Pakistani Beef Curry
Pakistani Beef Curry is a home-style meat dish at difficulty 5/5 (Expert), about 602 kcal. This Pakistani-style beef curry is rich, soft, and mildly sour and spicy—it's ap. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.
5 / 5
★★★★★
602 kcal
Ingredients
- Regular frying pan
- Rice cooker / Electric Cooker
- Masala Powder (Brand optional: Shan)
- Beef
- Tomatoes
- Bishop's cucumber (Suan la jiao)
- Natural yogurt
- Garlic powder
- Ginger powder
Steps
- Cut all the Bishop's cucumbers into rounds and set aside.
- Blend all tomatoes into tomato puree and set aside.
- Cut the beef into 2cm pieces and wash clean, set aside.
- Pour a layer of oil into the frying pan (to prevent the tomato puree from boiling and evaporating).
- Pour in the tomato puree and stir continuously for 2-3 minutes, waiting for it to turn darker red.
- Add 5g garlic powder, 5g ginger powder and 1 pack of 50g Masala powder, mix well.
- Add the beef and the cucumber rounds, mix well.
- Add 1 box of yogurt (to make the sauce thick), mix well.
- Transfer the entire pot of ingredients to the rice cooker/electric cooker. Add 250 ml of water. Set to the stew/meat stew setting and cook for 2-3 hours.
- Wait until done, open the pot and check that the beef is tender and soft, then serve.
Notes
This Pakistani-style beef curry is rich, soft, and mildly sour and spicy—it's appetizing with a strong aroma of spices. Beef provides high-quality protein, and paired with tomatoes and yogurt, the nutrition is balanced. The cooking method is not complicated, but it requires a bit of patience with the slow cooking, making it perfect for leisurely preparation on a quiet weekend. About two and a half hours from start to finish to bring out a pot of warm, exotic deliciousness.
Estimated cooking difficulty: ★★★★★
Estimated calories: 602 kcal
Group: Pakistani Beef Curry
Calculation:
Here, the amount of side ingredients required for 1kg of beef is the standard. You can use this to calculate different portion sizes. The curry made from 1kg of beef can serve about 5 people.
Side ingredients required for 1kg of beef:
- Tomatoes 🍅 4 pcs
- Bishop's cucumbers 2 pcs (large ones)
- Natural yogurt 1 box
- Masala powder 1 pack (50g)
- Garlic powder 5g
- Ginger powder 5g
This dish is learned from a Pakistani friend and documented meticulously; it is absolutely authentic.
Usually served with Roti (bread), Naan (bread) or Rice.
If you want to make Chicken Karahi, the process is almost the same, except you fry the chicken first with oil and various peppercorns until it turns yellow.
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