Squid Recheado ( Goan stuffed Squids)

Squids are a very popular seafood in Goa cooked in different styles. Stuffed squids with Recheado masala is something that you always dream of and the moment someone says they made them its bound to make your mouth drool.

The Recheado masala is apt for this recipe as Recheado in Portuguese means stuffing. 

To Prepare the filling:

Cut the tentacles of the squid is cut into small pieces, along with 1 or 2 squids that are cut into small pieces and season with salt. Let it marinate for 10-15 minutes. Now boil the cut pieces in a frying pan with 3/4th cup water. When the water reduce add the cut onion and chillie and finely cut tomatoes. Mix well and add 1 Tbs of Recheado masala and let it cook for 10 minutes.

Now put the stove off and let this chillie fry rest and cool. Once cooled fill the squid tubes with a teaspoon and close them with a toothpick as seen in the pictures.

Now cook them with half a cup of water in the same pan you made the chillie fry. You dont want to over cook these squid as they tend to become rubbery in texture. Let all the water boil away, than add a tablespoon of reachado masala and fry them with a tablespoon of olive oil or choice of oil.

If you never had stuffed squids, this picture will make you try them for sure. Served as a appetizer or with white boiled rice.

Ingredients:

Squids
Goan Red Recheado Masala
Onions
Green Chillies
Tomatoes
Salt
Oil

The Tubes after being filled are sealed with a tooth pick stick.

Prawn and veggie Pulao

Goan prawns and vegetable pulao, coutersy Andrea

Pulao is a occasion dish within Goan Cuisine. Its origin are in the influences from the Muslim who ruled most of India including Goa. Adil Shah ruled goa as part of the Bijapur Sultanate before the Portuguese defeated them and started the Portuguese Colonial era from 1520.

The goan version of pulao is very simple and also influenced by European tradition as we make use of ready made stock cubes. Also the most popular Pulao is either made with vegetable or prawns (Sea Food) as Goa is on the coast. 

  

Another very popular version of Pulao is the Chouris Pulao mixing Persian/Turks influences with the Iberian Chouris introduced in Goa again by the Portuguese. The Chouris has gained a religious status of its own in Goa and can make any pork loving Goan come to its knees for the humble Chouris. The Chouris made in Goa is very flavourful and several notches above the european version. I think the Spanish/Portuguese would give up on theirs once they get hooked to the  Goan Chouris.

Check out: Chouris Pulao

 

Goan Bread Pudding Flan (Pudin de Pao)

This Caramel pudding is quite popular for special occasions in Goa like Birthdays, weddings, Anniversaries and Villages Festas. Its one of my favorite Goan desserts, this puddings was introduced to Goa by the Portuguese and ever since has become a Goan staple of Party dining tables just like it is in Portugal. Its called Pudin de Leite (Milk Pudding) in Portugues or Pudin de Pao when bread is added to give it texture.

The Pudding itself is very simple to make but you just will fall in love with it once you have it. I always liked the one where you could get air pockets in the pudding just like cheese. I was fascinated by it as a child and have enjoyed this dessert ever since I can remember. The 3 main ingredients to this dish are eggs, sugar and Milk (Condensed milk to make more creamier) and other ingredients added as per ones taste like vanilla flavour or adding bread for added texture. If no bread is added than its has a smooth finish.

Ingredients:

3 beaten eggs
8 tbsp of sugar
 2 cups of milk
 3 slices of White bread (Without Crust)
 1/2 tsp of vanilla (extract)
 2 tbsp of water for caramel
 salt (Pinch)

Putting it Together:

• In a container add 2 tbsp of sugar and 2 tbsp of water and caramelize the sugar on a low heat.
• As the sugar browns transfer the caramelized sugar to a pudding bowl and spread it across the inside surface of the bowl.
• Let it stand for a while till it hardens on the bowl
• Now add the remaining sugar to the milk in a separate container, mix well well and boil.
• Take the milk off the heat, let it cool for a while and then add salt, vanilla and stir continuously.
• Now soak the bread in the mixture.
• Mix and mash the bread into the mixture than add the beaten eggs to the mixture and combine well.
• Pour the mixture in the bowl with the caramelized sugar coating and cover the bowl with aluminium foil.
• Set the oven heat dial to 180 C and steam the pudding by placing the pudding bowl in a another container with water and placing this container in the oven.

