Celebrating Passion for Food
Egg Drop Curry is a different yet delicious Goan-Konkani egg preparation . This thick gravy preparation was my mother’s makeshift arrangement when she would try to cheer me up from my annoyance and displeasure when she would fail to procure seafood from the local fish market. She would try to fill in this void by making this second favorite dish of Mine-Egg Drop Curry.
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Suran Masala also known as Bhuna Jimikand is a thick gravy preparation of one of favorite tuber Vegetables-Yam , a veggie that finds prominence in my kitchen during those months when abstinence from Non-veg food is observed at my home (due to religious compulsions).
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Bharli Vangi is a traditional Maharashtrian dish that you will gleefully find on a menu of every restaurant serving Maharashtrian food or in a buffet counter of a Maharashtrian wedding. It goes without saying that a Maharashtrian thali is incomplete without these stuffed baby eggplants.
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Paneer Bhurji is a popular Paneer based street food dish, equally popular, insanely delicious and vegetarian’s answer to Egg Bhurji . There is different variation of Paneer Bhurji-a dry version which is commonly available in street food of Mumbai and the gravied version of Paneer Bhurji which is commonly eaten in Amritsar.
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Ghavan is a traditional rice flour crepe often made in Konkani households of Maharashtra. Ratnagiri and Malwan are a major subset of Konkan region in Maharashtra and our food customs are very similar in this region.
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Kothimbir Vadi is a popular Maharashtrian tea time snack and along with its counterpart Alu Vadi forms the two most commonly available variety of Vadis or fritters on any Maharashtrian restaurant menu.
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Tandalachi Kheer though being a simple rice pudding has a great deal of significance during 10-days long Ganesh festival. It can be offered as a Naivedya to Lord Ganesh with Pooris during one of the days. It has a more religious significance in Maharashtra during the festivities of Gauri Pujan which is 3-day event and coincides with Ganesh festival.
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A sweet fried Poori that has a great significance during the 10-days Ganesh festival in Maharashtra. Laal Bhoplyache Gharge is made with grated Red Pumpkin and Jaggery that are added to the Rice flour and kneaded into a Pooris like dough. This dough is rolled into small Pooris and which are served hot with some equally delicious Kheer . This is a delicacy that is hard to resist.
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Modak is a customary sweet preparation that is prepared for Lord Ganesh as an offering during 10-day festivities of Ganeshotsav. Modaks are inseparable part of the festival to the and has been associated with these festivities and Maharashtra for centuries now.
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Rice flour is quite an essential in a typical Konkani household. This statement may hold true for many other coastal areas as well. Rice as a food grain has a great prominence in South Asian Cuisine, in countries like China, Thailand, Burma and India.
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