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Pork Pickle

Akum Raj Jamir
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Condiment, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Indian, naga cuisine
Servings 12

Equipment

  • pressure cooker
  • frying pan
  • mixer grinder or blender
  • mortar pestle

Ingredients
  

  • 1½ kilogram pork
  • 50 grams naga/local ginger or normal ginger
  • 50 grams garlic
  • 50 grams dry red chilly
  • 3-4 nos naga king chilly (raja mircha) optional
  • ½ cup vinegar
  • salt as per taste
  • ¼ cup mustard oil
  • ½ cup water for cooking the pork

Instructions
 

  • Cut the pork into medium sized cubes and keep aside.
  • Peel the ginger and garlic and in a mortar and pestle coarsely ground them just to open the flavour.
  • Take the dry red chillies reserving few and Naga mircha and grind them to a coarse powder.
  • Take a pressure cooker, add the pork, remaining dry chillies broken, salt to take, 2 tbsps vinegar, water and pressure cook for 5-10 mins or till the pork is cooked.
  • Heat oil in a pan. Add the grounded ginger garlic and fry for about 2 mins.
  • Add the grounded chilly and fry for a min.
  • Add the pork, season with salt if required and fry on low-medium heat for about 10-15 mins stirring it frequently.
  • Add the remaining vinegar, stir well and fry on high heat for about 5 mins and take off the heat.
  • Let it cool down completely and store in a sterilized container.
  • Refrigerate for longer shelf life.

Notes

  1. Naga Mircha can be opt out and adjust the chilly as per your heat preference.
  2. You can use paprika too along with the dry red chilly.
  3. You can replace the Naga ginger if you can’t source with the normal ginger.
  4. You can use smoked pork instead of fresh pork.
  5. You can use refined oil like sunflower oil, vegetable oil etc instead of mustard oil.
Keyword meat pickle, naga pork pickle, pork pickle from Nagaland, pork pickle naga style, traditional naga meat pickle