Goat Brain Fry is a south indian delicacy often served as a side dish with rice.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time40 minutesmins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, Tamilnadu
Keyword: brainfry, goatbrain, moolai
Servings: 4people
Author: Mullai Madavan
Ingredients
Ingredients for Fry
1wholeGoat Brain
1cupOnionchopped
1eachGreen Chillislit open
1/2cupTomatochopped
1teaspoonGinger Garlic paste
1teaspoonSaltor to taste
5eachCurry leavesfor garnish
Ingredients - Masala powders
1/2teaspoonTurmeric powder
1teaspoonRed Chilli powder
2tablespoonsCoriander powder
1tablespoonBlack pepper powdercoarse ground
Ingredients - to temper
3tablespoonOil
1teaspoonCumin seeds
1teaspoonFennel seeds
5each Curry leaves
Instructions
Prep Work - cleaning the brain
Defrost the frozen brain by placing them in room temperature water. Clean the blood veins on top gently pulling them with your fingers. Rinse it in cold water and marinate with a pinch of turmeric.
Heat oil in a kadai, temper with cumin seeds, fennel seeds and curry leaves.
Start sauteing the onions along with green chilli and tomatoes. Cook till the onions become translucent.
Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and black pepper powder. Saute for few minutes.
Fry the masala till the raw smell kind of settles.. Add in salt at this stage and keep frying over medium flame till the oil oozes out.
Add in brain pieces and gently toss to coat the masala. Bring the flame to medium low, cover and cook for 3 minutes.
Switch off and garnish with curry leaves.
Notes
Goat brain is very delicate, handle it gently while cleaning, rinsing and cooking.
Always cook the masala completely before adding the brain. Brian cooks in less than 3 minutes and anything longer will make it rubbery.
Do not stir or saute too much after adding it to the masala. Gently fold it along.
If for some reason, its looks too dark brown... it may be stale- discard.