Located on the Konkan coast, serene in its ambience, strikingly beautiful in its scenic locales and a few hours’ drive from Mumbai, Alibaug isn’t just a holiday paradise but is well known for its lip-smacking, uniquely local variety of seafood delicacies. Cooked in authentic Malvani and Konkani flavours, made from ingredients and spices that trace their history across generations, the gourmet food created for the Alibaug Seafood Trail is perfectly synced to accompany you as you book a SaffronStays private vacation home, unwind by the beach and enjoy tucking into morsels of seafood like bangda and prawns or relish refreshing thalis of vegetables, fish or mutton. If your mouth is watering conjuring up these Konkan seafood dishes, here’s a glimpse of what they are and what you’ll miss if you don’t plan your beach vacation in our select homes in Alibaug, Karjat Lonavala this December.
Perfectly synced to accompany you as you book a SaffronStays private vacation home, unwind by the beach and enjoy tucking into morsels of seafood like surmai and prawns and relish refreshing seafood thalis. If your mouth is watering conjuring up these Konkan seafood dishes, here’s a glimpse of what they are and what you’ll miss if you don’t plan your beach vacation in our select homes in Alibaug, Karjat and Lonavala this December.
RAWA FRY TIGER PRAWNS – Considered one of the most simplest dish to make, pan frying prawns in rawa makes this shellfish texturally rich. The crispy exterior when bit into reveals the soft, delicate prawns inside. However, tiger prawns rawa fry is an art, and it is best enjoyed with a fresh cold drink or simple rice and dal on the side.
SURMAI (KING FISH) – Nothing beats fish that is served as a part of an elaborate traditional meal, one that was eaten with our grandparents sitting around a table, biting into fried and curry fish pieces, dry prawn or ‘Sukka Jawala’ chutney, salad, bhakri or jowar rotis and rice. Reminiscent of the times gone by, this meal is truly fit for a king or queen.
POMFRET RAWA FRY – The quintessential pomfret or paplet as it is locally called, is perhaps the best of the fried fish dishes. Even the simplest turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt marinade elevate the taste of this fish when well-fried and prepared just the right way.
As popular as these dishes are, cooking them up needs just the right mix of ingredients, some delectable fish and a cook who does justice to the delicateness of the meat and makes it just the way you like it. If you want to dig into them while enjoying the sun, sea, coconut palms swaying in the breeze and some languid weather, plan your stay at these SaffronStays homes today!
ALIBAUG: Aura, Casa Del Palms, Estella, Gardenia, Hacienda By The Sea, Kimaya, Osaree, Salt Rim On The Beach, The Forest
KARJAT: Casa Manga, Sundowner, One Tree Farm, Ananya, Odyssey
LONAVALA: Odeon, Windermere
