Raw Jackfruit called ‘Kadgi/Chakko’ in Konkani plays an important role in Konkani cuisine. The raw jackfruit has mild flavor, with unique texture and unlike the ripe fruit does not have a sweet taste and goes well in making curries. Growing up, this used to be one of my favorites and I used to love anything made from it. For all those aware of Konkani cooking, my favorites used to be Kadgi in Teppal curry, Kadgi phodi, Chana Kadgi ghashi, Kadgi sukke etc. Visits to my grandparents in Bombay were always a delight. My grandmother, knowing how much I adored…
Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe
I followed the recipe for this Vegan Chocolate Cake from this link here. This website AllRecipes is a power house for recipes and baking ideas. To get ideas and variations one needs to sift through the comments and gather information and implement them. Without any surprises I have few more bookmarked to try out from here. I had bookmarked this recipe for Vegan cake long time ago. But I kept of postponing it for one reason or the other. But this weekend, I simply could not wait to try this out; main reason being that my dear friend Upsi…
Green Moong Daal Dry Curry (Mooga Usli)/ Whole Moong Stir Fry
Whole Moong Stir Fry is a dry curry in which cooked Whole Moong bean is stir fried along with onion, garlic and other spices like cloves and cinnamon. This is not only easy to prepare but delicious and nutritious too. I was mentioning to a friend that I made this Moong Stir fry for dinner the previous night and it turned out that she happened to make the same thing as well, but with subtle change in the recipe. Both of us were very surprised and wondered about the co-incidence. Speaking of co-incidences I do have to relate this…