July 26, 2023

Recipe for Momsy’s Beef with Bacon Chilly Fry

Name: Recipe for Momsy's Beef with Bacon Chilly Fry
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 500 gms Boneless Beef or Leftover Beef roast(Recipe link for Beef Roast given below); 3-4 strips of bacon - chopped fine; 2 Large Onions – chopped fine; ½ Green Capsicum – chopped fine; 1 Medium sized Tomato - chopped fine; 4 Green chillies – chopped fine; 6-8 Curry leaves; 2 Tspn Ginger Garlic Paste(Recipe link given below); 2 Tspn Vinegar; 2 Tspn Vinegar; 1 Tspn Turmeric Powder; 1.5 Tspn Kashmiri Chilly Powder; 2 Tspn Jeerem Meerem Powder(recipe link given below); ½ Tspn Sugar or 1.5Tspn Tomato Ketchup; 1 stock cube approx 6 gms; 7-8 Sprigs of Fresh Coriander – chopped fine with stem; ½ Tspn Salt or as per taste; 2 Tbspn Oil; 1 Large Potato – cut into small cubes(peeled, cut into smallcubes and soaked in water); Oil for Deep Frying the Potatoes; ½ Cup water for boiling the Beef; 1 Tspn Salt - to be added while boiling the Beef; 1 Tspn Ginger Garlic Paste - - to be added while boiling theBeef

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Recipe for Momsy's Beef with Bacon Chilly Fry

Momsy is known for her extreme love for cooking and feeding her loved ones. She loves to elevate dishes with add ons. For example: Masoor Dal with Chicken, Dal Curry with Bacon, Omelette with Ham and Cheese and her all time fave is Beef Chilly Fry with Bacon. She gets easily bored if there are no add ons. I find it really cute how she gets excited with add ons.

This Beef Chilly Fry is so Yum. This is my My Bitter Better’s favorite. He prefers My Mom’s Beef Chilly Fry to mine. He is usually a very poor eater(more a healthy eater) but whenever I make Mom’s beef chilly fry, one can really see him EAT!!

So here’s the recipe.

Course Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Goan, Indian

Keyword beef, beef chilly, Beef Chilly fry

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

500 gms Boneless Beef or Leftover Beef roast(Recipe link for Beef Roast given below)
3-4 strips of bacon - chopped fine
2 Large Onions – chopped fine
½ Green Capsicum – chopped fine
1 Medium sized Tomato - chopped fine
4 Green chillies – chopped fine
6-8 Curry leaves
2 Tspn Ginger Garlic Paste(Recipe link given below)
2 Tspn Vinegar
2 Tspn Vinegar
1 Tspn Turmeric Powder
1.5 Tspn Kashmiri Chilly Powder
2 Tspn Jeerem Meerem Powder(recipe link given below)
½ Tspn Sugar or 1.5Tspn Tomato Ketchup
1 stock cube approx 6 gms
7-8 Sprigs of Fresh Coriander – chopped fine with stem
½ Tspn Salt or as per taste
2 Tbspn Oil
1 Large Potato – cut into small cubes(peeled, cut into smallcubes and soaked in water)
Oil for Deep Frying the Potatoes
½ Cup water for boiling the Beef
1 Tspn Salt - to be added while boiling the Beef
1 Tspn Ginger Garlic Paste - - to be added while boiling theBeef

Instructions

Cut the beef into approximately 1 inch sized cubes
Wash the beef and add it to a pressure cooker
Note: You can use left over Beef Roast too for this recipe. It tastes even better
Add the water, salt and ginger garlic paste to the beef and hand mix it well and close the pressure cooker with the lid. Place it on medium flame until 2-3 whistles are released and turn off the gas flame
Wait until all the steam/heat from the pressure cooker has been released and only then open the pressure cooker to and check if the beef is cooked
If the beef is cooked, keep it aside. If not, let it boil for another 1-2 whistles until cooked
Do not discard the Beef stock if you would like same gravy to your Beef Chilly. If not, you can also use the stock for Beef curry. You can cool the stock completely and transfer it into an airtight container and freeze it for next time
Note: My Mum doesn’t use any water. She makes it completely dry
In a wide skillet, add the Curry Leaves, Chillies, Onion, Tomato and Capsicum and saute until the Onions turn light Brown
Then add the Ginger Garlic Paste and saute well
Once the Raw smell of the ginger garlic paste has reduced, add the cut Bacon, Jeerem Meerem powder, Turmeric Powder, Chilly Powder, Stock cube and Vinegar and mix it well and Cover the skillet and reduce the heat to low
Note: The Vinegar and the water from the Tomatoes will help the spices not to get burnt
Ensure to reduce the heat or else the spices may get burnt
If you like your chilly fry to have a little gravy, you can add the Beef stock at this stage and let it cook
Now, add some Sugar or Ketchup and mix it well. Check for salt or vinegar or if you’d like some more Ketchup or Sugar, you can add it at this stage
After about 10 minutes or as you feel the raw smell of the Spice powders have reduced, add the boiled meat and mix it well and cover the skillet and let it cook for another 5-7minutes until all the beef is coated with the spices
Note: It is very important to allow the spices to cook well or else undercooked spices makes a dish taste bitter
My Mom makes a complete dry Chilly so she increases the heat to high and allows the chilly fry to cook with the lid off, until all the water, if any, completely evaporates. So this step is completely left upto you. If you like a little gravy you can turn off the heat earlier
Add the Coriander and let the chilly fry cook for 1-2 minutes after the coriander goes in and turn off the Heat
Now in a Deep fry pan, heat oil on high heat
Discard all the water from the Potatoes. Add a pinch of Salt to the Potatoes and mix well.
Once the oil is well heated, add the Potatoes into the Hot Oil
Note: ensure you discard all the water from the Potatoes. After adding salt to the Potatoes, the Potatoes will release water. Ensure to discard that as well or else the oil will sputter if any water goes into the oil
Note: If you peel Potatoes and keep it open, it will get oxidised and turn black. Hence, once Potatoes are peeled, it either has to be cooked immediately or soaked in water in order to avoid oxidisation
If the Oil is not Hot enough, the Potatoes will start sticking to each other and they may turn soft and not get a crispy coat on it
Once the Potatoes are golden brown and fried, Transfer them directly into the chilly Fry and mix it well.
Note: It’s not necessary to cook the chilly fry further once the potatoes go in, since the potatoes are deep fried.
Some gyaan: Any other raw or undercooked or uncooked ingredient that is mixed in a cooked dish requires to be further cooked or else if it is stored, it can get spoilt. For example garnish of Coriander or Mint leaves or any other raw garnish
Enjoy this flavour bomb of a recipe of My Mommy's Beef with Bacon chilly fry with Kadak Pao or as a Side dish! I'm sure you will love it!