Konkani Sukke is a dry coconut curry that has roasted coriander seeds and urad daal while making the masala along with coconut, tamarind and red chillies. This recipe here is only a method and can be used as a basic guideline; use any other vegetable of choice like okra, beans, raw banana etc instead of the Tindora/ Ivy Gourd based on your preferences and taste.
Before my marriage I was exposed to predominantly North Kanara and Maharashtrian style Konkani cooking. We used terms like Ambat, Ghashi, Kadi, Patal Bhaji, Suki Bahaji etc to denote different variations of coconut based curries. But then after my marriage I got exposed to South Kanara cooking and learnt more terms like Sukke, Sagle, Koddel, Sasam etc.
So far so good, you say, you learn new terms, new dishes, and new concept right? Right. But then starts the confusion as our definition of Ghashi, Ambat is not the same as theirs, each of their coconut masala (‘maasolu’) for Sukke, Sagle, Koddel has such subtle differences that sometimes one does not know what they are cooking. My MIL must have explained the differences many times, but unfortunately I did not make any notes then.
Now that I have developed a deep interest in cooking I set out to understand the differences and asked Dear Husband for guidance. But alas, I managed to confuse him even more and he said as long as the taste was good, he did not care what it was called. He continued to add “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”!Anyway, my quest did not end there.
I found some very useful information about all the different ‘maasolu’ here.
This is my Entry to RCI – Konkani hosted by Deepa of Recipes n More.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups of chopped Tindora/Ivy gourd
- Mustard seeds
- 4-5 Curry leaves
- Jaggery for taste
- Salt
- Oil
To make the coconut masala
- 1 cup shredded coconut (fresh/frozen)
- 1 Tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 Tbsp urad daal
- 1 Tbsp tamarind paste
- 3-4 red chillies
Serves:
3-4 people
Method:
- Wash the Tindora thoroughly and cut into long strips. Keep aside.
- Roast the coriander seeds, urad daal and red chillies in little bit oil and roast until it turns brown.
- Next make the coconut masala, by grinding the coconut along with red chillies, salt, tamarind, water, urad daal and coriander seeds. The masala should be little coarse, (not too thick or fine) so do not add too much water.
- In the meanwhile heat oil in a thick bottomed pan. Add the mustard seeds, allow to splutter and then add the curry leaves.
- Add the chopped tindora, salt and fry until it turns light brown and is cooked.
- Add the coconut paste and cook until the raw smell of coconut is gone. Check for taste and adjust the seasonings if required.
- Serve hot with rice or rotis.
Looks so yummy.
RC, that does look delicious. I know of one way of cooking Tindora and that is pretty much it. Whatever the difference between North and South Kanara cooking, glad to learn it 🙂
Wow that looks super delicious.
Oneof the delicious dishesi have seen with this vegetable
i agree with your hubby. ‘yummy tendli’ would suffice for this dish.
LOL… that was one funny read RC. tendli sukke is my fav and wonder why i haven’t posted its recipe!
Looks yummy! Now that I have finally bought tamarind paste, nothing’s stopping me from making it. Will try it with some other vegs.
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Hey very funny read and nice dish too..My MIL has so many konkani(south canara ) frnds and she does many of thier dishes. The one of which i always liked is “ALsande” made by maida and green chilli paste deep fried..:)
ooh! delicious.
hi..i tried this dish for the first time today and it turnout reallyyyyyyy good.m sooo happy,my huby told me one day he like this vegetable and iwas planning to try one day.m sure he,s gonna love it.
thanks for the recipe.
Thanks so much Khushi, glad you liked it!
Can I cut down on the coconut by half-will it affect the taste too much?
No Sandhya, you can cut down the coconut. It will still taste pretty good with more of the vegetable and less ofthe masala.
Does the coconut in the masala have to very coarse or just discernible? Ur masala looks quite finely ground in the picture but the instructions state otherwise. Making it now for guests-fingers crossed..!!
Sandhya, it does not have to be very coarse, and not too fine. Thanks for pointing, I will update my post a bit. Do let me know how it turned out and I am keeping fingers crossed as well.
Hi .. dish loooks delicious :). I wanted to try out this recipe but before that i would really appreciate if you could clarify my doubt ; by tamarind paste you mean the pulp got from soaking tamarind in water or is it something different ? Please let me know .
Regards,
Archana
Hi Archana, yes I mean soaking the tamarind in water and extracting its paste.
Hello ,
Thank you 🙂 . Gonna try this out today only . Will let you the outcome 🙂 .
Hi Supriya ,
Just tried this recipe and must say it turned out very tasty . Thank you for sharing such a wonderful dish .
Cheers!!
FYI this recipe is mangalorean and in mangalore its sukka/Ajadina not sukke.sukka and sukke have totally different ingredients .also sukka is of Tulu origin not konkani