Beef Chilli Fry
Also called Beef Chilly Fry
- 15 ingredients
- 11 steps
Beef chilli fry is a quick and easy dish that is guaranteed to earn you fans! Its not a common dish that’s made all over Kerala. It’s a dish special to the Anglo Indian community. Not one Sunday goes by at my grandmothers house where she doesn’t make Beef Chilli Fry. Nothing tastes better than beef fry made in a cast iron Kadai over a traditional firewood oven.
Ingredients
- Meat – 1/2 kg Beef
- Ginger – 1 inch piece (chopped)
- Garlic – 4 pods (crushed)
- Onion- 1 large (sliced)
- Red Chilli – 4-5 (crushed)
- Red Chilli powder – 1-2 teaspoons
- Peppercorns – 6-8 (whole)
- Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
- Cloves – 3-4 (whole)
- Curry leaves – 1 small bunch
- Tomato – 1 large (chopped) Optional
- Vinegar – 4 tablespoons
- Water – 1/2 cup
- Oil – 4 -5 tablespoons
- Salt to taste
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
How to make Beef Chilli Fry
- Chop meat into 1 inch pieces and keep aside.
- Slice onions and tomato and keep aside.
- In a pressure cooker, add the ginger, garlic, peppercorns, cinnamon, cloves, vinegar, water and finally the meat.
- Pressure cook for 10-15 minutes.
- In a pan (cast iron pan is best), Pour 4-5 tablespoons of olive oil (or any oil of your choice), season the onions till golden brown.
- Add the crushed red chillies and the curry leaves and sauté for 2-3 minutes, add the chilly powder and stir.
- Add the tomatoes, the tomatoes don’t need to cook a lot.
- Drain and reserve the beef stock from the cooker. Add the meat to the pan.
- Keep tossing it, so that the meat is well coated with the onion mixture. Taste and add more vinegar and salt if needed.
- Keep stirring till the meat absorbs all the gravy, you can also add a little stock if you think the meat is drying out.
- Cook on a medium flame until meat is well roasted.
To Serve
Serve hot with rice or bread of your choice.
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