Pork Bafat - Daisy aunty

Recipe by Daisy Dsouza


Ingredients:
1 kg pork
4 large onions (chopped)
20-25 cloves garlic (sliced)
1" ginger (chopped)
3 green chillies (slit or chopped)
3 lime sized tamarind (soak in water)
5-6 bay leaves
2" cinnamon (cut in to small pieces)
8-10 cloves
8 tbsp bafat powder (adjust if needed)
salt
pigs blood (wash 10 times and then soak in water)

Steps:
  1. Chop and wash the pork skin and pressure cook it till it is soft, 4-5 whistles or more if needed. 
  2. Add the pork with the tamarind water, bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, bafat powder and salt into a cooking vessel with 1 1/2 cups water and boil for about 30 minutes. Add water if required.
  3. Remove the bay leaves and discard.
  4. Add the onions, garlic, ginger and green chillies and mix well. Cook for about 3 minutes.
  5. Discard the water from the blood and give it a squeeze and add it to the pork dish and mix well. Cook for 2-3 minutes more.
  6. Switch off the flame and cover with a lid.
  7. ENJOY!