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Tender Bamboo in Konkani Cuisine

May 12, 2017 Leave a Comment

A clump of medium sized bamboo growing in our backyard.

Long, long ago, in a remote village nestling in a forest on the Konkan coast, there lived a poor Brahmin priest who had a daughter and a son. Being poor, they lived off the forest where the trees and the plants amply supplied their simple needs with fresh fruits, roots and leafy vegetables. The children…

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Filed Under: Article Tagged With: bamboo, traditional

Odi – Spicy Crisp Rice Fries (Vegan + Gluten Free)

May 2, 2017 2 Comments

Odi / Vadi / Vodi / Oodi - Spicy Crisp Konkani Rice Fries

For most Konkani people among the Brahmin community, no meal feels complete without a handful or two of freshly deep-fried, crisp, spicy, yummy odis. In fact, odi is so delicious that you can enjoy a pile of rice and dali toye with no other accompaniment but just some onion odis (piyyava odi in Konkani) or garlic odis…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Recipes, Savory, Sides, Snack, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, dairy free, fried, spicy, traditional

Chili Cheese Biscuits

April 21, 2017 2 Comments

Hot and spicy, quick and easy, cheesy, savory, light and crispy, crunchy, yummy cheddar cheese biscuits in a bowl.

Can you imagine a town set upon a warm and cozy tropical island in the ocean, saying it has no salt? Well, it happens to be one of the ironies of life, of the people of the beautiful mountain district of Kerala. Wayanad is the milk-shed of Kerala, a land of cows, whither tanker upon…

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Filed Under: Biscuit, Recipes, Savory, Snack Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, baking, hot, spicy

Vegan Jackfruit Cake

April 3, 2017 4 Comments

A sweet, delicious, moist, soft, healthy jackfruit cake with chewy jackfruit bits. Egg-free, dairy-free and refined sugar free.

It is the start of the jackfruit season, and our fifteen or more bearing jackfruit trees are heavy with fruit. They don’t ripen all at once, but over a period of two to three months. So, that gives me ample time to prepare delicious jackfruit dishes to share with you all. The other day, my…

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Filed Under: Cake, Dessert, Recipes, Sweet, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, baking, dairy free, jackfruit

Biscuit Fritters (Vegan)

March 31, 2017 2 Comments

Hot, savory and sweet, delicious deep-fried marie biscuit fritters / biscuit pori.

Any tourist visiting the magically beautiful state of Kerala should not go back without visiting a few of the tens of thousands of ‘teashops’ (chayakada) all 0ver the state. Teashops attract regular visitors not just because of the delicious ‘kadis‘ (snacks) they offer, but also because they are the temples of gossip of the local…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Savory, Snack, Sweet, Vegan Tagged With: 20 minutes or less, dairy free, fried, hot, spicy

Cashew Cookies (Vegan)

March 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

Delicious, crisp and crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth, sweet, vegan cashew cookies.

After my marriage, I moved to my husband’s ancestral home in the coastal town of Telicherry (now Thalassery) in Kerala. I knew practically nothing about baking at that time. Every other evening, my husband would bring home fragrant, freshly baked bread, buns, and a variety of cookies and cakes from the famous Mambally’s bakery. This bakery,…

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Filed Under: Cookie, Dessert, Recipes, Snack, Sweet, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, baking, dairy free

Avara Songe – A traditional Konkani side dish (Vegan + Gluten Free)

March 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

Avara Songe - A hot and savory, delicious, traditional Konkani lablab beans stir-fry.

Sometimes, simple, homely meals can be far more satisfying than elaborate gourmet dinners. One such meal that I can never forget is also my childhood favorite. At lunchtime, mother would serve us a plate of hot rice with fragrant, hot dali toye poured over it, topped with buttermilk, and accompanied by delicious, hot and savory…

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Filed Under: Curry, Recipes, Savory, Sides, Vegan Tagged With: dairy free, hot, spicy, traditional

Masala Curd Vada – A delicious deep-fried black gram snack (Gluten Free)

March 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

Masala Curd Vada / Dahi Vada / Thayir Vadai / Thairu Vada / Mosaru Vade / Dahi Bara / Dahi Bhalla / Perugu Vada / Doi Bora

My dear friends, I apologize for not having been able to post new recipes for you, these last few weeks. It was pepper season here and I had to do my part in picking, threshing, drying and cleaning our organic black pepper. I love the work, and this is the only black pepper I use…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Recipes, Savory, Snack Tagged With: fried, traditional

Dalimba Solla Khadi – Pomegranate Peel Curry (Gluten Free)

February 23, 2017 1 Comment

Dalimba Solla Khadi - Konkani Pomegranate Peel Pouring Curry (Gluten Free)

It happened many many years ago. I was a sixth-grade schoolgirl, and it was a sweltering hot summer day. I had taken some street-food the previous day. Mid-morning found me writhing in pain in my abdomen and running to the toilet, only to pass loose motions with phlegm and blood. This was repeated twice more and…

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Filed Under: Curry, Gluten Free, Recipes, Savory, Sides Tagged With: home remedy, traditional

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