Note the level of water should not be more than the height of the pudding bowl

• After 40-50 minutes, take out the pudding bowl from the oven and let it cool completely.
• To serve, turn the bowl upside down on a serving plate. Cut into serving sizes and Enjoy!!!

Note: You can make the pudding bowl itself the size of each serving if you wish or bake it as a large single piece to be cut and served.

See here another one cooked earlier

Goan coconut cake (Batica/baath)

This Cake goes by several names possibly due to the name corruption over a period of time. Baath, Batica or Baatk all mean the same and are indicative of a succulent cake made of Coconut and Semolina (Rawa) or Rulao as its called locally.

What  you see on the below star Plater are small baath cakes (Bolinhas), were one of my favorite sweets my mom made during Christmas. I liked my mom's the most as she had perfected this cake which she baked every Christmas without fail and also some other times during the year but always a a regular for Christmas. What is Interesting about Bolinhas, is the name. In Portuguese Bolinhas means a small or little cake. Its like saying cupcakes in English. However in Goa, Bolinhas only refers to small cakes of Batica and nothing else. Although in true Portuguese bolinhas would be any small cakes, the term "Bol" meaning cakes. "Inhas refering something small or little.

Interestingly My mothers name was Terezinha meaning little Tereza or Little Sweet Tereza. In Portuguese, if you want to call someone fondly, you would add "inha" if you are girl or "inho" if you are boy. Remember Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho. 

This particular Bolinhas and Baath cake will always be dear to me as this was the last one my mom and me baked together and hence the memory will last a life time with me. 

Yoghurt and Mint Leaves Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken Cuts (Thigh pieces)

An Inch piece of Ginger and 24 garlic pieces (crushed in stone)
1 Tsp Red Chillie powder

1 Tsp Tumeric powder
2 TspGaram Masala
5-6 Mint leaves
2 Onions (finely chopped)
1/2 a Lemon
small bunch Coriander (Garnish)
2 Green chillies
1 tomato
Salt
Oil

Cooking:

Marinate the chicken in salt, spice powders, lemon juice and ginger garlic. Let stand for 30mins.

In a frying pan, swirl in some oil and fry the chicken. Ensure to not add any chicken juices (Do not throw away the juices). Once fried keep the chicken aside. Now in the same pan, some more oil and add chopped onion, few chopped chillies, fry till the onion is translucent. Now add tomatoes along with half portion of chopped coriander. Fry this, till all has nicely blended into a thick sauce.

Now add the fried chicken back to the pan and the remaining chicken juices and cook a few minutes. Then add in the chopped mint leaves and 2 tbs Jogurt and let cook for additional five minutes. Add a little water if sauce is too thick and let cook additional 2 minutes. Garnish with remaining coriander and serve. 

Spanish Giant Clams

Spanish clams cooked in Goan style. These big Clams were Imported personally from Malaga Spain while on Business Trip. The best market to visit in Malaga is Mercado Central de Atarazanas which is a large Local market selling all local daily groceries including Fish and Meat. 

The sight and sounds of this working market is truly amazing, locals throng this palce to buy their daily staples including fish, meat, vegetable and Exotic fruits. I was impressed by the variety of Fish available on a daily basis. This market has a few restaurant inside it that serve classic fresh fish and meat tapas, a great way to sample their local food cooked fresh daily.

These clams are cooked in a Goan style called "Tisreache Sukhe", Tisreo meaning Clams and Sukhe meaning dry, literally meaning clams cooked dry without gravy.

Butter and Garlic Tiger Prawns

Ingredients:

Giant Prawns

Garlic (Finely Cut)

Corriander

Butter

Simple yet delicious giant prawns cooked with Butter and Garlic.

Preparation:

Cut across the back of the prawns with a small knife and clean the gut and keep aside.

In a pan melt some butter with olive oil and saute the finely cut the garlic. Stir for a minute and add the Prawns. Cook the prawns until nicely pinked on both sides. Garnish with finely cut coriander.

When served, first remove the shell and mix in the juices and bite into the prawns to enjoy the delightful simple flavors of Prawn and butter garlic!!!

Goan Peas Bhajji served with Potato

Paatal Bhaji with Potato Bhaji

This is another traditional breakfast curry in Goa made with White dried peas and Potatoes. Most Goan Cafes serve this for beakfast, goes very well with Puri's however can be enjoyed with our humble Pao. Its one of the most common breafast enjoyed by Goans as well as a meal when out in the local markets.

