After the not-very-successful pulled pork wraps, we had a large bowl of leftover pork and no particular inclination to do more wraps.So Paul curried it.
Leftover Pork Curry
In a big enamelled cast iron dutch oven, he put the pork & some water and started to simmer it. In a small pan, he heated quite a lot of vegetable oil and fried some cloves (8 or 9), some cardamom pods (6 or 7) and about 5 whole star anise and a diced onion. After about 5 minutes, when there is a bit of aroma off the hard dried spices, he added a level teaspoon of cumin seeds (the whole seeds add a nice nutty texture as well as flavour) and a few dried kaffir lime leaves. The last thing to add to the oil is 1tsp turmeric, because it burns quite quickly.
In with the meat he added 3 tsp paprika, another 1 tsp turmeric and 1tsp garam masala and about 1tsp diced garlic and 1tsp diced ginger. Then he added the fried spice mixture, some diced chilli. We let it simmer for a while (not as long as normal because the meat was already cooked and tender) then added some salt to taste and a bag of baby spinach leaves. Stirred some cooked rice through it and there it was. Infinitely tastier than the original dish.
11 comments:
Good work Paul! Sounds delicious and spicy! yum!
great save!
Foodycat, the left over pork sounds very tasty. I like the idea of using curry. I'll have to try that sometime. Thanks
HH - yeah, he is good on a curry!
Kat - thanks!
Teresa - pork makes a really good curry, if you have leftovers.
I don't know why but I've never considered using pork in a curry, looks like I'm missing out!
The pork curry looks pretty awesome. As for making pulled pork - Theresa is right, a crockpot is an economical easy way to go. I've also slow cooked it for 3 hours in the oven at 300 degrees in a covered black enamel roasting pan. For some reason everything (turkey, chicken, pork) roasts faster in that pan, maybe because it's black?
Sam - pork vindaloo is lovely too!
Laurie - I really like the sound of that black pan!
Glad to hear you could make something nice out of the disappointing initial pork meal. This looks delicious, nice tip about the tumeric too :) burnt spices aren't nice...
Mmm, curry is the ultimate comfort food. Looks delish!
Laura - the turmeric thing was a new one on me, I have to say! I don't make curries the same way he does.
Natashya - comforting is just the right word! It was lovely.
What a way to use up the leftovers in a way you like--it looks delicious!
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