Indian Food Recipes: Goan Feijoada

“Feijó” or Goan Feijoada is a flavoursome, spicy and tangy red curry made with Goan pork sausages (Chourico) and kidney beans. The fiery recipe is a traditional Portuguese dish with added local ingredients to give it a local version. It is commonly served along with plain steamed rice.

Ingredients 

(Serving for 4 to 5 people)

Pork sausages: 200 gms

Kidney beans: 250 gms

Onion: 2

Tomato: 2

Ginger: 1 piece

Garlic: 10 to 12 pods

Tamarind: a small ball

Sugar: 1 tsp

Palm vinegar: 1 tsp

Kashmiri red chilli: 5

Cumin seed: 1 tsp

Cooking oil: 1 tsp

Salt as required 

Step 1

Soak the rajma in enough water for seven to eight hours or overnight. Let it pressure cook for four to five whistles with sufficient water.

Step 2

Grind the ginger, garlic, red chilli, cumin seed, tamarind, turmeric powder, sugar and palm venigar into a smooth paste.

Step 3

In the meantime remove the skin and string of the sausages. In a pan add half a cup of water and cover and cook the sausages on medium heat for about ten minutes or until the oil surfaces.

Step 4

 Heat oil In a thick bottom vessel. Add onion and saute till translucent. To this add tomatoes and cook until soft.

Step 5

Next, add the ground masala and saute it till the oil leaves the side of the pan. Finally, put the sausage and saute for a couple of minutes.

Step 6

Finally, add the boiled kidney beans along with a cup of water and let it come to a boil.

Step 7

Reduce the flame. Cover and cook for another fifteen minutes stirring occasionally.

Step 8

Serve it hot with steamed rice.