Well its that time of the year when we Mangaloreans celebrate “The Nativity Day/ Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary“ or in Konkani ‘Monthi/ Monti Fest‘ which falls every year on the 8th of September. To celebrate “Nativity Day” last year I prepared the “Mangalorean Mixed Vegetable Coconut Curry with Spinach, Broccoli and Soya Beans“. This year I […]
Nativity Day is here and to celebrate I am blogging about one of my favourite oven roasted vegetable dishes. ‘Swede’ or ‘Rustabaga’ originated as a cross between the cabbage and the turnip. In England, they are regularly eaten mashed as part of the traditional Sunday roast. Often they are boiled together with carrots and served either mashed or pureed […]
I never really appreciated these flavourful and lightly spiced nutrient packed, steamed rice cakes in my younger days. Now that I live across the seas with thousands of miles that seperate me from my dear mum who used to painstakingly prepare these rice cakes from scratch and serve them drenched in a delicious coconut curry […]
I made this traditional, spicy and tongue tingling hot vegetable curry on the 8th of September 2011 to celebrate the birthday of Our Blessed Mother Mary. It was a healthy, tasty and a perfect accompaniment for the lacy appams. The spice blend I used is a classic ( my moms) and is very versatile, can […]
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 […]
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. […]
Lady Fingers/ Okra/ Bhendis is a very popular vegetable at home. If cooked properly with the right blend of spices these slimy green fingers can be turned into a delicious vegetable. I have used a combination of pepper and fried garlic to add flavor to this dish. It is truly worth trying. Served best with […]