Hot and Sour Pork Ribs Soup with Gai Choy

Ingredient

Pork Ribs or pork belly - 500 grams
Gai Choy - 500 grams  (cut)
Tomatoes - 1 medium size (slice)
Onion - 1 medium size (slice)
Ginger - 1/2 thumb size (slice/ dice)
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Tamarind -  2 Tbsp (mixed with 1/4 cup of water and make juice)
Cooking oil - 1/4 cup
Salt

Method

Add the cooking oil in the saucepan and stir fry turmeric powder, ginger, onion till change colour and add chilli powder,  tomatoes.  Continuous stir fry for a minutes and add pork ribs mix well for a minutes.  Add a cup of hot water and mix well and cover with the lid.  (Add hot water if necessary) cook until the pork ribs is almost tender.  

Add Gai Choy , sugar, salt  and tamarind juice, mix well for a minutes.  Add 2 - 3 cups of  hot water, mix well and cover the lid.  Leave it boil for 15  - 20 minutes.  

Serve with hot rice and balachaung.  

Balachaung

Ingredient

garlic - 3 cloves (slice)
onion - 1 medium size or Shallot - 3 small pieces (slice)
dry prawn - 100 grams (dice or make power)
chilli flakes - 2 or 3 tablespoons
yellow (turmeric) powder - 1/4 teaspoon
dry shrimp paste - 1 tablespoons
salt - 1/4 teaspoon
cooking oil - 1/4 cups

Method

Add the oil in the frying saucepan and wait until the oil is cooked.  Add yellow powder and onion, fry till the colour change to golden brown.  Take away the fry onion and put aside.  Then fry slice garlic till golden brown and set aside.

Leave the 2 table spoons of cooking oil in the frying pan and add dry shrimp past, chilli flakes and dry prawn  and stir fry till fragrant (it takes about 2 minutes).  Add fried onion, garlic and salt and mix well.  Ready to serve.