Spicy Beef Roast- Travancore Style
Pan-fried until the edges go dark and crispy, this beef fry is the kind of dish you eat standing in the kitchen before it ever reaches the table. Dry-roasted with spices and finished with a fistful of curry leaves.
Ingredientsfor 4 servings
- 1 Lbs Beef 1/2 kg — cut into small pieces.(3/4 inch cubes
- 1 small Onions — sliced
- 1 small Tomato — sliced
- 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- 2 tbsp Pepper powder
- 2 nos Green chilly — chopped
- 3 tbsp Cococut — cut into small cube thokku style
- 3 Strings curry leaves
- 3 tbsp Coconut oil canola oil also ok
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 3/4 tsp Chilly Powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
- 3/4 tsp Coriander Powder
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
Get a pressure cooker, add 2 tbsp oil into it.
Step 2
Add 3/4 th of sliced onions into it and cook for sometime.
Step 3
Add ginger garlic paste to it and cook until onions are brown.
Step 4
Add green chillies and then tomatoes and cook for sometime.
Step 5
Add turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder and cook for long till the raw smell of powder is gone.
Step 6
Add beef into it and then cook until masala gets mixed with beef.
Step 7
Add garam masala into it. cook and then cook the beef for 3 whistles in cooker. Till beef gets 3/4th cooked, around 15 min or so.
Step 8
Get a heavy bottom non-stick fry pan. Add 1 tbsp oil into it. Add remaining onions into it and satue for sometime.
Step 9
Add coconut cubes into it and cook until onions are brown.
Step 10
Add cooked beef from cooker into the fry pan and mix it well and close the fry pan with a lid and cook for sometime.
Step 11
Open it, add pepper into it, Stir everything together thoroughly and then add curry leaves into it. Stir everything together thoroughly and again close the lid for beef to cook/ masala to dry.
Step 12
Get it out from fry pan, once it`s dried up or semi state.
Step 13
Garnish with finely chopped onions and coriander leaves.
Step 14
Beef roast with Roti or parata or Appam or even with rice.
Tip
Patience at the dry-roasting stage is everything. The longer you let the moisture evaporate, the more concentrated the flavour becomes.
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