Konkani Recipes

Chilli pickle This is a very quick and easy to make pickle and is my mother’s recipe. It is spicy, tangy and very yummy. We all love to have it as a side with rice...

Chickpea curry chaNe ghashi is a very traditional konkani gravy/curry. It is traditionally made with small black chickpeas, but can be made with the bigger chickpeas as well. Along with the chickpeas you can add...

Spiced beverage In most konkani households it is customary to offer guests the choice of kashaay as a beverage along with tea or coffee. The kashaya piTTo (powder) is usually made and stocked in airtight...

Red chutney The most common konkani breakfast will be either idli or some variety of dosa. To break the monotony different kind of chutneys are made. This tambDe chutney is one of a typical konkani...

Buttermilk gravy There are different versions of buttermilk kaDis that are part of the konkani cuisine. This one has garlic in it and it doesnt require any cooking. I recently made this and the 6...

ivygourd sidedish Tendli is one of the favourite veggies at home. It is liked in all forms and as such I make different dishes with it. I had posted a similar recipe years ago ....

paapad sidedish I have finally decided to move out of my inertia and dust my long forgotten blog. Today for lunch I made a really simple konakni fare. I made this happaLa pachaDi to go...

Crab Curry I was not a big fan of crab when I was growing up. But now I like it a lot and so does the kid. When it comes to seafood, I am very...

alle means ginger and losaNi is garlic in konkani. I dont know the origin of this recipe nor have I eaten this anywhere else other than my home. I grew up knowing this as one...

pathrode Pathrode is a konkani speciality dish. It is also made in other parts of India like Gujarath and Maharastra but the masala is different. Even in konkani households, the proportion of the spices and...

cabbage pakoras I have been MIA for a long time now. Want to regularly post new recipes again. This weekend it was raining all the time. So I was in the mood for this spicy...

ivygourd sidedish tendli is one of my favourites. I buy tendli very often. It tastes wonderful when it is tender.But it ripens very quickly and tastes tangy. In such cases, I make this gojju. It...

poha with potato poha is flattened rice and is called phovu in konkani. There are different kinds of phovu and also different dishes are made with them. phovu is very popular in konkani households. This...

bottle gourd sweetdish Bottlegourd is called garadudde in konkani. It is a very versatile vegetable. It can be used to make both spicy and sweet dishes and is supposed to have a cooling effect on...

moong daal This is rather like daaLitoi but made with moong daal instead. I like this toi a lot compared to the regular one. This is my MIL’s recipe and very easy to make. Ingredients...

eggplant sidedish eNagaayi means eNNe (oil) + kaayi (vegetable). The eggplants are fried in oil and then the masala is added. The tiniest variety of the eggplants must be used for this eNagaayi. eNagaayi is...

sprouted moong curry Mooga moLe randayi is a very common and popular konkani curry. Be it any festival or pooja or any other occassion like marriage you can guarantee the presence of this randayi along...

moong curry This mooga saaru is an easy to make, simple, tasty, wholesome saaru made of full moong. I guess most people would know about this saaru but I thought of posting it anyways as...

vada I made this biskooT ambaDo with aalle(ginger) chutney for today’s evening tea. The konkani biskooT ambaDo is nothing but the regular ‘uddina vada’. I dont know why it is called biskooT ambaDo :-) There...

shrimp fry I love fish but my husband likes shrimp. So I make shrimp dishes regularly. It is also so much easier to make. Especially this shrimp fry will go with rice and any gravy/daal....

okra sidedish I had eaten this bhenDekaayi-gojju a couple of times at my friends’ places in Bangalore and liked it a lot. Then I asked my friends Savitha and Ashwini for the recipe. Both of...

Also known as mangaLooru bajji. This is a very very tasty and easy to make bajji. Prepare it on a cold evening or when its raining and serve with pipng hot tea.. yummy !!!! As...

spinach stir-fry I love most varities of Indian greens especially palak and methi. I like the stir-fry (upkaris) anyday better than the curries. This upkari is one of my favourites and goes great with any...

Last weekend we had a late breakfast and till 2 0’ clock I hadnt thought about what to cook for lunch. But then we were very hungry and I made this quick chicken pulav. It...

gherkin stir-fry Gherkin is called tenDli in Konkani and tonDekaayi in kannada. taLasaNi is a kind of konkani stir fry. See cabbage upkari.taLasaNi tastes best if coconut oil is used as it imparts a very...

puri and bhajji There is nothing special about puris. But this pataL(means watery) bhajji is a speciality of Honavar, Kumta and nearby places. It has the simplest of ingredients, highlighting the basic taste of potatoes...

dosa with curry Dosas are the most common breakfast items in konkani households. But it doesnt get boring as there are a lot of varieties of dosas to choose from. One such dosa is this...

prawns sidedish Most of the people who eat non-veg love prawns and there are many prawn delicacies to choose from. I made this khoLu yesterday especially for my husband who loves prawns. khoLu in Konkani...

cabbage stir-fry There are 2 types of Konkani stir-fries. One is ‘upkari’ and the other is ‘taLasaNi’.Coconut is added to upkari and also some water is added to it while cooking. On the other hand,...

appe / paddu Appe (paDDu in Kannada) is a very popular south indian breakfast item. The basic ingredient is rice and the proportion of other ingredients varies. I have written my MIL’s recipe here. A...

tempered chickpeas This is a favourite tea-time snack for me. It is very tasty, nutritious and easy to prepare. This usli is given out as prasada in many temples (and it is very delicious like...

vegetable pulav Everybody has their own version of making pulavs and their own favourites. This is my mother’s version and also the best I like. My sister and I have named it as Ammale Pulav...

