All posts tagged: Snail Dish

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Recipe of Snail Dish – Naga Style

Published by kesangunuo

  Here’s a recipe that is loved by the locals in Nagaland. This dish is made of snails (called ‘hamok‘ in Nagamese), local beans and fresh pork.  INGREDIENTS: Snail (200 grams) Pork (1 kg) Beans (20-25 ) Ginger Garlic (10 cloves) Salt to taste Dried red chillies (15-20) PREPARATION: Soak the snails in clean water for 48 hrs (so that they cleanse themselves). Change the water every 24 hours. Rinse the snails thoroughly before cooking (use a clean brush to clean the shells if necessary) With a spoon, tap the pointed end of the snail to make a hole, so that the spices can go inside while cooking. Make a paste out the red chilies, ginger, and garlic DIRECTIONS TO COOK: Cook the pork till tender in a pressure cooker (30-35 mins) In another pot, put the (cooked) pork, the hamok (snail), and the chilli-garlic-ginger paste Pour some water, and let it cook for 30-40 mins Lastly, put the beans and cook them for 5-10 minutes, put water if required. Serve with warm steamed rice …

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Recipe | Simple Snail and Pork Dish

Published by Vilme

Today we have one very simple recipe for you to try. Here we go! Ingredients you will need : 1 large Tomato 6-8 Green Chilly (Depends on how spicy you want) 1/2 kilo of fresh pork 1/2 kilo of snail 750 ml of water 5 cloves of garlic 3-4″ ginger Cleaning the Snails: After buying the fresh snails from the market, make sure you keep them in a bucket of clean water for about 2-3 days. Keep changing the water every day. This way, the snail will be clean enough to be cooked Later, clean the shells with a brush (if necessary) Rinse thoroughly with water before cooking Directions to Cook: Put all the ingredients together in a deep pot and cook until the meat is tender which would take about 30-45 minutes. Add more water in case you want some light gravy. How to eat the Snails? Tap the pointed edge with a spoon to crack it slightly..and suck in. Enjoy the gravy flavors! Now turn to the wide open end (opposite side) and …