I dont know how I forgot to blog about this delicious recipe. One of my cousin recently reminded me of this.
At our home, we call this Aayi’s bhaji (just to distinguish from Amma’s bhaji !!!). This is prepared with either puri or dosa.
In Konkani Paattal means ‘a substance which has more liquid’ (Please somebody give me a more suitable word here). This name is given because the other bhaji I mentioned above is a dry bhaji. Though the ingredients for both the bhajis are exactly same, because of the different procedures of cooking, they have a great difference in taste.
Ingredients : Potatoes 3-4 Onions 2-3 Coconut ½ Cloves(lavang) 5-6 Cinnamon(Chakke,dalchini) 2 inch piece Tamarind 1/2 tea spn Pepper  5-6 Red chillies 5-6 Coriander seeds 1 tea spn Oil 1 tea spn Salt
Method: Heat the oil. Fry cloves, cinnamon, red chillies,pepper and coriander seeds. Grind with coconut, tamarind and salt. Peel and cut potatoes in small pieces. Cut onions. Cook onions and potatoes in water. When cooked, add the ground masala. Cook for 10min. Serve with dosa or puri.
Serves : 4 Preparation time : 30min
These days I am digging my memory to find some nice Konkani dishes. Sometimes I leave some dishes thinking they are very simple to do and people might laugh at me if I blog about them. Then there are some of my bachelor friends, who ask me for those recipes and I realise, I have to post them :).
Few days back, I blogged about Taushe Bhakri . Though its a very simple one, it requires some patience to do. It takes a long time to cook (But it is worth a try). But then sometimes during week days, people absolutely dont have time and patience for a long cooking procedure. This is the ideal breakfast at such situations (I usually do it when I want to finish off the cucumber sitting in my refrigerator!!!).
Ingredients: Cucumber pieces 1 cup Rice flour 1 and 1/2 cups Coconut 3/4th cup Oil/ghee Salt
Method: Grind together cucumber and coconut, without adding water, to a smooth paste. Mix the paste with rice flour and salt(If needed add very little water). Heat tava and apply ghee. When it is hot, take a handful of dough and spread on the tava (Do not make it very thin). Cook from both sides, adding ghee/oil if necessary. Serve hot (It tastes great when it is hot, it looses the crispiness when cooled).
Serves : 2 Preparation time : 15min
