A blog dedicated to Kokni food and culture. I am trying my best to introduce the best of Kokni Cuisine to the world. I make sure to share the most authentic Kokni recipes. So I hope that this little effort made by me will be considered as regional food guide some day at some or the other level. Please feel free to request a recipe and I will try to post it.noreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:30:34 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com85125https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/en-usnoA blog dedicated to Kokni food and culture. I am trying my best to introduce the best of Kokni Cuisine to the world. I make sure to share the most authentic Kokni recipes. So I hope that this little effort made by me will be considered as regional food gunoreply@blogger.comhttps://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2025/02/chawli-in-coconut-milk-black-eyed-peas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Sun, 2 Feb 2025 03:19:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-4830603815770798321Ingredients:1 cup dried Cowpeas (sookhe chawley)1 medium sized Onion (pyaaz)1 teaspoon Cumin powder (pisa zeera)2 teaspoons Fennel seed powder (pisi saunf)1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (haldi)1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder (pisi lal mirch)1 tablespoon cooking Oil (tel)2 cups Coconut milk (naryal ka doodh)Salt as per tasteInstructions:1. Wash and soak cowpeas for at 4 hours or longer to get nice, 0https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2025/01/chana-batata-lagda-aloo-chole-chole.htmlRAMADAN RECIPESnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Sat, 4 Jan 2025 12:12:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-1877347665200836161 Ingredients:1 cup dried chickpeas (kabuli chane/chhole)2 large potatoes or 10 baby potatoes (aloo)2 medium sized tomatoes (tamatar)Handful of tamarind (imli)1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (zeera)1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds (raai)1-2 cloves of garlic (lehsan  ke beej)1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder (lal mirchi)1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)1 teaspoon sugar (shakkar)1/2 teaspoon salt or as2https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2023/09/sheerkhurma-doodh-sev.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Sun, 17 Sep 2023 01:51:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-4792953239434259935 Imagine Eid morning at your home.. can you smell sheerkhurma already? :D In kokan and I think in many parts of the subcontinent, Sheerkhurma is one of the must haves on Eid. People visit their friends and relatives for sheerkhurma and biryani (which in our case is chicken ke saravle). Every household has their own version of Sheerkhurma and everyone's right when it comes to food but trust me 1https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2020/11/doodhi-ki-mithai-calabash-mithai-bottle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Mon, 16 Nov 2020 04:04:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-8276214441448020464 One of those healthy kokni/kokani jaggery based sweets made using one of the healthiest vegetable that is Calabash/kaddu/lauki/doodhi or you can say bottle gourd.As we are having a second nationwide lockdown for four weeks we don't have much to do these days and with the onset of winters during these times when you don't have any exciting plans for weekends and most of the time are sitting 2https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2020/02/dal-kichri-recipe-khichdi-kedgeree.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Mon, 17 Feb 2020 01:16:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-1576127452544005107 Rice is a staple food in most parts of India so is in Kokan. Kokanis prefer rice in lunch and roti for dinner but it is a norm to eat dopeher ka bacha you chawal (leftover rice from lunch) in dinner and siblings literally fight for it haha.. Kokanis prefer curry or salan with rice and stir fried of  dry gravies with roti. A typical kokni lunch consists of i) White Rice, Fish 2https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2019/11/ghowney-recipe-kokni-style-folded.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Tue, 26 Nov 2019 08:13:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-106271273254689421 Ever woke up to tempting sweet aroma of Ghawney? :) we usually do, at least once a week. These deliciously divine crepe are so unique and so much fun to make that you will just fall for them once you try them. So, Beware! you cannot resist Ghawney once you get acquainted with the taste 😋😃 Making Ghawney is not really easy as you need to master some techniques like making batter of 3https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2019/07/cauliflower-florets-with-black-pepper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Tue, 9 Jul 2019 03:19:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-8340289067457180251 Some of my friends are following keto diet for weight loss (N.B: I am NOT recommending any diet here as I believe in healthy balanced eating), and they asked me to share some easy, quick, low carb keto friendly recipes. As keto is a very restrictive diet you have to be careful while choosing the ingredients and most of our traditional recipes are either high in carbs or contain sugar, 1https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2019/07/zam-zam-pulao-wedding-style-zam-zam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Mon, 8 Jul 2019 08:59:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-1057177850559589064 Zam zam pulao or zam zam biryani - A fusion dish of basmati rice, meat, chicken, kebabs, chips, eggs, nuts and vegetables. There are too many flavours in this one dish and everything with perfect balance. it's a famous wedding day main course in Kokan and Bomaby region which is followed by Rava or Soji ka Halwa or Kaddu ka Halwa as dessert. Zam Zam Pulao recipe may seem a bit complicated 1https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2019/05/instant-rava-idli-recipe-suji-idli.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Fri, 17 May 2019 05:35:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-8000909905229583930 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); When you are tired of fried, unhealthy foods and fancy something light, steamed and quick to make try this rava idli or suji idlis. I was so fed up of oil and ghee that I did not even grease the moulds (laughing) and as a result the 2https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2019/05/butter-chicken-recipe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Thu, 16 May 2019 07:26:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-2109986534404852185 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); I hate adding artificial colours to my food hence the colour of my butter chicken is not very bright. I just love a decent, flavourful curry that doesn't burn your mouth and you can actually savour the flavours. Indian curries are 0https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2019/04/shami-kebab-recipe.htmlRAMADAN RECIPESnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Sun, 28 Apr 2019 15:30:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-6466695243741346274 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Shami Kebab is another very famous variety of  kabab. Shaami kebabs can be made with chicken, mutton/lamb or beef but traditionally beef shami kebab are considered as authentic and taste better than chicken or mutton and lamb.4https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2019/04/chicken-reshmi-kebab.htmlRAMADAN RECIPESnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:58:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-1258625435785022052 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Well the name "Reshmi Kebab" comes from the texture of these kabab. Resham means silk silk in Urdu language and most of these kebabs and korma were invented during mughals and nawaabs era hence the names of mughlai dishes are 0https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2019/02/instant-saravle-recipe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:52:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-7704024401138818759 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Though I have already uploaded traditional sweet saravle recipe but here I am posting this another recipe with a twist to make it an instant recipe and trust me it tasted great! or may be even better with less efforts! 