Mrs. Kitty Belliappa’s onakk yerchi barthad and onakk yerchi curry

Dry fried smoked pork

Ingredients:

• Smoke dried pork 250 gm (chop into smaller pieces if required)
• 1 onion – thin long slices
• 2 green chillies – long slice
• Curry leaves – few
• 1 tomato – chopped
• Salt – to taste
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Turmeric – ¼ tsp
• Garam masala – ½ tsp
• Kachampuli – ¼- ½ tsp
• Oil – for frying – as required

Procedure:

Wash the dried pork in hot water. Cook it in a pressure cooker (let it cook for about 3 whistles) and keep it aside after draining the water. Take oil in a frying pan and let it heat up under a slow flame. Add chopped onion, green chillies, curry leaves, tomato, salt, chilli powder, garam masala, turmeric and kachampuli and fry it for a minute while stirring it. Add the pork and mix it well. Let it cook for about 5-10 min. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Dried Pork Curry

This needs a masala to be prepared first.

Masala

Ingredients

• Coconut – ½, grated
• Coriander powder – 2 tsp
• Onion 1 – chopped
• Garlic – 2 pieces
• Jeera – ¼ tsp

Preparing the masala:

Grind the above ingredients into a fine paste and keep it aside

Curry:

Ingredients

• Dried pork – 250 gm
• 1 onion – thin long slices
• 2 green chillies – long slice
• Curry leaves – few
• Oil – for frying – as required

Procedure:

Wash the dried pork in hot water. Cook it in a pressure cooker (let it cook for about 3 whistles) and keep it aside (don’t drain the water). Heat the oil in a pan/vessel (you will be preparing the curry in it – so choose the size accordingly). Add all the ingredients (except pork) and fry for a few minutes, while stirring occasionally. Add cooked pork and additional water (if required). Cook until it boils. Garnish with coriander leaves.