Kerala Beef Roast

This curry accompanied with some warm parottas (recipe already posted) is an all-time favourite combo for me. Once again I grew up on this combo & so being in love with this I decided to try out this one too. While the one my mom used to make used to be real spicy, over here I have toned it down. The tastiest beef roast I have tried out till date happens to be the one my hubby used to make. However being the lazy bum that he is now I hardly get them these days. This dish is cooked in the pressure cooker which makes it easier & faster to cook. This dish can be served with plain rice/ roti, pulao. But the best combo would be porotta.

Ingredients

• ¾ kg Beef  cleaned and cut into cubes
• 1 tbsp. black pepper powder
• 1 tsp. Turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp. Red chilli powder
• 3-4 tbsp. Coriander Powder
• 1-2 tomatoes finely chopped
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 1 ½ tbsp.  ginger chopped
• 1 ½ tbsp. garam masala
• 2 onions medium finely chopped
• 4 green chillies split (less or more)
• 9 No.s Pearl onions (Cheriya ulli) crushed
• ¼- ½ cup grated coconut slightly fried (without oil)
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• Coriander leaves to garnish
• Coconut Oil
• Salt to taste

Marinate the beef with garam masala, turmeric powder and pepper powder for about 10-20 minutes.

In a pressure cooker, add marinated beef, ginger, garlic and a little bit of pepper powder and salt if required and 1 ½ cup of water. Cook for about 4 whistles. Remove from heat.

In a non- stick pan, add oil and sauté onions and crushed pearl onions till translucent. Add green chillies and curry leaves sauté. Add chilli powder, coriander powder and ¼ tsp. turmeric powder. Saute for a while. Add tomatoes and cook till its done. At this time you can open the cooker and check the beef.

Once the tomatoes are done, add the beef along with the leftover water in the cooker; cover and cook for about 15 minutes. Once the gravy thickens, add fried grated coconut. And cook for 5 minutes more on a low flame. Check for salt. Remove from heat and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with porotta and yumm.. yummm !!!!