Goan Tongue Roast / Ox Tongue Roast

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One of the most delicious goan delicacies is the ox tongue, not just the flavour, but the texture and feel of the meat as well leaves one craving for more. The goan tongue roast definitely is in my books for any occasion or just for a family treat, go ahead and enjoy the goodness of this dish!

Tongue Roast Masala Ingredients:



1 Onion of Garlic
1 1/2 Inch Ginger
8 - 10 Peppercorns
6 - 8 Cloves
2 Inch Piece Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds


Tongue Roast Main Ingredients:



1 Tongue
2 Table Spoons Vinegar or 1 Sour lime

While frying -

2-3 Broken Red Chillies
Half cut onion
2 Teaspoons Sugar to be Caramalised


Procedure:

Clean the tongue, salt it and keep it aside



Grind all the masala ingredients shown above, you don't need to do it in a pounder, we had no electricity at that time so hand ground the tongue roast masala.





Now that your masala is ground, time to spice up that tongue.



Apply some vinegar on the tongue and then get ready to rub in the masala.



Apply the masala evenly on the tongue, don't forget to turn it over and rub the masala onto the other side as well and now its patience.



We want the masala to get into the meat so we need to set it aside for 4 to 5 hours with a weight on it.



After the marination is done and your ready to cook the tongue, heat some oil in a pressure cooker.



Add the sugar to it and wait till it caramelizes.



Once the sugar is caramelized, add the tongue.



Add the broken chillies and continue to fry.



Then add the onions and continue to fry.



Turn the tongue over till both sides are fried.



Then add two glasses of water with any remaining masala



Then pressure cook for 45 minutes, post that open the pressure cooker.



Slice the tongue and then cook it again in the gravy



If there is extra water then boil it down,



Post that your tongue should be ready :) This is as you will soon discover a delicacy, mouth watering and definitely loved by anyone who is willing to eat it. If you like our recipes, be kind enough to help spread and share them this motivates us to do more :)


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Bangda Curry or Goan Mackerel Curry

Fish Curry is the staple diet in Goa, we love our Xitt Codi (the traditional goan fish curry) and today we have a different variant, the Bangda Curry.

Main Ingredients:



5 Medium Sized Bangdas (Mackerels)
1 Half Cut Onion
1 Half Tomato
Half Inch Piece Ginger
2 Pieces of Kokam
1 Green Chilly


Masala Ingredients:



6-7 Kashmiri Chillies
Little less than Half scrap Coconut (100 Gms)
4 Flakes of Garlic
1 Tsp Coriander Seeds
1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
1 Level Tsp Turmeric Powder
Small Tamarind ball
4-5 Peppercorns


Procedure:

First we start of with the cleaning of the mackerels and slicing them into curry pieces.



The Mackerels need to be cleaned, the heads chopped, fins cut and the gut removed.



The inside of the fish can be washed with flowing water to remove any leftovers that you don't need.



Now that your fish is cleaned, apply a little salt and keep it aside.




Chop the half onion, tomato and ginger. Pour a little oil in your vessel and heat it up.



Saute the onion tomato and juliennes of ginger



Stir it occasionally and while this is happening, grind the masala ingredients with a bit of water.



Add the masala to the bagaar and fry.



Occasionally stir the masala and let it fry for a while.



Next you need to add water and add slowly you don't really want to have a watery curry.



Once that'd done add the fish pieces to the curry, we cut our fish into three pieces each.



Then add the kokum to the curry.



We don't really eat too much spice, so for people who like spice can definitely add more chilly.



Add salt as per your taste, bring it to a boil and your Goan Bangda Curry is ready to eat.


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Andron's the True Goan Experience

Its been a couple of months since we have moved to Goa and it has been a gastronomical adventure. So we have decided to start a new section on this site where we showcase some of our favorite restaurants :)

Prawn Rechado Fry

Close to home is a hermitage for people in search of a good Goan experience, what is a good Goan experience? For us its good food, good drinks and in between these lies something equally important, a good host.

If your looking forward to escape from the chaos of commercialization head towards Aldona and a few minutes after passing the fields after Moira you will be greeted by a white board. (Oh I must warn you if you're vegetarian, you may just be better off moving to another page or something else, this is not quite the place for you.)

Surmai / Kingfish Rechado Fry

Just to your left is Androns, running out of a home with your host Tony (Anthony), complete with enough of space to keep your children entertained outside, here's a quick look at what the restaurant offers and its time to begin our adventure.

Tony your host with our son :)

Tony has some of Goa's finest Urak and Feni and will be more than willing to assist you with the know how related to how it's made, preserved and drunk.

Now that your spirits are up let's move on to the food. So you're in goa and you have seafood on your mind. Most people would settle for the rechado prawns and kingfish fry which our the obvious good choices but I would highly recommend the ox tongue.

The Roast Ox Tongue, the sauce is just yum and the meat exhibits perfection

Oh yes that sweet roasted ox tongue yummy... sorry I'm getting a little carried away and planning my next visit there.

The main course offers a treat, of the most prominent goan dishes like the pork admas, beef chilly, sorpatel are all on the menu. If you want to really treat yourself go ahead and try the pork ribs.

Mushroom Xacuti, Prawn Curry, Rice and don't miss the Vial of Urak :)

Every place has its own version of the prawn/fish curry and rice, although the consistency may falter at times with quantity, Androns quality has a very solid base in Goan roots.

The Prawn Curry Rice

I would love to see a few more choices for the vegetarians and perhaps a good old bibinca slice or caramel custard to complete the dining experience. Will put up some more pictures of the food as and when we visit again :-)

Andron's Offers a wide range of Goan Cuisine at a price that doesn't hurt :)

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