Spicy Beef Vindaloo Recipes

BEEF VINDALOO

Steps:

• Whisk the vinegar, garlic paste, ginger paste, yogurt, salt, black pepper, and red pepper together in a mixing bowl. Mix in the beef cubes until evenly coated. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and marinate in the refrigerator overnight (or at least 30 minutes).
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir the onions in the hot oil until they soften, turn translucent, and begin turning golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add the beef cubes, and cook, stirring frequently until the meat is no longer pink on the outside, about 10 minutes more. Stir in the tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes.
• Pour in the water, and bring to a simmer. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low; cook until the beef is tender, about 40 minutes. Sprinkle with cilantro to serve.

GOAN BEEF CURRY WITH VINEGAR: BEEF VINDALOO

Steps:

• For the wet masala: In a small skillet over medium-high heat, toast the cumin seeds, cinnamon bark, cloves, and peppercorns until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour into a spice grinder and process until powdered. In a small food processor or blender, combine the toasted spice mix and the rest of the wet masala ingredients. Process until smooth.
• Place a large (preferably nonstick) pot over high heat and add the oil. When the oil is shimmering, add the onions and serrano pepper. Stirring frequently, saute the onions until golden brown, about 12 minutes. Don't let them burn! Turn the heat down to medium-high if they're starting to burn.
• Add the ground wet masala, taking care because it will sizzle wildly and steam up your glasses, if you wear them. Stir quite vigorously and turn down the heat if it's bubbling too furiously. Don't wash the food processor bowl yet. Keep stirring, with short pauses, until most of the liquid has evaporated and the masala comes together as one mass, about 2 minutes. Also, you may see little droplets of oil on the perimeter of the masala. That's a good sign!
• Quickly add the meat and stir, coating the meat in the masala. Stir and cook about 5 minutes until the meat browns.
• Remember that dirty food processor bowl? Fill it with 1 cup of hot water (from the tap is fine), swirl it around so it picks up any leftover masala, and pour that into the pot. Add salt and pepper, stir, bring the curry to a boil, and then turn it down to a simmer. Cover and cook 30 minutes. Then cook with the lid ajar for another 10 minutes to thicken the gravy slightly. Check the meat at the end of the cooking time; it should be tender and not chewy at all. Adjust the salt if you like, and serve over rice or with chapatis (whole wheat griddle bread).
• Throw the garlic, ginger, and canola oil in a mini-food processor and let it go until it forms a semi-smooth paste. There will still be tiny little pieces in there, but overall, it should resemble a paste.
• Save what you don't use in a small glass jar. It should last in the fridge for 2 to 3 weeks. It's a delicious addition to marinades, pasta sauces, stir fry sauces, slow-cooker recipes, gravy etc. We always had a jar of this stuff in our fridge growing up.

BEEF VINDALOO

Steps:

• For marinade: Blend together garlic and red wine vinegar. Add chiles, cumin, turmeric, mustard, ginger, salt, sugar, lemon peel, juice, and pulp and blend well.
• Place beef in bowl and pour marinade over it. Stir in poppy seeds and sit for 2 hours.
• Heat clarified butter in pan and add onion. Cook until translucent, then add bay leaves and cloves. With slotted spoon, lift meat from marinade and add to onions. Increase heat to sear meat. Pour in marinade. Cover tightly, reduce heat and cook 1 hour.
• After 1 hour, add tomato paste, stirring thoroughly, and cook another 30 minutes, until meat is tender. Season with salt and pepper.

SPICY BEEF VINDALOO

Steps:

• For preparing Spicy Beef Vindaloo, first clean the beef cubes thoroughly and drain off excess water as much as possible.
• Marinate it with a mixture of vinegar, salt & kashmiri chilly powder for at least 1/2 hr.
• In a pan, add some refined oil and saute sliced onion, chopped garlic and ginger & curry leaves.
• When onion turns to a light brown colour, remove from fire and keep it aside to cool down.
• Finely grind all masalas(cardomon, cloves , fennel seeds, cinnamon, mustard seeds (skinless), and sauted onion mixture with 5 tbsp of water
• Place a pressure cooker on fire and add 2 tbsp of oil. Add onion masala mixture and saute until oil gets separated.
• Now add the marinated beef cubes to this mixture, mix well and cook until done.
• Spicy Beef Vindaloo is ready to serve.
• Note: Drain off water as much as possible before marinating the beef. Since vindaloo is a semi gravy preparation, remember not to add too much of water while cooking.

BEEF VINDALOO ( THE REAL THING)

Steps:

• Grind together the cumin seeds, chillies, pepper corns, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, and cardamom seeds.
• Add the salt, vinegar and sugar, to make a paste.
• In a large pan heat half of the oil and fry the onions till golden, remove from the pan and drain. Add the cooked onions to the spice mix and blend again to make a thick paste.
• Heat the remaining oil and fry the meat till just brown.Remove the meat with a slotted spoon and put aside.
• To the pan add the ginger and garlic cook 2 minutes.
• Add the ground coriander and turmeric, fry for 2 minutes.
• Add the onions and spice paste and cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
• Add the water and meat cover the pot and cook till the meat is tender.

SPICY CHICKEN VINDALOO

Steps:

• Mix your first 11 ingredients and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper in processor until a smooth paste forms. Heat your canola oil in a mid sized non-stick pot over medium-high heat. Add your paste from your processor and cook until just shy of brown, stirring for about 4 minutes. Add your cubed chicken and cubed red potatoes; simmer about 6 minutes.
• Add you chicken broth and raise it to a boil. Reduce your heat to medium-low; cover and let cook until potatoes are softened, stir every so often, this should take about about 15 - 20 minutes.
• Uncover your pan and saute until your cubed chicken is completely cooked, about 5-7 minutes. Serve over basmati rice, raita or naan, and enjoy your spicy chicken vindaloo.