Daali Thoy

Daali Thoy is the ultimate comfort food for Konkanis. It is combined with a slice of fried fish to complete the meal. Steamed rice, daali thoy and fried fish is indeed what a true amchi gele will crave for.

1 cup Toor dal , 1 tbsp chopped ginger, 3 green chillies broken,2 tbsp oil, 5-6 curry leaves, 1/4 tsp mustard seeds, generous pinch of asafoetida, Dried red chilles 2, salt to taste 1 tsp sugar, 1/4 cup coconut milk.

Cook the toor dal with salt , ginger and green chillies. This daal is usually cooked with out haldi ( turmeric). Once cooked , mash the dal, add sugar and coconut milk. Heat oil ( preferably coconut oil) when hot, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida and red chillies. Add the tempering to the dal. Now serve with rice and fried Fish. Can be served with roti and Batate Song.

Stuffed chillies - Bharli Mirchi

Food for a rainy day. Something to spice up the normal daal-chawal. Or just curd rice.


100 gms of Bhavnagari green chillies ( firm springy to the touch, wash, dry , slit & deseeded)
4 tbsp besan ( chick pea flour), 1 tsp each of red chillie powder, dhania jeera powder, garam masala, salt, jaggery,amchur powder or tamarind paste.1/4 tsp haldi, mustard seeds , pinch of asafoetida, 2 tsp oil. Mix it to form a coarse crumbly mixture.
Stuff the chillies with the mixture. Firmly press in the filling.Heat 2 tsp oil. Temper with mustard seeds ( rai) and a pinch of asafoetida.
Cover and cook the chillies on low heat till the skin feels tender.
Serve hot as a side dish with daal - roti or daal chawal.Yummm. Let the skies rain down on us !