This is some time called Paatal bhaji if not served with Potato Bhaji. I enjoy eating this Bhaji at Tato's or Kamath hotels found in most towns across Goa. This is one bhaji that i used to insist on eating whenever we used to accompany my mother to Margao Market, it is most commonly server with Puri. However whenever cooked at home it was always enjoyed with our beloved Pao :)

Ingredients:

Dry Peas

Coconut

Garama Masala

Potatoes

Ginger Garlic Paste

Chilies

Tomatoes

Onion

Cheese and chouris Eggs

A simple Egg breakfast and perfect recipe for those lazy weekends. Something different over your usual egg omelette breakfast.

Ingredients:

Eggs

Cheese

Chorizo

Onion

Olive Oil

Chilie

Tomato

Preparation:

Saute some onion with Olive oil with one finely cut chillie and tomatoes. Once the onions are golden brown, add diced choriz and fry till the juices of the choriz are flowing.

Now spread the choriz evenly across the pan and break four eggs on top of the choriz mixture. sprinkle some more choriz slices on top (Optional) and cover the pan with a lid. Let the Egg cook for a few minutes, add grated cheese on top and close the lid for a minute.

Open the lid and serve hot with bread or Pao.

  

Goan Beef Stew

The Goan Beef stew was a wedding favorite a long time ago when I was a kid. With the advent of the buffet style of dining, the fortunes of this dish at Goan weddings have dwindled. Nonetheless this is another all time favorite at Parties or Village Church festas.

This dish is either cooked as a proper stew with gravy or dry version without the gravy. I like it without gravy as seen in the picture. My wife cooks delicious one every time. Its a mix of meat cuts (Pork and beef ) cooked with vegetables along with Pasta (Macaroni).



Ingredients:

 1/2 Kg Beef (No Fat)
 1/4 Kg Pork Belly (Finely Cubed)
 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
 1 tsp Salt
 5 cloves
 1 Tomato (chopped)
 1 1/2 onions, chopped
 1 inch Cinnamon stick
 1/2 cup Green Peas (boiled, Cubed)
 1/2 cup Potatoes (boiled, Cubed)
 1/2 cup Carrots (boiled, Cubed)
 1/2 cup Green French Beans (boiled, cut to size)
  2 cup Macaroni (pre-cooked)
 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
 1/2 tbsp Pepper powder
 1/2 tbsp Coriander powder
 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
 Juice of 1 small lime
 2 tbsp Oil

Preparation:

Dice the beef and pork into small cubes. Marinate it with salt, ginger garlic paste and lime juice to it. Let it rest for at least 30 mins. In a pressure cooker, add a tbsp of oil, let it heat up than add cloves, cinnamon and 1 chopped onion. Fry the onion till soft and golden brown. Now add the meats and Cook on high heat till you see juices coming out from meat. Add 1/4 cup of water, close the cover and keep on high flame till 1 whistle.

In a separate pan, add 1 tbsp oil, remaining chopped onion and tomato, mix well and let it cook till nicely soft. At this time add the powdered ingredients and fry for a minute till all are mixed well. Now add the cooked meat and let it cook in its juices till it start boiling.  Now add the potatoes, carrots, french beans and peas. In a couple of minutes add the macaroni and continue to cook for two more minutes.

If you like it with gravy stop cooking immediately or let the juices dry up to enjoy it a little dry. Enjoy plain or with Pao, whichever way you like.

Chicken wings Marinated with Tangerine

Clean the Wings by removing any extra fat or skin and putting slices across so that the marinade can be properly absorbed.

To prepare the marinade mix the following

2 tspn chilie powder

1 tspn Ginger Garlic Paste

1 tspn turmeric Powder

1 tsp Vinger

1/2 tspn Pepper Powder

Juice of a Half Orange/Manadarin/Clementine (Sweeter the Better)

1/2 tspn Honey

Apply this marinade to the Wings and mix well, now refrigerate the wings for at least 30 minutes. 

Later add a cup of water to a frying pan and add the wings. Let them cook in the water. 

The water will dry out as the wings cook. When almost done, add a tsp of olive oil and fry the Wings till lightly charred.

Chicken with curry leaves

Ingredients:

Ginger and garlic (crushed in stone)
Chicken
Red Chillie powder
Garam Masala
Curry leaves
Onion (finely chopped)
Onion (chopped in squares)
Lemon
Coriander
Dry spice(cardamon, staranise,cinnamon)
Green chillies
tomato
Salt
Oil

Cooking:

Marinate the chicken in salt, spice powders and ginger garlic. Let stand for 30mins.

