Topic: SHATKORA RECIPE

[Adeypayne]

I HAVE POSTED THIS UNDER RECIPE REQUESTS ALSO. NOT SURE IF THATS RIGHT BUT I'M SURE ONE OF YOU GOOD CITIZENS CAN ADVISE ME

  I know this is an old thread, but i've only recently joined. We have this on our curried away menu, a hot and sour dish which is delicious and works well with any meat or even fish!

INGREDIENTS:

BASE GRAVY
1 CHEFS SPOON SEASONED OIL
4 GARLIC CLOVES SLICED
1 TSP FRESH ROOT GINGER PEELED AND CUT INTO FINE STRIPS
1 CHEFS SPOON TOMATO PASTE
1 TSP CUMIN SEEDS (BLACK!)
1/2 CHEFS SPOON MIX POWDER
2 TSP CHILLI POWDER
PINCH METHI
PINCH OF SALT
3 FRESH GREEN CHILLIES CUT IN HALF LONG WAYS (JHALFREZI STYLE)
1/4 GREEN AND RED PEPPER ROUGHLY CHOPPED
1/2 CHEFS SPOON ROUGHLY CHOPPED ONION
1 SPRING ONION CHOPPED
1/4 FRESH SHATKORA (SKIN REMOVED AND CUT INTO PIECES)
1 TSP SHATKORA PEEL/ZEST, FINELY GRATED
2 TSP FRESH LIME JUICE
PRE COOKED MEAT OF CHOICE
1 DASH WORCESTSHIRE SAUCE ( is that spelled right?!!! lol )
3 PIECES OF FRESH TOMATO
1 TSP MR.NAGA PICKLE
1 TSP CHAT MASALA POWDER
1 TBLSP PURE BUTTER GHEE
FRESH CORIANDER

METHOD:

PRE HEAT YOUR CURRY PAN. NOW ADD THE OIL AND HALF THE GHEE, ADD THE GARLIC AND GINGER AND COOK SLIGHTLY. JUST COLOUR THE GARLIC, DO NOT BURN IT!!
NOW ADD THE CUMIN SEEDS AND FRY OFF FOR 30 SECONDS.
NOW ADD THE MIX POWDER, SALT, METHI AND CHILLI POWDER AND COOK OUT THE SPICES.
NOW ADD THE TOMATO PASTE AND COOK OUT.
NOW ADD THE GREEN CHIILI, ONIONS, PEPPERS,SPRING ONION AND SHATKORA PIECES.
NOW ADD MEAT OR FISH AND COOK ON MED HEAT FOR 2-3 MINS.
NOW ADD THE SHATKORA PITH, WORCESTSHIRE SAUCE AND LIME JUICE.
COOK FOR A FURTHER 2 MINS.
NOW ADD 150ML-200ML BASE GRAVY
NOW ADD THE MR.NAGA, TOMATO PIECES AND FRESH CORIANDER.
REDUCE THE HEAT TO SIMMER UNTIL OIL RISES.
JUST BEFORE SERVING, ADD THE REST OF THE GHEE AND A PINCH OF CHAT MASSALA.
COOK FOR A FURTHER MINUTE.
ADD MORE CORIANDER IF DESIRED AND SERVE ON A WARM PLATE.
GARNISH WITH A LIME TWIST, CHOPPED SPRING ONION AND A DUSTING OF EITHER CHAT OR GARAM MASSALA.

IF YOU PREFER A SAUCIER CURRY, ADD MORE BASE AT LAST STAGES

(PLEASE ENSURE ANY MEAT OR FISH IS PIPING HOT BEFORE SERVING!!)

DONE! ENJOY

[Kashmiri Bob]

Adey I thought if you remove the (shatkora) skin the pith is underneath.  For the 1 tsp grated pith do you mean zest/rind?  Very interested in recipe. Thanks for posting.

Rob 

[wikiwawa]

Oh dear - you're giving me ideas now! Already committed to boring food for tonight, but tomorrow is a whole new day! Thanks Adey!!

[meggeth]

Sounds very nice! Just need to get my hands on some shatkora. If not, could you use lemon as a substitute?

[Secret Santa]

Sounds very nice! Just need to get my hands on some shatkora. If not, could you use lemon as a substitute?

Not really. There's no real substitute for shatkora and lemon certainly wouldn't work - imagine, lemon peel curry, blech! 

[Adeypayne]

Hi All, Rob, are you takin the pith?!! 

Ye i meant rind/zest sorry long day!  ;D

The only substitute I would ever consider would be Grapefruit peeps, if you cant get the real Shatkora.

This really is a truly delicious dish, the hotness compliments the sour really well. If this dish is too mild then it honestly isn't as nice as all you get is an over the top sour taste

[wikiwawa]

Hehehe ... just been to local international supermarket. Very handy as it's at the end of the street, but not as simple as it sounds - it's truly international. They claim the staff speak 7 languages between them!

Never bought Shatkora before, but found something that looked vaguely right. To be on the safe side, I made the mistake of asking what it was. No-one at all had ever even heard of it! Luckily an Asian couple were earwigging as they shopped and managed to confirm that what I was holding, was indeed Shatkora!

Looking forward to tonight ... sounds delicious

[Kashmiri Bob]

With the exception of Jerry's Adil balti work/recipe, this shatkora recipe is one of only a few new BIR dishes that has caught my imagination, for quite some time.  Top of list of dishes-to-do with my next batch of Bangal base.

Rob 

 

[Adeypayne]

Let me know how you get on guys 

[wikiwawa]

Was lovely Adey. Would maybe make a few changes next time, but that's just personal taste - was a fantastic introduction to an ingredient I've seen before but not thought about. Thankyou.