first experience of mussel,..nd goan style mussel pulao

what a experience to remember,..i had mussel pasta few days back,,really liked the mussel taste..today when i went for grocery shopping with my son i saw green mussels,..couldnt stop myself from buying,..back home i googled for recipes...and got the goan mussel pulao,..easy to make,..i thought of preparing goan mussel pulao for dinner,..but ididnt had any idea how to clean ,whether to cook after opening the shell,..or cook with shell,..i had asked the guy at the shop way to clean mussel and he told me to keep in salt water before cooking,,i had kept for half an hour, but still was closed..hubby was on night call,..so called him up and asked him,,,he told me to slit open the mussel with knife,,i tried but it was to hard to open,.then i googled ways to open mussel,,and i got this it was written that i can cook without opening the shell,,and on cooking the shell will open on its own,..it was like taking bigtime risk,,i thought if the shell dont open i will just eat the rice,..i had to take risk,,,so i followed,,,which goes like this

ingredients
mussel one cup ( i used four)
rice two cups( i used one bowl of cooked rice,,as i already had leftover cooked rice
one onion chopped
one toamto chopped
one tablespoon oil





green cardamom 4
clove 4
cinnamon stick one inch
red chilli 4
salt to taste
turmeric powder a pinch

procedure

heat oil in wok
add cardamom,clove,cinnamon and redchilli



now add chopped onion followed by toamtoes
add the turmeric and salt..and keepfrying till tomatoes lose their shape
now add mussels



voila as soon as i added mussels they started popping up,,i sighed..i was pretty tensed,,

after two minutes add rice



half bowl of water

cover and cook
mussel pulao is ready to eat,..

Goan style chicken curry

goan food whatever it is...tamarind and coconut are common ingredient,..curry of goan recipe is neither thick or thin its coarse and granular...because of the coconut...coconut imparts distinct flavour to the goan recipes which is quiet distinctive for goan recipes,,,so here comes the goan chicken curry recipe from one of my fav place on earth...do cook to relish the flavour of coconut and tamarind in chicken,..

so here comes the ingredient

chicken 250gm
chopped onion two
chopped tomato one
coconut milk one cup
oil twoteaspoon

for the paste

one inch ginger
six garlic cloves
tamarind pulp twotablespoon
coconut dried two inch
salt to taste
turmeric powder half tsp
coriander seeds one tsp
cumin seeds one tsp
make paste and keep aside

procedure

heat the pan and dry fry the chicken without oil and keep aside





heat oil and fry onions till they start turning pink



add the paste and tomatoes and fry till u see oil along the sides of the vessel






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now add fried chicken and fry till the masala blends with the chicken



finally add the coconut milk and let it simmer ,cover and cook,for few minutes



we enjoyed with besan roti...

Recipe from my favourite place Goa- goan style masala potato

ingredients

potato peeled and cubed two
onion one
tomato one


garlic flakes chopped one
ginger 1/2" piece


cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
whole red chilies 3
salt to taste
oil 2tbsp


procedure
grind ginger, garlic ,redchilies and onion to a paste



heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds,when they turn brown add the paste and fry for 6 mins





add tomatoes and fry till they are soft


add potatoes and mix well


add sugar and salt
add 1 cup of water
cover and cook till mixture dries and patatoes become tender