How to make Goan Mussel Pulao -
Goan cuisine is known for its flavourful food and this is one of them – rice and mussels cooked with masalas.
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Main Ingredients : Mussels (tisre) (तिस्रे ), Rice (चावल)
Cuisine : Goan
Course : Rice
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Goan Mussel Pulao Recipe Card
Goa's 450 years under Portuguese domination produced a unique, syncretic blend of East and West that is at once exotic and strangely familiar. The various influences have made the Goan cuisine an interesting blend of tastes as a result of which it has a phenomenal repertoire of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies. Though the recipes and techniques of the two major communities – Hindu and Christian – are different but as a rule the cuisine that comes under the umbrella of Goan is simple but chilli hot and spicy. Traditionally the food is cooked on wood fires in clay pots that are fired by the village potter. Though in the modern times, quite a few Goans have had to leave their land in search of greener pastures, they still get homesick for the smoky flavour of the fish curry and rice that get their distinct taste being cooked in crowded sweaty, smoky kitchens in earthenware pots over wood fires.
Prep Time : 51-60 minutes
Cook time : 21-25 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Spicy
Ingredients for Goan Mussel Pulao Recipe
Mussels (tisre) shelled 1/2 cup
Rice soaked for an hour 1 1/2 cups
Oil 2 tablespoons
Cinnamon 1/2 inch
Cloves 3-4
Black peppercorns 4-5
Onion chopped 1 medium
Garlic-ginger-green chilli paste 1 tablespoon
Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Sunday masala 1 teaspoon
Tomato chopped 1 medium
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves chopped 1 tablespoon
Method
Step 1
Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add cinnamon, cloves and peppercorns and sauté for a minute. Add onion, mix and sauté for a minute.
Step 2
Add ginger-garlic-green chilli paste, mix and cook for a 30 seconds. Add rice, mix and cook for a minute.
Step 3
Add mussels, mix and sauté for a minute. Reduce heat, add turmeric powder, chilli powder and Sunday masala and mix well.
Step 4
Add tomato and mix well. Add salt, mix and cook on high heat for 30 seconds. Add 3 cups hot water, mix, cover and cook for 8-10 minutes. Add chopped coriander and mix well.
Step 5
Serve hot garnished with a mint sprig and lemon slice.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 1485 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 252.2 gm
Protein : 39.7 gm
Fat : 35.2 gm
Other : Niacin- 12.7mg
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