Add the kaffir lime leaves, fish sauce and sugar – this is your coconut stock. Whenever I know I don’t have the time to plan menus and do a proper shop of fresh groceries (meat/fish/veggies), I order a box from them and it works out quite well
"Paan" means leaf in Konkani and "Polo" means dosa/crepe. Paan Polo is very versatile as it can be eaten for breakfast with jaggery syrup, or for lunch/dinner with nice spicy chicken/ fishcurry
In Konkani, kokum is known as "Sol" which means peel. Even after we have a nice meal consisting of FishCurry and fried fish, we end the meal with this kokum kadhi
We had a traditional Konkani meal with crispy fried fish, crab curry, clams and oh, so many things. We didn’t order anything traditional because we already had a hearty delicious Konkani meal for lunch
Other bitter melon names include Karanti (konkani), Korola (Bengali), Kugua (Chinese), Nigauri (Japanese), Pavayka or Kayppayka (Malayalam), Caraille or Carilley (Trinidad and Tobago), Cerasee (Caribbean and some parts of South America), Melón amargo or Cundeamor Chino (Spanish), Margose (French) and Bittermelone (German)
Goa, apart from the tourist places is also known to be the hub of Konkani movies / theater. Tonak Pav, Xacuti,Vindaloo,Goan prawn curry,Fish sukke, Bebik,are some of the very well known Goan dishes
The word Gajalee means an informal gathering in Malvani or Konkani. for the mains we feasted on Kosha Mangsho(pot roasted mutton), Kancha lanka murghi(dry cooked chicken with coriander and green chillies) and the famous bekti fishcurry served with boiled rice
