Tayyabs Dry Meat Curry Recipes

Steps:

• For the red curry paste: In a food processor, combine the cilantro, oil, ginger, lemongrass, coriander, cumin, shrimp paste, garlic, red chiles, lime leaf, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Pulse to a consistent paste.
• For the curry: Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the curry paste and cook, stirring well, until aromatic, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil to the pot and increase the heat to high. Sprinkle the flank steak with a pinch of salt, then add it to the pot; cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the steak and add the onions and peppers; cook until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the coconut milk, bring to a gentle boil, then add the curry paste back to the pot; stir well. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. (If the coconut milk breaks and separates, don't worry: it will come back together to a smooth consistency.) Add the chicken broth and fish sauce, and continue simmering until the sauce has a nice, gravy-like consistency, 12 to 15 minutes. Return the beef to the pot and finish with the cilantro, basil, mint and lime juice. Taste and adjust the seasoning.

Steps:

• Put the lamb into a shallow dish.
• Mix all marinade ingredients and add the marinade to the lamb. Turn to coat and set aside to marinate in a refrigerator for 24 hours.
• In a frying pan dry-roast over a medium heat all the spices for the masala paste except the red chili and mace powder: cinnamon stick and black cardamom for 3 minutes; green cardamom, cloves, coriander seeds and black peppercorns for 2 minutes; cumin for 1 minute; fenugreek seeds and dry fenugreek leaves for half a minute. Let the spices cool. When cool pound them into a fine powder and mix them with red chili powder, mace powder and some water to make a paste.
• Heat the ghee in a large deep frying pan and add the chopped onions, sugar, and salt. Cook the onions over medium heat, stirring frequently, until softened and deep, rich brown. Add the masala paste and fry stirring continuously for a few minutes over medium-high heat until the oil separates from the masala. Add the lamb, together with the marinade, and stir-fry over high heat for 3-5 minutes until well browned. Now add the lamb stock and cook over medium-low heat until the meat is tender and almost all the gravy has dried up.
• Add salt to taste.
• Serve hot, sprinkled with garam masala and fried onion.

Steps:

• Place meat in a roasting pan and cover with water. You may add the optional ingredients at this point if you wish. I generally do. Cover the pan and roast it overnight at 250 to 300 degrees.
• In the morning drain the meat, reserving the broth and discarding the onion and garlic if used; the meat should be very tender when pierced with a fork. Cool the meat for at least 1 hour or until it can be handled easily.
• Using your fingers, shred meat, pulling it apart where the grain allows separation. Pull off and discard all fat, bone and gristle.
• Combine the shredded meat with salsa; let marinate overnight.
• Next day, add meat to frying pan with a little of the reserved broth and simmer, uncovered, until heated through and most of the liquid has evaporated. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve: Keep Carne Seca warm by placing on a warming tray or serrving in a frying pan set to warm. Accompany with a bowl or platter of 6-inch flour tortillas, cut into sixths. Guests spoon a little of the Carne Seca onto a tortilla wedge to eat.
• About those leftovers: This recipe makes a large amount but the leftovers keep well -- up to 4 days in the refrigerator or in the freezer for up to a month. Carne Seca is very versatile: you can use it in a casserole or as a filling for traditional Tex-Mex foods such as tacos, burritos, or taco salad. It can be a fine side dish accompanying a Mexican-style diner or may be the main course, accompanied by pinto beans and flour tortillas.
• Variation: Apache Burros. On the main street of Whiteriver, Arizona, on the Apache reservation, the Native-Americans come out at noon-time, sellling foods to other natives and to tourists alike. One of the most popular of the foods is Apache burros which are nothing more than the unadorned shredded meat of step 3 rolled into a flour tortilla. The meat is so well flavored, folks gobble these up.

