April is here and so are the sweet juicy mangoes…………………… This Mangalorean recipe is a delightful way to enjoy sweet mangoes with a spicy twist. I guarantee you just cannot stop at one!! To make Mangalore Style Sweet Mango Curry Serve: 3-4 Ingredients: Small ripe mangoes: 12 Jaggery to taste Salt to taste For seasoning: Oil: […]
Ingredients: makes about 5 portions All spice: 1/2 tsp Salt: 2-1/4 tsps Garlic powder: 1-1/2 tsp White sugar: 1-1/4 tsp Chipotle chile powder: 1/4 tsp Ground cloves: 1/8 tsp Dried thyme leaves: 1/8 tsp Ground black pepper: 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper: 1-1/4 tsp Ground cinnamon: 1/4 tsp Method: 1. Place the allspice, salt, garlic powder, sugar, chipotle powder, cloves, thyme, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and cinnamon […]
This soft and tasty dosa, is very simple to make. It uses ground rice and beaten rice/ avalakki/ poha. Its very simple to make as here I have made use of ready made Appam podi / Appam rice flour which is made of ground rice available in all Asian/ Kerala stores . If you cannot […]
My best memories of these delicate, crispy, saffron flavoured sweet is during my shopping sprees on Commercial street in Bangalore. For those of us who cannot get our hands on the Bhagatrams jelebis, the recipe below produces crispy and tasty sweet jelebis, when the craving strikes. For the Batter: Refined flour: 200gms Cornflour: 60gms Curds: […]
Unbelievably the first time I tried Mangalore buns was not in Mangalore, but in SDM Dental College canteen in Dharwad. This was my usual morning breakfast during the years I spent at college and I never grew tired of eating it.These crusty on the outside and soft on the inside deep fried delights make a […]
This versatile hot and spicy mince meat preparation is a ‘no fuss one pot wonder’. Can be served as accompaniment with drinks, or at meal time along with soft warm chappatis/ jeera rice and a fresh salad. Can also be rolled up in a kathi roll for lunch box/ tea time snack. Ingredients: 1. Lamb […]
This yummy spicy buttermilk kadi goes brilliantly with plain rice. It is mouth wateringly delicious. Ingredients: Serves 2-3 Thick curds: 1.5 cups Water: 1/2 cup Kuvalo/ Ashgourd: 1 cup cubed Water to cook kuvalo: 1 cup Turmeric: Pinch Salt to taste To grind: Raw rice: 1tbsp Methi seeds: 8 Kashmiri red chillies: 2 […]
This is a tasty vegetable dish combining cooking cucumber/vegetable marrow and marrow fat peas, flavoured using the popular spicy mangalorean baffat powder. Ingredients: Large cooking cucumber/Marrow:1 Onion large sliced: 1 Mangalorean Baffat powder: 3tsps Curry leaves: 1 sprig Green chillies slit:2 Dessicated /freshly grated coconut: 1/4 cup Tamarind juice- 3tsps Salt to taste Dried Marrow […]
Pork Bafat, DukraMaas is a wonderfully spicy and flavourful hot traditional Mangalorean Pork curry. This is a speciality of Mangalorean Catholic households, prepared on special occasions, served most often with Sanaas ( soft steamed rice dumplings) or bread buns. All Mangalorean Catholic families have their own special recipe for making this dish, one that has been […]
This ridged and the textured gourd is one of my favourite vegetables. Appreciate its sweet and delicate flavours by simply cooking it with one of the simplest Mangalorean vegetable cooking styles called ‘theil piao’ which when literally translated means onion and oil. I have added a few more ingredients to enhance flavours of this vegetable. […]