MOTHERS FAVORITE RECIPE-VATANA GOLEE.

Vatanyache golee or usal is a gravy dish with green peas.
This is my mother’s specialty she loves making this vegetable ever since I remember. She makes it at least once a week even now. Whether the peas are in season or not do not matter to her ,she buys frozen peas and does this dish regularly.
Regarding me I seem to have some block in my brain as regards to this dish , I make it rarely although its an extremely simple and delicious dish, secondly every time I make it I seem to forget how I had made it and have to call up my mother to take the recipe. That’s what I did today morning I called her up as soon as the menu for the day was fixed and got the recipe from her with her usual comment “ what’s wrong why do you always forget the recipe for this simple vegetable when you make can cook unusual and much more complicated recipes” now!!!! What am I supposed to tell her or for that matter anyone else.
So now, the next alternatives were to blog about it and have the recipe written and photographed for ever….
Do you agree with me?


INGREDIENTS:

3 cups green peas
1 cup grated coconut
½ tsp pepper corns
marble size piece of jaggery
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp hing or asafoetida
1 tsp haldi powder
oil for bagar


METHOD

Take a pan, add oil when hot put mustard seeds and hing
Add haldi powder and the green peas.
Add water and salt and let them cook till soft.
Grind together coconut, peppercorns ,jaggery and chili powder .
Add this ground mixture to the cooked green peas
Let it cook .
Serve with rotis or chapattis.

SOME MORE VENDORS....

I hope you all got a glimpse of the goan vendors and what they sell ...
These small shops also show the simplicity that is still prevalent in the goan culture they are still firmly rooted to their beliefs and customs and love to live a good and simple life ,where there is time for enjoying simple pleasures of life.


MAN SELLING FRUITS ,WAFERS AND BISCUITS ON THE SAME CART

OUR FAVORITE HALT FOR HAVING A COOL GLASS OF SODA-LIME ON A HOT AFTERNOON.THIS STALL IS JUST OUTSIDE THE SHANTADURGA TEMPLE

SHOP SELLING FRUITS AND CUCUMBER ON A HOT AFTERNOON

The above shop keeper sells the cucumber after it is washed,sliced and a pinch of salt andchilli powder is added to it.

LOCAL VENDORS AROUND GOAN TEMPLES......

Temples are a very important tourist attraction in Goa, and you will have loads of tourists flocking to the temples in buses and cars every year.
Being a place of great tourist attraction is also a source of income for many goan locals and you will find many small shops adjoining the temple premises . I have clicked some of the local vendors who we see frequently around the temple.


CUCUMBER AND FLOWER SELLERS OUTSIDE THE MANGESHI TEMPLE
SHOPS SELLING GOAN SPECIALITIES LIKE CASHEWNUTS ,JACKFRUIT CANDY AND MANY MORE GOAN DELICACIES

FLOWER SELLERS OUTSIDE SHANTADURGA TEMPLE

FLOWER SELLER INSIDE THE SHANTADURGA TEMPLE PREMISES

SHOPS SELLING GOAN HANDICRAFTS JUST OUTSIDE THE SHANTADURGA TEMPLE.

you can see the influence of the sea and its elements on the handicrafts of Goa.

These are some of the handicrafts made in Goa.

1. Coconut products---These products are made of dry coconuts and coconut shells.The dry coconuts are nicely carved in different designs, varnished and coloured to make it more attractive.The items produced include Table lamps, flower pots, table clocks, different idols and decorative items.

2.shell products----Shells with beautiful shapes, bright colours are designed to form lovely wall hangings,lamps etc.

3.Clay products----This is the traditional art that has come from generation to generation. Right from utility items like pots, ash trays, to decorative items like flower pots, idols of Gods etc. have been moulded out of mud.

4.Bamboo products----These products are made with fine Bamboo from Goa.

some more photos in my next post..

SOME GOAN PHOTOS....

SEA-SIDE PHOTOGRAPH

FERRY USED FOR COMMUTING FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER

FISHERMEN BOAT WHICH BRINGS IN FRESH FISH EVERY DAY

THIS BOAT IS USED TO TAKE TOURISTS FOR A DOLPHIN SIGHTING RIDE

let me share with you some photos which i clicked when in GOA .
These are a set of photos which shows you the goan sea side and the various types of boats found here. There are also some ferries or small boats which are kept for entertainment of tourist which i did not get an opportunity to click. They look very interesting with lighting at night, live band playing goan local music . Its a one and half hour ride for tourist which rejuvenates them.