I keep trying to make something different for my husband’s lunchbox. Few days back, on such a seach, I got this recipe which I had copied from Aayi’s diary. This is a great recipe to finish off left over veggies too.
Ingredients: 2 cups vegetables (potato, peas, cauliflower, cabbage, carrot) 3/4 cup onion 1/2 tea spn cumin seeds 2-3 garlic cloves 1/2 tea spn chili powder A pinch turmeric 1/2 tea spn garam masala 2-3 strands coriander leaves 1/4 cup dry fruits(cashew nuts, raisins) 1/4 cut pineapple Oil Salt
Method: Heat oil and add cumin seeds. Fry for 5-6 seconds and then add garlic, onion. Fry till onion turns brownish. Grind them into a smooth paste. Heat oil and fry the vegetables for 5-6min. Add the paste, chili powder, turmeric, salt and 1/2 cup water. Cook on a low flame. When the vegetables are cooked, add garam masala , coriander leaves and cook for 2-3mins. Mix dry fruits and pineapple. Cook for another 1 min. Serve with chapathi or any roti .
Serves : 3-4 Preparation time : 25mins
Mooga – Moong , moLe – sprout, randayi – a watery sidedish with coconut, is a name very well known to Konkanis. I had posted the recipe of mooga moLe randayi few days back – this is the dish made in most of the houses during festivals, like Ganesh Chaturthi .
But today’s post is about a special Mooga moLe randayi made at the Shri Lakshmi Narayana Mahamaya Temple, Ankola . Every Konkani follows a family god which is called as Kuldev apart from all other gods. This god is the family/ancestral god. The families who follow a Kuldev are called Kulavis . One such popular Kuldev is Mahamaya of Shri Lakshmi Narayana Mahamaya, Ankola or popularly called as Hanumatta , which my family follows. We belong to one of the main devotees(Kulavis) – “Baleri”, of this god.
Once in a year, on Ashwin Vadhya Panchami (according to Hindu calender)- a panchami which comes after full moon day( Punav ) of Dasara , is celebrated as ‘ Panchami devkarya ‘( Devkarya – Pooja) or ‘ Vade panchami ‘(the name comes from the main naivedyam – a special kind of vada ). This day hundreds of devotees of this god gather at this temple and a pooja is performed. After Pooja, a delicious lunch is served on banana leaves at around 4.30. People wait for this lunch and a group of volunteers serve the food.
According to my opinion, the best dish served on this day is Mooga moLe randayi . I have not seen this dish served in any other place. My brother and I used to ask my Aayi to prepare this dish at home. From the taste of the dish, she came up with this recipe. This is one of the favorite dishes at my home now. Though I feel this dish tastes amazing, I still crave for that temple lunch :).
Ingredients: 2 cups sprouted moong 1 cup raw banana(plantain) pieces 1 cup coconut 1/4 tea spn tamarind extract 1/2 tea spn pepper( miryakan ) 1/2 tea spn mustard seeds 4-5 curry leaves A pinch asafoetida Oil Salt
Method: Wash the moong to remove as much skin as possible. Cook moong with plantain pieces. Grind coconut with pepper and tamarind. Add this paste to cooked moong , add salt. Heat oil and add mustard seeds. When they start popping, add curry leaves and asafoetida. Add this seasoning to the dish, Serve hot.
Serves : 3-4 Preparation time : 25mins
