Name: Irachy Curry(Beef)
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
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)

Irachy Curry(Beef)

Authentic Beef curry from Kadakkarappally(Alapuzha)

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Prep Time 40

Total Time 40

Cuisine Kerala

Servings 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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Response (2)

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Deepak April 7, 2006

Recipe was good. I finally amde some use of the bottle of Pathaks curry paste lyuing in my home! 🙂

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aneesh August 6, 2006

Pathak`s curry paste in an authentic Kadakkarappally recipe!!!. Very amusing.

4 from 2 votes (2 ratings without comment)

Irachy Curry(Beef)