Dhave Humaan

Dhave Humaan is a traditional Konkani side dish. The word ‘Dhave’ means white and ‘Humaan’ means curry. Dhave Humaan is basically potatoes, colocasia root, long beans and bitter gourd cooked in coconut milk making it delicious and rich.

Ingredients

• 2 medium potatoes, cut into 1 inch long thin slices
• 3 colocasia root/arbi, cut into 1 inch long thin slices
• 3 – 4 tender long beans, cut into 1 inch long pieces
• 1/4 piece of bitter gourd, cut into 1 inch long thin slices
• 2 star fruit, chopped
• 10 – 12 cashew nuts, soaked (optional)
• 3 – 4 green chilies, slit
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp asafoetida
• 1 coconut /25g coconut milk powder (for coconut milk)
• For tempering :
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 /2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 strand curry leaves

Method

• Mix 25g milk powder with enough water to make coconut milk and keep aside.
• Cook the vegetables, cashew nuts, star fruit with enough water, salt and green chilies till the vegetables turn soft.
• Once the veggies are cooked, add the coconut milk ,mix well and stir on a low flame till the curry boils.
• Mean while, heat oil in another pan splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves.
• Lastly, Sprinkle asafoetida/hing and pour tempering over the curry.
• Serve hot with rice.

Notes

You can use fresh coconut milk or coconut milk powder for this recipe. These steps are to be followed if You are preparing this curry with fresh coconut milk.

• For extracting coconut milk :
  • Grate one big coconut. Grind the grated Coconut in a blender to extract the first fresh coconut milk. Keep aside.
  • Again grind the same coconut by adding required water to extract the second coconut milk. Extract maximum coconut milk by adding water. Keep aside.
• Method
  • Cook the veggies in second coconut milk. Once everything is cooked, add the first coconut milk. Do not boil after adding first coconut milk.

• Star fruit is added to the curry for tanginess. If You cannot find it, replace it with dry mango or kodampuli.