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festivefood konkanirecipe Lunch thali

Tomato Saaru

Tomato saaru / Saaru powder

There are a number of ways in which saaru is prepared. Different communities and even households have their own recipe as per their liking. Sharing here the recipe of saaru powder which we prepare and store for about a month.

Ingredients required-

For Saaru powder –

  1. Coriander seeds – 2tsp
  2. Methi seeds – 2tsp
  3. Jeera – 2tsp
  4. Chana dal – 5tsp
  5. Urad dal- 5tsp
  6. Toor dal – 5tsp
  7. Hing- a big piece
  8. Curry leaves- fist ful(4-5 strands)
  9. Byadagi red chilly-8-10

For saaru –

  1. Water -3 glass
  2. Ripe tomato-1
  3. Green chilly -3-4
  4. Tamarind- lemon sized
  5. Salt to taste
  6. Coriander leaves
  7. Mustard- 1tso
  8. Curry leaves- 1 strand
  9. Red chilly- 1
  10. Coconut oil – 2tsp

Method of preparation-

  • Dry roast all the items under Saaru powder till aromatic on medium flame.
  • Powder it, cool and store in a air tight container
  • To prepare saaru, to a vessel add finely chopped tomatoes, slit green chilly and water.
  • Boil it. Also add the extract of tamarind after soaking it in water.
  • Now add about 5tsp of above powder, salt to taste and cook for another 10min
  • Finally add chopped coriander leaves
  • Add a tadka of mustard, curry leaves and cut red chilly in coconut oil.

Note : A small piece of jaggery also can be added.

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festivefood konkanirecipe Lunch Side Dish thali

Kadgi Chakko

Kadgi Chakko

This dish is prepared when tender most jackfruit is available. So i can say it is one of the first dishes we make when jackfruit season starts because we can prepare ghashi, koddel etc even after it is grown a bit(bikkand starts forming). Being a kadgi fan this one is my favorite dish too.

Ingredients required:

  1. Jack fruit
  2. Mustard seeds – 1tsp
  3. Curry leaves- 2-3 strands
  4. Urad dal -1.5tsp
  5. Coconut oil – 3tsp
  6. Urad dal – 2tsp(for masala)
  7. Coriander seeds- 2tsp
  8. Coconut- half
  9. Roasted red chilies- 6-7
  10. Tamarind- gooseberry size
  11. Jaggery- lemon sized
  12. Salt to taste

Method of preparation-

  • Cut the jackfruit remove skin and inner hard part(maavu)
  • Make tiny pieces of it
  • Take a heavy bottom pan and add oil
  • Add urad dal, mustard and curry leaves to prepare tadka
  • Then add jackfruit and add required water and cook till it becomes soft. Time may vary depending on jackfruit
  • Meanwhile roast urad dal and coriander seeds with little oil
  • To this add Coconut, tamarind and red chilly and prepare a coarse masala
  • Once jackfruit is cooked add the masala and jaggery and salt to taste.
  • Cook for 5-10 min or till raw smell of masala goes away.
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drycurry konkanirecipe Lunch Side Dish thali

Kooka Sagle

Kooka Sagle

Kooka or Koorka or Sambrani(kannada) or chinese potato is a root vegetable available widely in winter. Sanekal kooka is a famous variety which has high demand. Although it is available for short duration we can store it for months. The process of deskinning this veggie is bit tedious job. Traditional way is to put it in a gunny bag and smash it to remove parts of skin. Then remaining skin can be removed using hands or by rubbing to the same gunny bag. The hand becomes brown and rough after this work so many dont like venturing into this 🙂 We also use the peeler used for peeling potato skin. This vegetable is very much loved. Used in ghashi, upkari or sagle, saung etc.

Ingredients required –

  1. Grated coconut – 1/2
  2. Red chilly – 7-8
  3. Tamarind – lemon size
  4. Coriander seeds – 1tsp
  5. Oil – 2tsp
  6. Mustard seeds – 1tsp
  7. Curry leaves – 1strand
  8. Kooka/ Chinese potato – 500grms
  9. Salt to taste

Method of preparation –

  • First peel and clean the kooka and cut it into 2,4 or 6 pieces depending on the size. Better to have big pieces.
  • Take the coconut, fried red chilly, tamarind and coriander seeds(no need to roast) and prepare a fine masala paste.
  • Take a pan and prepare tampering of oil, mustard and curry leaves.
  • Add the cut kooka to this and mix well. Add water and cook till it becomes soft. Time may vary depending on variety.
  • Now add the masala and little water from cleaning mixie and salt to taste.
  • Mix, cover and cook till raw smell of masala goes.

