This vegetable preparation is specially prepared for Rishipanchami Vrat. The blend of seasonal vegetables creates delectable flavours. Preparation time: 1 hour Cooking time: 40 minutes Servings: 10 10-12 medium size colocasia leaves with stems 250 gms snake gourd 250 gms ridge gourd 250 gms red pumpkin 250 gms yam (suran) 6 hogplums / 2…
Ganeshotsav is here and as we all know Modak is the favourite food of Lord Ganesh. During Ganesh festival, Maharashtrian houses or any house who keep the Ganesh idols, prepare Modak is a ritual. Modak is traditionally prepared on the first day of the festival. They are prepared in many ways but the flavour will…
This is my grandmother’s simplest recipe. We enjoyed this on days, onion and garlic were not used in the kitchen. Ingredients: 1 ¼ cup water(quantity may vary according to variety of rice) ½ cup rice (washed and drained) 1 small potato (peeled and diced) 1 or 2 green chillies (chopped) 2 tablespoons fresh grated coconut…
The sweet nutty rice is mostly prepared for the narali pornima festival. Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour Servings: 4-6 1 cup short grained rice ¾ cup grated jaggery 1 cup scraped coconut 2 tablespoon +1 teaspoon ghee 1” piece cinnamon 3 nos. cloves ½ teaspoon cardamom powder 2 – 2 ½ cups…
The month of Shravan is here and one of the favourites in my family is Waalachi Sual. Peeling waal sprouts for usal or birde was meditative but peeling huge quantities of waal for a large family was difficult for any house wife or home chef. So all the available help was roped in, including the…
My mother used to make cake at home. Her mother also used to make cake. It was a time when ovens were not easily found in home. Mother was baking her cake in a cake pot. The cake used to come out as a ring or rather like a huge doughnut. Grandmother had a special…
In olden days while cooking mutton on special occasions two dishes used to be cooked. One suke mutton with less number of bones and mutton curry with bony meat pieces. Still this custom is followed in many places. Preparation time: 45 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour -1 ¼ hours Servings: 6-8 1 kg mutton on…
Breadmaker entered my home as a gift. At that time I did not have any inkling that my crusade of bread making had started. As such I like bread, so far it is fresh and soft. From ‘pav’ to packaged bread any bread is welcome on our table. As we have a well-known bakery in…
Now a days we come across many combos. We like to pair certain dishes .When we order food from hotels, they also offer many combos. But the oldest combo I know is ‘Kalya Watanyachi Usal ‘and ‘Shira’ distributed as Prasad after Satyanarayan Pooja.This was a regular practice in Sindhudurg District. After Pooja everybody got one…
Ingredients 2 table spoon oil ¼ Teaspoon cumin seeds A pinch of asafoetida 1 cup chopped onion 4-5 chopped green chillies 1 teaspoon grated ginger 2 cups peeled waal sprouts ½ teaspoon turmeric powder 2 teaspoon masala (your homemade or Sunday special or malwani) Salt to taste 3-4 kokum pieces ¼ cup grated coconut 1…