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  • Serves: 4 Servings

Madras Meat Curry

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Category: Beef, Indian

 Ingredients List

  • 1 1/2 lb Beef round steak
  • 2 tb Vegetable oil
  • 1 lg Onion, finely sliced
  • 4 Whole cloves
  • 4 Green cardamom pods, bruised
  • 3 Green chiles, seeded, finely
  • -chopped
  • 2 Dry red chiles, seeded,
  • -crushed
  • 1 Inch piece fresh gingerroot,
  • -grated
  • 2 Garlic cloves, crushed
  • 2 ts Ground coriander
  • 2 ts Ground turmeric
  • 1/4 c Water
  • 1/4 c Tamarind nectar, see note
  • -below
  • Salt to taste
  • Lettuce leaves to garnish

 Directions

Cut beef into 1-ich cubes. Heat oil in a large heavy saucepan, add beef and
cook until browned all over. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add
onion, cloves and cardamom to pan; cook, stirring, about 8 minutes, until
onion is soft and golden brown. Stir in chiles, gingerroot, garlice,
corinder and turmeric; cook 2 minutes. Return beef to pan, add water and
cover. Simmer 1 hour.

Stir in tamarind nectar and salt; simmer another 20 to 30 minutes, until
beef is tender. Serve, garnished with lettuce leaves. Serves 4.

Note: Tamarind nectar: Soak a walnut-sized piece of tamarind paste in one
cup boiling water about 20 minutes, then squeeze in cheesecloth to extract
liquid; discard pulp. Store in refrigerator up to 1 week. Tamarind nectar
is also available commercially.


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