Kerala Style Beef Stew is less spicy yet yummy side dish goes very well with Appam/ Bread. Beef stew is a common side dish for Christmas/ Easter breakfasts.
In South Kerala side Beef stew is prepared in a different way by adding garam masala powder/ coriander powder. So color of the curry will be slightly brown. Also only potatoes are added as the veg and no carrot/ green peas etc are added.
In this Beef stew recipe I’m adding potatoes and carrots only no green peas added.
I got tips for this recipe from my friend Saritha’s mom who is enthusiastic to explain her recipes. Thanks Aunty ?
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Ingredients 1. Beef - 1/2 Kg - Cut into small pieces ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Cardamom - 4 Nos (Elaykka) 3. Cinnamon stick - 1 Inch piece (Karukapatta) 4. Cloves - 4 Nos (Grambu) 5. Bay leaves - 1 No (Karuka ila) ------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Onion - 1 Cup - Chopped (Savala) 7. Ginger - 1 Tablespoon - Crushed (Inji) 8. Garlic - 1 Tbalespoon - Crushed (Veluthulli) 9. Green chilly - 6 Nos - Slitted (Pachamulak) 10. Curry leaves - 2 Stems (Curry Vepila) ------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Pepper corns - 2 Teaspoon - Crushed --------------------- Other ingredients --------------------- 12. Salt - As required 13. Coconut oil + Ghee - 1 Tablespoon 14. All purpose flour/ Corn flour - 2 Teaspoon 15. 2nd Coconut milk / Thin coconut milk - 2 1/2 Cups 16. 1st Coconut milk / Thck coconut milk - 2 Cups 17. Potato - 1 Cup - Cubed 18. Carrot - 1/2 Cup - Cubed --------------------- For garnishing --------------------- 19. Fried Cashew nuts - 12 Nos (Optional) Instructions Heat oil in a pan and fry ingredients 2 -5 for sometime. Add ingredients 6 – 10 and saute till onion become soft and row smell of the ingredients go off. (Do not brown the onions) Add beef pieces, thin coconut milk and crushed pepper corns and salt. Pressure cooker beef pieces and masala till 80% is done. Open pressure cooker and add potato and carrots and again cook till potatoes and carrots are cooked well. Add all purpose flour mixed in 2 tablespoon of water and add to the curry and mix well. (To thicken the gravy) Allow the curry to boil for sometime and add thick coconut milk. Heat up the curry and switch off the flame. Do not boil it after adding thick coconut milk. Heat some oil in another pan and temper 1 stem curry leaves and add to the curry. Add fried cashew nuts for garnishing. Notes - Adding ghee while tempering will enhance the taste of the curry.
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