Pork Bafat
Pork bafat is the most loved dish among mangalorean Catholics.
There are many varieties of dishes prepared with pork but pork bafat is the traditional delicacy & i feel, it's the best among all pork dishes.
This dish is enjoyed on all special occasions & is a most favourite weekend delicacy among mangalorean catholic families.
This hot, spicy, tangy dish goes extremely well with sannas, panpole, apams , bread or simple boiled rice. In my house this pork bafath is enjoyed the most with hot crispy bakri.
This easy, simple recipe needs bafat powder as a main ingredient.
RECIPE:
INGREDIENTS:
- 1kg washed & cleaned pork cubes
- 4 large onions chopped into large cubes
- 3 slit green chillies
- 1 large pod garlic peeled
- 1/2" ginger
- Lemon size tamarind
- 3 tbsp bafat powder ( see note)
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 3 bay leaves
- 1" cinnamon stick
- Salt to taste.
- 1/2 tsp vinegar
Method:
Soak tamarind in 1 cup hot water for 10 minutes & extract thick pulp.
In a cooking pan add pork cubes with chopped ginger, tamarind pulp, salt to taste, bafat powder, bay leaves and green chillies. Mix well & cook on a medium flame till half done.
Add onion, garlic & garam masala & cook till done. Add little vinegar only if required. You can also add elephant yam, raw bananas or potatoes too while boiling.
( You can also add 1/2 tsp dried pork blood at the end & take one good boil. This is used in traditional pork bafat recipes . Its purely optional)
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