We bought half a pig from friends who have a farm and received a bag of trotters as a bonus! I originally had visions of a hot dark Chinese stew but went with pea and ham soup instead. first I washed and salted the trotters, then smoked them on the bbq:
Then 2 days in the crockpot:
(that’s the before; didn’t manage an after)
Picked the bones out:
The pea part is mainly green split peas, with red lentils and urad for fun.
I’m trying a new trick from dal making: after frying the onions, I added some mostly cooked peas into the frying onions and cooked them up together. Apparently it adds a different flavour.
And here’s the finished product:
it still needs to simmer for a bit but it already smells good and the texture is amazing!
suburbanite farm 