Heat oil in a pan and add curry leaves, few chopped chillies and whole spice. Swirl in oil for a few seconds and start to fry the chicken. Ensure to not add any chicken juices. Do not throw away the juices.

Nice brown the chicken on high heat and keep aside. Then add the finely chopped onions and nicely brown. Then add tomatoes along with remaining finely chopped chillies and half portion of chopped coriander. Fry this, till all has nicely blended into a thick sauce. Now add the chicken juices and cook a few minutes. Finally add the fried chicken and mix well. Let cook for a additional 3 minutes. Add a little water if sauce is too thick. Garnish with remaining coriander.

Goan Spicy Minced Beef

This dish is another popular dish in Goa. Can be paired with Rice, Pao or even Pasta.

Minced beef
onions
ginger and garlic
tumeric powder
cinamon powder
chillie powder
cardamon
cloves
star anise
bay leaf
Garam masala
vinegar
goan feni
chillie
coriander leaves
egg
salt
oil
Potatoes

Served with Rice. Lemon for tanginess

Breakfast: Best had with bread (Pao)

Chouris (Chorizo) Pulao - Goan favourite, Quick and Easy

This is a quick and easy recipe for Chouris Pulao using Spanish Choriz. A very good alternative when craving some chouris pulao when not in Goa. The Spanish Choriz is available in most Supermarkets in Europe or US.

Ingredients:

Onion

Chile

4 Cloves

3 Cardamom

Cinnamon stick

Star anise 

Bay Leaf

Spanish Choris

1 cup Rice

To prepare the Choriz Pulao. Cut onion and have a few spices as shown. Also cut the chorizo to small bite sizes.

Fry the onion in Olive oil along with with spices.

Now add the chorizo with chilies and bay leaf.

transfer the mixture to rice cooker and add rice

Mix the rice in the Chorizo mix

Add 2 cups of water and put the rice cooker on. (Use the same cup you used to measure the rice to measure your water)

Optionally i have added tow eggs to be boiled in the same water. they will be ready as the rice cooks.

Once the cooker turns off automatically, your Choriz Pulao is ready

Enjoy your Quick and Easy Chouris (Choriz Rice)

Cheats Goan Aad Maas (Pork meat on the bone)

Large Pork Ribs cut into 2 inch pieces
Ginger and Garlic crushed in a mortel
2 large onions
1 large tomato
1 tblspn kashmiri chillie powder
Tumeric powder
Cinamon powder
Cumin powder
Corriander powder
Vinegar
Cashew feni
Salt
Oil
Green Chillies
Potatoe chopped (optional)

Except for the onion, tomato and chillies, mix everything with the meat and let the meat marinate atleast 30 mins.

Fry the onion and chillies untill lighly brown and than add tomatoes. Fry for a minute and than add the meat, mix well and fry the meat for a minute in the onions. Add the potatoez and mix. Now add a glass of warm water and cook the meat for atleast 30-40 minutes or untill the meat in tender.

Serve with hot rice.

Lamb feni masala (Goan Feni Twist)

1/2 kg lamb meat on the bone
2 large onions
1 large tomato
2 Chillies
2 cloves Garlic thinly sliced
Cinamon stick
4 cardamons
6 pepper seeds
Bay Leaf
Cloves
2 tblspn Garam masala
1/4 tspn Tumeric powder
1 tblspn Goan cashew feni
1 tspn goan vinegar
1 tspn honey

Marinate the lamb meat with Vinegar, feni, honey, turmeric powder and Garam Masala. Let it stand for at least 30 minutes.


In a pan fry finely chopped onions with cinnamon stick, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf and pepper  till golden brown. add slit chilies and finely cut tomatoes and fry until onions and tomatoes have blended well.

Add a finely cut garlic and continue to fry the mixture for 2 more minutes. Now add the meat the mixture and combine well. Fry for a minute and than add 2 cups of water and let cook on medium heat for at least 35-40 minutes until the meat has cooked. At the end a nice thick gravy should be formed and not watery.

Serve with Rice and Enjoy.

Simple honey glazed Chicken wings

Chicken wings
Red Chillie powder
Tumeric powder
Ginger powder
Garam masala
Pepper powder
White wine
Vinegar
Salt
Honey

Seasonal veggies

Marinate the chicken with all of the above ingredient except the veggies and let stand for at least an hour or two, over night in the fridge would be perfect. For the ones short on time even an hour is good. Prick the chicken with a fork to allow the juices to be easily absorbed before you let it marinate.


