Category Archives: Fish

Malvan being a coastal area, coconut and fish along with rice forms our staple food,our fish curries,when combined with rice is a combination to die for.The distinct flavour to the curry comes from the use of coconut oil. This recipe gets its name “chatni “as the consistency of this gravy is thick and not likeContinue reading “Mandeli Chi Chatni.”

This dish is a very appetizing combination of sautéed prawns, sauces and fresh vegetables.In restaurants its usually served as a starter,can be easily made at home with minimal ingredients andgoes very well with any chinese soup, noodles or rice. Ingredients: 500 gm Medium sized Pawns. 1 Egg. ½ tsp Black Pepper Powder. 2 tbsp Maida.Continue reading “Prawns Chilli Fry.”

With this easy recipe you can make restaurant style Prawns Tikka without tandoor or oven. Prawns,onion,and bell capsicum are marinated with spices and curd and are roasted on pan. Traditionally prawns tikka is grilled in a tandoor but you get the same amazing taste by roasting it  in the pan. Ingredients:  250 gms medium sizeContinue reading “Prawns Tikka.”

This is very easy to make prawns gravy,usually made dry to serve with bhakri…you can add little more water or coconut milk to make more gravy… This dish has a unique taste of Malawani masala and Kokum. Ingredients : 1 cup deveined, Cleaned and washed Prawns (medium size) 1/2 cup Onions finely chopped. 1 tspContinue reading “Kolambi sukka (Prawns Dry)”

Malvan being a coastal area, coconut and fish along with rice forms our staple food,our fish curries are made in coconut milk, when combined with rice is a combination to die for.The distinct flavour to this curry comes from the use of coconut oil. It  go well with rice,chapati,bhakri,ghavana almost everything……and tastes best if hadContinue reading “Paplet Curry (Pomfret Curry)”

Prawns pulav is a spicy rice preperation usually made using small prawns. It has a distinct flavour of Malvani masala and Kokum. Traditionally served garnished with grated coconut and chopped corriander leaves. Ingredients : 1 cup deshelled,deveined ,cleaned and washed Prawns (small size) 1/2 cup Onions finely chopped. 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste. 1 tbsp MalvaniContinue reading “Prawns Pulav”

This is very easy to make prawns masala dish,usually small size prawns are used if you are using large size prawns,cut them into 2 or 3 peices. This dish has a unique taste of Malawani masala and Kokum, fresh grated coconut can also be added to this dish before serving.Goes well with rice flour bhakri.Continue reading “Kolambi Chi Bhaji (Prawns Masala )”

  Bangda (Indian mackerel) is one of the tastiest fish.It is used in curry as well as fried.My mom uses fresh/dried turmeric leaves to flavour bangda Curry.Sol kadhi,rice and fried bangda is an ultimate comfort food for any malvani. To clean bangda,slit it in a slanting way chopping off its head and open up itsContinue reading “Fried Bangda (Indian Mackerel)”

  Karandi is a small version of Prawns,u get it fresh as well as dried.This recipe is made with fresh one.It is very small in size,so to clean you only need to remove the outter shell,I usually get it cleaned from fish seller,as it is very time consuming to remove the shell. Ingredients : 1Continue reading “Karandi Bhat (Prawns Pulao)”