Friday, April 2, 2010

Kerala Beef Curry and Roast

    It’s Easter time of the year. Beef Curry/roast would be one dish that would find it’s place in tables of most Christian homes. My friends used to invite me to their homes during Easter and Christmas and I had these delicious beef, biriyani, chicken stew, appam, etc. I still savour the taste of all those yummy curries. I still wonder why we Hindus are not able to make non-veg the way Christians or Muslims do.
     Here I am sharing a beef curry and roast recipe in the same post. You can make beef curry, save half your curry (however delicious it may be) and make roast with it.. This is my friend Heney’s recipe. We both used to share recipes when she was here last year. Sadly, she went back to India before I started this blog or else I would have had lots of yummy non-vegetarian Kottayam style dishes to share with you all. She is now busy with her kid otherwise I would have bugged her to pass me her mother’s recipes as her mom is a great cook.
    Coming to the recipe, you can add kashmiri chilli powder/ piriyan mulaku podi for that perfect brown colored beef roast. Also you could add more coconut oil and roast it well. Being a health-conscious person, I sometimes prefer to add less oil.

 

 

Beef Roast

 

 

 

Ingredients

For the curry

  1. Beef - 3/4 lb
  2. Pearl onion - 10 sliced
  3. Green chilies - 1-2 slit
  4. Ginger - 1.5 inch piece chopped
  5. Garlic - 5-6 chopped
  6. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  7. Chilliypowder - 1 tsp
  8. Coriander powder - 1 tsp
  9. Fennel powder - 1/2 tsp
  10. Meat masala or garam masala -2 tsp
  11. Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
  12. Salt - To taste
  13. Coconut oil - As required

Method

For beef curry

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1. Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add the pearl onion, green chillies, ginger and garlic. Saute until the onion turns transparent. Lower the flame and add the masala powders and salt. Saute for a few seconds and add in the beef pieces. Mix well, stir for a few minutes and add 1 cup water. If you are planning to make beef roast, you need to add only 1/4 cup water or less. Actually there is no need to add water if your are preparing a roast since water will ooze out from the beef, but I always get scared that it will get burnt that is why I add at least  1/4 cup water. Close the pressure cooker with its lid and cook for 2 whistles at medium heat.

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 2. Open the pressure cooker when it cools down and add a few more curry leaves. Check for salt. Serve hot with rice/chapatis/appam/idli/dosa/pathiri/bread etc.

Beef Curry

For the beef roast

Ingredients

  1. Onion - 1 medium sliced lengthwise (Using pearl onions will be more tasty. You can use around 10 pearl onions for this recipe )
  2. Ginger - 1 inch chopped
  3. Garlic - 3-4 chopped
  4. Coconut slices - 1/4 cup
  5. Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
  6. Pepper powder - 1/2 - 1 tsp (Adjust it according to your spice tolerance level)
  7. Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
  8. Meat masala - 1/2 tsp
  9. Coconut oil - As required
  10. Salt - To taste

Method

 

In a deep pan, heat some coconut oil and add the coconut slices. Fry until brown and add the sliced onion, ginger and garlic. Saute until the onion turns brown and oil starts appearing. Now add pepper powder , garam masala powder and meat masala powder. Mix well and add in the cooked beef with the gravy. Again mix well and roast it at low flame until all the water evaporates. Check for salt and masala. Add more coconut oil and roast well at low heat if you want a perfect browned roast.

 

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21 comments:

  1. Such a mouthwatering roast, my h will definitely love this..yumm!

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  2. Great Recipe!! Will surely try it and let you know :)

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  3. Roast goes well with kappa and paratha. Yummmm. I can easily sail a boat in my mouth...

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  4. your beef curry and roast look fantastic !!!I do beef regularly too and I have always been fascinated by the kerala style cooking!!!nice recipe!!!

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  5. Anything with curry is my favourite. This looks really delicious. Would be so good with rice or paratha.

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  6. Olá, amiga!
    Passei para uma visitinha...
    Seu cantinho é lindo, nutritivo e de bom gosto.
    Muita paz, saúde e sucesso!...

    F E L I Z P Á S C O A!!!

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    Com carinho, para você e sua família...

    Itabira - Brasil

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  7. Thanx for visiting our blog...Beef roast adipoli,looks tempting

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  8. Easter special anno???
    Both ente fav..looks so perfect and yummy!!

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  9. My all time fav dish...Kazhichittu kure ayeeeeee...Vayiloode kappalodunundu...

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  10. Hey Maya n Lakshmi..Kidu dears Kikidu..wowooo...Adipoli..Looks soo good ketto...

    Love
    Kairali sisters

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  11. Love both :D My kidoos love roast...drooling here

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  12. Nice recipes, as i dont eat beef will try using chicken in it,

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  13. Thank you all for your lovely comments :)

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  14. I love curries....this looks absolutely delicious! Thanks for visiting my blog and for following me :)

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  15. It is delicious... i love the method.

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  16. first time here....found a wonderful and creative blog here....adding u in my blog list to get in touch with u...cheers..

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  17. oh is there any way u could send me this curry! looks delicious !

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  18. hooooooooo adipolli.......i dont eat beef....but i love to cook........

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  19. Ulli kurachhu koodi vazhattandde? for beef roast? Any way your blog is nice

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  20. Thanks again for your lovely comments :)

    Sherly,
    You are so right abt the onion. I guess i wasnt patient enough to brown the onions :). I am planning to prepare it again soon and update the new pictures since i didnt get that perfect brown colored beef roast in this post. Thanks for stopping by and for your honest comment :)Please keep visiting..

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