Delhi Rd Kitchen

Grandma Xana’s Pickled Pork

Ingredients

1 kg belly pork
1 ½tsp salt
1 tsp turmeric
2 cloves garlic
1” fresh ginger
1 ½tsp Goan red masala
1 tbsp vinegar
Walnut size tamarind
Walnut size jaggery
1 large onion
2 carrots
½ lemon

Cooking Steps

Step 1
Cut the pork into 1” cubes. Add the salt, crushed ginger, garlic, turmeric and lemon juice.  Mix well.  Put the meat in a colander with a weighted plate on top.  Keep it overnight to drain.

Step 2
The next day, fry the meat until the water evaporates and the pork is well cooked.

Add the red masala and mix well. Add the onions, carrots and cook on a very slow fire until the meat is well cooked.

Soak the tamarind in warm water and add the tamarind water to the meat together with the jaggery. Simmer on a low flame until the curry thickens.  Add the vinegar and adjust seasoning.