Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking Time : 20 -25 minutes
Serving : 3-4 members
Description
Every time this dish is being served on the table at home and when some one offers the other please have some brain fry and the reply immediately would be ” No thank you , I already have brains ” followed with a great laugh . Though a very cliche joke , it does bring a lot of smiles on the table . This recipe is an authentic recipe , traditionally made in every ravuthar ( Tamil Muslim ) household for special occasions . This culinary treasure was passed down from my grand mother balkees perima to my mother and from her to me that has enabled me to stay in touch with our roots . The first visit to moms place after marriage with hubby dear and this dish was served to impress the new groom for sure . Back to in- laws place and he kept asking me what was that egg dish I had for lunch at your mom’s place ? It was really yum and I have never had egg as soft as that till date . I kept asking mom about the egg dish and mom was like ” there was no egg based dish that day ” . Took a while for the moment of bliss to know that hubby dear was mentioning about the brain fry all the way . When I told him it was not egg that you had , it was goats brain fry . He immediately replied saying ” I don’t eat goats brain ” Smiled and told him what ever you have been asking for is goats brain fry . From then , till date it’s one among the favourite dishes that is served at moms place to impress their only son – in – law to enchant him with its delicious simplicity and subtle use of spices .
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Goats brain | 4 cleaned whole |
| Small onion | 3 hands full peeled and sliced to thin rounds |
| Garlic - | 1 1/2 hand full peeled and sliced to thin rounds |
| Green chillies | 4 chopped |
| Turmeric powder | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Red chilli powder | 1 teaspoon |
| Salt | to taste |
| Water | 1/4 cup |
| Coconut oil | 3 tablespoons |
| Coriander leaves | 2 tablespoons chopped |
Method
- Mix together small onions , garlic , green chillies , coriander leaves salt , turmeric powder , red chilli powder ,
- one tablespoon coconut oil and water together in an non stock board vessel . Bring to boil and cook to 3/4 done . Add cleaned goats brain and cook for a minute .
- Gently toss the whole goats brain over with out breaking and cook the other side for another one minute . Reduce the water to almost dry but with a little moister left .
- Now drizzle the remaining coconut oil all around and roast the goats brain in medium flame for 5-6 minutes tossing over sides occasionally but making sure not to break them at the same time .
- Once oil floats and the brains have a crisp crust , It’s done . Serve hot .
