Pork Chipolatas Cooked in an Indian Style

Name: Pork Chipolatas Cooked in an Indian Style
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2.5 cm/1 inch cube of fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped; 225 g/8 oz small courgettes; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 110 g/4 oz onions, peeled and chopped; 225 g/8 oz pork chipolatas; 3 garlic cloves, peeled; ½ teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons water; 1 teaspoon ground cumin seeds; ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper; 225 g/8 oz tomatoes, peeled and finely chopped, or the same amount of canned tomatoes as a substitute

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery

By Madhur Jaffrey

Published 2023

About

Indians cannot, of course, buy chipolatas in their local bazaars, but here is a simple Indian-style recipe that I use when I am rushed to get dinner on the table. Potatoes with black pepper may be served on the side.

Ingredients

2.5 cm/1 inch cube of fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled

Asia
India
Dinner
Gluten-free

Method

Put the ginger, garlic and measured water into a food processor or blender. Blend until you have a paste. Set aside.
Quarter the courgettes lengthways and then cut the strips into 4cm/1½ inch lengths. Set these aside, too.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium flame. Put in the chipolatas. Fry, turning the chipolatas whenever necessary, unt