ಕೆ೦ಜೂರ ಮ೦ಗಳೂರ ಗಿ೦ಡಿ ಕೆಳೀನ ಘಾಲ್ಯಾ ಬೊ೦ಡಿ ಚರಡಾಕ ನಿಚ್ಯಾ ಧಾ೦ಡಿ ಮೋತ್ಯಾ೦ಚಿ ಭಿತ್ತರಿ ಆಸ್ಸಾ ದುದ್ದಿ ಗಾ೦ವ ಸಕ್ಕಡ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಚರಡಾಲಿ ಆ೦ಗೇಲೆ ಬುದ್ದಿ ಕೀರಾ೦ಚಿ ಭಿತ್ತರಿ ಆಸ್ಸಾ ಕುವಾಳೆ ಬಾಯಿ೦ತು ಆಸ್ಸಾ ಹೆವಾಳೆ ಚರಡಾಲೆ ಕುರಟಾ ನೆವಾಳೆ ರುಪ್ಯಾಚೆ ಹಿತ್ತಲಾ೦ತು ವಯ್ಲಾ ಮೊಗಾರೆ ಜಾಲ್ಲೊ ತಾಜ್ಜೊ...

rice noodles Shevai is a very popular dish among konkanis. It is also made in a lot of other communities. The basic ingredients will be the same, however the proportions vary. Since preparing this shevai...

gherkin fry I simply love this tendli-fry. The speciality of this fry is that the tendli is crushed rather than cut. This allows the spices to enter the inside and also gives a unique taste...

curry with daal and vegetables daaLi ambaT is the traditional konkani vegetable curry. It can be made with any combination of vegetables, but typically potato, brinjal and beans. Ingredients Mixed vegetables Toor daal - 2...

dosa with coconut soyi in Konkani means coconut grating. This is a very easy-to-make dosa and is usually made if the coconut is a little tender. However it can be made with the regular coconut...

I usually do a lot of experimental cooking but never bothered to write about them in this blog as I wanted to write mostly about konkani food. But isnt it good to drift now and...

crispy bhindi fry I tasted this dish in our office canteen and made a mental note to try it out sometime. I guessed the ingredients that might have gone into this dish and made it...

cold macaroni salad It is very hot in Bangalore nowadays. So I fixed this quick, cold, refreshing, tasty and definitely nutritious salad as an evening snack for us. The recipe was a figment of my...

Chutney powder chutney pitto is a must in all konkani households. It can be used like a pickle along with food, with idly-dosas, with bread and ofcourse comes in very handy when you dont have...

Radish fry The phodis are eaten as a side dish with rice and any curry. The phodis can be made with virtually any kind of vegetable like potato, raw banana, brinjal,okra etc etc. Earlier I...

chikki If you have a sweet-tooth like my husband, then chikki is probably the most easy-to-make and tasty-to-eat sweet ….yummy :) Here I have used only groundnuts. Cashews, almonds and a mixture of all the...

_kheeri_ I would say this kheeri (cheppe kheeri) is a sweetless payasam. It is usually eaten with pickles. It is a must-prepare for the Navaratri pooja. My mother regualarly prepares it at home as we...

_pineapple sidedish_ This sasam has a sweet-sour taste and I absolutely love it. It is one more of the typical konkani dishes. Aambya sasam is made with mangoes, ananas-aambya sasam is made with a combination...

beans sidedish Valasangi is very widely used by the konkanis. It is called alsande kaayi in kannada and yardlong beans in english. I took photo of this beans, made the dish but forgot to take...

chakli I guess chakkuli/chaakli/chakkli needs no introduction. There are many ways of making chakklis. The conventional method of making chakklis is quite elaborate. However if you get a craving for chakklis, here is a method...

beans sidedish This is a very easy-to make pachaDi. Bittergourd can be used instead of beans to make karate-pachaDi. Ingredients Beans - about 15 Onions - 1 Grated coconut - half cup Green Chillies -...

potato sidedish I was tired of having the usual idli,dosa, chapatis for breakfast. While I was trying to think out of the box, I remembered about the hot and sour batata song which my mom...

parval sidedish I am very fond of parvals… I was not able to get the English name for this. Parvals look like gherkins/tenDli but are much bigger and have a thicker skin. Also, they taste...

idli vada This sunday my MIL and I made an elaborate-Sunday-breakfast :) comprising of idli, vada, sambhar and chutney… and ofcourse tea.Earlier, I was never fond of idlis made at home because they would somehow...

