Pork Pickle Recipe / Panniyearchi Achar

My Pickling bug continues and this time its Pork Pickle :) :)  Recently while emptying my freezer I found a packet of pork and thought of pickling it. I followed the chicken pickle recipe with slight changes. Worth the trial and we loved it. I highly recommend to use boneless pork pieces without the fat and increase or decrease the oil according to the pork pieces you use. Like I say in all my pickle recipe posts, you can keep pickle at room temperature, if you avoid adding water while preparing it. Always remember to use a clean sterilized dry bottle to store the pickle and always use a dry spoon to take the pickle.

Pork Pickle Recipe / Panniyearchi Achar

Ingredients:

Boneless Pork without fat - 500 gms

Ginger - 2 tbsp, chopped

Garlic - 2 tbsp, chopped

Curry Leaves – 2 sprigs

Salt to taste

Kashmiri Red chilly powder – 3 tbsp

Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

Asafoetida powder / Kaayam – 1 tsp

Fenugreek powder / Uluva podi - 1 tsp

Garam masala – 1 ½ tsp

Sugar – 1 tsp

Vinegar - ½ to 1 cup

Gingelly oil / Sesame Oil / Nallenna – ¾ cup

Method:

• Wash, clean and drain pork pieces. Add salt, turmeric powder and pepper powder and let marinate the pork for 1 hour.
• Heat oil in a pan, splutter the mustard seeds. Then add ginger, garlic and curry leaves and sauté well until golden brown.
• Add the marinated pork and fry till the pork pieces are light brown in colour.
• Lower the flame and add the powders and mix well till the raw smell goes.
• Add vinegar to taste and cook on low flame till the pork is cooked and the gravy is thick.
• Sprinkle sugar and check for salt and turn off the heat.
• Once the pickle is cooled transfer it to a clean dry bottle and use.