Doce Bhaji or Doce Baji the lapsi from Goa, what every family should cook up for nursing mothers to nourish them and also put a smile on their face.
So lets take a look at how to cook up the Doce Bhaji for the entire family!
Doce Baji is fairly simple and doesn't take too much time and energy like some of the traditional Goan sweets. Hoping that you have the broken wheat ready, we didn't manage to get the wheat ground at the local mill as they weren't willing to grind only a kilo.
We managed to get a 250 grams packet of broken wheat for Rs 24. The first thing you do is wash it and soak it for around two to three hours so that it cooks faster.
Put your scrapped coconut in the blender to make your thick and thin coconut milk.
Just need to grind half the coconut with extra water for the thin milk and the remaining half with less water for the thick milk.
Then use a muslin cloth to filter the coconut pulp and squeeze the juice out.
Here's the thick and thin coconut milk, you can't make out the consistency in these pictures but in the coming steps you will be able to see the difference.
Put the broken wheat on the fire and add the thin coconut milk. Keep stirring the dish occasionally.
Grind the nutmeg for the powder if you don't have it ready, we make fresh nutmeg powder. Actually we try to make all the masala powders ourselves.
Open up the cardamom pods and crush the insides to gut your cardamom powder.
Once your doce bhaji looks like what it is in the picture you know its nearly done.
Add part of the thick coconut milk to the dish and get ready to add the other ingredients.
Just add a wee bit of the coconut milk, not necessary but this is how we did it.
Add a pinch or two of salt to the doce bhaji this again is as per taste!
Add the ghee to the doce bhaji!
As the ghee melts add the rest of the thick coconut milk and mix it well.
Add the cardamom and nutmeg powder to the dish and mix it up yet again.
Now bring it to a boil again, shouldn't take too long, but keep stirring it so it doesn't get burnt at the bottom.
Pour out the doce bhaji on grease proof paper to cool off and solidify and add some raisins or any other dry fruits you choose to decorate or add more substance to the dish.
Once it thickens it can be cut up into nice pieces or eaten whole and enjoyed.
This is my husband's favourite sweet…and whenever his mum came to visit us, he asked her to make it for him :=//.
i just love the way you present the recipes in here..keep up the good work guys and look forward to some new n simple ;-)recipes.
Hi !! When is your next post ever going to be??
Its been months! im heart broken!!!!!!!
Thank you for the recipe I will try cooking this later.
Thanks very much for the recipes for Christmas sweets, it is so nice to see authentic Goan recipes. Thanks to your mother too for all the trouble she has taken preparing them.
Im glad all of you like it 🙂 This is one of my favorites too ….
Thanks for all the lovely recipes. Although I'm a goan I haven' seen Goa but have tasted most of the goan and portuguese recipes as a child and when my dad was alive.. Now I'm looking for some of those awesome recipes so that my children would have at least a taste of those mouth watering dishes.
Thank you so much for posting them.
Can I use Goa jaggery to make Doce Bhaji? I have had some sweet made with wheat and goan jaggery. Please advise. Thank you.
I have a little goan blood in my genes which explains my passion for goan food.
Unfortunately I feel that its a dying culture in the western world which is such a shame. On account of that goan cuisine is very difficult to come by and in my case, nobody in my family cooks goan.
I hope to change this and learn these recipes with the limited spices and ingredients I can get.
My first attempt will be the croquettes – I love them. Wish me luck!
Lovely!! I tried the Goan fish curry… Lip smacking.. Felt I was in Goa!!
Thanks Clyde for this recipe. Tried it today and it was delicious.
One of my Mum's favourite recipes, this brings back memories. So simple and delicious. As are all the recipes! I added a little more milk and we ate it like a warm dessert.