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Wahan Mosdeng

Tripura's famous spicy pork salad — boiled, grilled pork tossed with roasted chillies, onion and fresh herbs.

Ingredients

• 500 g pork belly
• 5 dry red chillies, roasted
• 2 green chillies, roasted
• 2 onions, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp ginger, finely chopped
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 3 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
• salt to taste

Method

1. Boil the pork in salted water for 25 minutes until cooked. Drain and cool.
2. Grill or roast the pork on a tawa or open flame until charred at the edges. Slice thin.
3. Roast dry and green chillies over the flame, then crush coarsely with salt.
4. Toss pork with onions, ginger, crushed chillies, lemon juice and coriander.
5. Rest 5 minutes and serve as a side or snack.

Tip: The charred pork edges are what makes this dish — don't skip the grilling.