Sri Lankan Devilled Pork Shoulder Curry

A delicious slow cooked Sri Lankan curry – a perfect Saturday night meal

In this Sri Lankan dish, the meat is slowly cooked in a well-flavoured sauce – the richness and depth of aromas develop and the tender meat melts in your mouth. Serve it with some boiled rice for a fantastic curry.

Devilled Pork Shoulder Curry

Serves: 4-6

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
 
2 tbsp sunflower oil
2 sprigs curry leaves
2 black cardamom pods
2 cloves
5cm/2in cinnamon stick
1 onion, chopped
2 green chillies, deseeded and halved
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2cm/ ¾ in piece of root ginger, peeled and grated
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
800g/1lb 12oz deboned pork shoulder, trimmed and cut into bite-sized pieces
2 tomatoes, skinned and roughly chopped
3 lemongrass stalks, outer leaves and stalk ends removed and crushed, or 3 pandan leaves, tied into a knot
½ tsp sea salt
1 tbsp lime juice
long grain rice, to serve
 
1. Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan over a medium-high heat. Add the curry leaves, cardamom pods, cloves and cinnamon stick and sizzle for a few seconds, then add the onion and stir-fry for 2–3 minutes until soft and translucent. Add the chillies, garlic and ginger and stir-fry for 1–2 minutes until fragrant. Add the chilli powder, turmeric, cumin and coriander and stir-fry for 1 minute. Tip in the pork, tomatoes, pandan leaves or lemongrass stalks and salt and toss until the pork is well coated with the spices.

2. Pour in the lime juice and 550ml/19fl oz/scant 2 ¼ cups water, increase the heat to high and bring to the boil. Cover the pan, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until
the pork is tender and the sauce has thickened, stirring occasionally.

Serve hot with boiled rice.

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