Beef Stir Fry

Realized that I do not have a single beef recipe in my blog. I do not cook beef often and when I do, it is mostly the beef ulerthiyethe and sometimes beef steak. Recently I discovered an easier one: the Chinese stir fry. I modified the recipe to suit as per available ingredients.


Beef Stir fry

Ingredients

1. Beef sliced lengthwise - 500 gm

2. Soya sauce - 1 + 1 tbsp.

3. Oyster Sauce - 1+ 1 tbsp. (optional)

4. Pepper powder - 1 tsp.

5. Garlic powder - 1 tsp. (optional)

6. Onions sliced lengthwise - 2nos.

7. Garlic sliced lengthwise  - 6 cloves

8. Capsicum cut into cubes - 1 no (if available)

9. Green Chilly sliced - 1 number (optional)

10. - Corn Flour - 1 tsp. (mix in half cup of water)

10. Butter - 1 tbsp.

Method

Marinate the beef  with a tablespoon each of the sauce and pepper powder for 1 hour or less. Pressure cook this for 15 minutes on low flame. Leave the gravy and fry the beef in butter until it is slightly brown. Now add the onion and garlic along with the gravy. Let it cook until the onion turns soft. Once the water runs dry, add the capsicum. Saute for a while and add the corn flour mixed in water. Let it boil until a gravy is formed. At this point you can add the green chilly if you need that extra punch(heat).

Enjoy!

Tinned Tuna Fish curry

Sometimes when I crave for fish curry, there would be no fish and that is when I use tinned tuna. The taste may slightly differ but it is still good enough..


Tinned Tuna Fish Curry


Ingredients

1- Tinned Tuna - 2 tins (165 gm)

2. Minced ginger - 1 tspn

3. Sliced Garlic - 6 cloves

4. Sliced small onions - 3 nos.

5. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tspn

6. Curry leaves - a bunch

7. Chilly powder - 2 or 3 tspn (adjust as per your taste, I add even more)

8. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn

9. Fenugreek powder - 1/4 tspn

10. Kudampuly (Gambooge) - 1 nos

Method

Heat a tablespoon of oil and sputter the mustard seeds. Add the sliced onion and saute until almost brown and then add ginger and garlic. Let is cook for a while until the raw smell leaves. Now add the powders along with a little water. Fry it until oil separates. Add a cup of water along with the kudumpully, curry leaves and salt. When the water boils add the tinned tuna. Don't bother if it breaks. You can remove the curry from the fire until it runs dry or with enough water.