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Beef cooked with spices and then stir-fried with coconut slices and curry leaves. This Kerala style beef fry / Beef Ularthiyathu is an easy and delicious appetizer or a great side-dish with rice. Beef Varattiyathu is one of the favorite dishes of Malayalees. An excellent touching for alcohol too 🙂 Check out Kerala Pork Fry recipe here.
Check out other Kerala beef dishes:
Instant Pot Beef Fry
Beef curry
Beef curry with potato and coconut milk
Beef Biriyani
Beef Cutlet
Beef Fry - Kerala style Beef Ularthiyathu with Thenga Kothu
Beef cooked with spices and then stir-fried with coconut slices and curry leaves. This Kerala style beef fry / Beef Ularthiyathu is an easy and delicious appetizer or a great side-dish with rice. Beef Varattiyathu is one of the favorite dishes of Malayalees.
Ingredients
- ½ Kilogram beef
Marination
- 1 Cup Shallots / Small onion
- 1 Tablespoons ginger (Crushed)
- 1 Tablespoons garlic (Crushed)
- 7 Dried Red Chilli
- ½ Teaspoons turmeric Powder
- 2 Teaspoons coriander Powder
- 1 Teaspoon pepper Powder
- 1 teaspoon fennel powder
- 1 ½ Teaspoons garam masala
- 2 Teaspoons vinegar
- ½ teaspoon salt
For fry
- ¾ Cup Thengakothu (Small square size coconut pieces)
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil
- 3 sprigs curry leaves
Instructions
- Crush dried red chilli. Cut beef into 1.5" cube pieces. Marinate cleaned beef pieces with ingredients listed under marination. Keep it aside for 30 minutes.
- Add 2 tablespoon of water to this and pressure cook till the beef is done. Usually it would be done in 2 whistles. ** Don't overcook.
- If there is excess water, cook till the water has almost dried up.
- Heat oil in a pan and fry coconut pieces until it becomes golden brown color. Keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan, add lots of curry leaves and fry it.
- Add cooked beef and fried coconut pieces to it.
- Stir it well. Cook on low flame for around 15 - 20 minutes. If required, add oil in between. Stir it until it becomes black in color.
- Enjoy
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Notes
Nutrition
Serving: 176gCalories: 716kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 33gFat: 57gSaturated Fat: 33gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 118mgSodium: 523mgPotassium: 885mgFiber: 7gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 157IUVitamin C: 48mgCalcium: 92mgIron: 5mg
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Is it 5Kg of Beef or 0.5Kg of beef
It is 1/2 kg. Corrected.
mouthwatering.........
Thanks Sujitha :)
Hey Jane, I tried this recipe and must say its just WoW!
Even me to.....it is awsom
Thanks Joh and Noyal!!
Thanks for the receipe. I can show-case my native dish at potluck today :)
Thanks Sonu!!
Simple and yummy.My daughter and Son in law loved it.Thank you so much
Thanks for trying it out, Viji!!
Amazing recipe. Made it today and loved it.