A lip-smacking pork curry made with aromatic masala powders and chunks of potatoes. It’s easy to make, and loaded with classic flavors. Perfect curry to have with piping hot steam rice, bread, dinner rolls or any Indian flat breads for a comforting meal!

Pork masala curry is an Indian style pork curry recipe. The ingredients used in this recipe are the basic pantry staples which we use in our daily cooking. A wonderful spicy pork curry made from the various flavorsome spices, freshly pounded ginger garlic, onion and tomato with minimum cooking oil. The spices give the pork a succulent taste, its finger licking good!

If you don’t prefer spicy food, cut out the amount of chilly and chilly powder. However, the spicy level of this curry is just right for people who appreciate a little spice. It’s not too pungent, but has just the right zing!

The pork curry cooked in the spicy masala makes a perfect curry for all pork lovers. The pork when combined with the curry makes a perfect combinations as the flavors of the curry coats the pork making it very delightful. I am sure you will love it as much as we do!

Apart from the traditional naga recipes, I love devouring this masala pork curry is once in a while with rice for a meal or with bread for a quick snack to kill the sudden hunger pangs.

INGREDIENTS USED TO MAKE PORK MASALA CURRY

For the chicken I have used meat with fats. When it comes to pork I love the fats more than the meaty part. I have used boneless meat but you can use with bone in, and thats what I like.
Honestly speaking I love any meat with bone-in compared to boneless. Meat with bone-in lends deeper, richer flavor to a simple curry making it super delicious.

This simple, easy and effortless recipe uses simple and basic spice powders which every Indian kitchen have in store like turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilly powder, pepper powder, garam masala powder and meat masala powder. Few spices like cumin seeds, dry red chilly and bay leaf are used to temper. The other ingredients used for making the curry are mustard oil, freshly grounded ginger garlic, chopped onion, tomato, chunks of potato and salt as seasoning.

VARIATIONS

This pork masala curry is a versatile recipe. You can easily make a variations by adding your own twist.

Instead of pork you can use other meat like chicken, turkey, duck, beef, buff, mutton or lamp.

You can add whole spices like cardamom, cinnamon, cloves etc.

You can make a dry version instead of curry. You just need to add less water and allow the gravy to evaporate once the meat is tender.

HOW TO MAKE PORK MASALA CURRY IN PRESSURE COOKER

Take a pressure cooker and add the oil. Add the cumin seeds, chillies, bay leaf and saute for a min.

Add coarsely ground ginger garlic reserving 1 tsp for later use and saute for a min.

Add the onion and saute till translucent. Add chopped tomatoes and saute till mushy. Add the masala powders and saute for a min.

Add the pork, salt and saute for around 5 mins stirring coating the masalas nicely with the pork. Add some water, potatoes and pressure cook for 7-8 whistles. Let the pressure release by itself.

Open the cooker and adjust the gravy consistency as per your requirement and just before turning off the heat add the remaining 1 tsp ground ginger garlic, give a quick stir and take off the heat.

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• Black Pepper Chicken – Semi Gravy
• Crab Curry – Indian Style
• Chicken Kola Urundai Kuzhambu / Minced Chicken Balls Curry
• Easy Chicken Curry
• Rohu Fish Curry
• Pepper Chicken Gravy
• Butter Chicken
• Mutton Curry With Coriander Seeds
• Chettinad Mutton Curry
• Chickpea Soya Curry

All of the above recipes are super easy to prepare, ready in no time, and will never disappoint you.

So pork lovers please do try this easy pork curry recipe and share your thoughts about the recipe with me.

Now let’s move on to the step by step pictorial recipe and see how to make this insanely delicious masala pork curry at home. You will be amazed how it turn out into a restaurant style pork curry at the comfort of your home.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients to make pork masala curry:

500 gms Pork
2 Potato medium cut into big pieces
7-8 garlic cloves
2 inches ginger roughly chopped
1tbsp Oil
½ tsp cumin seeds
3 dry red chilly roughly broken
1 Bay leaf
2 Onion medium chopped
1 Tomato chopped
1 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsp Kashmiri Chilly powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp cracked peppercorns
1 tsp Garam masala powder
1 tsp Meat masala powder
Salt to taste
Water as required

Step by step pictorial recipe to make pork masala curry:

In a mortar pestle coarsely ground the ginger garlic.

