Long Beans Bhaji – Valichi Bhaji
Many Konkan residents work in major cities like Mumbai and Pune. They visit Konkan two to three times a year: during the Holi celebration, the May summer break, and the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. When these individuals return to Mumbai from their village in Konkan, they always bring Vali Judi and other presents.
Valichi Bhaji stays fresh for 4-5 days, and it's a great exercise to share village stories when cleaning the Valichi Judi. Cleaning the Walichi Judi requires breaking it into little pieces and removing the threads on the sides. And again recall the memories while eating. Valichi Judi keeps village memories alive for the next few days.
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The locally grown, organic Wali tastes sweet, and adding fiery green chili to the bhaji creates a sweet-spicy Bhaji mix. It's a great sweet treat, and the crunchiness of the Wali adds another layer to it.
The locally grown, organic Wali tastes sweet, and adding fiery green chili to the bhaji creates a sweet-spicy Bhaji mix. It's a great sweet treat, and the crunchiness of the Wali adds another layer to it.
- 500 grams Vali (Splits into small pieces)
- 2 Onions (Finely Chopped)
- 6 Green Chillies (Slitted)
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 Potato (Cut into squares)
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 Fresh Grated Coconut (a small cup)
- 2 pinch Asafetida
- 2 tbsp Cold Pressed Oil
Take the bunch of Vali
break the Vali into small pieces, the size of a finger
Remove both the ends of the Vali
While breaking the Vali's remove the threads
Take out the beans from few of the Vali's
Collect the Vali pieces into a bowl
Take some water and wash it properly
Add the squarely chopped Potatoes into the water and wash both properly
Let the water to drain completely
Take one Kadhai and let it heat on medium flame
Add some oil and let it be hot
add some Mustard seeds to it and let it crackle
Add some Asafetida
Add finely sliced Green Chilies and then finely chopped onions and let it become pink
Add some Turmeric Powder & mix it properly
Now add the Vali pieces and mix it properly
Add Salt to your taste and mix it properly
Close it with a Lid and let it cook for 4-5 minutes
Remove the Lid and mix it properly
Now add the Freshly Grated Coconut and mix it properly and Now Turn off the Heat.
Valichi Bhaji is Ready to be Served. It combines good with Chapati, Rice or Jwari Bhakri.
My name is Kunal Bandekar and I welcome you to my FOOD Journey. I belongs to Malvan (Sindhudurga) well known small but sweet town in West coast of Maharshtra, India.
My love towards our Local, Traditional - Malvani, Kokani Food gave this idea to spread the Kokani, Malvani food to the whole World with the help of this Food Blog.
