Ingredients

• 1 kg - boneless pork
• 1 - pork liver
• 1 - heart
• 1 - tongue
• 2 - kidneys
• 3 cups - water
• 12 - dried red chillies / peppers
• 12 - peppercorns
• 12 cloves - garlic
• 1 inch piece - ginger
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• 8 - cloves
• 2in piece - cinnamon
• 1/2 cup - vinegar
• 1/2 cup - oil
• 1 peg - coconut feni
• 6 - green chillies/peppers, chopped
• 4 - medium onions, chopped fine
• salt to taste

How to Make Sorpotel

• Wash and pat dry the meats.
• Put in a deep pan with the water on medium heat.
• Cover with a lid and parboil the meats, (approx. 20 minutes).
• Remove from the fire, cool and dice the meats fine.
• Keep aside the water.
• Put all the spices except the green chillies / peppers and onion, into the blender / grinder with the vinegar and grind to a fine paste.
• Heat the oil in a deep pan on medium heat and lightly fry all the diced meat, stir frying continuously till it is lightly browned.
• To the fried meat add the ground spices in vinegar and stir fry for 5 minutes.
• Add salt to taste, coconut feni, any remaining vinegar, the stock of the boiled meat chopped onions and green chillies.
• Lower the heat and let the sorpotel simmer for 45 minutes or more.
• Take care to stir it occasionally.
• When the oil comes to the top and the sauce is thick, remove from the heat.