Beef Pepper Fry

This dish I am sharing today can be made for snacks or can be eaten as dinner too.

It is very easy and yummy!!!!

You can replace the beef with mutton or chicken.

Ingredients

Beef (boneless)                                                           :               1 kg

Onion Sliced lengthwise                                               :               2 large

Curry Leaves                                                              :               1 cup

Green Chili (Slit lengthwise)                                         :               4-5

Garlic paste                                                                :               1 ½ tsp.

Ginger Paste                                                               :               ¾ tsp.

Turmeric                                                                    :               1 tsp.

Salt                                                                            :               to taste

Oil                                                                             :               2-3 tbsp.

Masala

Black Pepper                                                              :               2 tbsp.

Fennel Seeds                                                              :               2 tsp.

Cumin Seeds                                                              :               1 tsp.

Method

Clean the beef and cut into bite size pieces. Put it in a cooker add little salt and turmeric and pressure cook it for 15-20 minutes or till the beef is just cooked. Add very little water as the beef will leave water too and we want this dish to be little dry and not gravy. Do not make it tender at this point.

While the meat is getting cooked in a separate tawa/griddle roast the pepper and fennel till you start getting the roasted pepper smell. Once its almost done but not burnt add the cumin and give a final roast. Let it cool and dry grind the masala and keep it aside.

In a wok/kadai add oil .When the oil heat up add the onion fry till they turn slightly pink. Add the slit green chilis and ¾ cup curry leave and fry till the onion just starts to turn brownish. Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for few more minutes. Now add the boiled beef and add little more salt ...you might need it .Taste and check. Start frying, if you have excess water in the cooker add them little by little and keep stirring the beef at high heat. When you see most of the water is absorbed add the grinded masala and stir for another few minutes to incorporate all the masala.

Add ½ cup water and the rest ¼ cup curry leaves and cover it. After 10 minutes almost all water will be absorbed and you should have a blackish dry gravy.

Enjoy this with Appamg or Idli. You can also have it with Malabar Paratha.

Thanks

Arpita

 PS: If you are doing this with chicken, do not pressure cook but follow all the other steps