Curry Beef

Curry Beef Recipe

Is carnival Monday and I eh too long reach home from jouvert but I taking the time to post this recipe so I hope you appreciate the effort and dedication. Now this is not a recipe for the curry beef that you buy in your favorite roti shop. This is my personal curry beef recipe. As usual I have a select combination of aromatics, herbs and spices that give this dish a distinct flavour profile we building real flavors here so this recipe calls for a lot of different things.

Ingredients:

• 3lbs fresh beef
• Two medium onions diced
• 9 cloves garlic minced
• 2″ piece of ginger minced
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper chopped finely
• 4 tomatoes diced
• 4 stalks chives finely chopped
• 4 chadon beni leaves finely chopped
• 4 tbsp curry powder
• 10 curry leaves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tbsp whole geera
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 tbsp cardamom powder
• 6 whole cloves
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 6 – 9 cups water
• salt & black pepper to taste

Method:

1. Saute onions in olive oil until translucent
2. Add garlic, ginger & pepper then saute for 1 minute on medium heat
3. Add whole geera, coriander seeds then saute for 1 minute
4. Add curry powder, tomatoes, curry leaves and cardamom powder then season with salt and black pepper to taste
5. Add one cup of water to mixture then cook for 5 minutes until mixture becomes a thick paste
6. Add cloves, bay leaves and cinnamon, combine well
7. Add fresh beef and toss making sure to coat all pieces with the curry mixture
8. Cover and allow to simmer for 8 on medium heat
9. Add 6 cups of water and reduce heat to low, simmer for 3 hours. Check water level halfway through cooking process and top up with additional water if neccessary
10. Turn off heat when beef is fork tender
11. Toss with fresh herbs
12. Serve and enjoy