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Sausage Recipes For Lunch: Goan Sausage Chorizo Pulao Recipe
Chorizo Pulao
45 mins
Cooking Time
Easy
Difficulty
21
Ingredients
Non Veg
Diet
One of the most cherished sausage recipes from Goan kitchens, chorizo pulao is a flavour-packed one-pot rice dish, made with the region's most prized ingredient – the Goan pork chorizo. Also called linguiça, these coarsely ground, heavily spiced sausages are cooked with basmati rice, onions, tomatoes, capsicum, and a fragrant blend of whole spices to yield a pulao that barely needs any accompaniments.
What makes this Goan chorizo pulao recipe stand out from other rice dishes is the sausage used in it. Goan chorizo is packed with enough spice to do most of the seasoning work on its own, so knowing how to make Goan sausage pulao means learning to hold light on spices and let this ingredient take the lead. The sausages release their fat and dye the rice a deep red as it cooks, which makes an incomparable dish that is rich and delicious.
Knowing how to make one of India’s most delicious sausage recipes from a coastal region is a great thing to learn for anyone who loves the coastal flavours of India. It's a Sunday staple in Goan and Mangalorean Catholic households, best made with whole sausages left intact during cooking for the best flavour and a satisfying bite. Serve with a raita on the side and some lime, for a home-cooked Goan meal, without being there.
Ingredients
UNITSIngredients
Basmati rice
Chorizo or Goan pork sausages
Green bell pepper (capsicum), deseeded and diced
Turmeric powder
Ginger and garlic paste
Bullion/stock cubes
Lime juice
Onions, finely chopped
Tomatoes, finely chopped
Green chilli, slit
Salt
Ghee or oil
Sugar
Whole Spices, cloves
Black peppercorns
Cinnamon stick
Bay leaf
Star anise
Green cardamom
Black cardamom
Coriander leaves, chopped, For Garnishing (optional)
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Goan sausages, or choris, are made from pork, pork fat, vinegar, red chillies, garlic, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, and other spices influenced by its Portuguese colonial past.
