For preparing special beef pathiri, take a vessel, add the beef pieces, turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt and a little water. Cook well until beef is done and water drains off completely.

When the beef is cooked, remove it from the flame. Grind it in a mixer grinder.

Fry the onion, ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves.

Then add beef and garam masala to it and stir it well in medium heat. Keep it aside.

Knead the rice flour well with hot water and salt.

Make balls of the dough.

Press balls in a medium thickness on a banana leaf.

Spread the beef masala on the pathiri.

Press another ball in another leaf and place it above the masala spread pathiri. Press the both pathiri`s sides well so it doesn¦t come apart.

If you need you can make one more layer by spreading masala on top of the second pathiri and pressing a third pathiri on top of the second.

Cover the pathiri-masala mixture with banana leaf on both sides.

Fill half of an idly vessel with water and let it boil.

Then place the idly stand in the vessel and place the beef pathiri along with the banana leaf on top of it and cover the vessel with a lid so that the steam doesn¦t escape.

Check it at intervals to see that the pathiri had cooked well. You can understand it by inserting a pointed stick in the pathiri. If it sticks on the stick then it not ready to take from the flame.

Remove it from flame when it is cooked well.

Special beef pathiri is ready. Serve hot for breakfast, dinner or as an evening snack.