Hello.....I hope everyone relaxing after the Easter celebration. This week at CG here is a recipe rather a delicacy from our part to share along with a warm table setting.
These days people love to try different cuisines prepared in different regions and also new trends in modern cuisine. Certain preparations have stories to tell about its place, tradition, and culture. Savoring delicacies from around the world has become easy for people since everything easily available everywhere.
Paaya is a traditional preparation in the Indian subcontinent. The main ingredients of the dish are tender Sheep or Lamb trotters cooked with spices. This has a soup-like consistency and can be taken has soup or taken along with bread, pitta bread, or naans. It is mainly cooked in pressure cookers these days, unlike olden days. (In olden days the trotters are boiled overnight in a vessel on low flame).One can try this recipe and thoroughly enjoy the taste of it.
Move down for a glance at the recipe.
Paaya or Lamb trotters:
Difficulty Level: Easy
Preparation Time: 45 Minutes
Tender lamb trotters- 8
Onion- 3 medium
Shallots/small onions - 7-8 (pounded)
Tomato- 2 or 3 medium
Green chili-2 (slit)
Cinnamon- 2... 1to 1and 1/2 inch
Cloves - 3
Bay leaf- 1
Fennel seed- 1and1/2 teaspoon
Ginger+ Garlic Paste - 1 tablespoon
Turmeric powder- 1 teaspoon
Chili powder- 1and 1/2 teaspoon or according to your requirement
Coriander powder- 1and 1/2 teaspoon
Cumin-1/2 teaspoon (pounded)
Pepper corns -1/2 teaspoon (pounded)
Curry leaves- Few
Coriander leaves- Handful
Water- 4 to 6 cups
Cooking oil - 3 tablespoons
Salt- According to taste.
Coconut milk- 1 to 1and 1/2 cup. (optional)
Pressure cook Lamb trotters in water for 15 whistle. Transfer the boiled trotters to another vessel when the steam subsides. Place the cooker on the stove add oil to it. Put in the cinnamon sticks, cloves, bay leaf, fennel seeds, cut onions, slit green chili and curry leaves fry for three minutes till onions become soft. Add in 1 cut tomato and fry for few seconds. Add ginger garlic paste fry for few seconds then add the boiled trotters without adding water. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chili powder to it. Mix the trotters and the spices well with the spatula. Reduce the flame. Now add again remaining cut tomato to it. Turn for few seconds. Put in the pounded cumin, pepper corns and shallots and mix well. Add the trotter boiled water and coriander leaves and salt. Pressure cook in cooker for 10 minutes. Remove the lid when steam subsides.
People who like to add coconut milk.... coconut milk can be added after removing the lid and keep on the stove till it boils and switch off immediately.
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Please visit Nap On The Porch
Please visit Pink Saturday
Please visit Rustic and Refined
These days people love to try different cuisines prepared in different regions and also new trends in modern cuisine. Certain preparations have stories to tell about its place, tradition, and culture. Savoring delicacies from around the world has become easy for people since everything easily available everywhere.
Paaya is a traditional preparation in the Indian subcontinent. The main ingredients of the dish are tender Sheep or Lamb trotters cooked with spices. This has a soup-like consistency and can be taken has soup or taken along with bread, pitta bread, or naans. It is mainly cooked in pressure cookers these days, unlike olden days. (In olden days the trotters are boiled overnight in a vessel on low flame).One can try this recipe and thoroughly enjoy the taste of it.
Move down for a glance at the recipe.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Preparation Time: 45 Minutes
Tender lamb trotters- 8
Onion- 3 medium
Shallots/small onions - 7-8 (pounded)
Tomato- 2 or 3 medium
Green chili-2 (slit)
Cinnamon- 2... 1to 1and 1/2 inch
Cloves - 3
Bay leaf- 1
Fennel seed- 1and1/2 teaspoon
Ginger+ Garlic Paste - 1 tablespoon
Turmeric powder- 1 teaspoon
Chili powder- 1and 1/2 teaspoon or according to your requirement
Coriander powder- 1and 1/2 teaspoon
Cumin-1/2 teaspoon (pounded)
Pepper corns -1/2 teaspoon (pounded)
Curry leaves- Few
Coriander leaves- Handful
Water- 4 to 6 cups
Cooking oil - 3 tablespoons
Salt- According to taste.
Coconut milk- 1 to 1and 1/2 cup. (optional)
Pressure cook Lamb trotters in water for 15 whistle. Transfer the boiled trotters to another vessel when the steam subsides. Place the cooker on the stove add oil to it. Put in the cinnamon sticks, cloves, bay leaf, fennel seeds, cut onions, slit green chili and curry leaves fry for three minutes till onions become soft. Add in 1 cut tomato and fry for few seconds. Add ginger garlic paste fry for few seconds then add the boiled trotters without adding water. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chili powder to it. Mix the trotters and the spices well with the spatula. Reduce the flame. Now add again remaining cut tomato to it. Turn for few seconds. Put in the pounded cumin, pepper corns and shallots and mix well. Add the trotter boiled water and coriander leaves and salt. Pressure cook in cooker for 10 minutes. Remove the lid when steam subsides.
People who like to add coconut milk.... coconut milk can be added after removing the lid and keep on the stove till it boils and switch off immediately.
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Please visit Nap On The Porch
Please visit Pink Saturday
Please visit Rustic and Refined
It is a inviting table and the recipe looks great!Hugs!
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