Kokum and coconut milk, with a little garlic and green chilli, served cold. It is pink, sour, and drunk at the end of a coastal meal to settle the chilli and the coconut. Kokum grows along the Konkan coast and is not much used outside it.
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Where to eat it
Named places, with what each one is known for| Name | Where | What it is known for |
|---|---|---|
| Gajalee1990s | Vile Parle West | Served as a matter of course with the Malvani thali. |
| Sindhudurg | Dadar West | Plain and correct. |
| Malvan Katta | Dadar, Prabhadevi | Part of the thali. |
| Highway Gomantak | Bandra East | With the fish thali. |
| Mahesh Lunch Home1977 | Fort and Juhu | On the coastal menu. |
| Apoorva | Fort | With the Mangalorean dishes. |
Worth knowing
- It is drunk at the end of the meal, not the beginning.
- Served cold. Warm sol kadhi is wrong.
- The pink comes from kokum, not from anything added.
- Dried kokum is sold by weight at Dadar and Crawford markets if you want to make it.
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