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                            Prawns balchao This is a prawn pickle that has a sweet, spicy and a tangy flavor. Usually, this pickle is prepared and kept for the rainy season when fresh fish is not available.  Ingredients: For the Balchão Masala Paste:-   8-10 Kashmiri dry red chillies (see recipe notes below)   4-5 Byadagi red dry chillies (or any dry red spicy chilies)   1/2 tsp Cumin seeds   1/2 tsp turmeric powder   1 tsp Black Peppercorns   6 Garlic cloves   1/2 tsp cloves   1 inch Cinnamon stick   Vinegar (as required) Other Ingredients:-   Oil (as required)   250 grams Prawns (medium sized)   1/2 tsp turmeric powder   Salt (as required)   2 tbsp Vinegar   5 Garlic cloves (thinly sliced)   1 inch Ginger Piece (chopped)   8 Curry leaves (optional)   1 medium sized Onion (finely chopped)  1 tablesoopn sugar  How ...

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                              Modak Ingredients: Coconut, jaggery, cardamom powder, milk and flour( wheat and maida) , oil and some salt to taste.        How to prepare....  Take coconut, jaggery and cardamom powder in pan. Turn the heat on medium.Mix them well. And let it cook with stirring continuously.Jaggery will start to meld down. And cook it till the mixture becomes semi-dry. It might take 4-5 minutes. Do not cook for longer time otherwise stuffing will become very hard.  Let the stuffing cool. Meanwhile, let’s make the outer layer for modak. Take all purpose flour and salt in a bowl. Add a tablespoon of oil. And mix well with your fingertips.Add milk little at a time and knead into the stiff and smooth dough just.Cover the dough with a damp kitchen towel and let it sit for 10 minutes.After 10 minutes, knead the dough once again; divide it into equal portions. Roll each portio...

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                                   Goan shirvayo Ingredients: For the Shevyo:-   500 grams Rice (ukade rice)    2 tablespoon salt For the Coconut & Jaggery mixture:-   4 cup Shredded fresh coconut   2 cup Jaggery (Mix palm and cane jaggery)   4 tablespoon cardamom  Shevyo are Goan rice noodles served along with coconut and jaggery mixture (called chunn) mostly at evening tea time. Some people prefer shevyo in a coconut milk and jaggery sauce mixture.

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Ingredients: 1\2 cup red matta rice 1\2 cup white urad dal 1 cup coconut milk or toddy 3 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon active dry yeast Salt to taste How to prepare Goan Sannas....  Soak both the rice and the urad dal, separately, in water for 4 to 5 hours. Drain and rinse the rice and dal. Add water to the rice and grind it to a smooth paste. Add this rice batter to a large bowl. Grind dal to make a thick and smooth paste. Add the dal paste to the rice batter. Now add coconut milk to this batter and whisk well to make a lump free batter. Add Salt and 2 tablespoon Sugar to this batter and whisk well. Keep aside. To make yeast solution, mix the yeast in warm water. Stir well and let it rise for about 10 minutes. Add this yeast solution to the prepared batter and stir well. Cover the bowl and keep aside to ferment for about 2 hours or till it doubles in quantity. Heat water in a Steamer. Grease the idli moulds. Spoon the batter in each mould and place it in the steamer and cover and ...

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                           Shell fish mixture Ingredients: Onions,tomatoes,turmeric powder, chilli powder, green chillies, grated coconut, salt and corriender.  How to prepare.....   First of all make two half of the shell fish. Than fry the onions, tomatoes and chillies. Than put the shell fish in it and put a cup of water. Let it cook slowly, till then put some turmeric powder, chilli powder, grated coconut and salt howmuch needed. When all this things got cooked put the corriender in it.  Yes..... It's ready for you... Let us come and join the dining table to have some fun with the shell fish and get mixed in it. Open your mouth....... It's delicious.....🤤