Ingredients :
1.5 kg stewing steak
3 medium onions, chopped finely
6
cloves garlic, chopped finely
1
tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger
12 curry leaves
1
stick cinnamon
1
stalk lemon grass
3
tablespoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 pickled lime
2
cups thin coconut milk
1
teaspoon turmeric, ground
1
cup thick coconut milk
2
1/2 tablespoons ghee
Chili powder to taste
Salt to taste
Method :
Use a skewer to pierce the stewing steak
well. Mix the meat with all the ingredients except thick coconut milk
and ghee in a large saucepan. Cover with a lid and simmer gently until
the meat is tender. It should takes about 1.5 hours. Add the thick
coconut milk and cook without the lid for another 15 minutes. Lift the
meat to a servingdish and if the gravy is too thin, reduce by boiling
rapidly without a cover. Scoop gravy to a bowl. Rinse the pan and return
to heat the ghee. Fry the meat on all sides, pour in the gravy over the
meat and heat through. Serve hot with steamed white rice.
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