Beef Chilly Fry

A chilli fry is a dish with mainly onions, green chillies and ginger/garlic.  This dish can be fixed in a jiffy.  You can add fried  or boiled potatoes to this dish and garnish with fresh coriander leaves. You can add capsicum if you wish or even garnish with chopped spring onion greens. I have made beef chilly fry with some leftover beef roast (recipe given below) that I had in my refrigerator. You can make Prawn or chicken Chilly Fry too by substituting the beef with prawns.  

For the Beef Roast

Ingredients :

For the Marinade :

1 kg Beef sirloin

3 one inch pieces fresh Ginger (crushed)

8-10 flakes of garlic

1 tsp. Turmeric pwd.

6 Peppercorns

5 Cloves

2 one inch Cinnamon Sticks

Juice of 2 Limes or a dash of Vinegar

4 tbsps. Vegetable Oil/Ghee

4 dry Kashmiri Chillies (destemed, deseeded & broken)

1 cup Water

Salt to taste

 

Method

Wash the chunk of beef & drain well.

Pierce with the fork all over the meat.

Rub ginger-garlic paste, turmeric pwd., lemon juice & a little salt all over the meat.

Marinate overnight in the fridge.

Heat pressure pan with oil till hot.

Add broken dry Kashmiri chillies, peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon sticks, crushed ginger, garlic.  Fry for a minute or two till make sure not to burn the spices. 

 Add the marinated beef.  Fry the meat till it is  browned on all sides.

Add approximately 2 cups water.

Pressure cook upto 4-5 whistles till the meat is tender.

Once the cooker is cool open and dry up the excess water till you get a thick gravy.

When the meat cools slice it into thin slices.

 

For the Beef Chilli Fry :

Ingredients :

1 cups Beef Roast  sliced thinly or you can cube it

1 smal Potato cubed (can either fry or boil it)

4 large Onions sliced fine

1 med. Tomato chopped fine

½ tsp. Black Pepper pwd

3 flakes Garlic cut fine 

1 tsp. Ginger 

6-8 fresh Green Chillies chopped on a slant

¼ tsp. Turmeric pwd.

A pinch of Sugar

4 tbsps. Vegetable Oil

Salt to taste

A fistful of fresh Coriander chopped fine

  

Method

Heat a thick bottom pan with oil till hot.

Reduce heat & add onions and fry till slightly pinkish  

Add green chillies, garlic-ginger and fry for 3-4 minutes.

Then  add the chopped tomatoes & a pinch of sugar & cook till soft.

Add sliced roast beef, pepper powder and mix well.

Fry on high heat till the beef is coated with onion mixture.

Add a tablespoon of the roast gravy. Mix well, add the fried or boiled potatoes.

Reduce heat & adjust salt to taste.

Serve hot garnished with freshly chopped coriander leaves.

Enjoy either with Pulao, Chapattis or sliced bread.