Best Gharguti Goan Home Food Recipes
Misal pav is a popular spicy dish from western India which is made up of a spicy misal served with bread or pav. The uniqueness of this dish is with its topping. It is normally topped with chivda mix, or sev or farsan. This spicy and lip-smacking dish is typically served for breakfast or as […]
Methi paratha is a healthy, tasty and flaky paratha stuffed with fresh fenugreek leaves and other spices. Later it is rolled flat like chapathi and roasted similar to any other paratha’s. It is an ideal flatbread recipe for lunch boxes which is heavily popular with Marathi and Hindi-speaking community in India.
Maharashtrian thalipith is a healthy and tasty multigrain flatbread, mainly prepared in western India and north Karnataka region. It is very popular in the Marathi cuisine and is typically prepared with rice, wheat, bajra, jowar and besan flour. It is generally savory in taste and can be served as it is, but tastes great with […]
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.
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.
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.
