The sumptuous and filling breakfast dish tastes like nowhere else in the country. Traditionally a mixture of boiled moth beans, potatoes, farsan, sev and kat, a spicy soup like gravy made with garam masala, onions, tomatoes, garlic, ginger and dry and wet coconut. This fiery morning breakfast can get tourists going with its pungent flavors and tantalizing aromas always accompanied by bread (pav). Available at almost all restaurants & breakfast joints.
The kolhapuri wada pav is as bigger sized batata wada served with typical bread slice with chutney & fried green chillies. It’s a simple preparation of potato sabzi balls dipped in gram flour batter & deep fried. The tempting smell of wadas cant leave you without having a bite of it. Available at almost all restaurants & breakfast joints, roadside eateries.
Kolhapur is known for non-vegetarian meal. Tambada rassa and Pandhara rassa, dry and fried mutton, and mutton pickle .Even though eaten in the restaurant it’s Maratha household flavor can be experienced. Kheema Balls Rice is also well known as a special dish as Golyachi Biryani.
Vegetarian meal comprises of pithala and bhakari, leafy and sprouted vegetables with dahi (curd) or butter milk. Servings of the meal in traditional Marathi style proves that the goddess Annapurna (Goddess for meal) has flavored Kolhapurians. Available at almost all restaurants, household eateries (khanavals) , mainly served in thalis .
Tongue teasing , mouthwatering bhel is made from puffed rice & farsan & is a great evening time snack. Mostly served in roadside eateries also available near Keshavrao Bhosale Hall & Rankala Chowpaty.