Cooking Konkani nutrient is super easy! I am talking nigh the South Canara Gowda Saraswath Brahmin ( GSB) cuisine. This is a relatively small-scale community of people who are konkan too originally were Kashmiri Pandits but migrated along the Saraswati river too settled along the konkan coast of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka too Kerala. Each grouping has been influenced past times the local regional traditions too culture. Hence y'all volition encounter konkans speaking dissimilar konkani too pregnant variations inwards their cuisine. Majority of the GSBs settled inwards the Udupi- Kundapur- Mangalore ( South Canara) part of Karnataka. Coming dorsum to the cuisine,most of the dishes are kokosnoot based too purpose kokosnoot oil.
The most mutual gravy based curries (randayi)are called:
1.Ghashi :when tempered amongst mustard too curry leaves.
2.Ambat : when tempered amongst onions, and
3.Koddel :when tempered amongst garlic.
4.Sasam: when mustard seeds are added to the masala spell grinding.
The most mutual dry out side dishes are :
1. Sukke :when masala has oil- roasted urad dal inwards it.
2. Sagle :when masala has oil-roasted coriander too methi seeds inwards it.
3. Bhutti : when masala has oil-roasted coriander seeds inwards it.
4. Song :has aught additional inwards the masala, but is cooked amongst sautéed onions too is dry.
The mutual denominator is the basic coconut-red chilli-tamarind masala. Here is the recipe for the basic masala plenty for ane dish that would serve 4-6 people.
Ingredients:
Grated fresh coconut: 1 cup( from 1/4 coconut).
Dry Red chillies:4-5 nos ( depends on the spice marking of; the chilly), roasted lightly inwards in 1/2 tsp oil.
Tamarind: marble sized if dry, 1/2tsp if pulp.
Water: 3/4 cup( could add together to a greater extent than equally needed).
Method:
Grind all the inwards a higher house ingredients inwards a blender using lilliputian H2O at a fourth dimension into a fine paste.
You could purpose it at nowadays or shop it inwards a airtight container inwards the freezer until y'all involve it the side past times side time. You could continue it inwards the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Note:for the sukke masala, the kokosnoot does non involve to hold out soil to a fine paste. For everything else, it tastes best when the kokosnoot is soil to a fine paste.
Cooking made easy:
The inwards a higher house kokosnoot glue tin hand the axe hold out made from fresh or frozen grated coconut. If using frozen grated coconut, brand certain that y'all thaw it to room temperature. Also, spell grinding purpose lukewarm water.
Whenever I grate fresh coconut, I brand certain I grind a batch of kokosnoot masala plenty for 3-4 dissimilar dishes too continue it inwards airtight containers inwards portions inwards the freezer. When needed, I simply thaw a part too add together whatsoever additional constituent if needed too blend it in ane trial or purpose it equally is depending on what the recipe calls for.
Tip for salubrious living:
In recent years, at that spot was a huge uproar that coconut, kokosnoot crude oil should hold out express inwards your diet equally it is a saturated fatty too would growth the cholesterol inwards the trunk too clog your arteries. Many people I know either switched to "healthy" oils similar canola or corn. I convey ever believed that the means our ancestors lived was a healthier way. They lived closer to nature, too had healthier eating habits. So I wondered could all out previous generations who cooked solely inwards kokosnoot crude oil were all wrong? In fact my mother eats solely eats nutrient that has been cooked only inwards kokosnoot crude oil . Any other crude oil upsets her tum too makes her sick. We at nowadays empathise that the whole"coconut crude oil is bad for you" was a myth propagated past times the big companies who wanted to promote canola too corn crude oil industries. In fact canola too corn production is a big industry! Today, nosotros know that wellness proponents are strongly promoting the purpose of kokosnoot crude oil too sing praises of the wellness benefits of coconut. People are fifty-fifty encouraged to swallow dry out kokosnoot pulp equally a snack! Coconut is a bang-up source of dietary fiber too vitamins C& B. It has salubrious fats, breakdown of which mightiness genuinely attention the liver component more efficiently.
References:
http://www.eatingwell.com/nutrition_health/nutrition_news_information/health_benefits_of_coconut_coconut_oil_coconut_milk_coconut_water_coconut_flour
http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/surprising-health-benefits-coconut-oil
Food for thought:
The best matter ane tin hand the axe usage when it is raining is to permit it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow