Born and bought up in Maharashtra, listing here some of my favorite vegetarian dishes from the Maharashtrian cuisine
Main Cuisine
1. Varan Bhat - nothing feeds your soul like hot varan bhat.
2. Pithla Bhakri - just eat jowar bhakri’s off tawa and pithla from kadhai. Trust me, you’ll fall in love with this ultimate food combination. Usually accompanied with thecha and kanda.
3. Jhunka Bhakri - this is soul sister (read - modified version) of pithla bhakri
4. Puran Poli - this lipsmacking beauty! Oh, soft puran poli’s are love!! ❤️
5. Misal Pav - I guess ‘yummy in my tummy’ was made for this dish. Sabzi packed with nutrients from sprouts with farsan topped, eaten with pav.
Bhakri
1. Thalipeeth - Mixture of grains and yummmmm
2. Tandlachi Bhakri - these rice bhakri’s are made in a different fashion and are super soft
Nashte (for breaks between meals)
1. Vada Pav - fried vadas with lehsun chutney filled in pav has it’s own fanbase
2. Kande pohe - Pohe with crunchy peanuts is a perfect evening snack
3. Dadpe Pohe - sister variant of kande pohe, full of nariyal
4. Alu wadi - Yummy tea time snacks, can be eaten as is or fried and it delicious either way.
5. Kothimbir Wadi - coriander fritters, must have with adrak chay!
6. Sheera - rava sheera, a sweet delicacy. Especially the ones made in Satyanarayanachi Pooja are next level!!
7. Kanda Bhaji - adrak chay, kanda bhaji and rains are a deadly combination
8. Gilkyachi Bhaji - sponge guord fritters, sounds weird but tastes yummm
9. Upma - topped with nariyal, this is a perfect tea time snack
Faraal
These are yummy fried snackable options made for Diwali and otherwise too.
1. Bhakarwadi (rolled snacks) -
2. Shankarpali (sweet version) -
3. Namkeen Shankarpali (usually ajwain etc are used in dough) -
3. Chikki (peanut, almonds, cashews etc in jaggery) -
4. Chivda (salty, sweet and spicy) -
5. Karanji (sweet fried snack) -
For fast
1. Sabudana Khichdi - must have on fasts, full of energy and stomach filling
2. Sabudana Vada with Nariyal chutney
Sabzi’s
1. Gavar chi bhaji - slightly sour but too yum to give this a miss
2. Usal - usually made up of sprouted moong and eaten with rice
3. Wal chi bhaji - time taking but worth it
4. Shepu chi bhaji - must eat healthy greens in winters
Side dishes
1. Koshimbir - salad with cucumber, tomato, onion, coriander etc, tasty and healthy
2. Shrikhand - sweet hung curd, is there anything in this entire world that tastes better than shrikhand ? Especially aamrakhand (shrikhand with mango)
3. Sol kadhi - made with kokum and coconut milk, this konkan delicacy is a must have
4. Shengdana ani lehsun chi chutney - made with peanut and garlic and can be stored for a couple of weeks too
5. Thecha - made with garlic and chillies, with a dash of lemon and salt.
6. Masala Dudh - dry fruits in milk, can be had during winters and also in other seasons
7. Amti - this tangy dish will definitely leave you wanting for more
Ganapati Special
1. Ukadiche Modak - made for Ganapati Bappa and trust me, you cannot stop at one or two or three or four or…
Papads
1. Kurdai - made from wheat (can also be made from rice) in summers, it is a yummy delicacy. Yum 😋
Let me know if I missed out anything. Would be happy to add it in this list.
Edit - thanks Ashwini Upasani for the following two dishes -
1. Bharli vangi - stuffed brinjals, eaten along with dal rice
2. Basundi - sweet dish, and you will definitely find this in all the Maharashtrian weddings
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