Food Thai Northern StyleHang Lay Curry Recipe
Ingredients
* 500 gr pork, shoulder or collar, cut into 3cm (1.5″) cubes
* 500 gr pork belly (sliced bacon), cut into 3cm (1.5″) cubes
* 1/2 cup fresh pineapple, roughly chopped
* 1 tablespoon thick black soy sauce
* 25 small shallots, peeled and cut into halves
* 3 cups ginger, peeled and cut into julienne
* 4 whole pickled garlic
* 1 cup pickled garlic brine
* 1/2 cup freshly roasted peanuts
* 1 teaspoon hang lay masala spice mix or curry powder
* 3 tablespoon tamarind paste
* 4 tablespoon fish sauce
* 3 tablespoon palm sugar
* 2 cups water
* 2 tablespoon neutral flavor oil for frying
Hang Lay Curry Paste Ingredients
* 8-10 long dried chilies
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 3 stalks medium size lemon grass (about 5 tablespoon) , finely chopped
* 1 tablespoon galangal, finely chopped
* 2/3 cup shallots, finely chopped
* 1/2 cup garlic cloves, finely chopped
* 1 tablespoon fresh turmeric, finely chopped
* 1 tablespoon gabpi (fermented shrimp paste)
* 1 teaspoon hang lay masala spice mix or curry powder
Method, Prepare the curry paste
Clean, peel, chop and prepare all the ingredients for the curry paste.
# Soak the chilies in water until soft.
# In a mortar and pestle, start pounding the chilies with salt as an abrasive.
Add lemon grass and pound it finely
Add galangal and pound it finely
Add shallots, garlic and fresh turmeric, and pound everything to a fine paste
Add hang lay masala spice mix
Add gabpi and mix well. Set aside.
Method, Prepare the curry
Method, Prepare the curry paste
1. Clean, peel, chop and prepare all the ingredients for the curry paste.
2. Soak the chilies in water until soft.
3. In a mortar and pestle, start pounding the chilies with salt as an abrasive.
4. Add lemon grass and pound it finely
5. Add galangal and pound it finely
6. Add shallots, garlic and fresh turmeric, and pound everything to a fine paste
7. Add hang lay masala spice mix
8. Add gabpi and mix well. Set aside.
Method, Prepare the curry
1. In a mixing bowl mix the two kinds of pork cuts cubes with the pineapple and all the amount of curry paste
2. Add thick black soy sauce and mix well
3. Let the pork mixture to marinate for at least 1 hour.
4. Heat oil in a pan
5. Fry the pork mixture on low heat until the fat renders out
6. Add shallots and ginger and mix well
7. Add pickled garlic and its brine
8. Add roasted peanuts
9. Add hang lay masala spice mix
10. Mix everything well together
11. Season with tamarind paste, fish sauce and palm sugar
12. Add water to cover
13. Simmer on low heat for about 1 hour until pork is soft and sauce is thick