Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sri Lankan Peppered Pork and Potato Curry (Throwback Thursday Series)

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Original Photo of dish from 2011

This is pork curry is one of my mother's recipes that I love.  She loves to entertain with this dish and it's always a hit. What I like about this dish is that the flavors are so different from your normal meat dishes that have strong curry flavors.  The cardamom and fennel flavors are subtle yet exotic.  It is a wonderful addition to any rice and curry meal.

Note:  Throwback Thursday is a new series where I take some of my original posts here on  Curry and Comfort and redo them so I can take better photos.


Ingredients:
3lbs pork (boned or boneless) *Marinated see marinate below
2 medium onions sliced
4 large potatoes peeled and cut into medium size cubes 
Any variety of bell, banana or cubanelle mild pepper  
2-3Tbs of canola oil
1 cinnamon stick
3-4 pods of cardamom
3-4 cloves
10-12 curry leaves
1 Tbs of grated ginger
1 Tbs of grated garlic
salt and black pepper to taste

Curry Sauce:
10-12 cardamom pods
1Tbs of fennel seeds
1-2 cups of milk



Pork Marinate:
Marinate the pork for about 15-20 minutes before cooking with:
2 Tbs of cider vinegar
1 Tbs of grated ginger
1 Tbs of grated garlic
1 Tbs of canola oil
salt and pepper (be heavy with the pepper).

Directions:
Step 1:
 Cut pork chops into chunks.  If you are using bone-in pork, leave bones because they add flavor. Marinate the pork for about 15-20 minutes before cooking with pork marinate above.




Step 2:
Cut into cubes (slightly bigger than the pork chunks) and boil them. Drain and set aside until later.

 
Step 3: Slice onions and pepper. Mince/grate ginger and garlic for curry.






Step 4: Make the curry sauce by grinding or pounding in either a mortar and pestle or spice grinder the cardamom pods and fennel seeds until coarsely ground.



Add the ground mixture to a bowl and add 1-2 cups of milk. If you want a little extra gravy I would go with the 2 cups.   Let the spice mixture steep in the milk for at least 5-10 minutes.

**note on milk:  My mother uses cow's milk for the recipe.  You can give coconut milk a try too.



Step 5:

After you have all the prep work done it's time to cook the pork. Heat 2-3tbs of oil in a pan and add:
1 cinnamon stick
3-4 pods of cardamom
3-4 cloves
Some curry leaves

Note:
If I ever use cardamom, cloves or cinnamon sticks make sure you discard these items before eating or avoid eating them. They are very strong tasting and are used just to flavor the food, but not so nice if you eat them alone. The curry leaves can be eaten... they are tasty. : )


Add marinated pork and saute'.  Once the pork is opaque add sliced onions and sliced peppers. Also add the remaining 1tbs of garlic and 1tbs of ginger.  Saute all ingredients and cover. Let cook for 10-15 minutes.
Once the pork is cooked through add the boiled potatoes from earlier.  Then strain the spice/ milk mixture with a strainer to the pork dish. You will need to strain the milk mixture because you don't want the pod and fennel pieces in the final dish.  Simmer for another 5 minutes and check for salt.  Serve with rice. Enjoy.


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12 comments:

  1. Hi. Great recipe! Just wondering... if this cows milk you add or coconut milk?

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    1. Hi, yes. You can definitely give coconut milk a try in the recipe. :)

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  2. Hi,i prefer to use fresh milk rather than coconut milk in my curries,but may i know whether it will taste good,thanks

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    1. Yes, please feel free to use fresh milk. That's what my mother usually uses. It will taste fine. :) Hope you enjoy.

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  3. Every bit of this sounds amazing - holy cow I want this for breakfast now heehee :D

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  4. Bill loves pork and this looks like an excellent recipe to add to my repertoire.

    PS...thanks for your kind words of condolence, my friend. xo

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  5. What a great dish, Ramona! I love using cardamom in my baking and cooking. And cardamom and fennel together sound so unique to me! I bet your kitchen smelled great when you were cooking this too! : )

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  6. I have been buying more pork lately - don't know why we ever when on a break. I haven't thought of using it as a curry!

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  7. What a great curry recipe Ramona! My husband loves pork and I don't have enough pork curry recipes. But now thanks to you I have one more to add to the routine:) I look forward to seeing your redos as it will be a reminder of great recipes from the past;)

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  8. What a deliciously flavoured curry my friend, fantastic job :D

    Cheers
    CCU

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  9. I love reading your ingredient list and wish that I could get my hands some of the ingredients, namely the curry leaves and the cardamom pods. I recently went to a local Asian market that sells all kinds of great herbs and spices, but they have recently reduced their inventory and no longer sells a lot of the great things I used to see there. :( I know this is a silly question, but is there a substitute for curry leaves?

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  10. I bet this smells as awesome as it looks.

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