Beef madras curry
Beautiful Indian curry with a homemade sauce
5 - 6
Serves
15 mins
Prep Time
3 hrs
Cook Time
Recipe author
Sara Wright
Recreate your favourite beef curry at home using beef blade steak and classic South Indian spices. Curries from India’s south are spicy and hot, with plenty of thin sauce to mop up with rice. This slow-cooked curry is best when served with steamed rice, naan bread, and chutney.
Recipe courtesy of Greenlea Butcher Shop.
Recreate your favourite beef curry at home using beef blade steak and classic South Indian spices. Curries from India’s south are spicy and hot, with plenty of thin sauce to mop up the rice. This slow-cooked curry is best when served with steamed rice, naan bread, and chutney.
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Ingredients
Curry
1.5kg Quality Mark beef blade
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3 Tbsp cooking oil
2 Tbsp lemon juice
Or use 1 Tbsp tamarind pulp
2 large onions
chopped
6 garlic cloves
sliced
400ml coconut milk
2 small cinnamon sticks
2 green chillies
halved lengthways
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 tsp salt
¼ cup palm sugar
or brown sugar
4 Tbsp curry paste
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Madras style, store bought or homemade - ingredients below.
2 Tbsp grated fresh ginger
Madras Curry Paste
2 tsp black pepper
ground
1 tsp chilli powder
½ tsp cinnamon
2 tsp garam masala
2 tsp ground turmeric
7 Tbsp ground coriander
2 tsp black mustard seeds
¼ cup ground cumin
2.5cm piece fresh ginger
grated
3 garlic cloves
crushed
½ cup malt vinegar
¼ cup oil
Method
To Make Curry
Madras Curry Paste
1
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large flameproof casserole dish.
2
Brown the beef in batches over a medium-high heat, adding a little extra oil as needed, then set the meat aside on a plate.
3
Heat the rest of the oil, add the onions, garlic and ginger and fry gently for 20 minutes until very soft and light brown.
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4
Return beef to the pan and add the curry paste (see next tab for instructions), coconut milk, cinnamon sticks, chillies, coconut, salt and sugar.
5
Cover and simmer gently for 2½ hours, uncovering for the last 15 minutes to thicken up the sauce a little.
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6
Remove the cinnamon sticks and serve with steamed rice, raita yoghurt, naan bread, and chutney.
Nutrition Information per Serving (422.7g)
Based on 6 serves. As a good source of essential nutrients including selenium, this dish contributes to normal growth and development in kids.
Energy
2883.1kJ (688.7 kCal kcal)
Protein
58.1g
Total Fat
43.1g
Saturated Fat
22.8g
Carbs
15.2g
Dietary Fibre
5.9g
Sodium
955mg
Iron
6.7mg
Zinc
12.2mg
Vitamin B12
3.4µg
