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INDEGENOUS RECIPE | ARUNACHAL PRADESH

AREK (Pork Stew with Bamboo Shoot)

RECIPE

GREEK SALAD

Damn the Weather Created sometime in the 1920’s this cocktail perfectly commemorates a particular gloomy spell. Ingredients 1 measure/1 ½ tbsp gin ½ measure/2 tsp sweet red vermouth

Chicken can be used in place of pork Ingredients





Quantity

Pork





½ kg



Bamboo Shoot (chopped)

2 tbsp

Ginger (chopped)



1 tsp

Garlic





1 tsp

Tomato





1 medium size

Green chilies





to taste

Salt





to taste



½ measure/ 2 tsp orange juice ¼ measure/ 1 tsp orange curaçao Shake well with ice, and strain into a chilled whiskey tumbler. Add a twist of orange wrapped around a cocktail stick.

Ingredients







Quantity

Preparation:

Tomato (preferable Cherry tomatoes)

4 (20 in case of cherry tomatoes)

Wash pork and drain the water. Then cut it into 1” pieces.

Cucumber

1

Cheese

375 g

Extra virgin olive oil

3 tbsps

Lemon

½

Black olives

12

Black pepper

to taste

Method: Put the pork pieces in a pan with enough water to cover hem. Place this pan over high heat. Then drain off water just before it starts to boil. Put the pork pieces back over heat in the pan. Again pour enough water to cover the meat and bring this to a boil.

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Now add ginger, garlic, tomatoes, chilies and salt. Cover the pan and let it cook for 25-30 minutes over low heat.

Method:

Remove from heat and garnish it with tomato slices. Serve with steamed rice.

Cut the cheese into cubes and add to the bowl. Sprinkle in the oil and 1 tablespoon juice from the half lemon. Add the black olives and pepper to taste (the cheese is salty already). Toss well and serve.

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Rinse and dry the tomatoes, then cut in half and place in a serving bowl. Halve the cucumber, then cut each half into 1 cm slices and add to the bowl with the tomatoes.

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