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    The Classic Konkan Cookbook: Based on the original recipes of Narayani Nayak
    The Classic Konkan Cookbook: Based on the original recipes of Narayani Nayak
    The Classic Konkan Cookbook: Based on the original recipes of Narayani Nayak
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    The Classic Konkan Cookbook: Based on the original recipes of Narayani Nayak

    By Jyotsna Shahane

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    In 1952 Narayani Nayak, an Udupi-based homemaker, published Cookery Craft as a 'convenient kitchen companion to every housewife'. Spanning the cuisine of the entire Konkani-speaking community of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, Naik's cookbook quickly became a go-to for Konkani brides, and was reprinted four times before it disappeared. That is, until food blogger Jyotsna Shahane rediscovered this lost gem. Inspired by Nayak's recipes, The Classic Konkan Cookbook is more than a second act. Shahane draws from her own experiences cooking Konkani food for over 40 years, adding new recipes and updating older ones for modern appliances and measuring techniques. From Duddi Koshambari, a delectable pumpkin flower salad and to Kori Gassi, a robust chicken curry, The Classic Konkan Cookbook features over 100 delicious recipes celebrating the freshness and simplicity of coastal food. An inspiring collection for a new generation of home cooks looking to add traditional tastes to their table.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarper India
    Release dateJan 31, 2020
    ISBN9789353574413
    The Classic Konkan Cookbook: Based on the original recipes of Narayani Nayak
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    Jyotsna Shahane

    Jyotsna Shahane is a Pune-based filmmaker with an interest in Indian food. In 2004 she started her blog The Cooks's Cottage, one of a handful of bloggers on the subject at the time. She was chosen as one of the world's favourite food bloggers by Saveur, the gourmet food magazine.

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    The Classic Konkan Cookbook - Jyotsna Shahane

    Konkani Cooking Terms

    Ambat is a bland preparation using coconut masala as its basic ingredient. It is seasoned either with onions or with mustard (rai). It is fairly thick in consistency.

    Ghushi is like ambat but not as bland.

    Koddel is a curry slightly hotter than ghushi. It is seasoned with mustard (rai) and asafoetida (hing), or with garlic.

    Bendhi is a very pungent curry with coconut lesser in quantity than what is used in the above three. Seasoning is as for koddel.

    Humman is a curry with a gravy made with or without coconut.

    Sukke is an almost solid and dry curry with coconut masala to which coriander seeds and urad (black gram) dal are usually added.

    Bhuthy is like sukke but the masala contains ginger, and onions are used for seasoning.

    Khathkhatho is a thick curry which is not seasoned. A dessert spoon of oil is added to the finished curry.

    Sagle is also a thick curry with coconut masala, using methi and coriander seeds as basic ingredients. Vegetables used in this are either cut into big pieces or used in their entirety.

    Saasam is of the same consistency as sagle. The coconut masala in this contains a little raw mustard.

    Hasi is a vegetable salad where the vegetables and masala are used unboiled. Hasi in Kannada means raw.

    Koot is like hasi but with the exception that the vegetables are fried and added.

    Thambli is an uncooked preparation containing masala.

    Kadi is a preparation with coconut masala and is thinner than thambli but thicker than saar.

    Saar is a thin, watery preparation with coconut masala. Thambli, kadi and saar are coconut gravies without any vegetables in them.

    Chutney is a dry, uncooked, thick preparation with coconut as a main ingredient.

    Bharth is a semi-solid preparation using uncooked masala mixed with cooked and mashed vegetables.

    Gozzu and Bajji are identical preparations. The ingredients of the former are not mashed as thoroughly as of the latter.

    Upkari is a simple preparation of seasoned and cooked vegetables.

    Saarupkari is same as upkari but the vegetables and grams are cooked with an extra amount of water so that there is a little gravy in the finished preparation. One makes a saar and the thick gram leftover is made into an upkari.

    Curry is a general term used for preparations which are a little more elaborate than the ordinary upkari.

    Dalithoi is dal water (thoya is a Sanskrit word, meaning water).

    Sambar is a liquid curry fairly thick in consistency with vegetables and dal as the basic ingredients.

    Kolambu is a liquid curry like sambar, with vegetables in it. Dal is omitted.

    Morkolambu is like kolambu and sambar with buttermilk and a little coconut masala added to it. Mor is a Tamil word for buttermilk.

    Kootu is a thick curry with dal and vegetables as the basic ingredients and with a little coconut masala added to it.

    Thambli is a non-greasy, non-spicy, cooling curry generally served with a Bendhi, which is hot and spicy, it balances the meal.

    Basic Recipes

    EXTRACTING COCONUT MILK

    Husk a coconut, pierce a hole in the soft eye on top of the shell and empty out the water. Crack the shell by putting the coconut in a plastic bag and hitting it with a pestle. Prise the flesh off the shell with a blunt knife and chop into pieces.

    Put the pieces into a blender and grind till fine. Add 150 ml (1 cup) of water and blend again. (Use warm water in cold weather.) Pass this mixture through a strainer or a fine muslin cloth. This is the first pressing and gives you thick coconut milk. Repeat the process with another 300 ml water for thin coconut milk. Keep refrigerated till ready to use.

    Note: Reduce the amount of water added as per the quantity of coconut used.

    SPROUTING GRAM

    Wash and soak 250 g (2 cups) of gram in 6 cups of water. Keep covered for 8–10 hours, or overnight. The next morning, drain the water completely. Use a clean cloth to bundle and tie up the gram, or keep covered in a warm place for a day. By evening, the gram will have sprouted. Soak the sprouted gram for another 8 hours to loosen the skin. Remove the skin, if preferred, before

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