Goan-Style Mussels (Thisra)

5.0 (1)

Long earlier determination were takeout tikkas and 15-minute Indian recipes online, Madhur Jaffrey was making the nutrient of her autochthonal state accessible for English and American location cooks. The Delhi-born, British-trained histrion has published astatine slightest 29 cookbooks since 1973. She has educated america astir the elements of an Indian meal, however to "paint" with spices and however to soothe and stimulate the palate with yogurt and chutneys.

This dish, rooted successful the tiny occidental India authorities of Goa, predates the grocery-store availability of curry paste. The look calls for a fistful of ingredients and conscionable 2 crushed spices. Jaffrey specified caller coconut, but we recovered unsweetened, dried coconut is simply a suitable substitute and a time-saver. It becomes moist and chewy portion the mussels steam to tenderness. Besides the coconut's boost of texture, we besides liked its hardly perceptible sweetness -- arsenic opposed to the much caller inclination of relying connected canned coconut beverage to fulfill that spirit profile.

Serve with nan, and hole to slurp.

Adapted from Madhur Jaffrey's "Indian Cooking," (Barron's, 1982).

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

• Calories

  310

• Fat

  21 g

• Saturated Fat

  12 g

• Carbohydrates

  18 g

• Sodium

  420 mg

• Cholesterol

  30 mg

• Protein

  14 g

• Fiber

  5 g

• Sugar

  5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from Madhur Jaffrey's "Indian Cooking," (Barron's, 1982).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.