaturthi. It was my granny's, mom's go to ingredient to make chane pitta undo.
Here's what's on the menu for Gowri Pooja/Vayna Pooja in most GSB Konkani homes. Recipes for lunch.
Raw bananas are made into delicious stir fry, called upakari in Konkani. Quick, easy, nutritious side dish for a meal. They're called kele upakari in Konkani.
Bhajji upakari tastes delicious when it is made with green & red amaranthus.
If you find big layu - puffed paddy & wanna make laya pitto, here's how to do it.
Ridge gourds can be made into delicious stir fry. Simple, easy, quick, nutritious.
When ripe bitter gourds don't taste as bitter as when raw. Also, when made tangy & spicy, this gojju tastes great, not just bitter-y.
Nutritious, easy, simple recipe.
This side dish is spicy from coconut chutney used & tangy, cooling from curds used, making it very delicious. Served as a side dish with rice.
Amaranthus is so nutritious & when is paired with a coconut masala & a delicious onion/garlic tempering, tastes out of this world with steaming hot rice.