Sweet & Sour

Sweet & Sour

Goan-style sweet and sour pork belly

  • Prep Time Prep Time 40 min
  • Cook Time Cook Time 30 min
  • Servings Serving Size 4
  • Recipe Type Recipe Type

Sweet and Sour, in the Goan Chinese tradition, is a sticky pork belly dish balanced with vinegar, soy, and gentle spice. Shaped by Goan cooks working in Calcutta kitchens, it draws from Indo-Chinese techniques but remains firmly Goan in spirit, with pork at its centre. Rarely found in restaurants, it appears mainly at weddings and celebrations—carried back to Goa through cooks, not commerce.

Ingredients

  • Pork belly – 250 grams
  • Garlic – 15 to 20 pods
  • Green chillies – 4 to 5
  • Sugar – 1 tablespoon
  • Onions – 3 medium sized (cubes)
  • Tomatoes – 2 (cut into big pieces)
  • Spring onions – 2 to 3
  • Star anise – 1
  • White wine vinegar – 2 tablespoons
  • Soy sauce – 2 tablespoons
  • Cooking oil – 2 tablespoons

Method

  • Begin by roasting the star anise in medium hot oil. Remove it now to be added later.
  • Then saute the sugar in the same pan with oil. Let the sugar melt. Add the cut pieces of the pork which is already boiled and cubed and kept ready. Let it brown a bit.
  • Smash the garlic slightly and add it to the pan, mix them together.
  • Then add in the slitted green chillies and spring onions all at once.
  • Add in the white wine vinegar after a couple of minutes from the previous step.
  • Add in a little bit of salt. Add in soy sauce after that.
  • After a minute, add in the cubes of onion until they turn soft and translucent.
  • After five minutes, add in the tomatoes. Let the tomatoes cook well and then it’s ready to serve.

Find out more about the history and tradition of the dish

In India, ragi has been found in archaeological excavations dating back to 1800 BC, and has been associated with honouring poets with a concoction of ragi, milk, and honey.

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