Quick And Easy Kerala Style Veal Beef Curry

Tasty variations tried out with Beef are more often loved by most of us.  Beef curries can be made with a variety of techniques. It can be cooked earlier with salt without adding any spices, and later on add the cooked and sliced meet to the curry; or it can be cooked with the spices and other ingredients together. The recipe that is given below is all about beef being cooked with onions and spices together. So this method, to an extent saves loads of time.

To make a tasty beef curry, it is preferable to choose the ‘Under-cut’ portion. This fact is not known to many. If you prefer your beef curry to be soft and easy to chew, then Under-cut portion can be the better option. For baking or grilling beef, usually going for the ‘Thigh’ portion would work well.

Usually at home, when we prefer to cook beef delicacies like a dry fry, I usually prefer Veal Beef. The meat of Veal beef, that is the meat of the calf is extremely tender and tasty too. Moreover, it takes only a small amount of time to cook veal beef curries. The recipe gives you an easy way of cooking traditional Kerala veal beef curry with that extra touch of spices in it.

Ingredients

·       Veal Beef   -  1 kg

·       Onions        - 2 or 3 nos

·       Green Chilies- 2

·       Tomatoes - 2

·       Ginger Garlic Paste- 1 ½ tsp

·       Kashmiri Chilly Powder  - 2 tsp

·       Coriander Powder – 4 tsp

·       Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp

·       Garam Masala – 1 tsp

·       Bay leaf – 1

·       Oil

·       Salt

Method

·       Heat a pressure cooker

·       Add oil (any vegetable oil)

·       Add Bay leaf, finely chopped onions and green chilies to it and sauté well till onions are golden brown in color

·       Now add Ginger Garlic Paste to it and sauté for one minute

·       Add chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and sauté well

·       Add finely chopped tomatoes to it and sauté for yet another minute

·       Now you may add the veal beef and sufficient amount of salt to the pressure cooker

·       Finally add garam masala and ¼ cup of water to the pressure cooker and close the lid

·       You need to switch off the stove after the cooker has sounded a whistle. Allow the cooker to stay for  10-15 min

·       Open the cooker after 15 min, so that the steam has gone out completely and the beef cooked the right manner.

·       PS. If you prefer Beef instead of Veal beef, then you need to cook for some more time. Maybe 3 whistles from the cooker can remind you to switch off the flame.

·       Check the salt and garnish with Coriander leaves

·       Serve hot with Rice, Chappathis, Bread, Puris or Pathiris

Adding herbs to the curry adds more flavor and taste to the veal beef curry. You may add mint leaves while you sauté the onions and tomatoes together. This can enhance the flavor a lot.