Karwar Style Bibya Usal Recipe (Spiced Cashew Nut Sabzi)

Karwar Style Bibya Usal Recipe (Spiced Cashew Nut Sabzi) is the Konkan and Karwar style cashew sabzi. A customary side dish, in any function or festival in Konkani cuisine. Serve it along with Muga ambat and phulkas.

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Karwar Style Bibya Usal Recipe (Spiced Cashew Nut Sabzi)
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Karwar Style Bibya Usal Recipe (Spiced Cashew Nut Sabzi) is the Konkan and Karwar style cashew sabzi. A customary side dish, in any function or festival in Konkani cuisine. Fresh, tender cashews are sautéed along with few spices to make this tasty and simple stir fry.

Serve Karwar Style Bibya Usal Recipe (Spiced Cashew Nut Sabzi) along with Karwar Style Muga Ambat and Phulkas for a weekday meal.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Karwar Recipes such as : 

  1. Karwar Style Lasani Kadhi Recipe
  2. Dali Thoy Recipe
  3. Karwar Style Varan Kadhi Recipe

Cuisine: Karnataka
Course: Side Dish
Diet: Vegetarian
Equipments Used: Hard Anodised Kadai (Wok)
Prep in

5 M

Cooks in

10 M

Total in

15 M

Makes:

2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Cashew nuts , soaked in warm water and salt for 15 minutes
  • 3 tablespoons Fresh coconut , grated
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • Salt , to taste 
  • For tempering
  • 2 teaspoons Coconut Oil
  • 1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
  • 3 Dry Red Chillies , broken (adjust to taste)
  • 4 cloves Garlic , crushed 
  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • Curry leaves , a few

How to make Karwar Style Bibya Usal Recipe (Spiced Cashew Nut Sabzi)

  1. To begin making the Karwar Style Bibya Usal Recipe (Spiced Cashew Nut Sabzi), soak the cashews in warm water and a little salt for about 10 minutes.

  2. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds and let them splutter.

  3. As the mustard splutters, add split black gram and fry till them till it turns golden brown.

  4. Break in the dry red chillies into half into the kadai and add curry leaves along with crushed garlic

  5. After a few seconds of frying them, add the cashew nuts and turmeric. Toss cashews to mix with the tempering. Keep sautéing for a couple of minutes on medium heat.

  6. Add salt, sugar and about 1/4 cup of water and mix everything well. Now cover and cook in low heat for 5 to 10 minutes. Cashew nuts should be soft but slightly crunchy.

  7. Add grated coconut and allow all the water to dry up with stirring. Check for salt and adjust spices if needed, allow to sit for a minute and switch off.

  8. Serve Karwar Style Bibya Usal Recipe (Spiced Cashew Nut Sabzi) along with Karwar Style Muga Ambat and Phulkas for a weekday meal.