Steps:

• Trim mutton and cut into cubes (1 inch) Heat the clarified butter/ ghee in a pressure cooker (preferably for the beef) or a thick bottomed vessel with a lid (for the mutton).
• Add the whole spices and wait for them to bloat.
• Then add the onions and fry till they are translucent Add the ginger and garlic and fry till the mixture is golden brown (I add chopped green chilli too) Now add the tomatoes and stir till the tomatoes are cooked and incorporated into the mixture, Add the garam masala or spice powders and stir.
• Add the meat pieces and stir till they are coated with the curry sauce.
• Now add some water (around 1 cup if using the pressure cooker and 2 cups if cooking in a vessel) and salt.
• Mix and cover.
• Bring to a boil and then simmer until cooked.
• (A pressure cooked will take 1 whistle and 15 mins to cook beef and 1 whistle and 7 mins to cook mutton.) Meanwhile cut the okra/ aubergines into chunks (the okra is normally washed, then wiped dry and then cut or the aubergines are washed, cut and then sprinkled with salt for 10 mins and then wiped dry before cooking).
• Deep fry the vegetable used till slightly crisp.
• Drain well.
• Add it to the curry and heat through for about 4 minutes.
• Sprinkle lime juice over the curry and stir.
• Garnish with cilantro leaves.
• Serve hot.
• (Alternatively to save some calories you can directly cook the vegetables in the curry without deep frying them. But add the vegetables to the dish when the meat is slightly undercooked and cook them together till they are tender.).

Steps:

• Put oil in stockpot, and heat until almost smoking.
• Remove from heat and ADD sugar, return to heat.
• Let sugar caramelize until a golden brown color; ADD meat of choice and stir, browning all pieces.
• Add all onions and garlic; stir until onions are transparent.
• Lower heat, put lid onto pot; simmer a few moments making sure that nothing sticks to pot.
• Mix curry powder in 2 cups of water, and ADD to pot.
• Add WHOLE pepper. Simmer until meat is tender, topping up with water to ensure nothing sticks to pot and there is plenty of liquid.
• MAKE SURE NOT TO BURST WHOLE PEPPER.
• When meat is cooked, remove whole pepper and discard.
• ADD coconut cream/milk; stir to blend.
• Serve hot with hot cooked rice.

Steps:

• Heat butter/ghee/oil in a large wok style pan over medium-low heat.
• Add curry powder(s), garam masala, cumin (if using), nutmeg, and cinnamon and allow to cook 2 minutes (it should sizzle, but not smoke), stirring occasionally.
• Mix in onion and garlic; increase temperature and saute until onion is near translucent.
• Add tomatoes, green chiles, and vegetable broth and bring to a simmer.
• Mix in the potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, green beans, and cilantro; cover and cook over medium-low heat for 25 to 30 minutes, until vegetables are tender, but firm.
• Mix in sliced red bell pepper, coconut milk, and cashew butter; cook 15 minutes. (You can warm the cashew butter a bit in the microwave, first, to soften it and allow it to mix in better.)
• Remove from heat, stir in yogurt, and season to taste with salt; during the cooking, there should be enough liquid to form a good korma sauce base, if more sauce is desired, add additional vegetable broth.
• Serve over basamati rice and garnish with chopped cashews.
• Note: if you're not fond of green beans, you can substitute snow pea pods, but add them along with the red bell pepper and not earlier.

Steps:

• Place the meat in the freezer for 30-40 minutes until firm. Slice the meat thinly, cut into strips, and chop finely.
• Strain the coconut milk into a bowl. Place the thin part and half of the thick part of the milk in a large saucepan.
• Add the beef, and beef stock, bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 50 minutes.
• To make the curry paste, dry fry the coriander, cumin seeds, and cardamom in a wok for 1-2 minutes. Combine with the nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, paprika, and the zest of the mandarin orange. Pound the chilies with the sugar and salt. Add the chili paste, lemon grass, garlic, galangal or ginger, shallots or onion, and shrimp paste. Lastly add the cilantro, juice of 1/2 lime, and oil.
• Strain the beef, reserving the cooking liquid and place a cupful of the cooking liquid in a wok. Stir in 2-3 tbsp of the curry pastry according to taste.
• Boil rapidly until the liquid has reduced completely. Add the remainder of the coconut milk, the peanut butter, and the beef. Simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes. Stir in the remaining lime juice.
• Serve decorated with the lime, chili and cilantro.