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Old Fashioned Goan Vindaloo

Old fashioned Goan vindaloo is on the menu from resident chef Nigel Barden in today's mouth-watering 'Foodie Thursday'.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Thu 29 Sep 2016 17:05

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Goan Old Fashioned Vindaloo

byÌýTom Parker Bowles from Let's Eat Meat: Recipes for prime cuts, cheap bits and glorious scraps of meat (Pavilion Books)

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There’s nothing wrong with the post-pub vindaloo, the chilli-powder-laced bruiser that brawls its way through the digestive system with little regard for civilised calm.Ìý It does have its own crude, rough-hewn charms.Ìý The real thing though, is rather different, a handsome, worldly charmer, with Portuguese roots, & lashings of pork, vinegar & chilli.Ìý There’s a more complex recipe in my previous book, Let’s Eat, but this version manages to contain the soul of vindaloo, without quite as much of the hassle – as long as you remember to marinate the meat a day ahead.

Serves 4

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Prep time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 2½ hrs

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Ingredients

800g/1lb 12oz leg of pork, trimmed of excess fat & cut into 4cm/1½ in chunks

3-4 tbsp vegetable oil

1½ tbsp black peppercorns, roughly crushed

½ cinnamon stick

4-8 long green finger chillies, halved

3 onions, finely chopped

1 tsp Demerara sugar (or jaggery if you can get it)

1 tsp sea salt flakes, or to taste

handful of fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped

boiled basmati rice, to serve

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Spice Paste

10-15 dried Kashmiri chillies (or long red Indian chillies), soaked in just-boiled water for 20 mins, drained

6 garlic cloves, peeled

2.5cm / 1in piece of fresh ginger, peeled

1 tsp cumin seeds, toasted until fragrant, then ground in a mortar & pestle

7-8 tbsp malt vinegar (or coconut vinegar)

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Method

To make the spice paste, in a small blender, blitz the drained chillies with the garlic, ginger, cumin & 6 tbsp of the vinegar.Ìý Mix the paste thoroughly with the pork, cover & marinate in the fridge overnight.

The next day, heat 3 tbsp oil in a large pan & add the peppercorns, cinnamon & fresh chillies & cook gently for a couple of mins.Ìý

Turn up the heat, add the pork & cook until it has a good brown crust all over, adding a little extra oil if necessary. Remove the meat & transfer it to a plate.Ìý

Add the onions & cook over a medium-low heat for about 15 mins, until soft & golden.

Return the pork to the pan, add the sugar & about 250ml/9fl oz water, plus a splash of vinegar.Ìý Bring to a low simmer, cover & cook for 1hr.Ìý

Add about 200ml/7fl oz water to prevent sticking.Ìý Remove the lid & cook for a further 1½ hours, adding more water if necessary, until the meat falls apart.Ìý

Stir in an extra tbsp of vinegar & salt to taste, sprinkle with coriander & serve with basmati rice.

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Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Sep 2016 17:05