Putpura Sabzi
Putpura mushrooms, foraged from beneath sal trees during the monsoon, are a seasonal delicacy among tribal communities in central India.
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Shevla-Kakad Coconut Curry
This traditional Konkani curry celebrates the monsoon harvest with wild shevla, kakad (a small green fruit that often grows near shevla), seafood, and a rich coconut base.
Biran
A hearty one-pot meal that brings together fish roe, chana dal, and Gobindobhog rice.
This Sunday Market in Alibag Thrives in the Monsoon
The Thal Sunday Market is indispensable to Neil Khopkar’s family-run eatery in Alibag. Leaning into local flavours and ingredients, it is here that they buy hirva vanga, samudra methi, and sakla, among a bunch of other p…