Whenever we have boiled cassava (see note) for breakfast, my children ask for cherry umman as the side dish. I am only too glad to comply as it takes less than 15 minutes to make this marvelous dipping curry. So I hasten to the acerola cherry bush to look for ripe, red acerola cherries. You can have…
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Tomata Gojju – A quick and easy tomato curd curry-salad (Gluten Free)
Sometimes, when guests arrive unexpectedly, or when suddenly, friends accompany family members home at mealtimes, and you find that all you have is just a few onions, tomatoes, chilies and some curd, tomata gojju saves the day! You can serve a simple, satisfying, tasty meal of steaming hot rice, tomata gojju, deep-fried curd chilies or…
Pumpkin Olan – A delicious, mild, soupy curry (Vegan + Gluten Free)
Pumpkin is one of my husband’s favorite vegetables. Mine too. So often, I make several pumpkin dishes, no matter whether the pumpkins are tender or mature. I had planted some cowpeas in our garden. This morning, I saw my husband bring in a nice pumpkin. I quickly went out and collected a few cowpea beans. There…
Bhaji – Fragrant, Mouthwatering Potato Curry (Vegan + Gluten Free)
Bhaji is prepared in several different ways all over India. In some places, onions and coconuts are not used. Others use ground coconut paste. The essential ingredient, however, always remains the same – well cooked potatoes. Here is the recipe for a beautiful, fragrant, mouthwatering, filling bhaji which goes well with puris, chappatis, rotis, naans,…
Alambya Ambat – Mild Konkani Mushroom Curry (Vegan + Gluten Free)
The receding rains bring us the seasonal delight of clumps of tiny, pearly white mushrooms pushing their heads out of the soil. Damp and shady nooks are colonized by several types of edible and inedible mushrooms which grow in the organic, humus rich soils around our house. Of these, the foremost in beauty, taste and numbers…