Wild rabbit recipe

[Oggie]

Anybody out there with a spicy tangy tested wild rabbit recipe - Please help, shot a few over the weekend and now would like to cook em up.

[prashantsingh]

One of the famous rabbit dishes of yesteryears was "Khad Khargosh" where the whole rabbit would be cooked in a hole in the ground with charcoals and hot sand providing the heat.
Kababs made from rabbit meat were also popular.
In Argentina I had thin slices of rabbit meat delicately marinated in vinegar and herbs.

With lots of rabbits in Australia you can pick up a book for the future.
It's called the
"Cooking Delights of the Maharajas": Exotic dishes from the Princely house of Sailana written by Digvijay Singh

The rabbit dishes in the book are:
Khargosh ka keema
Khargosh Khatta
Khargosh ka keema Nizami
Khargosh ki Mokal
Khargosh ki Mokal (dry)
Sabat Khargosh
Khargosh ki kachar

[xl_target]

Rogan Josh a la Bunny sounds good.

Here are some links:
http://www.food.com/recipes/rabbit
http://rabbithuntingonline.com/recipes/

[Vikram]

Oggie,

This is how my mom cooks. Ensure that all the blood is drained by soaking the rabbit carcase in water overnight.Add a pinch of salt to the water.BTW, we get farm bred rabbits very easily in our parts.Legal.

Prepare the masala/spice mix:

Two large or three medium onions
Turmeric-half tea spoon
Chilly powder as per taste-(We use a lot)
Salt as per taste
An inch of ginger
Half a head of garlic
A couple of inch long cinnamon sticks
5-6 cloves (My mom does not use cardamom with meat or fowl- Typical of our region within AP)
2 heaped table spoons of coriander powder

Grind them all together in a mixer to make a fine paste.

Pour some oil in a pressure cooker and heat. Place the diced/cubed rabbit in the cooker,sprinkle a pinch of turmeric and let them get slightly browned and let the initial water that comes off the meat evaporate.Mother says that that usually removes any nasty smell.Then add the masala/spice paste+ a medium cup of water,put on the lid and cook until three whistles.Take off the lid.

Now, while the remaining water is evaporating over reduced flame,my mom pounds a table spoon of whole black peppers and a few cloves of garlic using a little mortar and pestle. She says it takes care of the stomach (Vaata). I don't care for her scientific reasoning.For me, it makes the dish extremely tasty .

She adds the pepper and garlic mixture to the simmering meat and fries it until all the water is vanished. Serve it with chapathis or pooris.

Man is that tasty! I am getting ravenously hungry, you know.

Best-
Vikram

P.S: For tanginess you can add a bit of lemon at the end I suppose. Or a little spoon of tamarind pulp to the original spice paste. I wouldn't.

[mundaire]

Gents, just thought I'd point out that - since there are no rabbits native to India, the Indian recipes are usually for hare... BTW whatever happened to the khud khargosh recipe that Shooter had promised to post here? Shooter, if you are reading this, there are a few of us still waiting

[Raptor]

Are hare classified as vermin? Unless they are, this whole discussion here is an excercise in futility. In fact it won't be wrong to compare it with a military excercise. We got the guns, we got the fancy kit, the camo grease and the compasses, we can posture all we like but we know in our hearts that we are carrying 'blanks' in the mag. Of course if a hare were to commit suicide at our doorstep we would be under a moral obligation to do justice to its carcass but unless it does so ,can all the mouth-watering recipies mentioned here be applied, equally succesfully, to fowl and fish? :p

[skeetshot]

Are hare classified as vermin? Unless they are, this whole discussion here is an excercise in futility. In fact it won't be wrong to compare it with a military excercise. We got the guns, we got the fancy kit, the camo grease and the compasses, we can posture all we like but we know in our hearts that we are carrying 'blanks' in the mag. Of course if a hare were to commit suicide at our doorstep we would be under a moral obligation to do justice to its carcass but unless it does so ,can all the mouth-watering recipies mentioned here be applied, equally succesfully, to fowl and fish? :p

Farm bred Hares and rabbits are regularly sold for cooking in various livestock markets.

They are not wild, but the same recipes are valid for them.

I last had a mouth watering Hare dish at the Taj Mahal hotel. It was not however cooked Indian style.

