Dry Bak Kut Teh

Ingredients

• 800 ml water
• 4 shiitake mushrooms, soaked 30m
• ½ bulb garlic, peeled and smashed
• pinch of salt
• 1 pack of herbs and powder (A1 brand with herbs and powder)
• 3 tbsp cooking oil
• 10 g dried cuttlefish , cut into pieces
• 10 g dried shrimp, soaked
• 4 dried red chillies , cut into 2cm
• ½ large onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlics, chopped
• 500 pork ribs or pork belly , cut into 2.5cm lengths
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tbsp ShaoXing wine (omit for halal)
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 7 okra , cut into 3 in angle
• 1 stalk green spring onion
• Fresh cilantro leaves