How to Cook Goan Style Lobster
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 45 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Ingredients needed to make Goan Style Lobster:
- 4 live lobsters
- 5 oz dessicated coconut
- 1 fl oz coconut milk
- 2 onions, sliced
- 1 garlic clove, finely grated
- 2’’ fresh ginger root, finely grated
- 2 fl oz tamarind pulp
- 4 bird’s eye red chillies
- 1 green chili, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, finely chopped
- 4 whole cloves
- 1 tsp whole black peppercorns
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Cooking instructions for Goan Style Lobster:
- Stuff the lobsters into one or more resealable plastic bags and leave them in the freezer for a couple of hours.
- Drop them into a stockpot of boiling water and cook for a couple of minutes or until heated through.
- Drain them off and transfer them immediately to a bowl of chilled water; drain once again and place them on a chopping board.
- Chop out the meat from the shells while keeping the latter intact and devein it; set aside.
- Heat a tsp of oil in a deep skillet and add the coconut to it.
- Saute them for a while to fry them lightly and stir in the coriander and cumin seeds, cloves, peppercorns and chillies.
- Continue to stir fry for a couple of minutes or until the mixture browns slightly and remove from heat to cool to some extent.
- Tip it into the food processor and pulse them into a fine powder.
- Drizzle rest of the oil in a wok and heat it over moderate heat.
- Throw in the onions and stir fry for 5-7 minutes or until they caramelises.
- Add the ginger, garlic as well as green chili and continue to saute for another couple of minutes while stirring at times.
- Return the coconut-spice powder to heat and stir well to mix before cooking for about two minutes.
- Add a dollop of the tamarind pulp into the mixture, along with a dash of ground turmeric and continue to cook for about 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in a splash of coconut milk in a thin yet steady stream and continue to cook for a minute before stirring in the lobster meat.
- Heat the mixture for a minute or two, until heated through and stir in the chopped cilantro.
- Spoon the lobster meat onto serving plates and spoon the sauce over them.
- Serve at once.
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