Line a baking tray with foil and arrange the wings to be baked in the oven. A good one hour and 15 minutes should nicely cook the wings at 150 degrees celcius temperature. Right at the end glaze the wings with a little honey to get a nice colour and let cook for a additional 5 minutes.

Serve with boiled vegies, Enjoy!!!

Lamb cooked in Goan Green Curry

Ingredients:

Lamb

3 Cardomon

1 Cinamon stick

4 Cloves

1 Star anise

3 tbs Green masala

3 tbs Red wine

Salt

1 tbs Vinegar

1 tsp Honey

1 onion Onion

2 Green chillies

3 tbs Olive oil

1 tsp Tumeric powder

Salt the meat and marinate in two tablespoons of green masala and half a teaspoon of tumeric powder. Add red wine, vinegar and honey. Mix well and let marinate for atleast 30 minutes.

Add cardomons, staranise, cloves and cinnamon in oil and let it sizzle. Now Lightly fry onions and chillies and Fry for a few more minutes  until the onion is golden brown. Now add the meat. and Lightly fry the meat before adding about two cups of warm water. Close the lid and let cook for at least 45minutes to soften the meat and when the oil start to float you know its ready.

Best Enjoyed with a bowl of rice.

Goan Fish cakes (Mackerel Cutlets)

Ingredients:

3 Mackerels
1 Onions
2 green Green chillies
Fresh Coriander
1 tsp Ginger paste
1 tsp Garlic paste
1 tsp Garam masala
1 tsp Tumeric powder
Salt to taste
Vinegar
Olive oil
Pepper powder

Egg

Bread crumbs or semolina (rawa)

Preparation:

Cook the mackerels in boiling water and de-bone. Taking care to remove every possible tiny bones. Shredd the mackerel meat finely and keep aside.

 Cut the onions very fine along with coriander and chilies. Mix all the ingredients except the bread crumbs, add the egg at the end and mix well. Now tale a ball of the mixture and shape into little cakes (Patties) and fry in Olive oil coated with bread crumbs.

Serve with Pao as seen in the picture or can be had as a side dish with Rice and Curry.

Baby Chicken Roast Marinated in Redwine

Baby chicken
Garam masala
Garlic powder
Coriander powder
Pepper
Honey
Lemon juice
Salt
Chives
Red wine
Tumeric powder
Seasonal Veg
Fries

Lamb feijoada

Beans
Lamb ribs
Star anise
Cardomon
Cloves
Bay leafs
Garam masala

Ginger garlic paste
Onion
Coriander powder
Pepper
Green chillies
Salt
Oil

Potatoes

Egg

Brandy

Vinegar

Tumeric powder

Pan fried Salmon on a bed of Spinach and Potatoes

Ingredients:

Salmon
Spinach
Baby potatoes
Butter
Salt
Pepper
Olive oil
Boiled egg

Season salmon with salt and pepper. Pan fry the salmon skin side first till crispy. Flip over and fry for at least another 5 minutes.

Lightly fry the spinach in olive oil and then add tablespoon of butter. Cook for about 5 mins and at the end add boiled and cut potatoes to this. This is just to give the potatoes a light butter coating. Season with salt and pepper as per taste. Plate the potatoes first and then the spinach.

Lay over the fried Salmon along with a boiled egg and serve. One of my favorites, bon appetite.

Roast Pork Chop on the bone with cashew feni

You will love this simple yet tasty pork chop recipe. To prepare this pork chop you will need the following items.

Pork chop
Coarsely powdered black pepper
Chillie powder
Garlic powder
Tumeric powder
Garam masala (Indian spice mix)
Mixed Herbs
Cashew feni (Optional)
Coconut vinegar or Vinegar of Choice
Soya sauce
Salt
Olive oil

Mix all of the spices and oil and rub the mixture into the pork chop. Now let it marinate in this spices for at least a hour. Roast in oven at 250 degrees Celsius for around 45-50 minutes.

Lightly fry the boiled veggies of choice in the left over juices and serve.

Goan Bebinca with Vanilla Icecream

Another delicious cake that evolved as a fusion of European and Goan cooking.  All time favourite among goan desserts and aptly known as the Queen of Desserts. Its a layered cake that takes a lot of labour to make but once you have mastered it, its sure to make you very popular amongst your family and friends specially at Christmas time as they would flock to you to place their orders for this succulent Christmas speciality. Bebinca is a pudding textured cake and not fluffy like a normal baked cake.

