Beef dry fry

 Beef dry fry

As the name suggests its a very traditional dish wherein the beef is marinated with lot of spices and then cooked until tender and then shallow fried. It s a very spicy dish , just like any other dish from Kerala and that is what makes it unique.

Ingredients

• Beef : 1 kg sliced into bite sized cubes
• Ginger paste : 1tbsp
• Garlic paste : 1 tbsp
• Red chilli flakes : 2 tbsp
• Coriander powder : 2 tsp
• Garam masala : 2 tsp
• Turmeric : 1/2 tsp
• Black pepper powder :1/2 tsp (coarsely ground)
• White vinegar : 3 tsp
• Salt
• Curry leaves : 2 sprigs
• Oil to shallow fry (7-8 tbsp.)
• Onion : 1 medium ( Thin sliced)

Method

1. Marinate the beef with all the above mentioned ingredients excluding curry leaves, onion and oil and set aside for half an hour
2. Cook the beef in pressure cooker until tender
3. In a wide kadai add oil and splutter the curry leaves ( at this stage u can also add chopped coconut pieces and fry them to golden brown colour if preferred)
4. Once the complete water from beef has dried up add it to hot oil in another pan and fry until dry and crisp or until desired consistency of meat. In between add the onions and fry along with the beef

Note: Add the cooked meat to oil only after all excess water has evaporated. This makes the frying more quick. The frying process would take some time but doesn't need constant attention. You can leave it in medium flame with intermediate stirring and flipping of the meat.
Variation: You can fry the beef slightly rather than making it very dry. This will give you a very tasty beef roast.

Happy Cooking!!
Shabana