Below are the items on the plate –
🍽 Boiled rice
🍽 Daat daalitoy with a topping of curd
🍽 Mango pickle
🍽 Pappodu(papad)
🍽 Happolu(spicy papad)
🍽 Kooka sagle

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Breakfast Lunch OnePot

Bisi Bele Bath

Bisi bele bath

This is one of my goto recipe which I have learnt by referring a lot of recipes on internet. Those pictures from different restaurants in Bangalore always tempted me and I decided to learn it. I prepared it in number of ways and finally settled with this pressure cooker method. As the name suggests it tastes best when it is hot. If you are planning to use it for the next course of meal, do add little water and cook for a while before serving.

Ingredients required-

  1. Oil- about 5tsp
  2. Jeera – 1/2tsp
  3. Mustard-1/2 tsp
  4. Red chilly- 1
  5. Ginger- small piece
  6. Garlic- 5-6pods
  7. Chana dal – 1tsp
  8. Curry leaves – 2strands
  9. Sona masuri rice – 1 cup
  10. Toor dal – 1/2 cup
  11. Tamarind- gooseberry sized
  12. Jaggery- lemon sized piece
  13. Onion – 1
  14. Tomato-1
  15. Beans – 5-6
  16. Carrot – 1 small
  17. Green peas – about 1/4 cup
  18. Bisi bele bath powder – about 6-7tsp
  19. Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
  20. Chilly powder – 2 tsp(as per spice level required)
  21. Salt to taste
  22. Coriander leaves
  23. Ghee -1tsp

Method of preparation-

  • First wash and soak the toor dal for about 30min. This will help in faster cooking.
  • Also soak tamarind hot water for 10min
  • Finely chop the ginger and garlic. Cut onion, tomato, beans and carrots into medium size pieces.
  • Take the pressure cooker and add the oil.
  • Once heated add jeera, mustard. Once spluttered add chana dal, ginger, garlic and fry them all well.
  • Next add red chilly cut into pieces, curry leaves and mix.
  • Then add onion and fry for 2min. Next add tomatoes and mix well
  • After that beans, carrots and green peas or any other vegetable of choice can be added.
  • Now add tamarind extract and jaggery.
  • Then add washed rice and toor dal. Mix.
  • To this add bisi bele bath powder, salt, turmeric powder, chilly powder.
  • Add water little more than immersing the mixture. More water helps in giving watery consistency as there is dal added.
  • Mix everything very well and pressure cook for 2 whistle. Let the pressure release naturally.
  • Now open the cooker and add little water. Gently mash the mixture and cook for about 5min on low flame. This helps in making the mixture thick and watery.
  • Add the chopped coriander leaves and 1tsp ghee.

Note :

  • If using dry green peas, soak it over night and cook for 10min before adding to the cooker.
  • Serve it with boondi or potato chips.

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konkanirecipe Lunch phodi thali

Kadgi Phodi

Kadgi Phodi /Raw jackfruit fritters

I love raw jackfruit(kadgi) very much. I actually like it more than ripe ones. So when we get kadgi, we cut them, cook and store in refrigerator to prepare various dishes such as chakko, koddel, phodi and nonche. This was the first kadgi for this year and today was phodi day😁

Ingredients required-

  1. Red chilly – about 10
  2. Coriander seeds – 1/2tsp
  3. Garlic -10-15
  4. Salt to taste
  5. Oil – for shallow frying
  6. Rava – for coating

Method of preparation –

  • Remove the skin of raw jackfruit and cut them into thin slices. Wash them clean.
  • Next with little water cook them. You can either pressure cook or cook in a vessel. Cooking time may vary depending on the quality of the jackfruit.
  • Once cooked cool and apply little salt.
  • Prepare a masala paste by using red chilly soaked in hot water(for about 30min), coriander seeds, garlic and salt.
  • Soaking red chilly makes it easy to grind. Let the paste be thick. You can use the water from Soaking chilly while preparing paste.
  • Apply the masala paste to the kadgi slices and coat it with rava.
  • Heat the tawa and fry them on both the sides by applying little oil.
Lunch thali

Our lunch thali today. It has –

  • Boiled rice
  • Amaranthus leaves/ bhajji bendi
  • Mattu gulla puddi sagle
  • Kadgi phodi
  • Urad papad
  • Mango pickle