Pork and Mushroom Curry

A mild and tasty curry. This recipe serves 4. Lamb or beef can be used instead of pork. Serve with rice.

Ingredients

• 750g Leg or Shoulder of Pork
• 3tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 onions chopped
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 2.5cm ginger root
• 2 fresh green chillies seeded and chopped
• 1.5tbsp medium curry paste
• 1tsp ground coriander
• 250g mushrooms sliced thickly
• 850ml stock
• 3 tomatoes chopped
• 60g creamed coconut chopped
• 3tbsp ground almonds

Instructions

1. Cut the pork into bite sized pieces.
2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan.
3. Add the pork to the saucepan and fry, stirring frequently, until sealed
4. Remove the pork from the pan
5. Add the onions, garlic, ginger, chillies, curry paste and coriander to the pan
6. Cook gently for 2 minutes
7. Stir in the mushrooms, stock and tomatoes
8. Return the pork to the pan
9. Cover and simmer for 1 1/4 – 1 1/2 hours or until the pork is tender
10. Stir in the creamed coconut and ground almonds
11. Cook gently for 3 minutes