By Shireen Jamooji
October 3, 2023
As the colder months creep in, dishes get more comforting too. For winter, Maharashtra relies on warming spices and seasonal vegetables to create dishes that celebrate the season. Here are 7 you can try.
Pickles are a common summer practice, but this recipe is for winter when the best carrots are available. It's an instant, spicy, and crunchy pickle that pleases your palate.
Dhirde is a thicker Marathi bread made with jowar and sometimes sorghum. Make it a winter specialty by adding spinach, abundant in winter.
Winter's delicacy, elephant foot yam, skillfully turned into hearty, delicious, and healthy fried snacks.
Radish, an often forgotten vegetable in winter stars in this protein-rich dal, perfect with rice.
Marathi's roasted eggplant delight, perfect with phulkas, chapati, jowar roti, or bajra bhakri.
Tender jowar grains, roasted and served with sugarcane juice or buttermilk, perfect for chilly evenings.
A one-pot dish from North Konkan, cooked in a clay pot features vaal, tubers, beans, local spices, and optionally chicken and eggs, often enjoyed around a bonfire.