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Quick and easy pork mince curry with green beans.
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Pork Mince Curry Recipe

Pork may not be the first meat associated with Indian flavours, but this gloriously flavoured sour pork mince curry is a real triumph of both texture and flavour.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Anglo Indian
Keyword pork curry, pork keema, pork keema curry, pork mince curry
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 767kcal
Author Brian Jones

Ingredients

  • 350 g Pork Mince 12oz
  • 50 g Tamarind 1-1½" Cube
  • 50 ml Boiling Water 3 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon
  • 1 Small Onion 100g
  • 4 Garlic Cloves
  • 3 Finger Chilli Peppers (Red or Green)
  • 15 g Ginger ½ thumb sized piece
  • 2 tablespoon Cooking Oil
  • 18 Curry Leaves
  • 1 teaspoon Brown Mustard Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds
  • ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 4 Green Cardamom Pods
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Turmeric
  • ¼ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoon Kashmiri Chilli Powder
  • 1 tablespoon Tomato Puree
  • 2 teaspoon Light Brown Sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 375 ml Water 1½ Cups
  • 150 g Green Beans 1 Cup

Instructions

  • Place the tamarind pulp in a jug and pour over the boiling water, and allow to sit for 10 minutes, then mash it and pass it through a fine mesh sieve.
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  • Cut the onion into a 5-6mm (¼") dice.
  • Peel the garlic and dice it as finely as you can.
  • Cut the chillies in half lengthways.
  • Peel and grate the ginger.
  • Heat a wok over a medium-high heat, and when it is hot, add the cooking oil. Throw in the cumin seeds, mustard seeds, cardamom pods, cinnamon stick and fennel seeds and cook for 30 seconds.
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  • Add the onion, curry leaves and chillies and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring regularly.
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  • Throw in the tomato puree, garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute.
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  • Turn the heat up as high as it will go and add the minced pork, salt and tamarind, then fry until it is browned, which will take 5-7 minutes.
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  • Add the turmeric, ground coriander, Kashmiri chilli pepper and brown sugar and cook for 1-2 minutes.
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  • Pour in the water and reduce the heat to medium, and cook for 7-8 minutes. If the water completely evaporates, add a little more, a couple of tablespoons at a time.
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  • Cut the green beans into 1.5-2cm (1-1½") lengths and stir them through the curry and cook for a final 3-5 minutes, depending on how you like your beans cooked.
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Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 767kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 51g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 165mg | Sodium: 974mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 21g
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