BEEF VARATTIYATHU

Hello folks...Happy 2020 to everyone...as usual i am a bit late to wish you all..but its better late than never.So here i am with a simple and heavenly recipe .Once again wishing you all a wonderful and prosperous year ahead

This one is a typical kerala dish which is very easy to make.Taste depends on the quality of meat we use.I have used wheel beef which is tender and gets cooked in few whistles.

This beef varatiyat is a dry dish with no onions or tomatoes. It goes very well with rice dishes like puttu,pathiri idiyapam, appam,paalada etc

INGREDIENTS

To pressure cook

Beef - 1/2kg
Chilli powder - 1tbsp
Corriander powder-1tbsp
Ginger garlic paste-2tbsp
Fennel powder -1tsp
Turmeric powder -1tsp
Green chilli- 2 or3
Salt as needed
Water - 1/2 cup

To saute
Oil -2tbsp
Cloves -2
Cardamom-2
Cinnamon - one small piece
Coconut pieces
Curry leaves
Red chillies


How to make

• Pressure cook all the ingredients given under to pressure cook  for 7 or 8 whistles
• Once done heat a pan and add oil
• Crush the cloves cardamom and cinnamon stick using mortar and pestle or mixer and add
• Add coconut pieces and saute
• When the coconut turns light brown colour add red chillies and curry leaves
• Now add the cooked beef  into it and  mix
• Keep the flame in sim and let all the water gets evaporated and masala coats well on the beef pieces
• Switch off flame and garnish with curry leaves or corriander leaves