Goa's Xmas recipe: How to make Meat Loaf

We'd asked you, dear readers, to share your family's Christmas recipes.

Mumbai-based Lavita D'Silva shared this recipe from her hometown Goa.

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Here's the recipe

Meat Loaf

Ingredients

• ½ kg minced beef
• 4 slices of bacon
• 5 slices of bread
• 3 eggs
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of pepper
• 1 medium sized lime

Method

• Soak the bread in water.
• Squeeze the water off the bread.
• Mix the squeezed slices with the mince.
• Cut bacon in small square pieces and add it to the mince.
• Add juice of one lime to this mixture.
• Add 3 lightly beaten eggs.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.
• Put the entire mixture in a vessel and press it down till even.
• Place the vessel in a pressure cooker and steam for 20 minutes.
• Your meat loaf is ready. 

Note: Meat loaf can also be mashed and used as a sandwich spread.

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