Last Updated on November 14, 2019 by Chef Mireille
Reunion Island Massale Goat
Reunion Island Massale Goat – Curry Goat, what is called Massale Goat on the island with freshly made Massale Powder shows the island’s fusion cuisine.
R is for Reunion Island…
We are now on the letter R for International Cooking by Alphabet. Since I had cooked an Estonian dish (although I ended up changing my mind and posting Ecuador instead) and it is very similar to Russian food – I really didn’t want to do Russia and while I found some nice Romanian recipes – especially from the breads, cakes and pastries genre, nothing was really exciting me to prepare.
I then Googled countries beginning with letter R and came across Reunion Island. I thought this was different and most likely few, if any of the other BM would be doing food from Reunion. After just a little bit of searching, I found a site with a bunch of Reunion Island recipes – and so many of them I wanted to prepare. I couldn’t decide on just one so I decided to present an entire meal for you from Reunion Island…but time and scheduling got the better of me and you will have to wait for a later date for desserts and lentil preparations from Reunion Island. In the meantime, enjoy this dinner.
Reunion Island Dinner Menu
- Massale Goat with fresh massale powder
- Sauteed Cabbage with Lasary Citron (Lemon Pickle)
- Rice
Reunion Island is a French island in the Indian Ocean. Very close to Madagascar, their cuisine is a fusion of French, East African, Indian and Chinese. With our main course, I have prepared Lasary Citron, a pickled lemon condiment, which is often served with fish or vegetables.
Let’s first make the masala powder that is going to make our goat flavorful and delicious. This masala powder, spelled Massale in French Reunion, flavors many of their curried dishes.
It can be used with both meat and vegetable dishes!
Here’s a new version of Curry Goat or Reunion Island Massale Goat for you to try!
Before we get to the recipe, who here is a fan of goat meat as much as me? Goat is one of the most popular curry varieties in the Caribbean. That’s why this recipe definitely is a repeater recipe for me!
For all the goat meat lover’s out there, try some of my other goat recipes!
Goat Recipes
- Mexican Goat Stew
- Soup Joumou (Haitian Pumpkin Soup) with Goat
- Omani Okra Stew with Goat
Now I know you want to try this Reunion Island Goat Massale! So what’s stopping you – Go get your massale powder ready!
Reunion Island Massale Goat
Ingredients
Massale Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons coriander seed
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cumin seeds
- 2 tablespoons fenugreek seed
- 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
- 2 tablespoons brown mustard seeds
- 2 tablespoons ground turmeric
- 4 teaspoons cloves
Goat Ingredients:
- 2 pounds goat meat
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 7 cloves garlic peeled
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 4 black peppercorns
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 onion thinly sliced
- 2 sprigs curry leaves
- 3 tablespoons masala powder from above
- 5 scallions finely chopped
Instructions
- First make the massale powder.
- Roast all the spices except the turmeric in a dry skillet until they become fragrant.
- Cool and grind with the turmeric in a coffee/spice grinder.
- Using a coffee/spice grinder, grind the garlic cloves, cumin and black pepper.
- Add 2 teaspoons of water to make a paste.
- Season meat with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pot.
- Add goat meat and fry until browned on all sides.
- Add onions and garlic paste. Fry for a few minutes, until they onions soften and start to change color.
- Add the masala powder and curry leaves. Stir to combine and fry for 1 minute.
- Add 4 cups water. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until meat is tender, approximately 2-3 hours, depending on the age of the meat.
- Once the meat is tender, cook on high to evaporate the extra liquid if necessary. There should be just enough gravy to coat the meat.
- Add salt and pepper, as needed.
- To serve, garnish with scallions.
- Serve with steamed rice.
Notes
This is a very flavorful goat to make your Reunion Island meal.
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I have never heard of this place and you have presented a meal from there. Great choice!
Reunion island is a beautiful place with its mixed people and religion. And like chef Mireille said, its cuisine is a combination of french, chinese, indian and african dishes. Being a reunionese native, spicy food is very important to me.
thank you – glad to see a native liking this recipe 🙂
You are very welcome and let me tell you that your dish looks exactly like the way we reunionese people prepare it. Living in France I’m lucky to find my “massalé” powder in some asian stores but i’ll have to try and make my own according to your recipe
aw thanks so much!
I like that masala powder , may be I can use that for a curry to get that wonderful aroma from those spices.
Nice dish Mir, your picture with the meal looks amazing..the colours have come out so well.
One of my best friend here is from Reunion, i have already tasted this masale with chicken, curry looks breathtaking Mir, that condiment is also one of my fav from their cuisine.
We in Reunion use massalé with chicken, pork, goat, fish or vegetables. We also add hot chili pepper to the mix
New country there!
I never would have guessed this country! Spices looks lot similar to Indian spices and the goat massale looks so good. Love that dark brown color of the goat.
I even thought I will the only one doing reunion island Mir 🙂 Glad that even chose the same , this island is something I loved cooking for and reading the facts 🙂 wonderful choice of recipe from here .. similar masala pd used like in India must have been super flavorful 🙂
Reunion island is a completely new country to me — glad to know about this through your post.
Masala powder sounds so flavorful and spicy.
Very flavourful spice powder. And the curry looks very nice..
Wow!Nice choice of country for R! And the meal pic looks so good Mir…
Reunion island? You are right Mir I have not heard about it. The curry looks yum but I love the spice powder.
Nice choice from the country that I have never heard .