Cabbage Junka or Kobicho Junko is a recipe in which chickpea flour or besan is cooked with cabbage and spices. This is my moms recipe for junka in the Goan style which I simply love. Junka is very famous in Maharashtra and is generally made of spring onions and served with Bhakri. I had first eaten […]
Chicken Xacuti Recipe
Chicken Xacuti is a traditional Goan curry made with a combination of several roasted spices and coconut and is very flavorful. It can also be made with mutton instead of chicken. I make chicken curries several times some of my favorite ones being Chicken Kheema Mutter, Chicken Coriander Curry, Chicken Curry with Curry Leaves and Chicken Ghee […]
Alsanyache Tonak (Red Cow Peas Curry)
Tonak is a very popular dish in the Goan cuisine in the which the legumes or peas are cooked in a coconut based gravy. This particular recipe of alsanyache tonak uses red cow peas also called as Alsane in Goa. You can also replace them with whole masoor dal, green peas or also vegetables to make Mixed veggies […]
Coconut Coriander Chutney
This coconut coriander chutney is generally served with snacks like Idli, Dosa, Medu wada, Appe and most other South Indian Snacks. In my house, it is always chutney which wins over sambhar with South Indian snacks. So I end up making it quite often. It is also served with snacks like onion pakoras, mirchi pakoras, batata wadas – in fact […]
Stuffed Mackerel (Coconut Stuffing)
Stuffed Mackerel is a Goan preparation of Mackerel wherein a coconut-spices mixture is stuffed in slits made in a mackerel and shallow fried till golden brown. In Goa, a typical meal usually comprises of Rice with fish curry/uddamethi /solkadi and accompanied by some of the Goan specialities like Prawns Sukhe, Prawns Dangar, Rava Fish Fry, […]
Goan Fish Curry
Any food blog by Goans would be incomplete without a goan fish curry recipe. In a typical Goan household, a meal usually consists of fish curry and rice of course accompanied by kadi, Rava Fish Fry, kismoor and several other Goan specialties. In-spite of being away from Goa for the last 10 years, our love for Goa and […]
