Yummy. Once again my FAVORITE Indian cookbook in the whole wide world , A Taste of India, provided a kick-ass recipe.
Last weekend I made a hot, spicy curry to steam muscles in.
The recipe included fried onions, tumeric, corriander, garlic, cayenne pepper, shredded coconut, lemon juice and water. Once the curry simmered down a bit, FRESH muscles from our local Price Chopper were added and steamed. Wow. What a wonderful dish. Aromatic, tasty, pleasant to view. A success!
Recipe:
2 T vegetable oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 T ground coriander
1 t cumin
1.5 t cayennne pepper
.5 t mustard seeds, crushed
1/8 t black pepper, crushed
1 bay leaf crumbled
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2/3 cup grated unsweetened coconum
1/4 cup lemon juice
1.5 t salt
1 cup water
2 pounds muscles, cleaned and debearded
Heat oil and fry onion, coriander, cumin, cayenne pepper, mustard seed, black pepper, bay leaf and garlic for 2 or 3 minutes. Put in coconut and fry another minute or two. Add lemon juice, salt and water. Simmer 10 minutes. Add muscles and cook until done.
Yum :-)
