Celebrating Passion for Food
Narali Bhat is the customary preparation prepared on the occasion of Narali Poornima in the western coastal belt of India in Maharashtra. Made with freshly grounded Coconuts that are sweetened with Jaggery and cooked with aromatic and flavorful rice, this preparation is simple and yet exquisite.
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My affinity for sea food is by now known to you dear readers. Every time we head to local shop for our sea food purchase, I have my list of purchase items all figured out and sorted.
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Hypothetically, if I am asked to describe this recipe in one word, I would borrow from Horace Walpole who had coined this word in one of his letters to his friend-‘Serendipity’. Well, that is what I think about this recipe, it just happened. Like many pleasant happenstances in life it just happened.
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We came across this recipe from Koli cuisine in the cookbook “Rare gems- A non-vegetarian gourmet collection from Maharashtra” authored by Aditya Mehendale. This book in itself is an amazing piece or art which clearly demonstrates the hard work and thorough knowledge applied by author in documenting some popular and some less known recipes from culinary landscape of Maharashtra.
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I was gifted with Rare Gems: A Non-Vegetarian Gourmet Collection from Maharashtra-By Aditya Mehendale on March 8th the international women’s day, a cookbook that I wanted on my shelves ever since it released and I saw it in Crossword. Pranay must have noticed me gawking at the appetizing images that this book had and must have decided to present me with a copy of this book.
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