Authentic Recipe of The Popular Naga ‘Pork with Bamboo Shoot’ from Nagaland
Recipe submitted by Sentienla (profile at the bottom) from Nagaland. She has used pork belly to make this local favorite pork dish, where the fat adds to the taste 🙂 Let us start cooking! Ingredients: Pork belly ( cut into cubes) – 500gm Dry red chilies 13-15 nos Garlic 12-15 cloves 1/2 cup of dry bamboo shoot Water 100-200ml Salt to taste Directions to cook: Soak the dry red chilies in hot water for 6-10mins. Then take a mortar and pestle, and ground them. Soak the dried bamboo shoot in water (room temperature) for 3-5 mins. Coarsely ground the garlic in a mortar and pestle Take a deep pot and put the pork belly – cut into pieces, and cook on low flame until the fat from the meat starts coming out. Stir occasionally Now, add the soaked dry bamboo shoot, crushed garlic, and red dry chili to the pork. Add salt to taste. Mix all the ingredients well, and add 1 to 2 cups of water or as much as required (depends on the …