"Bibbe Upkari With Poori/ Cashew Nut Gherkins (Ivy Gourd) Bhaji and Poori." ... a delicious combination of puffed poori with royal cashew bhaji is the most sought after dish from Konkani Saraswat Cuisine ... it just cannot be put in words and you need to try it out yourself ... go for it, you will never regret trying it out .... Yummilicious ...
** I have fond childhood memories of Bibbe Upkari, the most sought after dish from Konkani Saraswat Cuisine. My father’s favorite combo dish wash bibbe upkari with poori and he insisted it to be on menu at ever festive function in our home. I can hardly remember any function without this item and those days it was quite a tedious work as we used those cashew with skin on that needed to be soaked in water overnight till you could peel them off and use the same and that heavy task of preparing it always fell on us children.
** My father always used to store at least 15 kgs of the dried skinned cashews from a dealer from the city of karwar where cashews were in abundance and sold on whole sale after preparing and sun drying them. The purchase was made during April month, so it was dried once again for 2-3 days in full sunlight and then stored in tight biscuit dabbas / tins and stored for almost over an year till it was time for next purchase. Konkani's are fond of cashew nuts more than ground nuts and these are included in almost all sweet dishes.
** Over time the real traditional method of preparing bibbe upkari/dish got changed though in southern parts of India they still continue the old method as they are available there but in other parts mostly cashew nuts have replaced the skinned ones now. This is also the case with caterers when they prepare the dish for function the reason being lack of manpower and time. Now we just soak cashew nuts for 2 hours and prepare it the same way as we would have otherwise and the work of peeling off the skin is reduced.
** The result off course varies by say 10% in both looks, texture and taste, but then all is fair when it comes to cutting down of workload and time. I have begun to follow the use of cashew nuts now and it makes it that much more easier for me. I sometimes soak it overnight in some water or for 2-3 hours in the morning in hot water and use the same. This method off course was suggested to me by my caterer friend as they all use the same method. Well, give it a try and relish it with hot puffed poori for best combination and I assure you will love it.
** As I have posted both recipes of poori and bibbe upkari separately elsewhere, I am just sharing the links to those here without repeating the same. Just click on the links given before and you will get the recipe of the same.
** For the method of making perfect Poori, Please go to the following link …..
** I have written an article on Poori which you will find through the link given below, please do browse through the same when free and give me a feedback ....
** For "Bibbe Upkari/ Cashews Gherkins Bhaji" Recipe, Please follow the link given below …..
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