Monday, 23 May 2016

Pork Vindaloo: Sensational & Fiery dish of Goa

A fiery traditional dish of Goa, pork vindaloo is a memorable goan cuisine. Serving extremely different food from other region, here ‘Vin’ stands for vinegar and ‘ahlo’ that is written as ‘aloo’ meaning garlic.

Prepared with ingredients like chillies, ginger, garlic and cumin, the red masala when mixed with vinegar-laced pork, the traditional cuisine gets its spicy and tangy flavours. Leaving your taste buds tingling for more.

Imagined by the Portuguese settlers, it is now the main dish of the state. Filled with handful of local and Indian spices the main ingredients in pork Vindaloo are pork and onions, while chillies and vinegar gives it the fiery flavours.

The most important part is preparing the masala for pork vindaloo. In addition, for marinade, first remove the seeds from the cardamom pods and grind with the peppercorns using a pestle and mortar. Then mix with the rest of the marinade ingredients (ginger, cloves, caste sugar, dried chillies, coriander, and cumin seeds) then pour over the pork. Mix well, then cover and leave to marinate overnight or for at least eight hrs.

Now heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat and cook the onions for about five mins until starting to soften. Add the chilli powder to the pan and cook for 1 min, remove the pork from the marinade and add to the pan. Turn up the heat a little and cook for about five mins, stirring all the time. Add the leftover marinade into the pan with the stock. Bring to the boil, and then cook for 40-45 mins until the pork is soft and the sauce thickened – it should be thick rather than saucy.