Pink coconut-and-kokum drink served with coastal fish meals. Cools the palate and aids digestion of rich curries. Editor's TableJourney pick.
Solkadhi is the Koli and Konkan after-meal drink, served at every coastal fish lunch from the western coast of Maharashtra down through Goa. The pink colour comes from kokum (Garcinia indica), the coconut milk gives body, and a tempering of cumin, ginger and green chilli adds the lift. Mahesh Lunch Home, Trishna and Gajalee all pour it daily as a digestive after the seafood thali.
3 editor picks for Solkadhi in Mumbai, ranked by editorial score. All Mumbai signature dishes · Solkadhi across every city.
Trishna ★ 4.8
kala-ghoda · 7 Sai Baba Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai 400001
Trishna in Kala Ghoda has poured butter, pepper and garlic over jumbo crab since 1965. The room is small, the bill is steep, the crab is the city benchmark.
Mahesh Lunch Home ★ 4.5
fort · 8-B Cawasji Patel Street, Fort, Mumbai 400001
S C Karkera opened Mumbai's first dedicated Mangalorean room in Fort in 1977. The pomfret hits the tandoor whole and the fish gassi runs with thick coconut.
Gajalee ★ 4.4
andheri · Kadamgiri Complex, Hanuman Road, Vile Parle East, Mumbai 400057
Gajalee in Vile Parle East serves Malvani coastal cooking with the koli catch that morning. The thali runs prawns, surmai and crab with sol kadhi.