This is dish was concocted by my sister, Anita. It is a simple easy-to-make dish which blends indian and chinese flavours. The dish works well with rice or with a side salad.
Course
Dinner, Light Meal, Lunch
Cuisine
Indian, Oriental
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time30minutes
Total Time45minutes
Servings4people
Ingredients
Lean Pork 500g
One medium sweet onionthe white variety
3clovesgarlicor 1 large frozen cube
Add small cube gingeror half a frozen cube
4chillies greenor 1 large frozen cube
2carrots – cubed
1.5tspgaram masala
2tspsoy sauce dark
1tspbalsamic vinegar
1tspWorcester sauce
half of a small carton of passata
1-1.5tspsalt
Add 3 sliced celery stalks
1tin chick peasoptional
Method
Using frylight, fry off 1 medium sweet onion until browned (about 5 mins)
Add the garlic, ginger and chillies. Fry for a minute more.
Add mince pork and the carrots.
Then add the garam masala
Stir and brown off the pork.
Add the passata sauce
Add the Soy Sauce, Worcester Sauce and Balsamic Vinegar.
Mix and stir for 5-10 mins. At this stage, add the chick peas if you want to.
Add the celery stalks and cook for 2 mins more (to keep them crunchy).
Add salt to taste – about 1-1.5 tsp.
Add a bit of water to stop the dish drying out (i.e. pork clumps are thickly coated with the sauce). Sauce should not be runny.
Recipe Notes
Please note: Frozen cubes of garlic or ginger can be found in international supermarkets and in some major English supermarket stores. One rectangular cube measures 3.5cm x 3.5cm x 1.5cm.