Radish-Garlic Fry/ Mulangi Talasan

White radish are available widely here both in Indian and Chinese stores. Even the leaves are very fresh and I always get tempted to buy it only because of the color and freshness. Though my husband is not a picky eater he doesn't like to eat radish for the that fact that it is smelly. My mom used to very frequently prepare ambat and talasan out of it. But I usually prepare "talasan" with lots of garlic. The smell fades to great extent and this goes well with rice.

Bitter Gourd sauted in Coconut Gravy/ Karathe Puddi Sagle

Bitter Gourd is available here all round the year and are always very fresh. I get those very frequently. There are couple of recipes which I prepare often. Most of the recipes are either from my aunt who is very fond of bitter gourd or my MIL. This recipe is from my MIL.

Preparing this is time consuming. Definitely worth trying !

Fried Ladies Finger in yogurt/ Bhindi Gojju

During our childhood we used to have more of gojju, kadi, rasam, upkari etc for lunch and dinner than ghasi or any other coconut dishes. This was my grand-mom's one of "eating healthy" rule. Even today I prefer non-coconut food more than our authentic konkani "masla randhai" (food which has coconut).

Last week I saw really fresh bhindi which were irresistible. I picked very few of them without any specific recipe in my mind. Well I am glad I bought those. Just prepared simple gojju which my grand-mom used to prepare. I relished it for couple of days. I must mention anything prepared with yogurt or butter milk is delectable for me :).