Overview
This is very special beef dish from Kerala. This beef black pepper fry dish is a must try dish, it is very different from the other Kerala beef dishes. No red chilly powder is used. Fresh coarsely ground black pepper is the star of this dish. Make sure you coarsely grind fresh whole black pepper corns which does make a big difference in aroma and flavor.
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| Beef Pepper Fry |
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| Ingredients for Beef Black Pepper Fry |
Ingredients
Beef 1 pound - thin sliced as shown in picture
Fresh ginger 2 inch piece thin sliced
Garlic cloves - 12 - 15 thin sliced
Red Onions thin sliced - 1 cup
Curry leave - 2 - 3 sprigs
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
Fresh garam masala - 1 teaspoon
Fresh coarsely ground Black pepper - 2 - 3 teaspoons
Salt to taste
Oil - 3 - 4 tablespoons
Steps
1. Clean the beef and slice to thin rectangular strips as shown. Keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan. When oil gets hot. Add the tin sliced ginger, garlic and red onions to this.
3. Saute till onions turn light brown. Add the turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and fresh coarsely ground black pepper to this and fry few minutes. Add the curry leaves and fry well.
4. Add the beef slices to this alone with salt mix well and cover pan with lid and bring it to a boil. Keep flame on low and cover pan and cook for about 30 minutes stirring every 10 minutes till the beef slices are cooked well and gravy is well coated.
Turn off heat and serve hot with plain rice or any Indian bread
