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festivefood konkanirecipe Snacks

Poha Chivda

Poha Chivda

A favorite snack item at home which we prepare often. There is a variety of thick poha available which is best for preparing chivda. If we use other varieties it may become soft soon. The measurements i have given here are rough ones. You can always vary it as per your taste. After all it is home made we have the liberty to customize it.

Ingredients required –

  1. Thick poha – 1.5cup
  2. Oil for frying
  3. Raisins – 5tsp
  4. Coconut pieces/kattoli-5tsp
  5. Ground nut – 5tsp
  6. Cashew- 5tsp
  7. Roasted gram/Putani -5tsp
  8. Sev – 1/4 cup
  9. Oil – 2tsp
  10. Mustard seeds – 1/2tsp
  11. Curry leaves – 3strands
  12. Red chilly- 2
  13. Turmeric powder – 1tsp
  14. Dry mango powder/amchur powder- 2tsp
  15. Salt to taste
  16. Sugar powder – about 4-5tsp

Method of preparation-

  • Prepare sev as explained in the previous post and take about half cup of it
  • Heat oil and fry the poha. Add little by little and keep gas in medium flame to avoid burning
  • In the same oil also fry ground nut and coconut pieces. It is best to use dry Coconut (khobre). You can also use fresh ones but may need more frying.
  • Now take a kadai and add oil. Once hot add mustard, red chilly cut into pieces.
  • Once it splutters add cashews and Raisins. Once it is roasted add putani.
  • Add coconut pieces and ground nuts as well.
  • Now add salt, sugar powder, turmeric powder and amchur powder. You can also add chilly powder.
  • Now add poha and sev. Mix very well keeping flame minimum.
  • Cool and store in air tight container.

Note :

Alternatively we can roast the poha instead of deep frying to make it more healthy. In such case thin poha can be used.

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festivefood konkanirecipe Snacks

Sev / shavo /karo

Sev or shavo or karo as we call it in konkani, is a crispy snack which can be had as it is or it can be paired with uppittu(rullav), avalakki(phovu) or used in chats or preparation of chivda. We can prepare spicy as well as non spicy version.

Sev / shavo

Ingredients required –

  1. Besan / gram flour – about 2 cups
  2. Salt to taste
  3. Asafoetida/ hing – 1/4 tsp
  4. Carom seeds – 1/2 tsp
  5. Hot oil – about 8-10 tsp
  6. Oil – for deep frying
  7. Water
  8. Chilly powder – 2-3tsp

Method of preparation-

  • Sieve the gram flour and keep.
  • Now take about half cup water and to that add salt, chilly powder and hing
  • Mix well and add the gram flour
  • Kneed it well
  • Heat the oil and add to the dough little by little while kneeding
  • Once the dough comes together and doesn’t stick to hand it is done. It may take 8-10min.
  • Finally add the carom seeds and mix
  • Take the sev mould and add a small portion of the dough
  • Heat the oil and press the mould to prepare sev
  • Take care while ending each batch of sev to prevent lump formation. Gently shake the mould so that dough doesn’t form a lump at the end of the batch
  • Deep fry it till crispy and store in air tight container

Note :

  • Adding hot oil makes the sev crispy
  • Let the dough be soft and not too hard to help in making pressing easy
  • You can skip chilly powder if don’t want spicy sev
  • Different sizes of moulds can be used to prepare khara kaddi as well.
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Breakfast phodi Side Dish Snacks streetfood

Goli Baje

A popular snack item of Udupi and Mangalore region. It is also refered to as Mangalore bajji in other regions. This rules most of the small hotels and has a prominent place in star hotels too. ‘Nale raje Goli baje’ was the favourite line during the school days 😀 This should be made and had quickly as it tastes best when piping hot. It is a under 30min snack.

Goli baje

Ingredients required –

  1. Butter milk – 1 cup
  2. Salt – to taste
  3. Baking soda – 1/2tsp
  4. Sugar – 2tsp
  5. Green chilly -2
  6. Gram flour/Besan – 1tsp
  7. Maida – 1.5-2 cup
  8. Jeera – 1/2tsp

Method of preparation

  • Take the butter milk and add salt, sugar, baking soda.
  • Crush the green chilly and add to it.
  • Next add the gram flour and mix well
  • Now add the maida to prepare a batter which is slightly thick and has a running consistancy.
  • Keep aside for 5min
  • Finally add jeera and deep fry in oil.

Note –

  • You can use curd too in place of butter milk
  • Make sure to put small portions of batter in oil as it raises.

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    festivefood konkanirecipe Naivedyam sweets

    Moong dal Sweet Khichidi

    Moong dal sweet khichidi

    Today is Shashti and this moong dal sweet khichidi will be prepared in konkani houses. Different people like to eat it in Different ways. Apart from the base recipe which I have shared here, we can add chopped dates (usually dates will be available during this time around) or while serving add chopped bananas. Or add some more ghee on top and enjoy it with udida polo.

    Ingredients required –

    1. Moong dal – 1/2 cup
    2. Rice – 1/2 cup
    3. Jaggery – about 3/4 cup
    4. Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
    5. Ghee – 4-5tsp
    6. Cashews and Raisins
    7. Cardamom- 1

    Method of preparation-

    • Take the moong dal and dry roast it till aromatic
    • Cool it completely and wash it along with the rice
    • Now take a pan and add this along with enough water for cooking.
    • When it is 75% cooked add jaggery and cardamom . You can increase jaggery if you like it more sweeter
    • Keep mixing and avoid burning .
    • Once everything is cooked add the grated coconut.
    • Mix and cook well for 5min more.
    • Once everything comes together n forms a lump add about 5tsp ghee. You can add more if you like.
    • Finally top it with cashews and raisins fried in ghee.

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    festivefood konkanirecipe laddu sweets

    Dry fruits Laddu

    Dry fruits laddu

    After Diwali the craving for sweets reduces a bit naturally. We had small packets of dry fruits which had to be used soon. I always loved dry fruits laddu which we rarely used to get(considering the price) from Udupi duringthe childhood. It used to have dates, dry Coconut, cashews, raisins, badam, pista etc. But never prepared them at home because having so many dry fruits at once and preventing them from eating wasn’t a easy task 😁 so I must say prepared these for the first time and loved the process and taste! Definitely a nutrients rich no sugar sweet. If you also have those tiny dry fruits packets which came as Diwali gift, do try this recipe 😊

    Ingredients required-

    1. Dates – 1.5 cup
    2. Raisins- 1/4 cup
    3. Cashews – 1/4 cup
    4. Almonds – 1/4 cup
    5. Oats – 1 cup
    6. Ghee – 5-6 tsp
    7. Cardamom- 1

    Method of preparation-

    • Dry roast the oats and make fine powder of it
    • Dry roast the cashew and Almonds and pulse them
    • Deseed the dates and pulse them
    • Now take a pan, add ghee to it
    • To this add pulsed dates and cook till it becomes little soft, on medium flame
    • Now add oats powder, cashews, almond and Raisins
    • Mix well. Add ghee to bind them all together
    • Grease hands with ghee and prepare laddus
    • Store in air tight container

    Note :

    • Use dates which are slightly mushy. Once I used dates which were of good quality and it was very difficult to bind
    • You can add jaggery powder as well. But I like it without any sweetner
    • You can add grated and dry roasted dry Coconut as well