Friday, May 23, 2014

Pork Vindaloo


Ingredients
  • Pork - 1/2 kg
  • Garlic - 15 cloves (If large, use only 6 or 7 cloves)
  • Cumin seeds (Jeera) - 1/2 tsp
  • Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric -1/4 tsp
  • Water -1/2 cup
  • Green chillies -3
  • Ginger - 1" piece
  • Onions - 3 large
  • Chilly powder - 1 tsp
  • Tomatoes - 2
  • Coriander leaves - 1 bunch
  • Oil - 2 tbsp
  • Salt - To taste
Method
  1. Cut pork into small pieces.
  2. Put pork, turmeric, salt and 1/2 cup water in a pressure cooker. After the whistle, lower heat and cook for 25 minutes. Keep aside.
  3. Smash garlic cloves, cumins seeds and fennels seeds in a mixer-grinder. It should only be smashed not ground well. Keep aside.
  4. Smash ginger and green chillies. Keep aside.
  5. Cut the onions into small pieces.
  6. Chop the tomatoes and coriander leaves.
  7. Put non stick pan on fire, add oil and fry the onions to a light brown colour.
  8. Now add smashed ginger and green chillies.Fry for a minute.
  9. Then add the garlic and smashed cumin, fennel seeds.Fry for another minute.
  10. Add chilly powder.Fry for one minute.
  11. Now add the chopped tomatoes.
  12. Fry well till tomatoes are well smashed and dark red.
  13. Now drain out the pork from the water it was boiled in. Fry for some time with the onions and masala mix.
  14. Add the boiled water left in the pressure cooker. Boil it down.
  15. Garnish with coriander leaves.