Oyster Sukha Masala Goan Style

This is my Mother's  recipe  and one of my  favourites. With oysters you can come up with different types of dishes like in Goa we prepare Oyster Garam Masala curry, Oysters in Coconut curry and  fried Oysters in rava batter-the same way as we fry fish.

Oyster Sukha Masala- Goan Style




Ingredients:

Fresh Oysters 16 Fl. OZ.

2 Medium Onions finely chopped

1 small tomato

1 teaspoon Garam masala powder

1/2 teaspoon red chilly powder

1/4 teaspoon tumeric powder

1-2 green chillies chopped

1 teaspoon oil

1/2 grated fresh coconut
salt to taste

finely chopped cilantro for garnishing

Method:

• Examine and remove any shell from the Oysters and wash them before use.
  
• Add oil in a pan and Sauté chopped onion until translucent.
• Add chopped tomato and stir fry for sometime.
• Add all the spices- tumeric powder,garam masala and red chilly powder and mix well.
• Add the cleaned oyster, as you cook the oysters the juices from it will ooze out and you will be left with shrunken oysters.
• when almost 3/4th of the liquid is evaporated add grated coconut,green chillies and salt.
• Cook further till all the liquid is absorbed .
• Garnish with chopped cilantro .
• Serve hot with rice or bread.

Note:
The same preparation can be made using Shrimps instead of Oysters.
One can also prepare clams sukha using the above recipe, but  substitute dried kokam /dry raw mango instead of tomato and in addition add a bit of water so as to cook the clams.

Carrot/Gajar Halwa

Welcome to my Mouthwatering Dishes Blog!

This is my first post, so thought of starting with something sweet, so here goes Carrot/Gajar Halwa to sweeten your mouth buds. This Halwa is prepared in a slightly different manner so as to preserve the crispness of the grated carrot and the taste is awesome. Thank you for stopping by and soon there will be loads of recipes especially Goans and many more.

Ingredients:

8-9 medium size Carrots finely grated

3-4 tablespoon ghee/butter

4-5 tablespoon sugar

1/2 cup khoya/mava/condensed milk (If khoya is not available,you can use condensed milk instead and adjust sugar)

1/2 teaspoon cardamon powder

1/2 cup nuts and raisins

salt to taste

Method:

• Steam the grated carrots in the microwave on high for 5-6 min, stirring in between.
• Alternatively the grated carrots can be steamed using a pressure cooker for 4-5 min without weight.
• Heat ghee and fry nuts till slightly brown, and keep it aside.
• In the same ghee add cardamon powder- this will increase it's aroma.
• Stir in the steamed grated carrots for few minutes till they look shiny.
• Add crumbled khoya/condensed milk and cook over a low flame.
• Add sugar, salt,as the sugar melts liquid will release, stir fry until liquid evaporates.
• Put off the heat,add the fried nuts and raisins, mix thoroughly. Serve hot!

Note:

• The steaming process gives a nice crunchy effect to the gazar halwa ,and this also avoids over cooking of the carrots thus preserving the taste and nutrition.
• Condensed milk can be substituted for khoya, in this case the amount of sugar should be avoided as Condensed milk has some sweetness to it.