Brine cured pork chop with Thai Hom Mali rice and a curry masala of red and brown beans, Caribbean style salted pigtails and smoked pork belly. Masala made with Nandan Hindustani masala, cumin, Malay ketumbar, onions, garlic, coconut milk and madame jeanette peppers). Salad not pictured.
I missed this when you originally posted it.
My brain is hurting a little bit because of how many cultures and migrations had to happen to make this a meal. When I think masala and Caribbean is not part of what I picture. When I think of curry pork never enters the picture. And then there’s the Asian elements that aren’t of Indian origin. But also those elements require the discovery of the Americas. This meal literally captures the entire circumference of the globe in its history.
The Nandan Hindustan masala spice blend is used a lot in the Surinam kitchen. They mostly have this spice blend in chicken, beef or lamb/goat curry with Roti (dahlpuri or aloo). Hindustan people came from British India to the West Indies about 150 years ago and are not per se from Hindu religion, but also for instance Islam or atheist and they developed a fusion of foods from different cultures.
Pigtail is a staple in the Surinam and Caribbean kitchen and is mostly used afaik in (kidneybean) soups and “hutsepotten”. I like to use it in freshly soaked bean stews.
I always buy pigtails, salted cod and beef when I am at our local “Toko” here in South Limburg, which is also the largest importer of Oriental foods in Europe, so I have access to most of the home brands of Asia and also the Indonesian, Surinam and Dutch Caribbean kitchens. We don’t eat much of the traditional Dutch food, as it is mostly meat, patato and veg with a gravy. It’s nice but gets boring quick.
Here in the Netherlands we have a large community of Indo, Surinam and Dutch Caribbean people, lovely people, rich culture and great food. I wish it all came to be without us Dutch having historically a monsterous hand in all of this.
I’m going to reread that tomorrow. I guess it’s going to take me a little while to digest all that.
I can get chicken feet and cow feet pretty easily but pigtails are really rare here. I used to find them in Virginia but not where I am at now.
Yes. Colonialism is a huge part of this. But it’s still amazing to see how it all combines. What survives and what doesn’t.
Not bad at all…
Thank you. My wife was visiting her dad (who is not doing well). She doesn’t like beans so I had the opportunity and made this for my son and me.
I thought this was puerto Rican rice and beans and a chuleta for a second. got me missing grandma
Your Grandma must have been a wonderful cook. I am sorry for your loss shweddy.
Oh! She’s still around I’m gonna go visit her later today
Heh pfffew, nice to hear.
Looks like the beans are invading the rice territory. Even plants wage war over greed.
Bean pirates invading the Thai rice fields.
Salted cured meats like pigtails, beef and cod are a staple in the Caribbean kitchen. I use them often.
I‘d kill for this after a workout, looks so good
