Traditional Pork Vindaloo Food

GOAN PORK VINDALOO

Steps:

• Grind the Kashmiri chiles, cinnamon stick, cumin, clove, peppercorns, and turmeric with a mortar and pestle or electric coffee grinder until the spices have been ground smooth. Mix with 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to create a smooth paste. Season to taste with salt.
• Mix the pork cubes with the spice-vinegar paste in a bowl until evenly coated. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and marinate in the refrigerator overnight.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir the onions, garlic, and ginger until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add the pork and its marinade, and cook, stirring frequently, until the pork cubes have firmed, about 5 minutes. Pour in the water, bring to simmer, then reduce heat, cover, and cook until the pork is tender, about 40 minutes.
• Stir in the green chile pepper strips and 1/4 cup of vinegar. Cook uncovered until the green chile peppers have softened and the vindaloo has thickened, about 30 more minutes. Season to taste with salt before serving.

PORK VINDALOO

Steps:

• Grind onion, ginger, garlic, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, and cloves with just enough vinegar to keep the mixture moving in a blender or food processor until you have a thick paste.
• Mix remaining vinegar and water together in a large bowl. Add pork cubes to the bowl and thoroughly rinse the meat with the vinegar mixture; drain. Pat pork dry with paper towel.
• Mix the paste and pork cubes together in a clean bowl, assuring the pork cubes are coated in paste. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Marinate in refrigerator 8 hours to overnight.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry curry leaves in hot oil until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Add marinated pork, tomatoes, and turmeric; cook and stir until the tomatoes are completely softened, about 10 minutes.
• Season the pork mixture with salt. Pour enough pork stock over the mixture to assure everything is at least half-submerged. Bring the stock to a simmer, place a cover on the skillet, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the pork is completely tender, 1 to 2 hours.
• Remove lid from skillet and continue to simmer the mixture until the sauce is very thick, about 10 minutes. Garnish with cilantro.

PORK VINDALOO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F
• Combine flour, paprika, cumin, cardamom, cayenne, and cloves in a small bowl.
• Season the meat with salt & pepper generously.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large dutch oven over medium high, until simmering.
• Add half of the meat and brown on the side touching the pan, about 2 minutes.
• Turn each piece and continue cooking until most sides are well-browned, about 5 more minutes.
• Transfer the browned meat to a bowl.
• Add 1 tbsp oil to the pan and swirl to coat.
• Repeat process with 2nd half of meat.
• Transfer to the bowl when complete.
• Add 1 tbsp oil to the pan, swirl to coat.
• Add the onions and 1/4 tsp salt.
• Cook over medium heat, scraping the bottom with a wood spoon until the onions are soft, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic and cook about 1 minute until fragrant.
• Add the flour mixture and stir to coat.
• Continue to cook for about 2 more minutes, scraping the bottom of the pan.
• Gradually add the broth, scraping the bottom and sides of the pan to incorporate all browned on bits.
• Add the tomatoes, bay leaves, sugar, vinegar, and mustard seeds.
• Bring to a simmer.
• Add the pork and all accumulated juices. Return to a simmer.
• Ensure all pork is submerged in the liquid, cover and bake in preheated oven for 2 hours.
• Remove pan from oven and skim any fat that rises to the surface (or can be refrigerated for up to 3 days, spoon off any congealed fat and bring to simmer over medium low heat).
• Remove the bay leaves, stir in the cilantro, and serve.

PORK VINDALOO

Steps:

• In a food processor or blender, mince garlic and ginger. Add vinegar, turmeric, cumin, chili powders and salt and blend well. Transfer to a large bowl, add pork and turn to coat well. Cover and set aside at room temperature for one hour.
• Place tamarind in a bowl with one cup hot water. When cool enough to handle, crush tamarind with fingers to extract pulp clinging to fibers. Add another cup of hot water and mix well. Strain into a clean bowl, discarding fibrous residue.
• In a large sauté pan, combine oil, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and mustard seeds. Fry over medium-high heat until sizzling and aromatic, about 4 minutes. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add pork and cook, turning until lightly browned, about 6 minutes.
• Add tamarind juice and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and cook until pork is tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Add bell pepper and cook 7 minutes. Serve with rice.

PORK VINDALOO

Steps:

• To make the marinade, remove the seeds from the cardamom pods and grind with the peppercorns using a pestle and mortar. Mix with the rest of the marinade ingredients, then pour over the pork. Mix everything together well, then cover and leave to marinate overnight or for at least 8 hrs.
• Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat and cook the onions for about 5 mins until starting to soften. Add the chilli powder to the pan and cook for 1 min. Using a slotted spoon, remove the pork from the marinade and add to the pan. Turn up the heat a little and cook for about 5 mins, stirring all the time. Add the leftover marinade to the pan with the stock. Bring to the boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook for 40-45 mins until the pork is soft and the sauce thickened - it should be thick rather than saucy. Pick out the dried chillies, if you like, season, scatter with the coriander leaves, and serve with steamed rice and naan.

GOAN PORK VINDALOO

Steps:

• Using a spice grinder, grind the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, peppercorns, cardamom seeds, cloves, and cinnamon to a fine powder.
• In a food processor, blend the ginger, garlic, chiles, and white wine vinegar, to a paste.
• Mix the ground spice mixture with the paste until well combined, and season with a pinch of salt, to taste. Rub the mixture all over the pork using your fingers, and then set the pork aside, covered, and placed in the refrigerator to marinate for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a nonstick pan. When the oil is hot, add the onion, and fry for 3 to 4 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Add the marinated pork pieces, and fry for 6 to 7 minutes, turning once, or until golden-brown on all sides. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pan with a lid, and cook for 35 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until the pork is tender. Add small splashes of boiling water to the pan as necessary, if the juices in the pan dry out. Add as little water as possible as the resulting sauce should be quite thick.
• Heat the remaining oil in a separate pan over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds. Caution: The mustard seeds will start to pop. Keep the pan well away from your face and eyes. Be careful of the popping mustard seeds and the splatter of oil. Once the mustard seeds start to pop, add the cashew nuts, and fry for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until the nuts are golden-brown.
• To serve the dish, either divide the rice, if using, among 4 serving plates, spoon the vindaloo alongside and pour the fried cashew nuts and mustard seeds over the vindaloo, or alternatively spoon the vindaloo into the center of 4 wheat tortillas, if using, sprinkle with chopped lettuce, and sour cream and roll up into parcels.

INDIAN PORK VINDALOO

Steps:

• To male Vindaloo Paste; Place the ginger, garlic, chilli, turmeric, cardamon, cloves peppercorns, cinnamon, coriander, cumin seeds and lemon juice in a food processor.
• Process for 2 seconds or until all the ingredients are combined and the mixture is quite smooth.
• Trim the pork of excess fat and sinew and cut into cubes.
• Heat the oil in a heavy-base pan; add the meat in small batches, and cook q;quickly over medium heat until browned.
• Return all the meat to the pan.
• Add the Vindaloo Paste and mustard seeds., and cook, to the boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered for 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is tender.
• Note: The Vindaloo Paste can be made ahead of time and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.