…and freeze. To Freeze Pesto: Pour the pesto sauce in ice trays, top with olive oil, cover with cling film and freeze. Once frozen, remove the cubes, store in a zip loc bag, label with date and the weight of each cube of pesto and re-freeze. Thaw the required cubes of pesto when ready to use….
…as delicate as the pomfret. Besides, we Goans love the flavor of mackerel. Curries, croquetas, pickles, etc. prepared with mackerel taste heavenly. Even though mackerel has fine bones; it is a very tasty fish. Have you tried my Goan Mackerel Croquetas? Try them sometime as they are very tasty and just a couple won’t do once you bite into one. Today’s recipe is our favorite Goan Recheado Stuffed Mackerel. Small mackerel is known as Bangurde in Konk…
…ffing padwals, select slightly thick ones & thinner ones for preparing curries or chopped dry vegetables. You can cook padwal in various ways & in innumerable combinations. It has immense health benefits, is low in calories, very light to digest, rich in minerals, vitamins & dietary fibre. It consists of substancial amount of moisture & cools the body. It is excellent for weight watchers & diabetics. It is a popular home remedy…
…ns love to eat fresh galmo and include it in our stir fries, chilli fries, curries, pulao, biryani and make good use of it whenever it is available fresh. Of course, the dried galmo is handy and consumed during the rainy season. This one pot wonder is so easy and quick to prepare even though it feels like a long process. My family loves it so much and who can resist a delicious and aromatic biryani? You can use big prawns if you like but the flavo…
…are used in culinary preparations. Drumsticks are used to prepare various curries, sambar, dry vegetable and soups. Its leaves & flowers are used to prepare vegetables and cutlets. It is high in vitamins, minerals and helps to combat malnutrition. You can prepare drumsticks in a number of ways using masalas you are comfortable with. Today’s recipe is one which we are fond of and can be enjoyed as a side but goes really well with chapattis as…
…th normal steamed rice as well. Children and adults who like mildly spiced curries will love it! I cooked this Prawn Temperado in virgin coconut oil and in a clay pot. We all relished it with sponge dosas the first day and the next day with rice. It did bring back sweet memories of our Goa vacations …Enjoy! 😀 Ingredients: 250 gms. large white Prawns (washed, shelled & deveined) 250 gms. White Pumpkin (peeled & diced into large chunks) 1 dr…
…u carefully stored during summer in your pantry and start using it in your curries or stir fries. During the entire monsoon season, when you could miss fresh fish and prawns in your regular meals because it may not be easily available or might be scarce; it is dry fish which comes to your rescue to make your meal appetizing and fulfilling. The addition of vegetables to your dry fish or dry prawn curry makes it wholesome. It is even better when you…
…ndaloo,sausage pulao, sannas, balchao, popular Goan sweets, savories & curries… the haggling inspite of good bargains, vibrant & colorful sale of clothes, trinkets, straw hats, dried fish, antique furniture & crockery… the list is endless. Eventually, the sausages stole the show as the stock to be bought for consumption & for gifting to friends & neighbours in Pune would be top most priority! These markets are no longer enjoyab…
…only tomatoes, bimlees or bindi sol which is also known as sol/sola/amsol/kokum. Using coconut oil gives a good flavor. Coconut oil is used to prepare traditional curries. You can prepare the curry without oil by thinning the masala paste & directly boiling it….
…tely delicious with fresh mint leaves. I use mint very often especially in curries & biryanis as I love its fresh flavor.. it truly uplifts the senses. Giselle Fernandes, had requested me to post a chicken curry so I thought of posting this divine Fresh Mint Chicken Curry .. I hope you enjoy this one! J I remember the times when I had a little kitchen garden.. the lovely bushes of mint was always the star of the vegetable section. Now,&…