Beef Vindaloo - The Hot One

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 kg stewing beef (cubed)
• 1 onion
• 6 garlic cloves
• 4 tablespoons nut oil
• 2 slices ginger (2.5cm fresh)
• 2 teaspoons mustard seeds (crushed)
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 6 teaspoons chili powder
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 4 teaspoons curry powder (hot)
• 4 teaspoons chili flakes
• 15 chili peppers (sliced with seeds)
• 400 ml coconut milk (4th extract) or 400 ml water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper (crushed)

Recipe

• 1 (2 days before) place the beef in a bowl and add 2 teaspoons of the curry powder and 2 teaspoons of the chilli, make sure it is coated evenly and fully and leave in the fridge to marinate.
• 2 (on day).
• 3 roughly chop the onion, mince the garlic, mustard seed, ginger and vinegar together to form a paste.
• 4 add the oil to a large oven ready pan and fry the onions, garlic/ginger paste and the chillis till the onion is soft (this bit stings the eyes), add in the all ingredients except for the meat and coconut milk and fry for a further 2 mins ensuring the onions and chillis are covered in the powdered ingredients.
• 5 add the meat and fry gently for 10 minutes to seal the meat.
• 6 add the coconut milk and stir, bring to a boil and simmer for roughly 10 minutes until suace begins to thicken.
• 7 transfer to the oven at 200'c for 30 minutes stirring regularly to finish off.
• 8 serve on pilau rice preferably with a lassi drink as thats the only thing that will cool your mouth down.