Kerala Beef Stew / Beef in rich Coconut Gravy

Kerala Beef Stew / Beef in rich Coconut Gravy

       In Kerala, stew is a mildly spicy and creamy dish made using potatoes and coconut milk along with other simple spices. It can be prepared by adding different kinds of meat likebeef, chicken or mutton. Here I am preparing stew by adding beef. It goes well with appam, idiyappam, pathiri, chapathi etc.

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Ingredients

1. Beef – 1 cup.
2. Onion – 1 cup.
3. Ginger  Paste- 1 1/2 tsp.
4. Garlic paste- 1 ½ tsp.
5. Green chilly- 4
6. Potatoes- 1cup.
7. Carrot – 1 cup.
8. Green peas- ½ cup.
9. Curry leaves- 1 sprig
10. Coriander Leaves.
11. Thick Coconut milk- 1 cup.
12. Thin Coconut milk- 2 cup.
13. Fennel seeds- 1 tsp
14. Green Cardamom pods – 5 nos.
15. Cloves – 5-8 nos.
16. Cinnamon sticks- 3 nos ( 1" piece)  
17. Pepper powder- 1/2 tsp
18. Coconut oil.
19. Salt.
20. Water.

Methods of Preparation:

1. Take beef in a pressure cooker, add ginger, garlic, salt, pepper powder and some coconut milk, cook till 3 to 4 whistles.
2. Heat coconut oil in a pan and whole spices.
3. Add onion, garlic, ginger and green chillies, saute till it starts to turn golden in color.
4. Add the potatoes and carrots, mix well.
5. Pour the thin coconut milk to this mixture and cook it. Cook covered till potatoes are just cooked.
6. Then add the cooked beef and green peas to the mixture. Mix well and allow it to cook for another 5 mins.
7. Add chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves, combine well.
8. Add thick coconut milk to the mixture.
9. Stir the mixture well. Let the coconut milk come to a boil and simmer for a minute to thicken.
10. Drizzle  1 tsp. of coconut oil over it and mix well.
11. If the stew is too thick you could add little coconut milk water to thin it down.
12. Now our beef stew is ready to serve. Serve it with Appam, Idiyappam, pathiri etc.