Chinese Pork Meatballs - Char Siu Style with an Indian Touch
I have been in love with meatballs forever. The oblong shaped delight has always lured me in with is juicy and delicious appeal. Today, I bring upto you the recipe of Chinese Pork Meatballs Char Siu style with some Indian tweaks. This is the simplest of recipes and gets ready in just about 20 minutes. And, they are perfect for an evening snack. Alternatively, when they are paired with rice or noodles, they make an equally good main course. You can also make them in bulk and freeze them for use later. Interestingly, this is the first completely made pork recipe on my website ( sausages were made before). However, it may not be the last.
Why Pork?
These, Chinese pork meatballs are made with home ground fatty pork. Such pork meatballs tend to be really juicy and full of flavour and adds to everyone's delight.
What is Char Siu?
Char Siu is is a popular way to flavour and prepare barbecued pork in Cantonese cuisine. Char Siu literally means "fork roasted" (siu being burn/roast and cha being fork, both noun and verb) after the traditional cooking method for the dish: long strips of seasoned boneless pork are skewered with long forks and placed in a covered oven or over a fire. However, in this case, we are making them in a frying pan. Hence, the size of the pork meatballs is kept smaller and after being cooked they taste simply divine.
