It all started with a simple idea – an idea to instill a little twist to the classic Kerala style beef fry.
Well, who doesn’t love a good stir fried beef curry. I think you just can’t go wrong with it.
I love to cook some good food from scratch on weekends, and everyone just loves this dish. Tender pieces of beef cooked inspices, shallots, plus plenty of ground black pepper – you’ll definitely L.O.V.E. it.
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Beef Pepper Fry | Beef Kurumulakittathu
Stir fried beef with crushed black peppercorns and spices
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Servings -5
Ingredients
- 500 g flank steak sirloin steak or rump steak, cut into long strips
- 1 tablespoon oil + 1 teaspoon oil
- 4-5 shallots sliced
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and sliced
- 2 cm piece fresh ginger sliced
- 1-2 green chilies sliced
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric turmeric powder
- 2 teaspoon ground coriander coriander powder
- ½ - 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 2 teaspoon crushed black peppercorns
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- Salt to taste
- 1 sprig of curry leaves optional
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok or large frying pan or high heat. Add oil and swirl around to coat the sides of the wok.
- Add beef. Stir fry 2-3 minutes or until beef is browned and just cooked. Transfer to a plate. Stir fry beef in batches if needed. (Alternatively, you can cook the beef in a pressure cooker. Place beef alongside ½ cup water in the pressure cooker. Season with salt. Cook until 5-6 whistles)
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in the wok over medium-high heat. Add mustard seeds and allow to splutter. Add shallots, and sauté, stirring occasionally, for 1-2 minutes or until browned. Add garlic and ginger. Sauté, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant.
- Add green chilies (if using). Sauté, stirring, for a few seconds. Add ground turmeric, ground coriander and red chili powder. Stir fry for few seconds.
- Add beef, garam masala, crushed peppercorns and curry leaves (if using). Stir fry for 1 minute or until the beef strips get a dark brown color.
- Garnish with more curry leaves if you like. Serve with rice or noodles
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 383kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 87mg | Sodium: 135mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g
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tastasty says
Love the flavors in this recipe! 😉
MyKabulKitchen says
Looks like an easy week-night dinner, perfect with some fluffy white rice 🙂
Anish says
Past I have tried beef few times and it never got more than average mark from even myself. Being a quintessential Syrian Christian mallu ,it's difficult for me to live without beef and apun's wife is just a budding cook.I have tried something similar in a restaurant last week and just bowled over the taste and flavour.
That is the reason why I decided to try this dish in this weekend.Hence I googled and landed up to your page.And I was really bowled over that mouth watering pic of that beef fry and the simple recipe encouraged me try.
And I followed religiously what you specified here line by line and end result was awesome(along with the ginger garlic paste I grinded the curry leaves also)..and my wife liked it too..i will try this again with small twists ?
Thanks a lot for sharing your twist with such simple steps ?
Nish Kitchen says
Thank you so much Anish for your kind words. Glad to know you and your wife liked it. And about the coconut slices - it was just a personal preference. 🙂
Anish says
I think cooking time is an hour.Why you didn't add coconut slices to this...just curious ?
Rosemary says
Re the beef pepper fry - if you haven't got a pressure cooker, what do you suggest?
Rose Mary George says
You can cook this over stove top - just make sure you add more water! Hope this helps!