Roast Beef

Foodista Cookbook Entry

Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://lilchefsworld.wordpress.com/

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the worldâs best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.


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Roast Beef is a marinated & roasted beef chunk, served whole or as slices or even, slices in sandwiches with Mayo, cheese & sauces of your choice.

Alternative: Cube the meat chink & make a stir fry with some fried onions, garlic, diced potatoes, bell-peppers, herbs & tomato/soya sauce to have with pasta or rice! Yum-Mo!

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January 19, 2010

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Lil' Chef
January 19, 2010

While traditionally, roasted in an oven, this recipe is how my mom makes it & it employs the use of a pressure cooker - Its ready in 35-40 mins, w/o the need to preheat the oven - you save time, gas/ electricity & hence, money!

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Ingredients

1 kg beef silver roll
2 large onions chopped
5 large dried red chilies
2 inches thin cinnamon sticks an each
6 cardamoms
1 teaspoon pepper pwd
2 tablespoons garlic ginger paste
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon peppercorns
1 teaspoon cumin pwd
2 teaspoons salt

Preparation

1
Marinate the meat roll in 1 tsp salt salt, pepper pwd & half the g-g paste.
2
Heat oil in a large pressure pan.
3
Fry onions till brown,
4
Add garlic ginger paste & salt and fry well.
5
Add chilies & whole spices & cook for a minute.
6
Add the meat chunk & toss some spices over & around it. gently fry & turn over after a few minutes
7
Repeat tossing the spices over till the meat changes color evenly from red to ligh brown.
8
Add 1 cup water or enough to just cover the meat chunk & raise heat to max.
9
Close the pressure cooker & cook until the 1st whistle, then simmer for 40 mins.
10
Remove the meat chunk when the pressure is all out of the cooker and slice the meat into 1cm thick slices or thinner & put them back into the cooker.
11
Cook open on medium heat till the gravy is more or less absorbed or evaporated.
12
Use the slices to make roast-meat sandwiches with mayo &/or ketchup or just serve as a side dish with your meal.
13
Alternative: Cube the meat chink & make a stir fry with some fried onions, garlic, diced potatoes, bell-peppers, herbs & tomato/soya sauce to have with pasta or rice! Yum-Mo!

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