Narali Bhat

Fragrant sweet rice cooked with freshly grated coconut, jaggery, cardamom, and saffron — prepared on Narali Pournima (coconut full moon festival) as an offering to the sea. The rice is cooked in coconut milk and the grated coconut is stirred through hot, finished with ghee-fried cashews and raisins. A Koli and Maharashtrian coastal festival staple, narali bhat is sweet, rich, and deeply coconut-forward.