How to make a beef curry
Beef curry is the one of the top dishes at Penang. Its been held by generation to generation. Beef curry is a tasty and spicy non-vegetarian dish. It also not a hard way to cook it. Just get your large frying pan and large saucepan to hand.
As you may gather, go to the nearest butcher shop to buy some beef. Because one of the secret ingredients is the beef must be finest enough. Get the butcher to dice it up for you. Oddly enough I prefer to put it in the freezer for a few weeks to tenderise it. When your ready, get a sharp knife and probably you’ll want to cut up the diced beef into smaller pieces, and remove any fat.
You’ll need to make a paste first in your frying pan. I use Garam Masala, tandoori Masala, black peppercorns and fennel seed and coconut milk. For the hot aspect, I tend to go for cayenne pepper, but be cautious. Because it will be too hot.
Right then, In the frying pan heat up some oil, not to high a heat. Put all the spices together, if necessary you may have to grind some to get them down to a fine powder. Put the mixed spices in the heated oil and blend in. When heated through, add your diced beef. Keep stiring it, till the beef has started to turn to a little bit yellow. Continue gently heating. At this stage you should be boiling some water. Pour some of your beef stock over the diced beef as it’s heating.
Now allow to simmer for an hour and now let recite some surah at the Al-Quran first. Then, chop up your onions and garlic. These can be added later when you think your beef is closed to ready. Mix a little cornflour with water, if you feel your curry is too watery. So, keep sampling your beef till you feel that it’s soft enough. Finally when ready, set it aside to cool down. Then serve it with rice or bread. So there you are. Another little masterpiece by Chef Muhammad Amal!
