Beef Ellu Curry

Yumm !!!! This curry tastes even more better because it brings back lot of memories of my maternal grandparents home. The evening before any wedding in the house, this Beef - Ellu Curry would be made with Kappa and so many other yummy traditional Kerala food. The best part is all our cousins, uncles and aunt every single one of them forget every other food on the table and go ahead to attack this Ellu Curry with Kappa. Little cousins, who are not big fans of Kappa go ahead and have this Ellu Curry with Parotta which also is another perfect Combo !!!

So here is the recipe...

Cook Beef with salt, turmeric, asafetida and pepper in a pressure cooker with a 1/2 cup of water.

Meanwhile, get the Masala and Gravy ready for the Beef...

Beef - roughly 1 kg
Onion - 2
Tomato 1 optional
Ginger and garlic Chopped -  2 table spoons
Chilli powder - 1.5 tablespoon
Coriander powder - 2 tablespoon
Garam Masala -  1 teaspoon
Fennel Powder - 1 teaspoon
Tumeric Powder - 1 teaspoon
Asafetida Powder - 2-3 pinch
Curry Leaves -  fresh, a handful

1. Fry the onions well till brown, but not burnt
2. then add the chopped ginger and garlic with curry leaves. At this point you can add the tomatoes and cook very well, till the oil clears on top and the tomatoes are really mashed up.
3. Add the masala powders and fry well, till you get the desired color.
4. Add the cooked beef to it and mix well and cook well till the beef and has cooked with all the flavors of the spices infused in the meat.

Enjoy this with Kappa or Parotta !!!!