February 2021 - food fables

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Caldo Verde / Healthy Potato And Spinach Soup

Caldo Verde (caldo means soup and verde means green) is very popular soup in Goa and you will find it on the menu of many restaurants that serve Portuguese-Goan Cuisine. It is a potato soup topped with shredded greens.

Curry, Maincourse, Vegetarian

Brinjal Curry Recipe / Vaangi Masala Recipe

Vaangi masala is a popular Maharashtrian recipe. Brinjal being pretty bland naturally, tastes good when cooked with masala made from coconut and a mix of spices. This spicy and sweet brinjal curry tastes best with chapatis or bhakris.

Maincourse, Vegetarian

Sev Tamatar Ki Subzi Recipe

Sev-tamatar ki subzi is a very popular dish in MP, Gujrat and Rajasthan. I had it for the first time during our trip to Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh. The dish had a layer of red spicy oil floating on the top of an onion tomato gravy, mixed with a generous amount of Ratlami sev.

Appetizer, Fish, Goan Recipes, Goan Saraswat Style, Non Vegetarian

Quick N Easy Goan Fish Fry

Fish rava fry is a very popular dish in Goan cuisine. It is an essential part of the Goan fish thali.

The fish slices are coated with masala and dipped in a rava+rice flour coating and shallow fried. Rava coating gives it a crispy outside while keeping the inside very moist and juicy.

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How to make Tomato Puree

This is another essential ingredient I always have in in my fridge. It reduces the prep time and allows me to make zhatpat gravies. Not only does it reduce the time you would spend chopping the tomatoes, it also reduces the cooking time as the tomatoes are already cooked.

Accompaniments, Fish, Goan Recipes, Goan Saraswat Style, Non Vegetarian

Easy Goan Prawn Cutlet / Sungtache Daangar

This recipe of sungtache daangar/prawn cutlet is a super tasty and easy one. In konkani, prawns are called sungta and daangar means cutlet.

Chicken, Goan Recipes, Goan Saraswat Style, Main course, Gravy, Non Vegetarian

Chicken Xacuti / Authentic Goan Chicken Curry

Chicken Xacuti is an authentic and popular chicken gravy dish in Goa which is made using fresh coconut and mixture of fresh spices. It is pronounced as Sha-goti in Konkani.

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How To Make Homemade Ghee / Clarified Butter

Pure Ghee or clarified butter is supposed to have originated in India. It is used to prepare a wide variety of sweet as well as savoury dishes in Indian cuisine. Ghee is made by boiling white butter. Like white butter ghee too has many medicinal properties and is consumed in our Indian diet everyday.

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How To Make Homemade White Butter / Loni

White butter is known as Loni in Marathi and Makkhan in Hindi. Loni /white butter is very rich in nutrients and has many health benefits as per Ayurveda.

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Homemade Chicken Stock / Easy Chicken Broth

This is a very easy recipe of chicken broth. It has a light flavour of chicken and can be used in soups and other gravies.