We had been to Honavar this time for Dassera. I will very soon post about the special food my mother makes for this festival. The fun part was that it was raining all the time...

ashgourd halwa Ashgourd/white pumpkin/Winter melon is very good for health and has a cooling effect on the body. I especially like the Damroot and Pheta sweets made out of it but I feel taht it...

buns I had forgotten about buns for a long time. Then I made it last week and again today morning. Buns resemble puris, are very fluffy, a little sweet and is very easy to prepare...

If my mother was not in a mood to tell me a story, she would sing this song for me… LOL. ಕಾಣಿ ಕಾಣಿ ಕಾತ್ವಾ ಮ್ಹಾ೦ತಾರಿಚೆ ನಾತ್ವಾ ಕಾಳೆ ಭೈಲು ಖಾವ್ನು ಗೆಲ್ಲೊ ಧವ್ವೆ ಭೈಲು ಲೆವ್ನು ಗೆಲ್ಲೊ ಕಿತ್ತಿರೆ...

After contemplating for a while, I finally decided to start a blog section here. Keeping in mind the main purpose of this website, I want to blog about Konkani customs and cultural practices, temples, religious...

karate phoDi Unlike most people I really love karate. My mother was with me this weekend and I asked her to make karate fry for me. It tastes yummy with rice and daal or any...

Gherkin and Potato Sidedish Gherkin is called tenDli in Konkani and tonDekaayi in kannada. It is widely used by konkanis in preparing a variety of sides and is also used in curries. Another variation of...

Roasted Masala Peanuts When I was young these masala peanuts were almost invariably present all the time in our home. It is very easy to prepare and we kids used to love it and so...

Tomato Saar I just love this saaru and it is very easy to cook also. There was a time when I used to ask my mother to make this saaru everyday for lunch. Ingredients Juicy...

Breadfruit sidedish. jeev kaDgi is yet another favourite vegetable for the konkanis. I just came to know that it is called Breadfruit in English. A variety of dishes are made with this jeev kaDgi and...

Cabbage sidedish This spicy cabbage dosa goes very well with rice and daal. Ingredients Shredded cabbage - 2 cups 2 onions Grated coconut - 1 cup Rice - 1 cup Toor daal - half cup...

Potato and onion sidedish This is one of my favourite dishes. All the ingredients needed for this will be commonly available at home. Ingredients 2 potatoes 2 onions Grated coconut - 1 cup Tamarind -...

daal This should have been my first post. This simple daal is called the ‘Kuladevata’ of Konkani cuisine :) Be it any function,pooja or party, the daaLithoi is inevitably present and infact for some people...

greens curry vaaLi is a kind of greens that is very common among Konkanis. It is called ‘basaLe soppu’ in Kannada. I am not sure about the English name. It tastes like spinach. However, this...

sweet dosa Everybody especially the kids love this dosa because it is sweet and something different from the ordinary. Ingredients ( Serves 4-5 people) Rice – 4 cups Grated coconut– 1 cup Parched Rice (poha)...

mango sidedish This is a very common sweet n sour dish and is prepared very frequently in most konkani households throughout the mango season :-) Ingredients Juicy mangoes - 4 Grated jaggery - 4 tablespoons...

I have chosen BangDa (Mackerel). However the method is the same for any fish. Ingredients For the roti Fish Pieces (Cleaned and cut) - 10 Rava - 1 cup Tamarind - size of a lemon...

Rice flour roti on banana leaf This is a very popular breakfast item and literally oil free. Ingredients For the roti (5 nos) Rice Flour – 1 cup Water or coconut water – 1/2 cup...

Rice flour Roti This roti is very tasty, nutritious and oil-free. It goes well with any of the sabjis,chutneys used with regular chapatis or rotis. It is an ideal breakfast dish. Ingredients Rice Flour -...

Jackfruit Fry Ingredients Unripe Jackfruit - small size Gram Flour - 2 tablespoons Rice Flour - 1 tablespoon Red Chilly Powder - 1 teaspoon Oil A pinch of Hing / Asafoetida Salt to taste Method...

Lady’s-finger / bhinDi masala Ingredients bhinDi - 15 to 18 nos Grated Coconout - 4 tablespoons Red Chillies - 6 to 7 Urad daal - 1.5 teaspoons Dhania / Coriander seeds - 1.5 teaspoons Tamarind...

It means Brinjal Chutney !!! Ingredients Brinjal – 1 big Grated Coconout – 1 cup Onion - 1 small Green Chillies – 4 to 5 Oil – 1 teaspoon Tamarind Salt to taste Method Fry...

This is a kind of daal and goes very well with white rice. Ingredients Toor Daal - 1 cup Jeera (Cumin seeds) - 3 teaspoons Grated Coconout - 3 tablespoons Green Chillies - 3 to...