Pork with elephant apple

 

Here I am back after a long time. Today I am going to share a simple recipe of Pork Curry. Its an Assamese style pork curry where I cooked it with elephant apple. Serve this tasty pork curry with rice in lunch or dinner.

Dillenia Indica commonly known as Elephant Apple or Ou tenga is a fruit, sour in taste and very native to Assamese cuisine. Ou tenga contains vitamins C and E along with vitamin B complex and potassium. It also contains antioxidants. Elephant apple is generally used in Assamese cuisine to make fish curries.

Pork with Ou Tenga or Elephant Apple:

📎Course : Main course

📎Cuisine : Assamese 

🔪Preparation Time : 10 minutes

♨Cooking Time : 30 minutes

🕞Total : 40 minutes
🍴Servings : 4

INGREDIENTS:

• 500 gms pork
• 1 elephant apple or ou tenga 
• 1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 1 onion, chopped
• Chopped green chillies (3-4) or bhoot jolokia * amount of chillies according to your taste 
• 2 tbsp mustard oil
• Salt to taste

METHOD:

1. Cut pork into cube sized pieces. Wash under running water.
2. In a pressure cooker boil pork for 2 whistles.  Drain water and keep the pork pieces aside. If you don't have a pressure cooker, boil pork pieces in a saucepan until tender. 
3. Remove the petals of elephant apple. Clean the edible soft petals under running water. Make small pieces.
4. In a pan heat oil. Add ginger-garlic paste.  Add chopped onions. Fry till light golden brown.  Add pork pieces.
5. Add salt. 
6. Stir and fry for 2-3 minutes.  Now add ou tenga pieces and chopped green chillie. Mix well and cook under medium heat by covering the pan with a lid.
7. Add 1 cup of water. Close the lid and cook for few minutes.
8. Remove from heat.  Serve hot.