Goan Pork Sorpotel

Name: Goan Pork Sorpotel
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp vegetable, sunflower or rapeseed oil; 2 tbsp vegetable, sunflower or rapeseed oil; 4 fresh green chillies, halved lengthways; 2 tbsp vegetable, sunflower or rapeseed oil; 100 ml Goan/coconut vinegar; 100 ml Goan/coconut vinegar; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tbsp fine salt; 1 tbsp jaggery, muscovado or fine brown sugar; 1 tbsp jaggery, muscovado or fine brown sugar; 30 g tamarind pulp or 2 tsp tamarind paste or 1 tsp tamarind concentrate; 30 g tamarind pulp or 2 tsp tamarind paste or 1 tsp tamarind concentrate; 300 ml reserved pork cooking liquid; 30 g tamarind pulp or 2 tsp tamarind paste or 1 tsp tamarind concentrate; 2–3 large onions, finely chopped; ½ tsp fine salt; 10 dried Kashmiri chillies, stalks removed, soaked in warm water for 5 minutes; 2-inch piece (30 g) of fresh ginger, unpeeled and roughly chopped; 1 whole large garlic bulb, individual cloves separated and peeled; 1 whole large garlic bulb, individual cloves separated and peeled; 15 cloves; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 20 black peppercorns; 1 tbsp jaggery, muscovado or fine brown sugar; 50 ml cold water; 150 ml Goan/coconut vinegar; 150 ml Goan/coconut vinegar; 10 dried Kashmiri chillies, stalks removed, soaked in warm water for 5 minutes; 1.2 kg boneless pork with some fat (like belly or shoulder), cut into large chunks; 1.2 kg boneless pork with some fat (like belly or shoulder), cut into large chunks

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

Seven Kitchens

By Torie True

Published 2025

About

A true Goan classic, pork sorpotel is often eaten at Christmas, weddings and special occasions. The dish originates from the Alentejo region of Portugal where it is made with lamb, goat, beef or pork. The recipe then travelled far and wide to the Portuguese colonies of Brazil and East Timor as well as Goa. Traditionally sorpotel includes offal – liver, heart, tongue and even blood – but my recipe omits all of the above to make it more universally pleasing! The meat is always parboiled in la

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Europe
Asia
Portugal
India
Goa
Main course
Gluten-free

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