Pulled Pork Madras Burgers

Name: Pulled Pork Madras Burgers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 kg boneless pork shoulder; 1 tsp salt; 1 large carrot; 2 white onions; 1 bulb garlic; Ping pong ball of ginger; 2 scotch bonnet Chillies; 2 tbsp curry powder; 1 tbsp garam masala; 2 tsp chilli powder; 2 tsp coriander; 2 tsp cumin; 1 tsp white pepper; 200g tomato purée; 2 knorr stock pots; 1L boiling water; 3 tbsp white wine vinegar; 3 tbsp honey; 350ml room temp water; 1 tsp dry active yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 600g strong bread flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp natural yogurt; 1 tsp nigella seeds; 50g butter; Handful coriander; 4 cloves garlic; Salt and pepper; 1/4 small red cabbage

17 steps

Prep:10minCook:4h

Spicy indian pulled pork in madras style sauce, loaded into a garlic naan bun with coleslaw

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:48:58 GMT

Ingredients

8 servings

Instructions

The Pork

Step 1

Finely dice the onion and carrot and fry in oil for 5 minutes on medium heat until soft

Step 2

Finely mince the garlic, ginger and Chillies

Step 3

Add the purée, garlic, ginger, Chillies, and all the spices and cook off for 2 minutes

Step 4

Mix the stockpots with the water and pour this in, and add the honey and vinegar before simmering for 20 minutes and blending til smooth

Step 5

Cut the pork into 2 inch pieces and generously salt all over

Step 6

Heat a deep pan to high and fry the pork on all sides for a couple minutes to brown

Step 7

Pour the madras sauce over the pork and simmer with the lid on for 2 hours, then lid off for 1-2 hours until there is only an inch of sauce in the bottom of the pan and the pork is falling apart, then shred it up

The Buns

Step 8

Mix the yeast, sugar and water and let sit for 10 minutes

Step 9

Mix the flour, salt, yogurt, and nigella seeds and pour in the yeast mixture, and mix through then knead for 10 minutes

Step 10

Place in a bowl covered with cling film and leave at room temp for an hour til doubled in size

Step 11

Cut the dough into 8 then form into small balls and leave covered for 1-2 hours until doubled in size

Step 12

Finely dice the coriander and garlic and melt the butter and mix together, cracking in salt and pepper

Step 13

Lay the buns in a ripping hot frying pan for 3-4 minutes then brush with garlic butter and put under a hot grill for 3 minutes to finish. We want some black spots on the dough

Step 14

Or if you have a pizza oven brush the buns with garlic butter and cook for 2 minutes, rotating every 30 seconds