These leaves are called edible amaranth or red leaf . These are mostly used in China town and Southern Asia.
We in konkani call it as tambdi bhajji. Tambdi is red and bhajji is leaves.At my home right from my childhood I have seen this being used in variety of dishes. We can prepare simple stir fry as it is nutritious yet very tasty. These are available even in Ranch 99 stores.
I make sure we eat at least one green leafy vegetable once a week. Many a times we bring multiple leafy vegetables but minimum one is compulsory. The leaves were truly fresh and I had to pick them up. I relish most of the dishes prepared with green leaves. I prepared my mom's recipe sasam. This is my favorite !
Its been more than a month I did not update my blog with any new recipes. We had been to India :). It was great to be with family. Now its again time to get back to some experimental cooking. I had prepared motte (which means egg in konkani) phanna upkari. Phanna upkari is prepared also with mushrooms and fish. This is a spicy dish and goes well with rice, chapathi or even dosa. I want to try preparing this phanna upkari with cooked potatoes. If it comes well I will surely post the recipe. The best part of this dish is the color. I love it !
Bikand in konkani means jackfruit seeds. I always wonder how our elders found these recipes ! My grandmom had a recipe for almost every edible part of a vegetable or fruit. That nature has faded a lot through generations. Well all these recipes just makes me feel nostalgic about my childhood.
I bought a pack of jackfruit seeds from New India Bazar :) couple of months back to prepare alvatti and sukke. Whenever my husband opened the freezer he reminded me of these leftover seeds lying there ! Today I decided to finish left over seeds.The easiest and tasty dish to prepare was "hinga udda" which is hingu means asafoetida and udda means water.
