Here's JOYCE
FERNANDES with some more recipes for typical Goan dishes.
Chicken
Curry
Ingredients:
1 kg chicken, 1 tsp salt, 1 1/2 tbsp
ginger-garlic paste, 2 tbsps lemon juice, 4 dry red chillies, 2 tsp
cummin seeds, 4 peppercorns, 1/2 tsp turmeric, 1 tsbsp coriander
seeds, 5 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon, 4 tbsps oil, 6 onions (chopped
fine), 6 tomatoes (chopped fine), 4 green chillies, 1/2 tsp
asafoetida (powder) and 3 tbsps chopped coriander leaves.
Method:
Clean and cut the chicken into desired pieces. Apply the
next 3 ingredients. Grind chillies and the next 6 ingredients to a
fine paste. Heat 2 tablespoons oil and fry 1 chopped onion. Mix
chicken and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Take another pan, heat the
remaining oil and stir fry the remaining chopped onions. Add
tomatoes and green chillies. After 1 minute, stir in the spice-paste
and then the fried chicken. Add 2 cups water and allow the chicken
to cook on slow fire. Finally add the last 2 ingredients and simmer
for a minute. Add salt if necessary.
Lime Chutney
Ingredients:
12 sour limes, 2 pods garlic (sliced
fine), 4 inch ginger (sliced fine), 6 green chillies (cut fine) 1
tbsp chilli powder, 12 tbsps sugar and 125 ml vinegar.
Method:
Wash, wipe and slice the limes fine. Discard the seeds and
reserve the juice. Mix the next 5 ingredients into the sliced limes
and its juice. Allow the mixture to cook on slow fire till slightly
thick. Add vinegar, simmer for 3 mintues and keep the pan down from
the fire. Cool and bottle. Should be consumed after 3 weeks at
least.
Patolleo
Ingredients:
500 gms rice, 1 large coconut
(grated), 500 gms jaggery and 2 dozen turmeric leaves.
Method:
Soak the rice overnight. Using very little water, grind it
fine till a nice dough is formed. Melt the jaggery in a little
water, add the coconut and cook till quite dry. Wash and wipe the
leaves dry. Starting from one end of each leaft spread a small ball
of dough thin on the leaf using 3 fingers. Place a little coconut
filling along the centre and fold the leaf. Seal the edges firmly.
Steam for 15 to 20 minutes.
