Fish is more popular but cow meat is also popular. Its less expensive than goat meat. So a middle class family can afford eating cow meat 2 / 3 times in a week. While goat meat is more tasty and most prefer goat meat in functions its very expensive. Fish is almost every day recipe in Bangladeshi household. So nothing comes close to the popularity of fish. Not even chicken.
Bangladeshi
beef bhuna
Beef Bhuna , Bangladeshi way
Beef Curry/ Beef Bhuna , Bangladeshi way
Ingredients:
Beef 1 kg
Onion Paste half cup
Onion, sliced half cup
Ginger paste 2 tbl spoon
garlic paste 1 tbl spoon
Turmeric powder a little more than half teaspoon
Chili Powder to taste
Coriander Powder half teaspoon
Cinnamon
Cardamom pods 3/4
2/3 bay leaves
Oil
Salt to taste
Special Garam masala Powder
For 1 kg meat , here’s the measurement of SPECIAL GARAM MASALA:
Dried red chili 1 or 2
Cumin 1 teaspoon
Whole coriander 1 teaspoon
Cardamom 3
Cinnamon a small 1 inch stick
Black pepper half teaspoon
Cloves 7/8
Fennel Seed a little less than 1 teaspoon
Mace half teaspoon ( optional)
Dry roast them. I Microwave them for 40-45 second.Then Crush them into a fine smooth powder.
Procedure:
1. Wash the meat and drain out the water well . Now marinate the meat with all the ingredients , except sliced onion and oil.
2. Heat oil in the pot . Add the sliced onion and fry them until brown . Don’t make it too dark , u may end up cooking dark colored beef bhuna . The color of the meat depends on this. So fry them until they are brown . In Bangla what we call “bereshta” or fried onion.
3. Now add the meat with marinade into the pot . Mix well with bereshta . Give 1/4 th cup of water and cover the lid . Cook the meat on medium-low flame for about 20/30 minutes or until the water is dried out . The meat will release water . So wait until the water dries out . Cook well, adding water little by little . Don’t burn the meat on the bottom, so be careful . Check every 10 minutes . But you have to cook well adding water little by little , what we call in Bangla “Koshano”. The flavor of bhuna beef depends on this “koshano”. I do it for at least 1 hour .
4. After one hour of “Koshano” , add enough hot water to cover the meat . Cover the lid and let it cook on medium flame until the meat is tender and the gravy comes to desired consistency.Put it on very low flame for another 5 minutes ( which we call to keep on dom) , oil will separate. Turn off the stove and put the meat on the stove with lid on .
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