Beef Olathiyathu

You eat many things in your life, don't you? But sometimes we are very choosy  and that sometimes varies sometimes with weather. A winter dish is always molded with a hoard of spiciness. We prefer hot and spicy when it is cold outside. This is one among them-Beef Olathiyathu from Kerala and always Kottayam's Special.

Ingredients:-

Beef- a pound(half Kg)

Coconut oil-2 to 3 tblspn

Curry leaves-1 sprig

Mustard seeds-1/4 tspn
Coconut pieces- very small cut -2 tblspns

Shallots-20

Chilly pwdr-3tspn

Turmeric pwdr-1/2 tspn

Coriander pwdr-4tspn

Ginger-garlic paste-2heaped tspn

Salt to taste

Directions:-

• Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves(medium flame).
• Add the coconut pieces and saute for 30 sec.
• Add shallots and saute them till transparent.
• Add the dry spices, and ginger garlic paste.(high flame)
• Saute the spices and ginger garlic paste till they are cooked for say about 2min at high flame. The spices would slightly turn darker in color.(then reduce to medium flame).
• Add the chopped beef and salt to taste(3/4 tspn maybe). Do not add any water since the meat oozes out enough water to cook.
• Now give a thorough stir with a spoon to marinate the beef with masala.
• Cook this with the lid on for 10-15 min till the beef is tender.(try breaking a chunk with the sharpe edge of a spoon. If it is still hard cook further)
• Once cooked remove the lid and  increase the flame to medium-high.
• Now keep stirring them with a spoon till water evaporates and as long as the reddish color of the masala turns dark and brown.
• Done.

BON APPETITE:)