Kerala Pork Fry is a popular recipe in south Kerala. For special Occasions like Christmas, Easter pork is an inevitable dish in kerala specially kottayam. Erachi/meat Ularthiyathu/stir fry dishes are very common and regular in christian families. Every home has there on way of making erachi/ meat ularthiyathu/stir fry and this is how we can make it at home.
If u are a lover of this meat u can eat along with bread , rice etc. Here I used potatoes also along with this meat preparation. Potatoes are cut in cubes are stir fried with pork. This is a bit spicy recipe with pepper, green chillies and red chillies, This is a wonderful recipe and is an excellent appetizer with drinks. Lets see how I am going to make this Kerala style pork stir fry.
Kerala Pork Fry
Kerala Pork Stir Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork – 1 kg, cut into cubes
- Potatoes- 2, cut into cubes
- Dry Coconut/ kopra- 1 tbsp, chopped
- Cumin seeds-1tsp
- Fenugreek seeds- 1tsp
- Fennel seeds- 1tsp
- Cinnamon-1
- Cardamom-2
- Shallots- 2 cup, cut in two pieces
- Ginger- 1 tbsp, chopped
- Garlic- I tbsp, chopped
- Green chillies- 5, split in lengthwise
- Pepper powder- 1tsp
- Garam masala powder- 1tsp
- Salt- to taste
- Coconut oil- 1tbsp
- Curry leaves- 3 sprig
For Marinating the Meat
- Lemon juice – 2tsp
- Garam masala powder- 1tsp
- Kashmiri chilly powder- 2tsp
- Pepper powder- 1tsp
- Ginger, garlic paste- 2tsp each
- Salt- to taste
- Corriander powder- 1 tbsp
How to Make Kerala Pork Stir Fry/Nadan Panniyearchi Ularthiyathu
- Wash cleaned pork into cube pieces. Drain the water completely.
- Marrinate pork with the ingredients listed under ‘For Marrinating the Pork’. Keep it aside for 20 minutes.
- Transfer the meat to the non- stick sauce pan, add half a cup of water to this and cook covered till the pork half cooked.
- Now add the potatoes cut into cubed pieces, to this half cooked pork and stir well and cover it and cook for 15 minutes more in a medium flame.
- After 15 minutes, open the sauce pan. If it having excess oil, drain out the excess oil and adjust the salt at this level. Keep it aside.
- Heat 1tbsp coconut oil in a frying pan and add cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon, fennel seeds, caradamom and saute it for 1 minute.
- Now add chopped ginger, garlic and curry leaves into it and stir it for 2 minutes, till the raw smell disappears.
- Then the chopped dry coconut pieces and saute well, till it turn light brown.
- Now add the shallots, green chillies and saute well till it turn light brown.
- Transfer this fried mix to the cooked pork and stir occassionally in the medium low heat for 20 minutes.
- Stir the pork fry for 5 more minutes, till it turns very dry.
- Its ready to serve. Serve it along with rice and morru curry.
- Enjoy !!
I have found some other recipes also for Kerala pork fry. You can try that variation also.