Goan Pork Balchão Recipe

Ingredients:

2 kg chopped pork 

3 onions chopped fine

2 heaped tablespoons of Red chilly powder 

1/2 cup Vinegar(either cider, toddy, or red wine)

Powder of 15 cloves and 2 inch piece of cinnamon

Paste of 2 inch piece of Ginger and 8 flakes of Garlic(peeled)

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 cup Oil or pork lard

2 spoons of shrimp paste(optional)

1 cup warm water

Salt to taste

Preparation:

Marinate pork pieces in salt and vinegar(one spoon salt and 3 spoons vinegar, approximately) and keep aside.Then, heat oil or lard(whichever you are using) and fry the chopped onions till golden brown. Grind together Red chilly powder (or make powder by using dried Kashmiri chillies with seeds removed, for a less fiery taste), the prepared ginger-garlic paste, and powdered cloves and cinnamon in vinegar.

Add the ground red chilly masala to the fried onions and fry for 3 mins. Finally, add the pork pieces and shrimp paste(optional). Mix well and let the meat cook. When the balchao begins to boil, add water, the remaining vinegar, sugar, and more salt (if needed). Let the pork cook on slow fire for 40 minutes or more. Generally, it takes about an hour.  Serve with steamed rice or bread.

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