Curried Beef Stew served with Appam

Curried Beef Stew and Appam is a very good combination.It is very delicious and tasty.

CURRIED BEEF STEW:

Ingredients:

Beef - 300 gms
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 4 cloves
Chilly powder -1 tsp
Coriander powder -1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
Powdered Aniseed,Cinnamon and cardamom- 1 tsp
Black pepper powder -1 tsp
Salt -to taste
onion -1
Potato -1
Green chilly (optional) - 1
Cooking oil -1 tbsp

Coconut milk -1 - 1 1/2 c

For Garnishing:

Shallots -2
Red chilies -2
Mustard seeds -1 tsp
Curry leaves - 2 stalks
Ghee -2 tbsp

Method:

Cook the beef with chilly powder,coriander powder, turmeric and salt.

Chop the onion .
Peel and cut potato into squares.
Heat the cooking oil in a pot and saute the chopped onions, ginger and garlic.

Put the meat spices and black pepper into this and stir.
Add the potatoes pieces , 1/4 cup of coconut milk, and little water.

Add salt ,and cook the potato until soft.
Add the cooked meat into this, stir and let the mixture to boil.
Add the rest of the coconut milk into this and heat well.
The gravy should be slightly thick.

For Garnishing:

Chop the shallots finely and cut the red chilies into pieces.
Heat the ghee in a shallow frying pan.
Add the mustard seeds into this and let the seeds burst.
Add red chilly pieces also and add chopped shallots.
Allow the shallots to become brown, then add curry leaves also.
Pour this mixture over the stew.

Garnishing enhances the flavor and taste.
Curried beef stew is a very tasty and delicious dish

APPAM

Ingredients:

Rice flour -1 1/ 2 c
Ground cooked rice 1/2 c
Instant Yeast -1 1/2 t
Ground tender coconut - 1 1/2 c
Sugar - 1 T
Salt -1/2 t
Water - 1/4 c

Method:

Mix the rice flour, ground cooked rice ,yeast ,sugar and water and leave it to 3-4 hrs.
Add tender coconut paste and salt into this and keep for one more hour.
The dough must be slightly loose.

Grease a pan and start making Appams one by one .
Pour one spoon dough on the pan and spread little, when one side is cooked, turn over the other side and cook again.

Repeat this process until the dough finishes.

Appam can be served with curried beef stew.