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Gahori Bhaja

Assamese pork dry fry. The pork is boiled first, then fried in its own fat with onion, ginger, garlic and green chillies till crisp at the edges.

Ingredients

• 750 g pork with fat, bite-size pieces
• 3 onions, sliced
• 2 tbsp ginger-garlic, crushed
• 6 green chillies, slit
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tbsp mustard oil
• salt to taste

Method

1. Boil the pork with turmeric, salt and 2 cups water for 25 minutes till just tender. Drain and keep the stock.
2. Heat mustard oil in a heavy pan. Add the pork and fry on medium heat 10 minutes till the fat melts and the pieces brown.
3. Add the onions, ginger-garlic and chillies. Fry 8 minutes till the onions are golden.
4. Add 3 tbsp of the stock and the pepper. Fry till dry and glossy.
5. Serve hot with rice, or as a starter.

Tip: Use very little oil. The pork fat that melts out is enough to fry everything.