Kohlrabi is called as ‘Navalkol’ in Konkani and ‘Navil Kosu’ or ‘kosu gadde’ in Kannada. ‘Sukke’ is usually a side dish prepared with some kind of vegetable or sea food and coconut masala. This dish has a sweetish and spicy taste because of the jaggery and red chilies in it. This is one of my all time favourite dishes.
When I was a kid, I had grown these in my neighbour’s fields. Our neighbour(fondly called as mami) grows lot of different vegetables in their field. As I had the “madness” of growing vegetables for a short period of time, she allowed me to grow all kinds of vegetables along with her in her garden. Ofcourse, she used to nurse my plants. I only watered those plants and claimed they are mine whenever we went to the field :).
Pictorial: Fry the coriander seeds, urad dal in oil and grind with chillies, coconut. Fry onions. Add cooked kohlrabi pieces along with jaggery and salt.
Add ground paste and cook till it becomes kind of dry.
Kohlrabi sidedish(Navalkola sukke)
Ingredients
- 3 cups Kohlrabi Navalkolu/navilkosu(cut into small pieces)
- 1/2 cup onion cut into small pieces
- 3/4 cup coconut fresh or frozen
- 4-5 red chilies
- 1/2 tea spn coriander seeds
- 1/2 tea spn urad dal
- 1/2 tea spn tamarind
- 1/2 tea spn jaggery
- Oil
- Salt
Instructions
- Cut Kohlrabi in small pieces. If the skin is thick and hard, peel it, otherwise use with skin.
- Cook Kohlrabi in cooker.
- Heat 1/2 tea spn of oil and fry coriander seeds and urad dal.
- Grind them with coconut, red chillies and tamarind by adding just sufficient water(do not make the masala too watery).
- Heat remaining oil and fry onion.
- Add cooked kohlrabi and ground masala, jaggery.
- Add salt and cook till masala is done and the dish becomes almost dry.
- Serve as a side dish with rice and dal/gravy or with chapati.
Updated on 9/10/2017 with details and pictures.
Kohlrabi sidedish(Navalkola sukke)
Ingredients
- 3 cups Kohlrabi Navalkolu/navilkosu(cut into small pieces)
- 1/2 cup onion cut into small pieces
- 3/4 cup coconut fresh or frozen
- 4-5 red chilies
- 1/2 tea spn coriander seeds
- 1/2 tea spn urad dal
- 1/2 tea spn tamarind
- 1/2 tea spn jaggery
- Oil
- Salt
Instructions
- Cut Kohlrabi in small pieces. If the skin is thick and hard, peel it, otherwise use with skin.
- Cook Kohlrabi in cooker.
- Heat 1/2 tea spn of oil and fry coriander seeds and urad dal.
- Grind them with coconut, red chillies and tamarind by adding just sufficient water(do not make the masala too watery).
- Heat remaining oil and fry onion.
- Add cooked kohlrabi and ground masala, jaggery.
- Add salt and cook till masala is done and the dish becomes almost dry.
- Serve as a side dish with rice and dal/gravy or with chapati.
My 7 year old is a very active little guy who loves to run around entire day. I have tried giving him healthy food, but he is not great when it comes to eating. The other day I was discussing about healthy snack bars with a friend. I have to make an honest effort hereafter to make energy packed snack bars for him. But as a first step, I thought of making some cupcakes for him, which I could give him after school. The dates almond oats cupcakes came out so good, I had to note down the recipe.
My initial plan was to make dates cake . But then I thought cupcakes would be more interesting for them. I started modifying the recipe to make it little bit more wholesome. I added almonds, oats and butter, since he definitely needs some protein and fats in his body. I used mejdool dates which are quite sweet, so reduced the sugar amount. Finally used wheat flour (chapati atta) instead of all purpose flour for some more added nutrition. My 3 year old was helping me make these, so I asked him to add some chocolate chips. They loved the cupcakes, I think I am ready to make a second batch soon(when I can find energy and time).
Pictorial: Heat dates, almond, oats with milk and grind. Mix all other ingredients. Top with chocolate chips. Bake at 350F.
Dates Almond Oats Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 16 mejdool dates use any kind
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/2 cup oats regular kind
- 1 and 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup salted butter
- 1 tea spn baking soda
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2/3 rd cup wheat flour
- Cupcake liners
- Chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Take the dates(after removing pits), almonds and oats in a bowl. Add milk to it.
- Heat it for few mins till the milk is warm (I microwaved for 2 mins).
- Grind to smooth paste (does not have to be too smooth).
- Now add melted butter and mix.
- Then add sugar, baking soda, flour, mix well.
- Line the cupcake pan with liners and fill them to about 3/4th.
- Top with chocolate chips.
- Preheat oven at 350F for about 10mins.
- Bake for about 30mins or till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Store in air tight container
