Beef Vindaloo
Ingredients
To Grind
- 3 tbsp Chilli powder/Kashmiri Chilli powder (for Super spicy) /i used only 2-2.5 tbsp for medium spice
- 1 tsp Black mustard seed
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 cloves Cardamom
- 1 nos Cinnamon small piece
- 1 tsp Fenugreek seed
- 6 nos Pepper corn
- 1½ inch Ginger piece
- 10 cloves Garlic
- ¼ cup Vinegar
Other Ingredients
- ¼ cup Sunflower oil/Vegetable oil
- 3 nos Onion medium, finely chopped
- 500 gm Beef chopped into small pieces
- ½ cup Water
- Salt to taste
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
- Grind the ingredients under ‘To grind’ to a smooth paste.
- Into a pressure cooker on medium heat, pour vegetable oil followed by finely minced onions. Sauté until light brown.
- Reduce the flame and add the ground masala paste. Sauté until the mixture turns dark brown and leaves the sides of the vessel. It is important to fry this way otherwise the gravy will taste raw.
- Add beef pieces and cook for a few minutes.
- Pour in water and salt to taste. Cover and cook for 3-4 whistles or until the beef is cooked.
- Once the steam has escaped, open and cook until the gravy thickens according to your preference. Add a few curry leaves (optional).
- Spicy and tangy Beef vindaloo is ready to serve with rice or roti. Yummy!! This super easy and quick Goan delicacy will tickle your taste buds. Your family is sure to enjoy it. Do try it out.
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Food for Soul
The refiner is never very far from the mouth of the furnace when his gold is in the fire – Spurgeon
Job said “When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” (Job 23:10) Gold is tested by fire. Saints are tested by adversity! None of God’s children enjoy the Refiner’s Fire, but all of us experience it to one degree or another, at one time or another. It may or may not always be a physical trial, but it is always a spiritual trial! And we often find ourselves with a gamut of emotions (anger, fear, despair, frustration, etc) and questions like “Why me?,” “Why now?,” etc. But as someone has said God takes us into His “darkroom” to develop our character.
And so when you are in the darkness, hold on to what God has shown you in the light. As Corrie Ten Boom puts it “When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away your ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.” We need to remember that the darker the night, the brighter the stars. The hotter the fire, the purer the gold. Even as a gem cannot be polished without friction, neither can a saint be perfected without trials.
God is with you through it all!!
