As an alternative to the usual stewed pork, try adding ingredients such as water caltrop and baby taro that usually appear during the Mid-Autumn Festival. — LOW LAY PHON/The Star
WATER caltrop is the fruit of an aquatic plant that is cultivated in China and India.
The shell resembles a bat or a bull’s head and it is sometimes called buffalo nut or bat nut.
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As an alternative to the usual stewed pork, try adding ingredients such as water caltrop and baby taro that usually appear during the Mid-Autumn Festival. — LOW LAY PHON/The Star
Roast the water caltrop and peel the shells when they are still warm and while crispy and brittle.
Sauté ginger and garlic cloves until fragrant, then add red fermented beancurd and toss until dry before deglazing with shaoxing wine.
Cut pork into big chunks and sear them in the pan with dark soy sauce until fully coated with the seasoning.
This dish resembles pork stewed with taro except for the addition of water caltrop.
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