Beef Ularthiyathu

Beef ularthiyathu is a very tasty beef recipe. It is perfectly cooked in a thick gravy and all its flavours are perfectly sucked in by the beef pieces. It tastes simply great with matta rice and kachiya moru. It is the most commonly made of all the beef recipes and is personally my favourite. My mom makes it with great expertise and this is one of her no fail recipes. 

Ingredients

Onion - 1 no(finely chopped)

Beef- 1 kg cut into small pieces
Garlic - 4 cloves(chopped)
Ginger - 2 tsp(chopped)
Greenchillies - 4 nos(slit)
Curryleaves - Few
Coconut - 1/2 cup(finely chopped)
Pepperpowder - 1 tsp

For grinding
Onion - 1 no(cubed)
Ginger - 1 no(small size)
Garlic - 4 cloves(peeled)
Greenchillies - 2 nos
Corianderpowder - 1 tbsp
Chillypowder - 2 tsp
Turmericpowder - 1 tsp
Meat masala powder - 2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Cuminseeds (Jeerakam) - 1 tsp
Curryleaves - 1 sprig
Salt - As reqd
Oil - As reqd

Directions

Heat 2 tsp oil in kadai, add cumin seeds, onion, green chillies, ginger, garlic and curry leaves.
Saute till the onion becomes brown in color.
Add chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, meat masala, garam masala and a pinch of salt.
Reduce the flame and fry the masala till it becomes dark brown in color and a nice aroma comes.
Remove from flame and allow it to cool.  Grind the mixture finely and keep this aside.
Take a pressure pan, add 1 tbsp oil and fry the ground masala till it becomes dark in color. At this stage add beef pieces and little salt and saute for 5 minutes.
Add little water and cook it in pressure cooker.(Make it into a semi thick masala)
 Heat oil in another pan, add ginger, garlic, green chillies and onion. Fry for 3 minutes.
Add the cooked beef masala and fry till the water evaporates.
Add curry leaves, coconut pieces to it and make the masala dry. Now add little pepper and remove from flame.
 A very delicious beef ularthiyathu is ready. Serve hot with kerala rice.