[Raptor]

Are hare classified as vermin? Unless they are, this whole discussion here is an excercise in futility. In fact it won't be wrong to compare it with a military excercise. We got the guns, we got the fancy kit, the camo grease and the compasses, we can posture all we like but we know in our hearts that we are carrying 'blanks' in the mag. Of course if a hare were to commit suicide at our doorstep we would be under a moral obligation to do justice to its carcass but unless it does so ,can all the mouth-watering recipies mentioned here be applied, equally succesfully, to fowl and fish? :p

Farm bred Hares and rabbits are regularly sold for cooking in various livestock markets.

They are not wild, but the same recipes are valid for them.

I last had a mouth watering Hare dish at the Taj Mahal hotel. It was not however cooked Indian style.

sir, thank you, thank you thank you! Yer a life saver...you see i am a hardcore non vegetarian...if you could also tell me where to find some in delhi i think i'll try out the recipe today...its my day off.

[Oggie]

Prashant - thanks mate Will look up the books.Also looks like you get around a bit so if you are in my part of the world do yell out - would be happy to take you out for some Shikar kiwi style
Vikram - thank you so so much ! This recipe looks absolutely delicious and I'm definitely going to try it.
I suppose I should also point out that I'm based in NZ and hunting is not only legal but also encouraged to control pests. Funnily all the game you would want to hunt are classified as pests ! So whether its Rabbits, possums, goats, pigs or deer - its game on !
I am lucky enough to have access to a farm that is about 500 acres and about a 100 km from Auckland. The farmer grows vegetables ranging from cabbage to lettuce and every few months me and a few mates head off there post dinner with our spotlights to get some rabbits. Bunnies being prey animals already are quite skittish, though this time we found them to be very fast in their reaction to the spotlight too. The buggers quite often sprinted like Usain Bolt before we lined em up ! Its great fun and we've spent many hours hunting here and it usually ends with hot cuppa coffee (carried in a flask) and few sandwiches at midnight with conversations that over the years have become quite philosophical ! Might I also point out for those of you who are wondering why that flask contains coffee and not whiskey, that alcohol and firearms do not mix well ! So the whiskey only comes out once we've reached home and all firearms are dismantled and stowed away safely This is a rule we've followed for years now and it works well for us. Some of the best friendships I have developed have been with fellow hunters and I guess its a bond that you will all understand ! Thanks for all your responses. Wonder if there's any more recipes yet to come !

[Safarigent]

Any wild animal dead or alive is the property of the government.

So even if a hare comes and dies at your doorstep, you gotta inform the authorities or something...
Just pointing out the relevant rules.
Dont know about farm bred stuff. All i know is that japanese quail are the only other 'wild' species allowed to be reared. So that rules out hares.
Skeetshot is the authority though on the wildlife/arms act, so he would know the relevant rules better.
Festively yours,
Bam bam Airborne!

[Raptor]

Any wild animal dead or alive is the property of the government.

So even if a hare comes and dies at your doorstep, you gotta inform the authorities or something...
Just pointing out the relevant rules.
Dont know about farm bred stuff. All i know is that japanese quail are the only other 'wild' species allowed to be reared. So that rules out hares.
Skeetshot is the authority though on the wildlife/arms act, so he would know the relevant rules better.
Festively yours,
Bam bam Airborne!

[prashantsingh]

Gents, just thought I'd point out that - since there are no rabbits native to India, the Indian recipes are usually for hare...

Very true. But both rabbits and hare are called Khargosh in hindi.
Apart from Jap. quails , I have seen some rabbit and emu farms in recent years though I have yet to see their meat being sold in the open market.

[Vikram]

Prashant,

They are very easily available in Hyderabad and I am sure in Bangalore too.

Best-
Vikram

[Raptor]

Prashant,

They are very easily available in Hyderabad and I am sure in Bangalore too.

Best-
Vikram

Sir Vikram, banagalore just went up on my list of 'ten cities to visit before i die' list.

[SriramK]

I can confirm Bangalore, I've seen it at places where they sell Chicken, Quail and Ducks too (Not to mention the rare Turkey).
But this was a few months ago, not sure if it's guaranteed to be where I found it the last time around. But I'm sure it's available somewhere.