It goes by several other names like Bebique or bibik. It is popularly known to have been a dessert created by a nun named Bebiana at the Santa Monica Convent in Old Goa (Velha Goa), a place just outside the capital city of Goa, Panaji or Panjim. Incidentally Old Goa was the former capital of Goa before Panjim was named the new capital after a outbreak of Plague at Old Goa in the 18th Century. Old Goa was also the first places that the Portuguese settled after a short war broke out with the Portuguese and Adil Shah who ruled Goa before Portuguese established themselves in Goa. It was once called the Rome of the East as the Portuguese built large cathedrals in a cluster. Although most of the building were ravaged by passing of time, however the large churches still remain standing and is magnificent place to visit. Its now designated as a UNESCO world Heritage site and maintained by the Archealogical Society of India (ASI), though its a active religious site of worship for Catholic Goans and other Christian. The Basilica of Bom Jesus is world famous as it is the final resting place (Mortal Remains) of St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit Spanish priest from 16th Century and one of the first to preach Christianity in Goa and else where in Asia including China. For a virtual tour of Old Goa monuments visit ASI Virtual Tour.

Photo Credit: ASI Goa Circle Website.

The bebinca was made as a 7 layered cake to represent the 7 hills of Lisbon. It was served to a visiting priest by the nun, who enjoyed the cake very much that, he commented that it needs even more layers. So the cake is no more baked as a seven layer cake but rather up to each one baking it, it can even have up to 16 layers. The fact that the cake takes almost all day long its up to the patience level of each baker to bake as many he/she can bake.

The cake has travelled with Portuguese to other regions that the Portuguese traded with like Malaysia, Singapore and Macau. I have read that there is layered cake speciality in Indonesia called kak lapi that was introduced to them by the East India Dutch Company, possibly a variation on Bebinca. There are writings on the internet that the reverse flow applies (Malaysia to Goa) to Bebinca however I think its incorrect for the fact that Bebinca was possibly developed much before in the early 16th Century, as Goa was Portuguese territory since 1510, much before the Dutch arrived in Asia and also that some of the Dutch colonies were actually ex-Portuguese territories that the Dutch captured from the Portuguese themselves. So the reverse theory may be hard to believe. Goa was the HQ of Portuguese trading empire in Asia, so it much easier to believe that the dish originated here and travelled else where and also the fact that the other variations in Asian countries mentions the invention or introduction mainly in the 18th Century almost two centuries later than Portugal's arrival in Goa. It could also mean that the other Asian variation on Layered cakes do not have any connection directly with Bebinca but rather to European traditions of baking cakes and may very well have developed independently. It would be intriguing to know from others.

Nevertheless Bebinca is imbibed in Goan food culture and a favourite among goans anywhere in the world. Baking a Bebinca is truly a labour of love and involves a lot of patience. I'm not the one who can wait a whole day or half to bake a cake. It involves baking a layer at time allowing it cool down to add another one than bake again and continue till you have the desired number of layers. Its not hard to bake this cake just needs time and effort and there are no short cuts for that perfect Bebinca or Bebik/Bibik in short, as the Goans would call it fondly.

The Main Ingredients for this dish are :

Granulated white sugar

Coconut Milk

Egg yolk                                   

All-Purpose Flour                                    

Nutmeg powder                                  

Salt                                    

Ghee or butter                         

Sugar caramel

I'm the one who will enjoy this dish from somebody baking it for me or buying off the shelf at stores (Not the best though). If I were to ever bake one. I will surely update this blog article. But if you wish to bake one yourself there are ample recipes on the internet.

You never know I may have a change of mind and bake one soon. so subscribe to this blog to get the latest updates.

If you are inclined to know more about the history of Old Goa, Please visit the ASI Website. They have ton of information and picture with historical anecdotes.

 

Curried Chicken with spinach, carrot and peas

Curried Chicken cooked with Spinach, peas and Carrots. 

Ingredient

Chicken

Garam Masala

Ginger Garlic Paste

Spainach

Peas

Carrots

Onion

Oil

Salt

Fry a chopped onion with oil until golden brown. Add chicken pieces marinated in Salt and Ginger Garlic Paste. Continue to fry few more minutes. Now add the Garam Masala and fry for additional 2 minutes. Now add 2 cups of water, Peas, Carrots and Spinach.

Let it cook for at least 20 minutes. See if chicken cooked and serve it Rice or Bread.