One heck of a delish coconut curry using fresh gooseberries. They're called avale khadi in Konkani. Paired with rice you won't ask for anything else. It's yummm
Here's how to make seemebadnekai rava fry. Simple, easy to make, delicious pan fried chayote squash makes a nice appetizer/side dish. Seemethoushe phodi.
A simple Konkani breakfast from my granny’s kitchen - poha recipe. Phovu phaan in Konkani. This flattened rice dish can be served as a tea time snack too.
Include greens in your diet, eat healthy once in a while. Here's a super nutritious, stir fry of drumstick leaves. Called as mashinga palle upakari in Konkani.
With the love for pathrado that we Konkanis have, we definitely don’t waste any leftovers. We shallow fry pathrode slices with oil to make them crispy & enjoy!
Pickled raw jackfruits are made into a Konkani delicacies. A stir fry called as salla upakari in Konkani is also prepared using pickled raw jackfruits.
Colocasia tubers called as kaale alva maddi make yummy fritters when shallow fried or deep fried. These are called maddi phodi and are a Konkani favourite.
An all time Konkani favourite is bibbe upakari, a stir fry made of tender cashew nuts with ivy gourds and potatoes. Customary side dish for the Ugadi festival.
Roasted eggplant is a great accompaniment with rice/pyaj, prepared using matti gulla, a special type of eggplant/aubergine/brinjal found in udupi/mangalore.
Malabar spinach is cooked & is mixed with curds & a spicy coconut chutney. It is a very nutritious side dish to go with rice & makes a comforting meal.
Malabar spinach in coconut chutney is called as vali sasam in Konkani. A very nutritious accompaniment to go with rice. Side dish that makes a comforting meal.
A flavourful, simple, healthy stir fry of basella/Malabar spinach. Called as vali upakari in Konkani which is served as a side dish in Konkani cuisine.
A coconut based spicy side dish prepared using malabar spinach (vali sukke in Konkani) is paired with dalithoy & a bowl of steaming hot rice. Comfort food!!
A soup like gravy is called saar/saru in Konkani. This chickpeas saru is a very flavourful saar that makes a scrumptious meal when eaten with a bowl of hot rice
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.
Udupi Brinjal or Matti Gulla are used to prepare sagle. A spicy, sweet coconut masala is stuffed into tiny brinjals and cooked. A great side dish with rice.
Upakari's are called stir fry in konkani. They are simple, tasty, healthy and easy to prepare. An everyday side dish with rice in every konkani household.
Sukke is a spicy, dry side dish with vegetable/s in a coconut based masala. Steaming hot rice, cabbage potato sukke and piping hot dalithoy make a heavenly meal