GOULASH...
So many ways to make a stew, so many little differences from country to country. Goulash is originally a hearty stew from Hungary that is either eaten on its own (with a piece of bread on a cold night, i can almost visualize this), with pasta or with potatoes. You can add it to your potatoes or cook your potatoes inside the stew, you can have beef strips/cubes or use ground beef. Here is how i cooked mine...
1 Kg Beef (cubed)
2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1 Cup Mushrooms
1 Seasoning Cube
2 Tablespoons Paprika
1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg
2 Cups of Water
500 Gm Jar of Tomato Sauce
Yoghurt
Parsley
Season beef to your taste and add beef to pan of hot oil, after it browns on all sides (about 2 minutes), add mushrooms.
Cook for another 3 minutes. Add paprika and nutmeg, stir and add tomato sauce, 1 seasoning cube and water. Turn down heat and allow to cook for 30 - 35 minutes or when stew is thick enough for you.
I just love how as the stew cooks, it starts to turn a bright red from brownish, thanks to the paprika. :)
Taste for seasoning.
Soft boil potatoes and just smash it up a bit. Plate, serve up, pour on some yoghurt and garnish the chopped parsley.
Hearty, beautiful, joy inspiring meal.
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Hi dear, what ingridients are the essence of the meal? Cos mushrooms r not exactly a sure buy in my part of lagos, alsocan I use regular yoghurt? Then which potato wld it go best with sweet? Irish?
ReplyDeleteWhere in Lagos are you? You can use canned button mushrooms and those can be found in almost any shop, if you can't find it still, you can go ahead with the meal without it. Yes you can use plain regular yoghurt and yes i used irish potatoes.
ReplyDeleteLet me know how it goes.
:)