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Irachy Curry(Beef)

Authentic Beef curry from Kadakkarappally(Alapuzha)
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • Beef(minced)
  • 1 tsp Chilly powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • Coriander leaves A few
  • Curry leaves A few
  • Cloves A few, Grambu
  • Black cardamom A few
  • Or
  • Green cardamom A few
  • 1 no Cinnamon Karugapatta
  • 3 nos Garlic pods grated
  • Ginger grated
  • Turmeric powder A pinch
  • ½ a Fenugreek seeds Uluva
  • Mustard seeds A pinch
  • Meat masala(either prepare yourself or buy Pataks Korma curry paste from any grocery store)
  • Onions(sliced)
  • Tomatoes(sliced)
  • Potatoes
  • Coconut milk
  • Coconut chips or pieces
  • Coconut oil or Sunflower oil
  • Lemon juice A few drops
  • Salt As reqd

Instructions
 

  • Squeeze few drops of lemon juice on the beef.
  • Cook minced beef with water in a pan.
  • :- Add 200 ml water for 500 grams of beef.
  • Add 1 tsp of salt, chilly powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
  • Heat sunflower oil in a pan.
  • Add a pinch of mustard and half a pinch of fenugreek.
  • :- You could see the mustard and fenugreek releasing trails of small bubbles in oil.
  • Add onions, tomatoes, ginger and garlic paste and sautT them for 5 mins.
  • Add Pataks curry paste and stir for another 5 mins.
  • Add coconut milk and stir for 10 mins.
  • Add the previously boiled beef and cook/stir for another 10 mins.
  • Add coriander leaves.
  • Add pieces of coconut.
  • Add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and stir for another 5 mins.
  • :- Serve with boiled Tapioca(Kappa).
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