COUNTRY CAPTAIN PORK

1 kg pork cut into medium size pieces
3 large onions sliced finely
2 teaspoons chilly powder
1 teaspoon tumeric powder
2 tablespoons oil
Salt to taste
2 tablespoons garlic paste
2 sticks cinnamon
4 cloves
2 cardamoms

Wash the pork and boil with a little salt and 1 cup water till tender.
Heat oil in a pan and fry the onions lightly. Add the garlic paste. Saute for about 5 minutes on medium heat. Add the chilly powder, tumeric powder, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and salt. Now add the cooked pork along with the soup and simmer for about 10 minutes till the gravy is thick. Serve with bread or rice.

MEAT AND BRINJAL (EGG PLANT) CURRY

Meat and Brinjal Curry
1 kg Beef or Mutton cut into 3 cubes
3 medium size Brinjals cut into quarters and soaked in water
3 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1 teaspoon ginger paste
1 teaspoon pepper powder
2 medium size onions chopped
2 tomatoes chopped fine or made into puree
2 green chillies slit lengthwise
1 teaspoon chillie powder
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
Salt to taste
2 tablespoons vinegar
Heat oil in a pan and lightly brown the Brinjals over moderate heat for 3 minutes then remove and keep aside. In the same oil add the onions and sauté lightly. Add the ginger garlic paste, pepper powder, chillie powder, green chillies and turmeric powder, vinegar and fry for 2 minutes. Now add the Beef / Mutton and the tomato and stir-fry until the meat changes colour. Add 2 cups water and cook till the meat is tender. Add the Brinjals and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve with rice.

VEGETABLE PUFFS

3 cups refined flour / maida
3 potatoes, 2 carrots peeled and chopped into small pieces
½ cup peas
2 onions chopped
2 teaspoons pepper powder
50 grams butter
½ teaspoon baking powder
1/2 kg oil for frying
Salt to taste
1teaspoon chillie powder
½ teaspoon spice powder / garam masala powder
2 teaspoons chopped coriander leaves
1 teaspoon chopped ginger
Sift the flour with a teaspoon of salt and baking powder. Mix the butter with the flour and knead into a stiff dough using very little water. Keep aside. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan and sauté the chopped ginger and onions lightly. Add all the vegetables, chillie powder, pepper powder, coriander leaves, garam masala and salt. Add a little water. Stir well and cook on low heat till the vegetables are cooked and all the water dries up. Remove and keep aside to cool. Now take the prepared pastry dough onto a floured board and rollout into a thin sheet. Cut rounds of about 10 cm diameter with a saucer. Put a little of the cooked vegetable on one half of the rounds and fold the other half over. Seal the edges by dampening with a little water. Prepare the puffs in this way till all the dough and mince is used up.
Heat oil for frying in a fairly deep pan till smoky. Slowly drop in the puffs one by one (as many as the pan can hold). Fry till crisp and brown on both sides. Remove from the oil and drain. Serve hot