Eating raw veggies are considered to be very good for health. "Kosambaris" or wet salads are one in which raw vegetable are used. I initially hated eating radish in curries due to the smell, but this is some-what obviated in kosambari form. My Aayi prepares this by grating radish , while my mother in-law uses small pieces of radish.  Either way will work fine. It will take around 30 min for preparation.Can serve for 4. Ingredients: Radish-4 Onion-3 Shredded coconut-1/2 cup Coriander leaves-4 Salt-...

   My favorite.. from childhood.My Aayi (Mother) use to prepare this once in 15 days.She used to tell us that eating dill leaves is very good for health.Some people who dislike the taste of sheppu in morning can have  it   for evening snack. It will take around 30 min for preparation .Can serve for 4 Ingredients:Sheppu or Dill leaves - 40 leaves (~200 gms)Shredded coconut-1 cupSooji rava or idli rava -1/2 cupJaggery-1 cupWater-As requiredSalt-1/4 tspGhee-1/2 tsp Method:Clean Dill, separate the...

Curry leaf sticks are very useful for building baskets or any place in cooking where "stitching" is needed. &nb...

Aaliv or garden cress seed ladoo are very nutritious. These ladoos are mainly given to post-natal women to strengthen their bones and help regain the energy. Aaliv seeds are red in color as small as sesame . Ingredients: Aaliv / garden cress seeds-1 cup Solid jaggery -3 cup Coconut water -1 cup Shredded coconut- 1 cup Ghee-2 tsp Method: Soak aaliv seeds in coconut water for about 4 hr. Take ghee in a heavy bottomed pan, add jaggery to it and keep it on medium flame. When the jaggery starts melting,...

Ingredients: Carrot (गाजर)-10Milk-1 cup Sugar-2 cup Condensed milk (e.g. Nestle Milkmaid) -1 cup Cashew nut-10 cut into pieces Raisins-10 Peeled Almond-10 (Tip: steam the almonds or soak the in water so that peeling is easy) Saffron threads: 5-6 Method:  Peel and grate the carrots. Add milk, cashews ,raisins, almond to the grated carrot and cook it with milk by placing it in  pressure cooker for about 15 min(1 siti). Take a heavy bottomed pan, add pressure cooked carrot mixture, sugar, Condensed milk, Saffron...

Navil kosu is  very good for health .In my child hood, I did not have much liking for it. Now that I have become health conscious,  I  have started consuming it.Here is the recipe in which navil kosa tastes good. Ingredients: Kohlrabi/Navil kosu: 6-7 Oil-3-4 tsp(ground nut or coconut) Mustard seeds - 2tsp Cumin seeds-1 tsp Red chilli powder - 3tsp (Depend on how much spicy you like) Water -1/2 cup Method: Kohlrabi pealed and cut into pieces. Take a heavy bottomed pan,put a seasoning of mustered and cumin...

Earlier before marriage, I used to hate veg dishes made using tepall (aka sichuan pepper). But ,when I ate dhoddaka, I started loving it. Dhoddak is basically a dry curry tradionally made in earthern pots and baked on woord fire. You can make dhoddak using  isvon (queen fish), tarle (Sardinella aurita ). I have prepared using tarle since I could not find bangde. But the recipe is the same for all Ingredients: Fish-5 Shredded coconut-1/2 cup Red chili-10-12 Tamarind piece or exract-1tsp 5cm piece Kokum fruit dry skin-4...

Ingredients: Smelt/ Belanji / Motiyala -25 fish Red dry chili - 6 Green chili - 3-5 Onion-2 Oil-2 tsp Coriander seed -2tsp Tamarind extract -1tsp or small tamarind piece on 3cm Turmeric powder-1tsp Coconut Shredded -1 cup(250 grm) Water-1 to 1 1/2 cup Salt-As per taste Method: Clean the smelt and keep them side. Cut onion  and green chili into small pieces. Prepare Masala: Saute the red chili and coriander seeds . To that add shredded coconut,tamarind extract and turmeric powder and grind it finely  by...

Ingredients: Kohlrabi - 4 Red chili - 8 Coriander seed - 2tsp Tamarind extract -1tsp or small tamarind piece of ~3cm Turmeric powder-1tsp Coconut Shredded -1 cup(250 grm) Water-11/4  cup Salt-As per taste Onion-2 Oil-coconut Method: Cut kohlrabi in to small pieces and cook it by using 3/4 cup water using pressure cooker. Ensure that the cooker whistle/pressure regulator is in place. The kohlrabi is  cooked when three whistles are heard. Cut Onion in to small pieces. Prepare Masala: Saute the red chili...

"तील गोड खाया गोड गोड ब्लोया ", Ingredients: Sesame(तीळू ) -1/2cup Jaggery (गोड)-1/2 cup Desiccated coconut (खोब्रे)-1/4 Ground nut-1 cup Fried gram (पुताने)-1 cup Sankrati kalu (तीळ  गुळ ) -1/2 cup (Made of sugar, available in market) Method: First the upper brown layer has to be peeled off the ground-nut. For this, wet your hands and mash the ground-nut in a bowl or on a flat surface. Using wet hands will ensure that skin peels off more easily. Next roast the ground-nut on high flame for 10 min. Roast fried...

The famous Konkani recipe. Idlis are prepared by using small cups made of jack fruit leaves.The chlorophyll from jack fruit leaves imparts  flavor  ,which will give special taste to idlis. For 20 cups,  you need around 80 jack fruit leaves.The idlis so prepared is served along with sambar or chutney. The preparation has to be started a day in advance, since the batter has to be fermented. Ingredients: Jack fruit leaves - 80 Urad dal-1 cup Dry thin sticks - For "sewing" the jack-fruit cups: Mainly coconut...