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+ | ====== Maharashtra cuisine ====== | ||
+ | ==== Zunka Bhakri ==== | ||
+ | A spicy chickpea flour scramble (zunka) cooked with onions, garlic, and chilies — served with jowar or bajra flatbreads. Rustic, fiery, and deeply nourishing. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Pithla-Bhakri ==== | ||
+ | Similar to zunka but more gravy-like, this besan-based curry is a farmer’s favorite, often enjoyed with raw onions, chutney, and buttermilk. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Bombil Fry (Bombay Duck Fry) ==== | ||
+ | Don’t be fooled by the name — it’s a soft, delicately spiced lizardfish, marinated and shallow-fried till crispy. Melts in the mouth! [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Misal Pav (Kolhapuri Style) ==== | ||
+ | A bold, spicy sprouted moth bean curry topped with farsan, raw onions, lemon, and served with pav. Known for its rassa (spicy red broth) — fiery and iconic. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Tambda & Pandhra Rassa (Kolhapur) ==== | ||
+ | Served with mutton or chicken, these are two gravies: tambda (red, spicy) and pandhra (white, coconut-y). Often paired together — a yin-yang of flavor! [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Thalipeeth ==== | ||
+ | A multi-grain savory pancake made from roasted grains, legumes, and spices. Nutty, wholesome, and often eaten with butter or curd. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Kombdi Vade (Malvani Chicken Curry with Vade) ==== | ||
+ | Spicy Malvani chicken curry served with deep-fried rice flour puris (vade) — coconut-heavy and coastal in character. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Solkadhi ==== | ||
+ | A refreshing digestive drink made from kokum and coconut milk, spiced with garlic and chili. Cooling, pink, and perfect after a spicy meal. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Vada Usal ==== | ||
+ | A fusion of vada pav and usal (spiced lentils) — served together with chutneys and crunchy toppings. A Mumbai snack stall gem. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Bharli Vangi (Stuffed Brinjals) ==== | ||
+ | Tender brinjals stuffed with a sweet-savory-spicy paste of ground peanuts, coconut, jaggery, and goda masala — earthy and rich. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Patole (Patoli) ==== | ||
+ | A monsoon-special sweet made by steaming turmeric leaves filled with rice flour dough and a jaggery-coconut cardamom stuffing. Fragrant and seasonal. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Kharvas (Colostrum Pudding) ==== | ||
+ | Made from cow or buffalo’s first milk after calving, steamed with sugar and cardamom. Custard-like and deeply traditional. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Nagpuri Saoji Mutton ==== | ||
+ | This dish is not for the faint of heart — mutton simmered in a dark, dry-spice-heavy curry, often with black pepper, stone flower, and secret masalas. Intense and tribal in origin. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Ghavan with Coconut Chutney (Konkan) ==== | ||
+ | A netted rice crepe, thin like lace and soft inside, made from fermented rice batter — usually eaten with chutney or spicy fish curry. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | Shrikhand with Poori | ||
+ | A heavenly combo of sweet, saffron-infused strained yogurt (shrikhand) with deep-fried pooris — especially popular during festivals. [([[https:// | ||
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