In a pan heat the oil. Add the cumin seeds, dry red chillies, bay leaf and allow the cumin seeds to crackle.

Add in the pounded ginger garlic reserving 1 tsp of it for later use. Saute for a minute.

Add in rhe chopped onions and saute for about 2 minutes.

Add in the chopped tomatoes and saute until the tomatoes turns soft and mushy.

Add in the masala powders – turmeric, chilly, coriander, pepper, garan masala and meat masala. Saute for a minute.

Add in the pork and salt. Mix well coating the masalas well with the pork. Now put on the lid and cook on low-medium heat for 15 minutes stirring it occasionally to prevent from sticking to the pan and for even cooking.

Add in the potato chunks and mix well. Add 1-2 cups of water, mix well and cook further with lid on.

Stir the curry occasionally and cook until the pork is tender. When the pork is completely cooked and the gravy reaches your required consistency, add in the reserved pounded ginger garlic. Give a quick stir and take off the heat.

Enjoy the masala pork curry with piping hot steam rice or bread or flat breads.

NOTES:

● You can use both garam masala powder and meat masala powder. If using both, use 1 tsp each. But if using only garam masala powder, use 2 tsp garam masala powder.

● I have used mustard oil, you can use any other cooking oil.

● Adding potato is optional but I love this Curry with potatoes.

● Yoi can add some chopped coriander leaves at the end.

● You can make a dry version instead of Curry following the same recipe. You just need to reduce the water and allow the water the evaporate completely.

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Happy cooking!

Love Akum

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Pork with perilla seeds is another Naga pork specialty dish. In my local dialect i.e. Ao Naga dialect this dish is called as ‘Ak Shi Azü Den Asoba Aon’ which means pork cooked with perilla seeds. ‘Ak shi’ means pork meat and ‘Azu’ means perilla seeds. This is a flavoursome delicacy with awesome flavors of roasted perilla seeds and fermented bamboo shoot extract.

This delicious pork dish can be served as a side dish with your meal. It can also be served with piping hot black tea whenever you have any guest around. It’s scrumptious and filling when served with steamed rice or sticky rice along with some boiled vegetables and chutney which makes a complete meal!

Christmas is just around the corner and preparing delicious and special dishes is almost every household’s ritual! Today I’m sharing a delicious Naga dish of pork with perilla seeds recipe. This recipe uses traditional Naga ingredients to create a scrumptious dish that’s ideal for when you want to treat something special and ethnic for your family or for guest coming during the festive season or any special occasions.

WHAT IS PERILLA SEEDS?

Perilla frutescens is an annual herb belonging to the mint family (Lamiaceae). Perilla is known as Bhanjeera in Hindi. The appearance of perilla seeds is tiny oval shaped seeds. The perilla seeds are obtained from the perilla plant.

Perilla seeds is found in South East Asian countries and the Himalayan region of India and Nepal. It is mostly found in almost all North Eastern States of India.

The perilla plant is rich in dietary fiber contains nutrients such as alpha-linolenic acid, omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acid. The omega-3 to omega-6 ratio in perilla seeds is 6:1, the highest of any seeds. It has incredible healing properties, the oil helps in treating asthma, nausea, soothe stomach ache, and to relieve muscle spasms. A rich and natural vegetarian supplement for omega fatty acids, protein and fiber for both adults and kids.

Superfood perilla has a high ALA content (Alpha-Linolenic Acid) containing as much as 60 percent of the healthy fat where chia seeds contain only about half that. Perilla seeds make an excellent alternative to chia seeds & flax seeds.

Read a detailed article on perilla seeds here by NCBI/NIH website to know more about it.

Perilla seeds are flavorful, aromatic and they have a delicious nutty flavor. It is power packed in a tiny seed. Be it for salad, meat or chutney, it’s a flavour champion. They are used as a spice and are used to make delicious chutneys, salads, vegetable curries and meat preparation.

Perilla seeds are usually consumed not as whole seeds but as paste or powder. For best result roast them to enhance their flavor.

