Name: Ed Halmagyi's Beef and Green Pea Curry recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 165 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 1.2kg chuck beef sliced; 1 tbs ghee; 1 tbs garam masala; 2 brown onions finely diced; 12 garlic cloves minced; 10cm piece ginger cut into fine batons; 24 curry leaves; 2 red chillies long seeded and finely diced; 1 tbs fish sauce; 500ml coconut milk; 1L beef stock; 1 cup green split peas rinsed

by Ed Halmagyi Last updated on 09/17/2019

Serve up this tender, melt-in-your-mouth beef curry for an easy dinner. - Ed Halmagyi

Ingredients

1.2kg chuck beef sliced
1 tbs ghee
1 tbs garam masala
2 brown onions finely diced
12 garlic cloves minced
10cm piece ginger cut into fine batons
24 curry leaves
2 red chillies long seeded and finely diced
1 tbs fish sauce
500ml coconut milk
1L beef stock
1 cup green split peas rinsed

Method

Step 1

Fry the beef in ghee in a large saucepan over a moderate heat for 5 minutes, until browned, then set aside.
Step 2

Sauté the onion, garlic and ginger in the saucepan for 5 minutes, then stir the garam masala, curry leaves and chillies. Pour in the fish sauce, coconut milk and stock, then return the beef. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours, add the peas, then cook for a further 1 hour until the beef is tender.