Bolinhas- Goan Cookies

Soft and tasty Bolinha cookies that have a delicious coconut flavour and melt in the mouth taste.

 Ingredients:

1 Medium sized coconut cracked open and coconut flesh removed and shredded.
1/4 Kg Rawa (semolina)
1/4 Kg Sugar
1 Tbsp Ghee
3 Tbsp spoons Maida
1 Leveled Tsp Baking Powder
3 Eggs
Few Elaichi
1 Pinch Salt
Icing sugar for dsuting.

Method:

1.Make a sugar syrup by heating the sugar in 1/2 a cup of water.
2.While the sugar is melting on a slow flame, grind the coconut in 1/4th cup of water.
3.Once the coconut is ground, stir the sugar that should have nearly dissolved by now.Add the Rawa to the sugar syrup and mix this well.
4.Add the ground coconut to this mixture, stir it in  and add the pinch of salt.
5.Add the Ghee and keep stirring it,until it all becomes one nice blend.You can store the above mixture either overnight, for six hours or do it instantly. Its best you store it for a few hours and then proceed.
6.Separate the egg yolks and whites,out of the three eggs only add the the yokes, though it can be done with the entire egg as well. Remember to keep the egg white of one egg aside, the other two you can can discard.Add the yokes with the Bolinha mixture and mix well.
7.Once thats done, clean and powder the Elaichi and add it to the mixture.Mix the Maida and Baking powder.Add it to the Bolinha mix, And mix it up again.
8.Now beat the one egg white till its fluffy. Add it to the Bolinha mixture, thats the final ingredient to the Bolinha dough.The dough is ready .
9.To shape the  Bolinhas, take a ball out of the dough.With the help of some flour shape it as you would do to a cutlet.Flatten the top of it an next get a butter knife to press a few lines into the dought to make a design..
10.As you finish them place them on your baking tray, that you have greased with a little Ghee. Bake them in the oven that is  preheated to 200 degrees C .Bake for approx 25 minutes till golden brown.
11.Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Bolinyas are ready to be served with tea.You can dust with icing sugar before serving.

Okra Fry ~ Goan style.

Okra are really very healthy for you as they are low in fat and has many health benefits, you can read about the health benefits of okra here. There are several ways to cook Okra, you may want to try this delicious Nepalese Okra and Potato Curry or this Gujarati Style Dry Bindi Masla Fry  

Yield: Serves 4

Author: Nayna Kanabar

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Okra Fry ~ Goan style.

Okra fry, a simple and tasty side dish made in Goan Style which is perfect to serve as a side dish to go with Dhal, Rice and Rotis.

Prep time: 10 MCook time: 25 MTotal time: 35 M

Ingredients:

• 400 g/ 16 oz Okra, washed
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion medium, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon Ginger, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
• 2 Green chillies, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice
• Salt to taste

Instructions:

1. Wash the Okra in water and fully dry them.
2. Cut off the tops and discard. Chop into 1" pieces
3. Heat the oil in a pan, when its hot add the onions and  sauté them for 2-3  minutes till transparent. Add the garlic and ginger and sauté for 30 seconds.
4.  Add the okra, turmeric powder, green chillies and salt, mix well. Cook on a high heat, sauteing the orra until cooked for 15 minutes.
5. 4. Add the lemon juice or vinegar and saute for 5 more minutes.

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Serve hot with Rice, spinach kadhi and rotis.

To accompany this dish you may like:
Kadhi
Fennel pilaf 

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Vermicelli Kheer ~ Goan style

Rich and creamy vermicelli  and nuts dessert that is royal in taste and will grace any meal  and complete it perfectly

Ingredients:

1 cup fine vermicelli (broken)
3 cups whole milk
1 small can condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp  ghee/clarified butter
1 teaspoon  cardamom powder
1/4 cup  broken cashews
1/4 cup pistachio  nuts chopped
1/4 cup almonds (soaked,peeled & chopped)
6-8 saffron threads

Method:

1. Boil milk in a heavy bottom pan. When it comes to a boil add sugar, saffron threads, cardamom powder and condensed milk.
2. Keep it in medium flame and keep stirring at times to make sure that it doesn’t get burnt.
3. In another pan, heat butter and add cashews, vermicelli and  and roast it. Add this roasted mixture to the milk mixture and keep stirring it for 10 – 15 mins.
4.Remove from the flame and garnish it with almond pieces and pistachio nuts .
5.Transfer to a serving dish and  chill before serving.

You may like:
Rice Kheer
 
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French Beans - Goan Style

Tender french beans stir fried in simple spices to prepare crunchy spicy side dish.

Ingredients:

240 grams / 8 oz  french beans
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon ajwain seeds
1 tablespoon vinegar  or lemon juice
1 clove garlic sliced thinly
1 tablespoon olive oil

Method:

1. Top and tail the beans, wash  and cut them into 2 in pieces (original recipe kept beans long)
2. In a pan add the oil , when hot add mustard seeds and wait for them to splutter, add the ajwain seeds and saute for 30 seconds to release flavour, next add garlic and saute.(Take care not to burn ajwain or garlic)
3. Add the beans and saute for 5 minutes.
4. Add the salt, turmeric, chilli powder and coriander powder and stir fry beans for 5 more minutes till beans are tender but still retaining the crunch.
5. Add the vinegar or lemon juice(I added lemon juice) and mix throughly.
6. Transfer to seving dish and serve as side dish with hot rotis.

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Green pidgeon  peas and potato curry

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