Northeast Indian
Dohneiiong (Khasi Pork with Black Sesame Curry)
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Dohneiiong (Khasi Pork with Black Sesame Curry) is Northeast Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Dry roast the black sesame seeds in a small pan over low heat for 3 minutes until fragrant, then grind to a coarse, oily paste; this paste, rather than any chili, is what carries the flavour of a dohneiiong.
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Heat the mustard oil in a heavy pot until it just smokes, then let it cool slightly.
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Add the sliced onion, ginger, garlic and dried red chilies and fry 6 minutes until the onion softens and turns light gold.
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Add the pork and turmeric and sear over high heat 8 minutes, turning the pieces, until browned.
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Add the water and salt, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer 30 minutes, or pressure cook 15 minutes, until the pork is nearly tender.
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Stir in the black sesame paste and simmer uncovered 10 minutes, stirring now and then, until the gravy thickens and turns a deep, dark grey-brown.
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Serve hot with plain rice.
Serve it with
A Northeast Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Dohneiiong (Khasi Pork with Black Sesame Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Dohneiiong (Khasi Pork with Black Sesame Curry) carries sesame. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Akhuni Yam (Fermented Soybean with Yam and Mustard Greens) |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 400 kcal
- Protein
- 25 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 30 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Dohneiiong (Khasi Pork with Black Sesame Curry) takes about 65 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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