Beef Piralan (Beef Dry Fry)

Ingredients for Beef Piralan (Beef Dry Fry):

1. Beef – 1 kg, cut into pieces

2. Coriander powder – 1.5 big spoons

    Chilli powder – 1 small spoon

    Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon

3. Oil – 2 big spoons

4. Mustard – 1 small spoon

5. Onions sliced thin – ½ cup

    Garlic – 14 cloves

    Ginger chopped – 2 small spoons

    Green chillies – 4, end split

    Curry leaves – A handful

6. Vinegar – 1 big spoon

    Salt – For taste

7. Potatoes – 3, cut into pieces

8. Coconut milk 1^st extract – ½ cup

    Coconut milk 2nd extract – 2 cups

How to prepare Beef Piralan (Beef Dry Fry)?

1. Clean and cut beef to pieces.

2. Add a little water to ingredients no: 2 and make a paste.

3. Heat oil and sputter mustard seeds.

4. Sauté ingredients no: 5.

5. Add the masala paste to it and fry it well.

6. Add beef, vinegar and salt, and sauté for 5 minutes.

7. Add coconut milk 2^nd extract and cook beef in a pressure cooker.

8. When beef is well cooked, add pieces of 2 potatoes and cook again.

9. When it’s done, add coconut milk 1^st extract and cook again till gravy thickens.

10. Take off from flame.

11. Fry the remaining potato pieces (from 1 potato) and decorate your curry.

12. Serve hot.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine August 15-31, 2016

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