Whenever the word “stew” comes to my mind, it reminds me of Christmas and Easter breakfasts. Stew has occupied a special place on my breakfast table since childhood. It was a mandatory breakfast dish on all our special occasions at home.
You can prepare stew using beef, chicken, mutton, or vegetables. The recipe I am sharing here is for beef stew. This is a one-pot beef recipe, and I used a pressure cooker to prepare this delicious dish.
This is a coconut milk curry in which beef is stewed along with potatoes and carrots. The addition of spices like cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves enhances the flavor of this curry. It is best served with appam, kallappam, and idiyappam.
This is a healthy and wholesome beef recipe with the goodness of fresh coconut milk. Coconut milk makes the stew thicker and tastier. The beef is pressure-cooked in the second extract of coconut milk. If you want to make this dish spicier, you can add pepper powder according to your taste. Now, let’s move on to the recipe and learn how to prepare this easy and simple beef stew.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients:
- Beef, cut into small pieces – 1 kg
- Garlic, crushed – 6 pods
- Potatoes, cut into medium-sized cubes – 2
- Carrots, cut into cubes – 1
- Oil – 3 tablespoons
- Salt – to taste
- Cashew nuts – 8
- Raisins – 10
- Coconut milk – 2 cups
Coconut Milk Preparation:
Take out the first thick milk by squeezing the coconut with 1/4 cup warm water. Add 1.5 cups of water more to the coconut and extract the second batch of milk.
To Grind:
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Pepper – 1 tablespoon
- Coriander powder – 1 tablespoon
- Cardamoms – 3
- Cloves – 4
- Cinnamon – 3 pieces (1″ sized)
To Fry:
- Shallots, medium-sized – 3
- Ginger, sliced – 2″ piece
- Green chilies, slit – 2
- Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Method of Preparation
- Grind the ingredients mentioned under “To Grind” and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker and fry cashew nuts, raisins, and ingredients mentioned under “To Fry” until they turn light golden.
- Add the ground masala and fry it on low flame until the oil starts floating.
- Mix the crushed garlic, salt, and beef together.
- Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the potatoes, carrots, and second extract of coconut milk.
- Mix well and pressure cook until the beef is fully cooked.
- Lastly, add the first thick coconut milk.
- Leave it on low flame for 5 minutes, stirring well.
- Remove from the flame and serve hot with kallappam.
Enjoy your homemade beef stew!
