beef bhuna
This recipe for bhuna gorur mangsho produces a dish that is rich and intense in character from the caramelisation of the onions and the frying of the spices. The beef bhuna cooks in its own juices, giving the dish a deep flavour.
beef
These beef recipes are typical of the types of curries the Raj loved. The Raj loved beef, as befits the British.
Surprisingly, cooking beef is not unknown in India. Depending on the location, Hindu beliefs did not prevail, and there is an established cuisine for this ingredient.
Most of these recipes require slow cooking as the cuts of meat that were used are usually the cheaper pieces and are well suited to a slow braise. The premium cuts were most often used in typically British steaks and roasts.
A slow-cooked beef curry is a thing of beauty and great flavour.
beef shatkora
This beef curry features an unusual citrus fruit, shatkora, to provide a contrast to the richly spiced meat. It is a Bengali dish, from the Sylhet region of Bangladesh .
Sri Lankan beef curry
This Sri Lankan beef curry is a delightfully simple recipe to prepare. Take your time, and allow the flavours to develop. It features beef slowly braised in a coconut milk gravy.
Goan steak and potato
This is the Goan version of “meat and three veg”, and is clearly a dish from their Portuguese heritage. In fact, it is most commonly called by its Portuguese name of Bife de Goa. It has everything that the Portuguese loved and inspired in Goan cuisine, namely chilli, garlic and vinegar.
beef curry with tamarind and ginger
Our favourite beef curry. It is a thick, rich and hot dish, with the sourness of the tamarind offset by the sweetness of the ginger.