Sour Citron Pork Cakkalikās
स्विन्नानां शुण्ठकानां च मेदोभागं प्रगृह्य च । ताडपत्रसमाकाराः कृत्वा चक्कलिकाः शुभाः ॥ ३६ ॥ मथिते शर्करायुक्ते दध्न्येलाविमिश्रिते । कर्पूरवासिते तत्र रुच्याश्चक्कलिकाः क्षिपेत् ॥ ३७ ॥ मांसमेदोमयान् शुण्ठान् पूर्ववच्चक्कलीकृतान् । मथिते राजिकायुक्ते मातुलिङ्गकसरे ॥ ३८ ॥ धूपिते हिङ्गुना सम्यग् दध्नि चक्कलिकाः क्षिपेत् । घृते वा चक्कलीं भृष्ट्वा किरेदेला सशर्कराम् ॥ ३९ ॥ अथवा मातुलुङ्गस्य सुपकस्य च केसरैः । सूक्ष्मैरार्द्रकखण्डैश्च केसराम्लैर्मनोहरैः ॥ १४४० ॥ चूर्णितं मरिचं राजीसैन्धवैर्मिश्रयेत्ततः । हिङ्गुना धूपिताः साम्ला हृद्याश्चक्कलिका वराः ॥ ४१ ॥
Cut the fatty portion of cooked śuṇṭhakas into thin palmyra-leaf-shaped slices called cakkalikās. Put them in churned curd with sugar, cardamom, and camphor; or in curd with mustard and citron pulp, perfumed with asafoetida. Alternatively fry them in ghee and scatter cardamom and sugar over them. A sour version combines citron pulp, fresh ginger, sour citrus, pepper, mustard, rock salt, and asafoetida.
Ingredients
- 500 g cooked skinless roast pork belly, chilled
- 20 g ghee, for frying
- 50 g citron or lemon pulp, chopped
- 10 g fresh ginger, finely chopped
- 1 tsp ground mustard
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp rock salt
- Pinch of asafoetida
Method
- Slice the chilled pork belly into pieces about 3 mm thick and 5–7 cm long.
- Crisp the pork slices in the ghee over medium-high heat.
- Mix the citron, ginger, mustard, pepper, rock salt, and asafoetida. Toss with the warm pork and serve immediately.
Notes
- The text doesn’t say whether the pork for the sour version is fried first. I fried it in ghee, as in the sweet version, and it worked well.
- Citron is hard to find; lemon pulp with a little finely grated peel is the closest substitute.