Pork Vindalho

This is another popular pork recipe at home! It's one of the common pork recipes among Goan and Mangalorean Catholics. The name 'vindaloo' or 'vindalho' is derived from Portuguese dish 'Carne de Vinha d'alhos' (Meat with wine and garlic). The addition of vinegar instead of wine and Kashmiri dry red chillies and other Indian spices  make this dish  mildly sour and spicy. There are different variants of this recipe and I will share them with you later :)


Preparation time - 10 minutes + 4 hours of marination

Cooking time - 30 minutes

Ingredients:

Pork - 500 gm

Salt- 1 tsp

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

For the marination:

Kashmiri dry red chillies - 20

Ginger - 1'' piece

Garlic - 6 cloves

Cinnamon - 1'' piece

Cloves - 6

Onion - quarter piece

Goan Coconut Vinegar - 3 tbsp

Peppercorns - 10- 12

Sugar - 1 tbsp

Oil - 2 tbsp

Water -  1 cup



Method:

1. Grind all the ingredients under marination to a thick paste.

2. Marinate the pork with 3 tbsp of the prepared paste along with salt and turmeric. Keep refrigerated       for 4-5 hours.

3. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, add sugar and let it caramelize. Stir it.

4. Add the marinated pork and mix well. Stir constantly for 5-7 minutes.

5. Add water. Cover and cook for 20- 25 minutes on slow fire.

6. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve hot with rice.

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