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Kadgi Chakko – A delicious Konkani side dish (Vegan + Gluten Free)

January 2, 2017 2 Comments

Kadgi Chakko - A delicious, traditional Konkani, hot and savory tender jackfruit side dish.

It is the start of the jackfruit season in India. Everywhere, millions of jackfruit trees are in celebration. While the younger trees bring forth just a few, the ancient matriarchs sometimes produce hundreds, covering their trunks and branches and even a few exposed roots with beautiful fruits. The fruits usually ripen in the months of April…

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

Kadgi Podi – Tender Jackfruit Chips (V+GF)

January 2, 2017 2 Comments

Kadgi Podi - Tender Jackfruit Chips

There were several jackfruit trees embraced by pepper vines in our land when we bought it more than 8 years ago. To add to their number, my husband planted around 25 different varieties of special, grafted jackfruit plants. To my delight, some of them have started to blossom now. This morning, he brought in a…

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

Mango Blossom Chutney (Vegan + Gluten Free)

January 1, 2017 Leave a Comment

Mango Blossoms Chutney / Ambya Phulla Chutney

Covering the courtyard of my ancestral home at Thalassery stands a huge old mango tree. Proud and tall, it produces baskets of delicious country papaya mangoes (also called popai ambo in Konkani and kappa manga or ko manga in Malayalam) invariably every year. During the ripening season which coincides with the summer holidays, we children used to run to the base of…

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Filed Under: Chutney, Gluten Free, Recipes, Savory, Sides, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 20 minutes or less, 5 ingredients or less, 5 minutes or less, dairy free, traditional

Sweet Khichadi – A traditional teatime snack (Gluten Free)

December 23, 2016 Leave a Comment

Sweet Khichadi accompanied by sliced ripe Nendran bananas.

Whenever I think of Khichadi, all of sudden, I am a little schoolgirl again, transported back to the magical time of childhood. I remember waiting for the long bell to ring at the end of the last period to rush back home, often running at breakneck speed, to see what goodies mother has cooked for…

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Filed Under: Dessert, Gluten Free, Recipes, Snack, Sweet Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, traditional

Dudali – A traditional arrowroot dessert (Gluten Free)

December 23, 2016 Leave a Comment

Dudali with a glass of hot arrowroot drink

In the good old days of my childhood, when fast food was unheard of, pure unadulterated arrowroot powder was freely available in the market. Whenever a person in the family was struck down by illness, especially typhoid or diarrhea, and unable to take solid food, arrowroot powder would promptly be used to make a reviving hot…

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Filed Under: Cake, Dessert, Gluten Free, Recipes, Snack, Sweet Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 20 minutes or less, traditional

Arrowroot Drink (Gluten Free)

December 23, 2016 9 Comments

Arrowroot drink with dudali

Historians believe that mankind has been cultivating and using arrowroot for well over 7000 years. During my childhood, nearly every household in Kerala had a patch of arrowroot and of turmeric. All members of large joint families participated in planting, tending, harvesting and processing of organic produce of the finest quality. Alas, with the change…

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Filed Under: Beverage, Gluten Free, Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 20 minutes or less, 5 ingredients or less

Agati Flower Pakoda – A hot and spicy snack (Vegan)

December 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

Agatti Flower Pakoda with Banana Wine

Last week, our dear friends from Coorg, a planter couple, visited us together with a couple of their friends. My husband asked me to make some fried snacks, something new and unique, as his dear friend loved to have a spicy fried snack along with his lunch. We quickly plucked some fragrant agati blooms (Agatipoove in…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Savory, Sides, Snack, Vegan Tagged With: fried, hot, spicy

Cherry Tomato Pickle (Vegan + Gluten Free)

December 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

Cherry Tomato Pickle - Landscape

Three years ago, my husband was traveling through our neighboring district of Coorg. Full of lush green coffee and pepper plantations, it is one of the more enchanting places on earth. Though planters for generations, the Coorgs (Kodavas) are a cultured, hospitable, good-natured, well-educated, honest and proud people with a rich tradition and a legendary love of…

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Filed Under: Pickle, Recipes, Savory, Sides, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, hot, spicy, tomato

Sheera / Rava Kesari – A quick and easy dessert

December 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

Sheera Cropped

My son loves sheera. Often, he asks me to make some sweet dish for him. One look at his face and I can tell, he yearns for sheera! I am only too happy to comply, as it takes just under 20 minutes to make this delicious, sweet dessert. Sheera, which is also called rava kesari,…

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Filed Under: Dessert, Recipes, Snack, Sweet Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 20 minutes or less, traditional

Kobba Sukke – Sugarcane Chickpea Dish (Vegan + Gluten-Free)

December 2, 2016 2 Comments

Kobba Sukke - Hot, sweet and savory sugarcane chickpea stir-fry. A traditional Konkani gourmet recipe.

In our compound, by the side of the house, there is a sizeable clump of sugarcane. Three years ago, my husband got a plant as a gift from one of his friends. Since then, nourished with farmyard manure and watered regularly, the clump has yielded dozens of juicy, sweet sugarcanes. When my husband goes out…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Recipes, Savory, Sides, Sweet, Vegan

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