RecipesMānasollāsa

Mustard-Citron Pork Cakkalikās

Mānasollāsa 3.13.1438–1439ab · 1129 · Indian

Sanskrit

मांसमेदोमयान् शुण्ठान् पूर्ववच्छक्कलीकृतान् । मथिते राजिकायुक्ते मातुलिङ्गककेसरे ॥ ३८ ॥ धूपिते हिङ्गुना सम्यक् दध्नि चक्कलिकाः क्षिपेत् ।

English

Śuṇṭhas consisting of meat and fat, made into cakkalīs as before: into churned curd combined with mustard and with the pulp-filaments of citron, thoroughly perfumed with asafoetida smoke, he should throw the cakkalikās.

Ingredients

  • 500 g cooked skinless roast pork belly, chilled
  • 200 g yoghurt
  • 1 tsp ground mustard
  • 30 g citron or lemon pulp, finely chopped
  • Pinch of asafoetida

Method

  1. Slice the chilled pork belly into pieces about 3 mm thick and 5–7 cm long.
  2. Whisk the yoghurt with the mustard, citron pulp, and asafoetida. Fold in the pork and rest for 20 minutes before serving.

Notes

  • Citron is hard to find; lemon pulp with a little finely grated peel is the closest substitute.