Octopus Stew

Recipe Type:	Non Veg.
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• 1 kg Octopus
• 6 Tomatoes
• 6 Onions
• 6 Large potatoes
• 8 Cloves of garlic
• 8 Olives
• 1 tbsp Capers
• Olive oil for frying
• Red wine
• Few leaves of mint and marjoram
• Pinch of thyme

Cooking Instructions:

• Clean the octopus and remove the edible flesh.
• Keep the flesh in a plastic bag and beat it.
• Cut the flesh into pieces with a knife.
• Rinse in salted water and drain.
• Transfer the pieces to a pot.
• Stew the pieces over a low flame for an hour. If the liquid is too dry, add little hot water.
• Meanwhile, Peel and chop the onions. Chop the tomatoes also.
• Fry the onions in olive oil till tender.
• Add chopped tomatoes and crushed garlic.
• When tomatoes become soft, add the chopped olives, capers and all herbs.
• Raise the temperature of boiling stew and pour 1/4 bottle red wine.
• Now reduce the flame and simmer slowly till the amount of liquid reduces considerably.
• Serve the stew with boiled potatoes.