Beef Fry Easy
A proper Kerala fry — beef tossed with shallots, curry leaves, and ground spices until each piece is dry, dark, and packed with heat. The coconut oil is not optional.
Ingredientsfor 4 servings
- ½ kg Beef
- 2 nos Onions large
- 6 tbsp Coconut — finely chopped
- 3 tsp Chilly powder
- 21/2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Fennel powder
- 2 tsp Pepper powder
- 1 inch Ginger
- 8 nos Garlic pods
- Cinnamon A couple of 1" piece (Karugapatta)
- 8 - Cloves (Grambu)
- 3 tsp Vinegar
- Curry leaves A, a few
- Salt, to taste
- Coconut oil To fry
Preparation
Step 1
Clean and cut the beef into small pieces. Buy meat with bone or with little fat to get good taste. In USA most of the beef cut has blund taste 2)Pound the whole spices(cinnamom & cloves) and set aside. 3)Mix the Chilly powder, Fennel powder, pepper powder and coriander powders with salt and vinegar. 4)Chop ginger and garlic into small pieces and mix all these with the beef, adding vinegar, whole spice powder(Cinnamon and Cloves) and salt. Set aside for a while. 5)Meanwhile, cut rings from the coconut and slice into chips. Fry these in hot oil until the color changes little bit, remove and add to the meat. 6)Slice onions fine and fry till brown. Drain and set aside. 7)Pressure cook the marinated beef till tender (around 15 mts in pressure cooker). Please dont over cook it. 8)Heat oil and put in shredded curry leaves and then pour in the meat with the remaining gravy. Let it sim and reduce the gravy in a medium flame. 9) Add fried onions and fry well till dry. (Keep stirring so that it wont burned and it will evenly fried) :-Serve with plain boiled rice and buttermilk curry or porotta.
Tip
A heavy-bottomed pan or cast iron skillet gives you the best results for a proper Kerala fry. Thin pans burn the spices before the meat dries.
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