Beef Stew Kerala Style Recipe | How to Make Beef Stew With Potatoes And Carrots

Meat Stew  Kerala Style

 Ingredients

  cooked beef/mutton : 300g (*see notes)
  boiled and cubed potato - 2
  boiled and cubed carrot - 2
  thin coconut milk - 2 cups (*see notes)
  thick coconut milk - 1+1/2 cups
  onion sliced - 1
  green chillies - 5
  pepper powder - 1 tsp (adjust as per taste)
  whole spices (1' cinnamon,4 cloves, small piece of star annise,seeds of 4 cardamom)
  curry leaves
  ginger crushed 1"
  garlic crushed 3
  salt
  coconut oil

 Method

 - heat up 2 tbs oil in a kadai and crack whole spices
 - saute onion till get softened
 - add in ginger and garlic and saute till raw smell gone
 - add in green chillies and curry leaves and saute well
 - add in pepper powder and mix well
 - add in thin coconut milk and cook till get boiled and slightly thickened
 - add in thick coconut milk
 - cook in low medium flame till begin to boil
 - switch off flame and serve after 5 minutes
 - best combination with appam, chapati,bread, vattayappam etc.

*Notes

  - meat with fat is better for making stew
  - cook the meat along with salt,pepper powder,garam masala,and ginger garlic paste
  - stew become thick as it sit ; so adjust the amount of coconut milk
  - use coconut oil for authentic taste