Best Gharguti Goan Home Food Recipes
Maddi or colocasia roots are seasonally available in Goa. Xacuti is a Goan spicy dish. It is a coconut and onion based curry with varied spices. The curry paste can also be used for mushrooms, soya chunks and cauliflower. Maddi is normally shallow fried and served as a side dish. It is used in curries […]
This halwa is made from Maidolli Kelli, variety of banana basically a plantain named after a place called Moira in Goa. Similar variety of banana is available in Kerala too, and called Ethakka. Kellyacho Halwa (sweet dish) very commonly prepared in Goa.
Kanyachi Bhakri is a Goan homemade breakfast. It is a flatbread made of coarse rice flour, onion and scrapped coconut. It has a thickness like uttappam. It is best enjoyed with a cup of coffee.
Hot & Sour vegetable soup is an Indian Chinese soup. Best enjoyed in rainy and winter season.
Hitt is idli batter steamed in jack fruit leaves. Jack fruit leaves are connected with the help of midribs of coconut leaves and the containers are prepared. This preparation is found in Goa as well as Karnataka. It is mainly a breakfast dish. In Goa, it is served with coconut milk sweetened with jaggery and […]
Hara bhara kabab is an Indian snack/starter. An easy alternative for all kebab lovers but are vegetarian. It is prepared with green vegetables and leafy vegetables which gives a green color to this kebab and also the name.
Goan Sannas are steamed rice cakes enjoyed with popular Goan dish known as sorpotel. They can also be eaten plain by making them sweeter using sugar or stuffing them with a jaggery and coconut mixture at the time of steaming. Sannas are traditionally done using coconut toddy which acts as a fermenting agent. For those […]
Goan Patal bhaji is a spicy white peas coconut-based curry served in Goan local hotels and cafes for breakfast. It is even served along with Sukki bhaji which is then mixed with patal bhaji by the customer while eating. Such mix serves of two bhajis is called Mix Bhaji.
Ghotachen Sasav is a Goan traditional side dish prepared from ghota (juicy & less pulpy small mangoes), coconut, red chili, and jaggery, flavored with spluttered and powdered mustard seeds (sasavan). It is a raw dish (it is not cooked).
Crispy Onion Pakoda / Pakora is basically a fried snack or deep-fried onion fritters prepared with chickpea and rice flour coating with other spices. Pakora recipe is a common snack recipe prepared across all states of India.
Chief promoters and contributors to “Gharguti” include: health professional Uday Barad & engineering professional Shivani Prabhu Dessai, both are deeply involved in the art of home cooking for over 25 years. And a host of Goan Guest Contributors who take pride in ‘Home Cooking’ other than consuming restaurant and or fast foods sold outside. Special thanks go to a computer engineer, specialized in Android software designing and a connoisseur in food maters for initiating simple and user-friendly “Gharguti” website.
