Beef ularthiyathu (ബീഫ് ഉലര്‍ത്തിയത്)

Another nice recipe with Beef. This requires a lot of patience, but at the end it worth. Lets go with the ingredients for spicy beef ularthiyathu

Beef :1/2 Kg.
Onion : 2 medium size
Tomato: 1 medium size
Green chilli: 1 medium size
Coriander powder: 2 table spoon
Turmeric powder: 2 tea spoon
Cumin powder: 2 tea spoon
Redchilli powder: 1 tea spoon
Black pepper powder: 1 tea spoon
mustard seeds : 1 tea spoon
Coconut oil: 2 table spoon
curry leave : 5-10 leaves
Salt : 2 teaspoon

Cut onions into slices and similarly cut tomatoes too. Cut green chilli vertically into 2.
Wash beef well. Mix all powders together and take half of the mixture and marinate beef for 1/4 hour.
Cook marinated beef in a pressure cooker for 10 minutes. Use little of water only
Heat oil in a frying pan, splutter mustard seeds, add onions to it and saute it. Add curry leaves and green chilli to it.
Once the onion becomes transparent, add tomatoes and cook it for another 2-3 minutes.
Add remaining mixture of powders to the pan, mix it and cook for another 2 minutes.
Add cooked beef to it and add a glass of water and salt to it. Cover it and wait till beef gets cooked well.
Once the beef is cooked, open up the pan and cook it in high flame so that excess water gets evaporated. Once it becomes semi gravy, turn off the stove and have you delicious beef ularthiyathu.

Tips:
Add a little of grated coconut just before turning off the stove and mix well. It will add a great taste.
If you want a pleasant smell to the curry, then add 2-3 pieces of cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamon seed and saute it before spluttering mustard seeds.

Beef fry

Cooking a beef fry is very easy, but buying some good beef meat is very difficult in Indian cities. You never know whether the meat is fresh or genuine. My advice is to buy the meat only from trusted retailers.

Here we go with the ingredients for Beef fry:
Beef (cut into small pieces)- ¼ kg.
Turmeric powder- ¼ tea spoon.
Chilli powder- ¼ tea spoon.
Coconut oil-2 table spoon.
Curry leaves- 5-6 leaves.
Salt- ¼ tea spoon.


Wash beef well.
Mix the turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Mix the beef pieces to this mixture and marinate it. Keep it aside for 15 minutes.
Heat the frying pan, heat coconut oil in it and wait till it boils.
Add the curry leaves and beef pieces to the frying pan and stir well. Cover and let it cook well. Stir occasionally to avoid partial cooking.
Once the beef is cooked well (this may take 15-20 minutes), turn off the stove and drain out the oil and have your beef fry!

Tips:
Adding lengthy thin pieces of coconut meat along with curry leaves will give good taste to the fry.
Buy the beef only from trusted sellers. It will not be tasty nor good for health, if you don't buy good beef.