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festivefood konkanirecipe Naivedyam sweets

Chana Dal sweet khichidi

Chana dal sweet khichidi

Today is makara Sankranti and it is Dhanurmasa. So for all the celebrations khichidi is prepared as a sweet in this month. I have already shared the recipe of moong dal and rice khichidi. This is another khichidi which is usually prepared. This is my moms recipe. Along with mom, my sister prepares it very well as it is a slow cooking procedure and requires patience.

Ingredients required-

  1. Chana dal – 250grms
  2. Broken wheat – 250grms
  3. Jaggery – a little more than 250grms(can be adjusted as per sweetness needed)
  4. Coconut- 1
  5. Ghee – about 100grms
  6. Cashews
  7. Raisins
  8. Dates
  9. Cardamom

Method of preparation-

  • Wash chana dal and broken wheat and pressure cook for about 4 whistles
  • Take a pan and add jaggery and coconut. Slowly cook it on medium flame till jaggery melts and paaka is formed.
  • Cashews can be either added to pressure cooker or can be fried in ghee and added.
  • Once jaggery is melted add chana dal and broken wheat. Also add crushed cardamom.
  • Mix them well and cook on low flame for about 15min. Keep adding ghee as you cook.
  • It is important to keep stirring in between else it will stick to the bottom of the pan.
  • Add deseeded and chopped dates, raisins and mix.
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Breakfast konkanirecipe nofermentation

Undi/ Pundi

Undi / Pundi / rice dumplings

Undi is one traditional breakfast dish of coastal region which is infamous for no fault of its own. You can see young people using the phrase ‘Pundi beyiduvudu’ or if you ask any konkani person about days breakfast they may reply saying ‘Unde baayl undi’ in a funny way.

I have not prepared this myself and documenting moms recipe here. Preparing undi does not require any preparation on the previous day. If you have about 1hr in the morning you can prepare this. Also useful when there are few guests for breakfast as it tastes good when hot and even when it is cooled. Also you can pair it with anything- curry, chutney, chutney powder, jaggery syrup, soye choornu, Coconut oil or just eat as it is.

Ingredients required-

  1. Rice rawa – about 750grms
  2. Coconut- 1
  3. Oil – 2-3tsp
  4. Mustard seeds -1/2tsp
  5. Curry leaves – 2strands
  6. Urad dal – 1tsp
  7. Methi seeds-1/2tsp
  8. Salt to taste
  9. Water about 1.5 ltrs

Method of preparation-

  • Grate the Coconut
  • In a pan take oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves, urad dal, methi seeds
  • Once mustard is spluttered add Coconut.
  • Also add water and salt to taste
  • Once water boils add rice rawa and starts mixing
  • Keep mixing on medium flame till it comes together
  • Now make small balls and press slightly in the center when it is still slightly hot.
  • Keep the steamer on gas. Once it is hot, steam these balls for about 20min.
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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

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Breakfast chutney Dosa

Mint / Pudina Chutney

Mint / Pudina Chutney

I have always been ignorant about chutney. I used to eat dosa or idli with the curry more than with chutney. I have always passed that bowl of chutney which comes with masala dosa😁 Only after I got married I thought about chutney seriously as my husband equally admires chutney as much as dosa!

Still I was not much interested in preparing it, and once or twice got from Boon. Though it served the purpose, getting both bili chutney and kempu chutney together was a bad idea and it remained and we struggled to finish it😅

This made me think as wasting food never makes me feel good. I thought of chutney as those people in our life whom we don’t consider as important yet they are significant part of our life. Same way chutney is that small part of any breakfast spread which adds lots of flavor and taste.

This also made me realize the person who gets the grocery or cooks the food at home has lots of influence on what the family eats! Example, I like green peas more and try to add it in as many dishes. I used to rarely prepare chutney because I dint like it. These are the small things which affects overall food habits of the family. Do you agree?

Thus finally when I started preparing chutney I started liking it. After all accepting small things can make life more joyful! I prepare different chutneys now, but favorite has been Pudina Chutney. I have always wasted the pudina bunch after preparing juice, but when I started preparing this, I am utilizing the mint leaves completely.

Ingredients required:

  1. Mint / Pudina leaves – 1 cup
  2. Freshly grated coconut – 1cup
  3. Ginger – small piece
  4. Tamarind- gooseberry size
  5. Salt to taste
  6. Green chilly- 1
  7. Oil – 2tsp
  8. Mustard- 1tsp
  9. Curry leaves- 1 strand
  10. Urad dal – 1tsp
  11. Red chilly – 1

Method of preparation-

  • In a mixi jar add mint leaves, Coconut, ginger, tamarind, salt, green chilly and grind to a fine paste along with a very little water.
  • Transfer it to a bowl and add water from cleaning the mixi.
  • Adjust water as per thickness required.
  • Prepare a tadka with mustard, curry leaves, urad dal, red chilly (cut into pieces) in oil(preferably Coconut oil)
  • Add to the chutney and mix well before serving.