Left over Roast Pork Bhuni

Name: Left over Roast Pork Bhuni
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 300g roast pork (cut into 1 inch cubes); 1/2 onion (thinly sliced); 35g fresh ginger (sliced into slivers); 1 garlic clove (chopped); 2 large potatoes peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes; 8 tbs vegetable oil; Salt to taste; Soy sauce

6 steps

Prep:10minCook:35min

This is an adaptation of a 'proper' bhuni dish which would normally incorporate fresh dill. I didn't know that because this was Bhuni as cooked by mum and her friends from India when I was a child and we loved it. This is a great way of using up left over pork, lamb or beef but does not really work with chicken or turkey. 'Bhuni' basically means to fry and it best done ingredient by ingredient so that the frying oil becomes infused.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:13:26 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories505 kcal (25%)

Total Fat36.5 g (52%)

Carbs29.2 g (11%)

Sugars2 g (2%)

Protein16.1 g (32%)

Sodium689.9 mg (34%)

Fiber3.6 g (13%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

300groast pork

cut into 1 inch cubes

0.5onion

35gfresh ginger

large, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes

8 Tbsvegetable oil

salt

to taste

soy sauce

Instructions

Step 1

Peel and slice the onion, peel and cut the ginger into thin slivers (not too thin), peel and chop the garlic, peel and cube the potatoes. Wash and pat them dry to avoid oil splatter when frying. Finally cube the left over pork. Keep aside in separate bowls.

Step 2

Heat a wok and add 3tbs of the oil over a moderate heat. The wok does not have to be seriously hot as in Chinese cooking. Fry the ginger first stirring constantly until dark golden brown. Lift out with a slatted spoon and leave aside. In the same oil add the onion and fry. As the onion starts to darken, add a couple of splashes of soy and cook for a further minute. Lift out rest on kitchen towel and leave aside. Finally fry the garlic, lift out and rest with the ginger.

Step 3

In the same oil add the cubed meat. Stir and coat the meat in the infused oil and heat through until the meat is tender again. Lift the meat out and leave aside.

Step 4

Add the cubed potatoes to the same oil but top up with more oil and a couple of twists of ground salt until the potatoes are almost covered. You will now be semi deep-frying the potatoes until golden brown. Once cooked, lift out and drain excess oil on kitchen towel.

Step 5

Add all the cooked ingredients into a container and mix together.