Name: Sweet pork with green mango and chilli
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For deep-frying: peanut oil; 800 gm female pork belly cut into 3cm pieces; 80 ml (1/3 cup) kecap manis; 2 green mangoes cut into julienne on a mandolin; 1 bunch sawtooth coriander, washed and thinly sliced; 1 bunch round mint, leaves picked; To serve: fried shallots; To serve: steamed jasmine rice; Chilli palm sugar dressing; 1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped; 1 small red chilli, coarsely chopped; 60 gm light palm sugar; 60 ml (¼ cup) lime juice, or to taste; 2½ tbsp fish sauce, or to taste

Ingredients

For deep-frying: peanut oil

800 gm female pork belly cut into 3cm pieces

80 ml (1/3 cup) kecap manis

2 green mangoes cut into julienne on a mandolin

1 bunch sawtooth coriander, washed and thinly sliced

1 bunch round mint, leaves picked

To serve: fried shallots

To serve: steamed jasmine rice

Chilli palm sugar dressing

1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped

1 small red chilli, coarsely chopped

60 gm light palm sugar

60 ml (¼ cup) lime juice, or to taste

2½ tbsp fish sauce, or to taste

Method

Main

1.Steam pork belly in a steamer placed over a saucepan of boiling water until cooked through (15-20 minutes), then combine in a bowl with kecap manis. Preheat oil in a wok or deep-sided frying pan to 180C.

2.Meanwhile, for chilli palm sugar dressing, pound garlic and chilli in a mortar and pestle to a fine paste. Add palm sugar and lime juice, stir until melted, then add fish sauce.

3.Deep-fry pork in batches until golden (5 minutes; be careful as pork fat may burst while frying and oil may spit). Drain on absorbent paper, transfer to a bowl. Combine mango and herbs in a separate bowl, drizzle half the dressing over, add pork belly and toss to combine. Serve immediately with fried shallots scattered over and remaining dressing and steamed jasmine rice to the side.