the coronavirus lockdown has brought about many changes in households where once groceries were plenty today many families are rationing supplies to ensure minimal wastage people buy limited quantities of supplies as permitted at the stores and ensure these are utilized to their maximum potential an approach that has opened surprising new vistas and unleashed a spate of creativity among goan cooks we talk to a few of them fish is a staple of goan diet the supply of which has been affected during the lockdown so whenever fish is available it is utilized as much as possible we usually throw away the head of prawns but since there is a scarcity of fish in the market we decided to use a part of the head to make cutlets we boil the leftover after cleaning the prawns made a fine paste mixed with potatoes and other spices to make the cutlets this helps the kids tide over their fish cravings while trying something new which seems to amaze them says maria dcosta from vasco i made a mixed vegetable and noodle soup i had leftover noodles since theres no chicken available to make broth from bones i used the peels of vegetables veggies like carrots potatoes and boiled them to make the broth i also had left over spinach which i used to make spinach caldo with the accompanying toast made from leftover bread says shaeen gomes from panaji assavri kulkarni a photographer says i use the grated coconut fiber leftover after extracting milk to prepare dosas or cakes for the family in addition the skin of pumpkin was sundried and used to make crispy salad toppinggina mascarenhas dias uses leftover french beans to make french bean parathas we had prepared french bean bhaji earlier in the day which was leftover for the night inorder to try somethingdifferent i decide to use this recipe for parathas i came up with myself i used some herbs and spices to enhance the taste and it seemed to go well with the kidsdr linoshka dsilva from margao turned overripe bananas into a healthy desert since the bananas were already overripe and we couldnt couldnt finish them all in one go decided to freeze them and blend along with some cocoa powder and homemade peanut butter and a pinch of salt to make this delicious n healthy nice cream topped over with some nuts i also made a beet banana smoothie using the leftover water of boiled beetrootstopped over with my favourite muesli dry fruits and nutsnow no reason why breakfast cant be healthy refreshing and yet sinfully decadent orson dias a restaurateur has made bread pudding using leftover bread austina cardozo says i had bought tomatoes in bulk before the lockdown since they were getting spoilt i made tomato ketchup old cabbage and onions were used to make gobi manchurian