Name: Beef Pickle
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 1/2 kg Tender beef (cut in small pieces); 1 tsp Ginger (finely chopped); Salt (As reqd); Oil for frying; 1/2 cup Gingelly oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 2 cups Onions (finely chopped); 12 nos Cloves (Grambu); 6 nos Cinnamon (Karugapatta); 6 nos Cardamom (Elakka); 1/2 kg Tomato; Vinegar (As reqd); 1/4 cup Garlic pods; 1 tbsp Ginger slices; 1/2 tsp Sugar; 3 tbsp Chilly powder; 1/2 tsp Ginger (fine pieces); 6 nos Garlic pods; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp Fenugreek (Uluva); 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam)

Beef Pickle

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

2 1/2 kg Tender beef cut in small pieces
1 tsp Ginger finely chopped
Salt As reqd
Oil for frying
1/2 cup Gingelly oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 cups Onions finely chopped
12 nos Cloves Grambu
6 nos Cinnamon Karugapatta
6 nos Cardamom Elakka
1/2 kg Tomato
Vinegar As reqd
1/4 cup Garlic pods
1 tbsp Ginger slices
1/2 tsp Sugar

For grinding:-

3 tbsp Chilly powder
1/2 tsp Ginger fine pieces
6 nos Garlic pods
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Fenugreek Uluva
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam

Instructions

Cook meat along with 2 tbsp of vinegar, ginger and salt, until well done and dry.
Heat sufficent refined oil in a pan.
Fry the meat, small lots at a time.
:- Do not allow the meat to harden.
Grind together chilly powder, ginger pieces, garlic, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds with cold boiled water.
Heat the remaining oil and the gingelly oil.
Splutter mustard seeds.
Fry turmeric powder and onion, till it becomes crisp.
Remove and drain.
Saute the spices followed by tomato.
Keep stirring, till the oil separates.
Add the ground masala paste and saute.
When masala is nicely fried, add vinegar, salt and 1 cup of boiling water and bring it to boil.
Add the fried meat, ginger and garlic to the boiling gravy.
Mix sugar in 2 tbsp of vinegar and add to the pickle.
Allow it to boil again for one more time.
Remove from fire.
Cool and bottle it.