CULINARY USES:

Perilla is used for its aroma and as a flavouring agent in various cuisines.
Some of the ways in which perilla seeds are used in the North Eastern Cuisine are cited below:

– It is usually ground into a paste and make chutneys by adding local spices and herbs.
– It is also pounded into powder and added to raw salads.
– They are also added into curries and stews to give a rich flavor and thickness to the curries and stews.
– You can simply dry roast it and ground it with salt and consume it as a condiment.

HOW TO STORE PERILLA SEEDS?

Always store perilla seeds in an air-tight container in a cool dry place away from moisture and humidity. You can also dry roast them and store in an airtight container.

INGREDIENTS USED TO MAKE PORK WITH PERILLA SEEDS

This section explains what all ingredients is used in making the pork with perilla seeds, how to use or choose certain ingredients and substitution options. For measurements, see the recipe card below.

● Pork – Fresh pork with both flesh and fats with bone in is used here. You can make this recipe with smoked pork also.
● Chilli – The recipe uses local chilli powder, that’s dry red chilli pounded in traditional way in large wooden mortar and pestle.
● Raja mircha – This is Naga king chilli. You can use it if its available and can bear the heat of it, otherwise this is optional.
● Bamboo shoot extract – This is the juice extracted from fermented bamboo shoot. You can also use fermented bamboo shoot instead of the extract.
● Perilla seeds – The perilla seeds is dry roasted and pounded in mortar and pestle into powder.
● Ginger And Garlic – They are freshly pounded in mortar and pestle. They are coarsely ground just to open the flavor. Recommend not to use store bought ginger garlic paste.
● Sichuan peppercorns – Loçal sichuan peppercorns and not the Chinese sichuan peppercorns is used here.
● Water as required
● Salt to taste.

HOW TO MAKE PORK WITH PERILLA SEEDS?

This section shows how to make pork with perilla seeds with step-by-step photos and details about the technique with video tutorial. For full ingredients measurements, see the recipe card below.

I made a simple video of pork with perilla seeds for my readers which I have shared below. Please do watch to know how I made this delicious recipe. If you liked the video please do SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t yet. Also like, share and comment on it! It will mean a lot to me and really motivate me to come up and shoot more videos for my readers. As always looking forward to your feedbacks!

PORK WITH PERILLA SEEDS VIDEO TUTORIAL

STEP BY STEP PICTORIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE PORK WITH PERILLA SEEDS

In a pan dry roast the perilla seeds untill it starts to crackle and you get a nice aroma. Remove from heat.

Add them onto a mortar and pestle and pound them into a coarsely powder.

In a mortar and pestle add in the roughly chopped ginger and garlic. Pound them coarsely just to open the flavor.

In a heavy bottom pan add in the pork.

Add in salt, local chilli powder and raja mircha (king chilli) if using.

Stir and mix well. Put on the lid and cook in low-medium flame for about 10-15 minutes stirring occasionally in between the cooking.

The pork will start releasing its fats and it will get cooked on its fats.

Add in the fermented bamboo shoot extract and the pounded perilla seeds. Give it a good mix.

Now add in some water. Put on the lid and cook further untill the pork is tender and cooked well.

Cooking time depends on the tenderness of your meat. It took approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour for me.

Add in the ground ginger and garlic. Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Turn off the heat and finally add in the roasted sichuan peppercorns by crushing it in your palm. Mix well.

Your pork with perilla seeds is ready to be served. Enjoy wih piping hot steam rice.

NOTES:
● Dry roast the perilla seeds before pounding.
● You can swap the fresh pork with smoked pork and chicken as well.
● You can swap the bamboo shoot extract with bamboo shoot.
● I used local pounded chilli, you can soak the dry red chilli in hot water for few minutes, then pound them in mortar and pestle or mixie.
● King chilli is optional.
● Use freshly ground ginger garlic and not store bought ginger garlic paste.
● If you are not using bamboo shoot or extract, you can use tomato.
● You can make this in gravy form as well, add water as per your requirement.

RECIPE CARD

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Well, if you make this pork with perilla seeds recipe I’ll be glad if you take out some time and rate the recipe and leave a feedback in the comments box below. You can also snap a photo and tag Akum Raj Jamir on Facebook and akumrajjamir on Instagram with hashtag #atmykitchen. I would love to see your creations.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I hope you liked the recipe. Your valuable feedbacks are always welcome, I love hearing from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every one of you.

Happy Cooking!
Love Akum