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Paya - Hot Curry (Goat's Trotters)
Ingredients
1 Dozen Goat’s legs – clean, wash & cook with ½ tspn Turmeric powder; & a little salt for 1 hr. in a Pressure Cooker from the time the Cooker hiss’s put the stopper, lower the flame & leave to cook for 1 hour. 1. Whole Spices: 1” pc of Pattai; 4-6 Cloves; 2. Finely Mince & Keep:- 2 Onions; 2 Green chillies, 8-10 mint leaves; a few Curry Leaves; ¼ bunch of coriander leaves. 3. Grind to a smooth paste the following: 1” pc Ginger, 8-10 pods of Garlic; ¼-1/2 tspn Jeera Seeds. 4. Grind separately & Keep: ¼ scraped coconut to a smooth paste & keep. 5. Dry grind (powder) 1 tspn. Broiled Sombu. Keep aside. 6. Other Ingredients: Oil 6-8 Tbspns; Chillie Powder-1/2-3/4 tspn; Corriander powder 1 tspn. Lime Juice from 1 lime or to taste, 2 Tomatoes finely chopped. 7. For Garnish: 1-2 Tbspns of Chopped Corriander leaves.
Method
Heat Oil, when Oil is hot add the whole spices & fry, add the minced items & fry till onions are brown, lower flame and add the Ginger/Garlic/Jeera paste & fry for 2-3 mins., add chillie powder & Corriander powder & continue to fry for 2-3 mins on low heat till a good smell arises & oil comes to the surface – (you could add a little (say 6-8 tbspns of the soup - if the masala is too dry – it should not burn). Now add the tomatoes & continue to fry till soft, add the Coconut paste mix well, add the soup & the trotters, mix well check the Salt & add if necessary (because U have used salt while boiling the trotters – keep this in mind) – higher flame & leave to bubble nicely for 10/12 mins or till the gravy has obtained its thickness – remove from flame add lime juice, & sombu powder – mix well – garnish with chopped coriander leaves & serve with Iddiappam, Dosa, Parathas, Chappatti’s.

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