Flavours Of India

Vindaloo Pork Curry

Ingredients:

15gms ginger, 8cloves, 2 dry whole red chili (soaked in1 cup vinegar 2 hours, vinegar drained and reserved), 2 sticks of cinnamon, tsp vegetable oil, 3 large chopped onions, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 ½ kg pork cut into 4 cm pieces, 4 tsp salt, ½ cup water, ½ tsp turmeric powder

Method:

Take ginger, garlic, cloves, chilies and cumin sedan grind them together well into a fine paste. Also add vinegar little by little in which chili were soaked so that all the vinegar gets used up.

Now heat oil in a cooker for 2 minutes and add onions to it and let it fry nicely till they turn golden brown. Then add ground paste, salt, meat and turmeric powder to it. Stir and fry for 6-7 minutes plus keep on adding water to it. Stir once. Close the cooker now and bring it to full pressure high flame. Cook for 8 minutes more after reducing heat. Remove cooker from heat and let it cool naturally. Open and then serve hot.

Nistahi Coddi (Fish Curry)

Ingredients:

¾ cup grated coconut, 1 tbsp coriander seeds, 5 whole dry chilies, 1 tbsp coriander leaves, 4 tbsp vegetable oil, ½ tsp turmeric powder, 1 ½ cup water, 1 large grated onion, 1 sprig curry leaves, 4 slit green chilies, 1 tbsp salt, 1 medium blanched and chopped tomatoes, 15 gm tamarind soaked in ½ cup of hot water for 1inuts with extracted pulp, 2 medium prom fret cleaned and cut into 2 ½ inch pieces

Method:

Make a nice paste of coconut, cumin seeds, red chilies, and coriander seeds in a grinder by adding water to it little by little. Now heat oil in a cooker and add onions to it. Let the onions fry till they turn golden brown. Add turmeric powder and coconut paste to it. Fry them well till oil gets separate. Stir it constantly. Add curry leaves with ¼ cp of water with tomatoes to it. Let tomatoes get pulpy. Then add green chilies, salt tamarind pulp and enough water to it. Bring it to a boil. Now add fish to it while stirring carefully. Close the cooker and let it cook on a full pressure. Later reduce heat and cook for 2 more minutes. Remove cooker from heat. Release pressure and then serve hot.

Tags: spicy