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Monday, 4 June 2012

Goan Recipes

Goan Recipes


Mixed Meat Stew

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:31 PM PDT


The Goan Mixed Meat Stew, is something of a delicacy and generally makes it way to the table on occasions. The recipe takes a good amount of kitchen time and is also extremely heavy on the stomach. A good siesta is recommended post the goan stew with rice :) I do apologize for the camera I used was not mine, but my sisters, it doesn't seem to reprodce colors quite accurately, though it made my job of pictures in low light very easy.


the meats for the stew

Mixed Meat Stew Ingredients

veg ingredients for the stew

250 gms boneless pork
250 gms beef
200 gms boneless chicken
150 gms skinless goa sausage
2 big onions chopped fine
2 big tomato chopped fine
6 flakes garlic sliced fine
1 inch piece ginger sliced fine
5 pepper corns
5 cloves
2 pieces cinnamon (1 inch)
1 carrot
1/2 cup green peas
1/2 cup elbow macaroni (boiled)
1 big potato cut into medium pieces
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 slit green chili

Method

With the shortage of time, we did a quick cook recipe, but the slow cooking correct method will be provided at the end of the post.

chopped beef

Cut and wash the meat seperately, you can start off with the beef, as it would take the longest time required, we would cook it first.

add salt and cook the beef

Apply Salt and add the beef into the pressure cooker with some water to the pressure cooker, do not close the cooker. While this is on the fire you can chop the other meats.

chop the remaining meat


chopped meat for the stew


cook the beef

Chop the onions and tomatoes and add more than half of it to the beef along with some water.



add chopped tomato onions to beef

Now you can close the cooker and in the meantime, chop some of the garlic and ginger.


juliennes of garlice and ginger

If you like you can pound the rest of it.

pound the garlic and ginger

Open up the pressure cooker in a bit and seperate the beef stock from the rest.


open up the cooker


seperate the stock

Now you can start cooking the other meats, add the chicken.

add the chicken

Add the chopped pork pieces.


add the pork pieces


Add the remaining vegetables and its time to add the spices.


add the remaining vegetables

Add the pieces of Cinnamon


add cinnamon

Add the Peppers and Cloves


add pepper cloves

Then add the Cardamom pods


add some elaichi

Once all the ingredients are added pressure cook one more time.


all the goan stew ingredients added

Add the amount of chillies you need, keep in mind the goa sausage meat too will have some spice

add the sliced green chillies

Add the sausage meat and stir up the dish.

add the sausage meat

As you can see the sausage meat colour has spread to the other meats as well. This is what you would use as a stuffing for Pastelão

mix it up well

Add the potatoes and carrots

add the potatoes carrot

Add the beef stock we had kept aside earlier along with the macaroni, the macaroni absorbs quite a bit of the flavour of the dish, if you not too fond of macaroni, you can skip this as well.

add the peas beef stock macaroni

Mix it up again and put it in the pressure cooker once more.

stir the dish again


pressure cook the mixed meat stew

Add the broccoli

add the broccoli

Add some vinegar and salt as per your taste and finally the mixed meat stew is ready!

add vinegar and salt to taste

Enjoy you goan meat stew piping hot with some rice.

mixed meat stew


goan meat stew with rice

The steps for the alternate method are ~

In the cooker add a little oil; drop in the whole spices and sauté onion, tomato, ginger and garlic.

Add only beef, stir fry till onions are brown and add 2 to 3 cups of water and cook the beef till nearly done.

Now add the other meats, add a little more water and cook till meats are nearly done.

Now add vegetables, slit green chili and cooked till done. Finally add the boiled macaroni with 3 to 4 tablespoon milk (optional) and salt to taste.


goan meat stew pastelao

Pastelão can also be made using a similar process all you need to do This dish can be turned into a pie by drying up the above meat mixture, putting it into a baking dish,
topping it with bread crumbs, a sprinkling of sugar, dotting with butter and covering with a sheet of flaky pastry and then baked.

Friday, 23 December 2011

Goan Recipes

Goan Recipes


Neureos for a Special Goan Christmas

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:19 AM PST


For all the people who requested Neureos, you can consider this to be our Christmas gift to you. As promised right in time for Christmas, wish we could put this up earlier but as they say better late then never :)

Before we indulge our selves, a quick fact, as usual, people who know your Goan history please feel free to add in the comments about how Neureos came up.

Neureos are part of consuada, (sweets sent to neighbours and relatives) and has been heavily influenced by hindu cooking, along with kalkals and shankarpalis.

Nuereo Ingredients for the Pastry:
Neureo Ingredients
1/4 kg sieved Maida
1 table spoon Melted Ghee
1/2 tea spoon Salt
A little warm water for kneading

Nuereo Ingredients for the Filling:

100 gms Rawa
2 table spoons Roasted Sesame Seeds
2 table spoons Khus khus (poppy seeds)
200 gms dessicated Coconut
Powdered Sugar as per taste
2 - 3 Table spoons broken Cashewnuts
2 - 3 Table spoons raisins (Kis mis)
Cherries optional
8 - 10 Elaichi (Cardamoms)

Hope your all set for some multi tasking, heat the ghee so its easy to mix with the maida.
heat some ghee While the ghee is getting hot, roast the rawa on low flame until it turns light brown.
roast the rawAs the rawa is getting roasted add the heated ghee to the maida.
add ghee to the maida Sprinkle a pinch of salt and knead the dough.
knead the dough Continue to knead until the dough becomes soft and keep it aside.
knead the dough into a ball and keep it aside Once the rawa is roasted, add poppy seeds, sesame seeds and stir it well.
add some poppy seeds
add some sesame seeds Pound the cardamom until its powdered.
crush the cardamom Add some ghee in the center of the rawa mix.
make some place for the ghee Fry the cashew nuts in the ghee. fry the cashewnuts in the gheeBefore you mix the ghee with the rawa, add some raisins as well.fry the raisins in the ghee as well Now its time to add dessicated coconut and stir all th ingredients.add the desicated coconutMix all the ingredients for the Neureou filling well.
mix all the ingredients Put in the powdered cardamom and stir it up again.
add the elaichi powder Add the powdered sugar to the rawa mixture and continue to stir.
add the powdered sugar
mix all the neureous ingredients You can drop in pieces of cherry if you like, this step is completely optional, and mix it.
add the cherry pieces to the mixtureThe Neureo filling is ready for now, keep it aside and get back to the pastry dough.
neureous filling is ready Divide the dough into small balls and roll out into thin circles like chapatis.
flatten the pastry dough Add a spoonful of the neureo filling in the center of the circle.
add a spoon full of filling in the center Wet the edges of the neureo pastry so it doesn't open up and sticks well.
add water ti the edges of the neureo pastry
Fold the pastry as shown in the picture, you can probably spread the filling a little along the center to make this process easier.
fold the pastry You can use a fork to make a small design on the edges or a pastry wheel cutter.
using a fork on the ends for a design
Heat the oil in the pan and when hot its time to put in the Neureos.
fry the neureos in hot oil
Heres a bunch of Neureous just waiting to be fried!
neureous ready for frying
deep frying neureos Turn the neureos when the side gets golden brown.
turn the neureos When both sides turn golden brown you can take them off the fire.
remove when golden brown Drain out the excess oil by placing it on a newspaper for a while.
place on a newspaper to drain out the excess oil
It time to bite into a crispy goan sweet filled with the richness of the fruits of goa, coconuts and cashews. Neureos tastes lovely fresh, store it in an air tight container if not consuming immediately. Trust me your going to polish these off :)
ready to eat neureosA merry Christmas to all of you!