Braised Pork in Dark Soy Sauce

Ingredients:
500 gm Pork Belly-3 cm thick / Pork Ribs-2 inch (or you can also mixed both)
10 nos Garlic cloves (with or without skin, washed)
2 cm Ginger (smashed lightly)
5 nos Shallots [小红葱/红葱头]
15 nos White/black peppercorns (smashed lightly)
3 cm Cinnamon stick [桂皮]
3 nos Star anise [八角]
3 cups Water
2 tsp Oil

Sauce:
2 tbsp Dark soy sauce
2 tbsp Light soy sauce
2 tsp Sugar (optional)
1 tsp Salt

Method:
1. Boil a pot of water and blanch pork. Then rinse under running tap water. Set aside.
2. Heat oil in a pot, put in the ginger, shallots, garlic cloves, cinnamon stick and star anise slightly brown for a minute. Add in the peppercorns.
3. Add 3 cups of water to boil, add the sauce.
4. Add pork and simmer over a slow fire for 45 minutes or until meat is tender.

Tips:
1. Blanch the pork could help to remove the odour from the meat
2. Best served with steamed white rice.