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Maharashtrians regard their food equal
to Brahma, the creator and Maharashtrians have a strong belief in
offering food first to God as thanks giving.
Especially on the festive days,
specific sweets are prepared and offered such as Modak for Ganesh
Chaturthi and Sheera for Satyanarayan puja.
Maharasthrian food is of two styles
namely, Konkani and Varadi. The Foods in Maharashtra of the region that
is sited on the Arabian Sea coast is called the Konkani cuisine.
This is in fact a combination of the
Malvani, Goan and the Saraswat Brahmin cuisine. The Varadi cuisine
relates to the Vidarbha area and is the interior Maharashtra.
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Maharashtrian food is packed with subtly
flavored delicacies that are hot and aromatic. The fish curries, the
crisp sweets are made from jaggery and rice and are the favorites.
The Konkan food has coconut inclusions in
every preparation and is strong with red chilies, coriander and
masalas. The foods in Maharashtra, especially the Kolhapuri food
highlights on mutton.
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The Vidarbha region food is strong in
preparation using chili powder and garlic. Mumbai is a pot-pourri of
dishes such as vada pav, pav bhaji and missal that are immensely
popular in India.
The Konkan cuisine is spicy, and gives
a sweet and sour taste using kokum or some souring agents such as lime
and tamarind. Foods in Maharashtra differ depending on the economy
levels.
The working families live on diets
prepared by the street vendors and the encouraging thing to be noticed
is that these vendors synchronize the taste with the expensive
restaurants to a great extent.
The fast food vendors are not
restricted to bhel or panipuri. The roadside snacks have an extensive
list such as dosas, pulao, pizzas, biriyani, hamburgers, and more.
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Mumbai is unbeatable for its chaat items
such as vadapav, sandwich, and many more items. The list is endless.
Maharashtrian food is simple and wheat rotis are a must in their daily
food.
Maharashtrian food includes lots of garlic,
tomatoes and onions. Their food is incomplete without the addition of
any of these. The usage of coconut is very less but for the Konkan
people who use lots of coconuts. Bombil is the popular seafood.
Rice and bhakris are the main intake for
Maharashtrians. Foods in Maharashtra are incomplete without Puran Poli,
a sweet mixture of jaggery and gram flour stuffed in rotis and
Shreekhand prepared out of curds. Some other sweets are the Badam
halwa, Shankarpali, Karanji and Shengdana chikki.
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