Cha Lua (Pork Sausage)

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`INGREDIENTS:`
1 pound pork loin	8 ounces meat from small pig's head	2 cups salted water
1/4 cup cooking oil	5 shallots, diced	2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 cup wood ear mushrooms, finely chopped	3 tablespoons whole black peppercorns	1/4 cup sesame seeds, toasted
2 eggs, beaten	1 large banana leaf	3 tablespoons fish sauce
2 limes, cut into wedges

`1`	Boil pork and pig's head in salted water for 20 minutes, drain and de-bone; cut into small cubes. Heat oil in a large frying pan, cook shallots and garlic until soft. Add pork, mushrooms and peppercorns. Cook, stirring until mushrooms are soft; finish with sesame seeds. Remove from heat, stir eggs through pork mixture.
`2`	Place mixture on the banana leaf, wrap and tie with a string. Steam for 2 hours (above boiling water). Unwrap and slice thinly. Serve with fish sauce and lime wedges.