Good day my fellow Goans & friends, I have received many requests for the following recipe, which happens to be the essence of Goan cuisine. Adapted from the Portuguese dish of Sarabulho, this dish is served traditionally on feast days, Christmas and weddings. It goes extremely well with a rice cake called "sanna", " Yes, I am talking about the delicious saucy pork dish, "sorpotel:. If I may, I am including a part of a poem that seemed quite appropriate for this article:
For the famed Tandoori Chicken That Punjabis praise like hell For us who hail from Goa There's nothing like SORPOTEL! Isn't that the truth! Anyhow, more traditional recipes call for the use of cooked pigs blood. However, I don't think too many of you would savor this, to be sure. There are several versions of this dish and I have tried about 10 of them. Here is one that I thought was pretty easy to follow. Enjoy and as usual send me your feedback. Happy eating! - Daisy SORPOTEL Ingredients: 2 lbs pork liver 1 lb pork tongue 1 lb pork heart 1 lb pork ear 1 lb intestines 2 lbs pork meat 2 medium onions Quarter tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder ? teaspoon turmeric powder 1-teaspoon pepper powder 1-inch ginger (grated) 2 cloves garlic (crushed & finely chopped)_ 1-cup vinegar 1-teaspoon sugar Boil all the pork parts. Add a little salt to the water. Mix the vinegar, sugar and spice powders and keep aside. When the meat cools, cut into fine pieces. Fry this in a non-stick pan with a little oil. Separately, heat up some oil and put in ginger & garlic. Saute for about 3 minutes, then add chopped onions and saute till translucent. Add fried meat and vinegar mixture and coat the meat well. If too dry, add a little water. Cook till the sauce thickens. Yum? Enjoy! Note: For those of you that are squeamish about using the various parts of the pork, stick with the liver and pork meat only. You can get the same results although some of you may not agree with me. If you have different versions of this recipe and would like to share, please email me. Thanks. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
