…along with their modern style kitchens. Not just Goa but Konkan and other coastal regions use fresh coconut and coconut oil in their normal everyday cooking. Coconut being in abundance; we all do feel a sense of pride to extract and store virgin coconut oil and other products of the coconut palm tree for our yearly home consumption and sell whatever is in excess. The soil in the coastal regions is rich and conducive to farming and people do manag…
…rashtra & Goa. It is enjoyed as an appetizer or along with traditional coastal meals. It tastes great with Goa parboiled rice. It is also considered as a wonderful digestive after meals. Restaurants in coastal regions & in Goa do have it on their menu & serve it with the typical traditional thali meals. Many Goans have their own home grown kokum trees & since this fruit is in abundance they sell the kokum locally & commercially…
…traditional Goan sweets, curries, savouries and salad. People from Konkan coastal belt and all coastal regions will vouch for the life giving and sustaining gift of nature – The beautiful, gorgeous, healthy and nutritive “Coconut” which is a natural coolant and has immense medicinal, soothing and healing power. Try this simple, easy and quick recipe for an elegant and awesome ladoo, this Diwali.Serve and gift a combination of traditional an…
…ombay Duckis popularly known as Bombil. It is cooked & relished across coastal regions. Previously, all dried fish & seafood especially dried bombil was cooked during the heavy monsoon season but now it is cooked throughout the year. Cleaned & marinated bombil is easily available in plastic, polythene & zip locked bags in shops in Goa & many places in the Konkan & coastal belt. You may even find them in some speciality shop…
…ish & seafood is consumed & enjoyed especially in the Konkan & coastal regions. The entire Konkan belt & other coastal areas witness very heavy rainfalls & it is difficult to get fresh fish & seafood in the monsoons. It is during this time that dried fish products come in handy to prepare a meal. Goans just cannot do without their daily portion of fish! What about you? Dried shrimp is also locally known as Javala in Mumbai….
…fish & seafood! In fact, it is an integral part of our daily diet. All coastal regions especially the Konkan belt enjoys the wonderful treasure of fish & seafood everyday. It is not only fresh fish but dry & salted fish is also consumed & relished in Goa & coastal areas. Earlier, due to heavy rains in the monsoons the fishermen would avoid or refrain from fishing from June to August as the sea would be rough & it was risky…
In Goa & other coastal regions clams, mussels, oysters & other shell fish is an integral part of everyday eating.Teesreo is also known as tisrya, tisryo tisri.Teesreo are clams & are flatter, triangular & with smaller ridges. Khubbe are also clams which are rounder & smoother. Shinnaneo are longish green mussels. Teesreo, khubbe & shinnaneo are usually embedded deep in the sand. Some rivers also have plenty of these…
…and freeze. To Freeze Pesto: Pour the pesto sauce in ice trays, top with olive oil, cover with cling film and freeze. Once frozen, remove the cubes, store in a zip loc bag, label with date and the weight of each cube of pesto and re-freeze. Thaw the required cubes of pesto when ready to use….
…t especially reminds me of the abundance of fruits in the Konkan and other coastal regions which one can relish and enjoy. The king of fruits “Mango” tops the list. There are umpteen varieties of mangoes but the ‘Alphonso’ rules! It is really wonderful to enjoy the natural mango just sliced but do you remember the times when you would just allow the sweet juice of suckling mangoes to swirl on your tongue as you savor the natural goodness while you…
The coastal regions and the Konkan belt are blessed with an abundance of tropical fruits in summer. With the onset of summer, you will notice the flowering fruit trees and immediately realize whether there will be a bumper crop. Sometimes the calculations can go wrong if the weather conditions change drastically before you actually get to see the ripened aromatic fruits. The mango is a delicate fruit and if there is a storm or heavy rain when th…