Chilli Beef (Dry)

Chilli Beef

Chilli Beef is a Chinese dish which easily comes on the menu and our minds when we are out dining.
A preparation which usually calls in for deep frying of the meat thereby making it tedious and time consuming to prepare it.
I have come up with a time saving and healthier version here. I have made a slight variation to the traditional method by not deep frying it, rather I cooked the meat in a pressure cooker and then tossed it in a sauce prepared easily.

Ingredients

• Beef: 1kg ( cut into strips)
• Soy Sauce: 2 Tbsp + 1 tsp
• Kashmiri chilli powder: 2 tsp
• Tomato sauce : 3-4 Tbsp
• Chilli sauce: 2 tsp
• Onions : 2 cubed
• Capsicum: 1 cubed
• Ginger and Garlic chopped: 1 tsp each
• Water: 1/3 Cup
• Corn Flour: 1 tsp
• Oil
• Salt
• Spring onions to garnish

Method

1. Cook the beef in pressure cooker by adding salt and 2 Tbsp soy sauce and water
2. Simultaneously add oil in a pan and saute ginger and garlic along with slit green chillies
3. Next add the diced onions and saute until soft but doesn't change colour. Add the capsicum, pinch of pepper and salt and cook until soft but crisp. Remove this to a plate.
4. Add few tablespoons of oil and add the cooked and drained beef to this oil and stir fry for few minutes. To this add the kasmiri chilli powder and mix well
5. Add all the sauces and mix well
6. Finally add in the sautéed onions and capsicums
7. Meanwhile mix the corn flour with the left over water from the cooked beef and mix well
8. Add this corn flour slurry to the meat and give a last mix for few minutes.
9. Garnish with spring onions. Serve hot with fried rice or rotis

Happy cooking!

Shabana