Pork varattiyathu!! Pork cooked and roasted with chilli, spices and coconut. One of my favorite dish since my childhood days. I adapted this recipe from my grand mother. This Pork masala Fry recipe is a “must” dish at a Kerala Christian home especially in Trichur, for any special occasion. This goes well with rice.
Summary
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Loading...- Course side dish
- Cuisine kerala
- Yield 4 serving
- Cooking Time 60 minutes
- Total Time 60 minutes
Ingredients
Marination
pork
1 Kilogram
turmeric Powder
1/2 Teaspoon
Chilly Powder
1 Teaspoon
Chilly Green
2
ginger (crushed/grinded)
1 Teaspoon
pepper Powder
1/2 Teaspoon
salt
1 tsp
Masala
Shallots / Small onion
2 Cups
salt
turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon
garlic (crushed/grinded)
3 Teaspoons
ginger (crushed/grinded)
2 Teaspoons
garam masala
1 1/2 Teaspoons
coriander Powder
4 Teaspoons
Chilly Powder
4 Teaspoons
Thengakothu (Small square size coconut pieces) or grated coconut
1 Cup
curry leaves
4 Sprig
Steps
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Cut cleaned pork into cube size pieces. Marinate pork with ingredients listed under marination. Add 2 tbsp of water to this and cook covered till the pork is done. In a regular pan, it might take around 45 minutes. In pressure cooker, it would be done in 1-2 whistles. In the authentic preparation, it's cooked in a regular pan. Refer notes on tips about best pork cuts that suit this recipe.
- ** Drain the excess oil out of the pan. Don't forget to do this. Otherwise the final dish would be very oily. I prefer using this oil to saute the onion and masala.
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Heat oil in a pan and fry coconut pieces until it becomes golden brown color. Keep it aside. ** Another alternative for coconut pieces is grated coconut. If you are using grated coconut, fry 3/4 cup of grated coconut until it gets brown color. Pulse it in a mixer without water. Don't make it to a fine powder. The authentic Thrissur style pork preparation is with grated coconut, and would highly recommend it 🙂
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Heat oil in a pan. Saute sliced small onions, salt and lots of curry leaves. Saute it until onion turns golden brown. Then add crushed garlic and ginger paste. Saute it well.
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Add chilly powder, coriander powder and garam masala. Saute it well and if required add more oil.
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Now add cooked pork and fried coconut pieces/ powdered grated coconut prepared in step 3. Adjust salt. Cook on low flame for around 15 - 20 minutes. If required, add oil in between. Stir it until it becomes black in color. Enjoy with rice 🙂
Notes
In the United States, different kind of pork cuts is available. Pork Belly cut is the best that suits this recipe. In Bay Area, I usually get it from Seafood City.