2https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2019/02/rasmalai-recipe-homemade-ras-malai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Fri, 15 Feb 2019 04:03:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-201800076253531333 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); After many failed attempts at Rasmalai/ Ras Malai I finally found this perfect recipe that results into soft spongy malai balls that absorb great amount of ras or rabri. I remember first trying the recipe when I was in high school 28https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2018/06/zaatar-cheese-omelette.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Fri, 1 Jun 2018 00:08:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-9176283702240927299 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Zaatar Cheese Omelette with Layered Paratha and Tea It's a powerpacked, healthy breakfast menu which I absolutely love having on weekends. As it's a filling menu and the aroma of zaatar is really tempting makes you feel hungry even 5https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2018/05/simple-broiled-fish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Tue, 29 May 2018 00:19:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-3214026007859528583 We koknis love fish and no day is complete without at least one meal with fish. We get numerous varieties of fish here and have many different preparations and recipes for different kind of fish and prawns, shrimps etc. Mostly fish recipes are spicy and elaborated but then you have the days where you just can't tolerate the spices or the heat and want something quick, easy and simple. I 1https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2018/05/dahi-barra-chaat-recipe-dahi-vada-recipe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Mon, 21 May 2018 00:38:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-6272572826212093997 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Soft, fluffy, juicy, melt in mouth fried lentil dumplings dipped in chaat flavoured creamy yogurt and garnished with freshly chopped green coriander, sweet and sour and spicy chutneys! I don't remember since when I fell in love with0https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2018/05/mutton-akhni-pulav-kokni-style-mutton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Fri, 11 May 2018 05:35:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-6051950084558850078 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); If you enter a kokni muslim household on Fridays between 11 am to 2 pm, I bet you'll get a severe hunger attack due the tempting aroma of traditional Friday lunches being prepared and served. Though biryani is a popular go to Friday 2https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2018/03/bhindi-dal-recipe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Sat, 24 Mar 2018 04:18:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-2685695591436195452 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); There are days when we get bored of chicken mutton and fancy something simple, light but delicious. Most of the times it is dal chawal with some simple stir-fried sabji or baingan bhaji, kurkuri bhindi etc. But then you don't always 0https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2018/03/lemon-mint-iced-tea.htmldrinksSummer foodsnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Fri, 23 Mar 2018 03:47:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-3810804173639103165 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Yay! The summer is here and it's getting hotter day by day so we constantly feel a need to drink something cool and refreshing but then there are people who are addicted to tea and can't stand simple sugary drinks and hence we have 1https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2018/03/ganji-godrh-pulao-jaggery-rice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:14:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-3276711777374755223 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); I think every South Asian cuisine has their own version of "sweet rice". Here we have Zarda that's saffron yellow coloured rice cooked in sugar syrup with lots of nuts and some fresh fruits like pineapple and it's usually served as a 1https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2018/03/sweet-and-sour-mango-pickle.htmlMango recipesnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:17:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-8989208165091402546 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); It's that time of the year again when we koknis are busy making and preserving delicacies out of mangoes. Pickles, marmalades, chutney, khatayi (amchur), pulp and squash are the popular mango preparations across the Kokan coast. 3https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2017/07/fish-haldoni-recipe-kokni-fish-curry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Mon, 31 Jul 2017 01:40:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-8185836223282120033 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); There were so many requests in our Facebook page inbox for this particular recipe. And though this fish curry is a kind of every day affair at my place I was just too lazy to post the recipe. (Procrastination! 😣😑) This 8https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2017/07/aloo-bhajji-potato-pakora-aloo-pakoda.htmlRAMADAN RECIPESnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:09:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-2467065330614400915 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Aloo bhajji/potato pakora Because it's raining and everyone is craving pakoras at tea time so made these simple aloo bhajjiye. :) no glam, nothing fancy bas jhat-pat teatime fixes. 😇 How to make Aloo bhajji | Potato Pakora | 1https://koknicuisine.blogspot.com/2017/07/green-moong-dal-bhajiye-mungrisdale.htmlRAMADAN RECIPESnoreply@blogger.com (Kokni Cuisine)Wed, 19 Jul 2017 05:48:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151899984957396895.post-618870094394685025 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-9478907264957268", enable_page_level_ads: true }); When it's raining, what everyone wants? Yes! You guessed it right! Pakora! So here it's been raining for last few days and we have had different savouries as tea time snacks. Apart from all the jhat-pat or quick fix snacks there are 0