Minced Pork with Spicy Tauchu (豆酱) and Onion

Every family has their own home recipe. In our family, we love my mum's home reripe, especially her "Minced Pork with Spicy Tauchu (a paste made from
preserved soyabeans) and Onion". When she cooked, We would normally have a bigger portion of rice to go with it.
This dish is very appertizing. It is fragranced by tauchu, spiced up by chilli paste and with tamarind juice to make it more flavorful.
As a typical Nyonya, my mum love to spice up most of her cooking conveniently. Just like this one, for a normal mince pork with tauchu, she added in chilli paste, tamarind juice and plenty of onion...

Ingredient:

• 1 stalk Lemongrass (large)


• 6 nos Dried Chilli (seed removed)


• 8 nos Shallot


• 2 Tbsp Tauchu (pounded)


• 300g Minced Pork


• 1 no Onion (large) - sliced


• 1 no Tomato (large) - thick sliced


• 50g Tamarind Pulp / Juice


• Sugar (to taste)


• Salt (if required)

Method:

1. Pounced / blended lemongrass, dried chilli, and shallot together.


2. Saute lemongrass, dried chilli, shallot untill fragranced.


3. Add pounded tauchu. Fried until well mixed.


4. Pour in minced pork, mixed evently with other ingredients.


5. Add sliced onion and tomato. Cooked until onion and tomato are soft.


6. Lastly, add seasoning, sugar and salt (if required) and tamarind
   juice.

Point to highlight:

• Must taste before salt is added, as tauchu is saltly.


• Recommend amount of tamarind juice up to own taste.