Beef millagu curry

Beef millagu curry is as the name says it all,is a recipe from coorg . Cubed beef along with  red chilli powder and beef masala powder is coated well and marinated for half hour . Not much hassle and you will get a perfect  aromatic beef curry cooked up at a nick of time. 

To tell you the truth my beef curry never turns good even after so much trials. "Aj always complains beef tastes like boiled meat ." Ummande curry kootyal mathi avulla " ( can't get enough of (his) mom's curry ..) i had to admit his mom prepares better than me .. That's when our neighbour  jumps into the story ... she fell sick one day and my mom gave a little of our curry to her .. next day her kid came over to return the pot and she frankly said "itha beef curry theere sherryattilla!!" ( beef curry was not tasty ) . Well mom was a bit taken aback ..by her honesty... hehe she did say the truth though .. immediately her mom came over ... still recovering  and apologized for her daughters remarks ... and to our surprise  she also said we dont know how to prepare  beef...

Now My mom who was despirate  to learn their recipe and she asked her to come over and prepare dinner for us ... and she kindly excepted ... beef millagu curry and porottas... the best combo ..
And when Aj sat down for dinner . He went staright to the kitchen to see if i had really made the curry ..
So here's the recipe that changed my ranking in the best beef curry list!

Ingredients

• 1 kilo beef  , cleaned and cubed .
• 4 large onions, sliced
• 6 Garlic cloves crushed
• 1'piece garlic crushed
• 2 green chillies chopped
• 1 large tomato , chopped 
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        Marinating powders

• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon Garam Masala
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon beef masala  ( i used eastern )
• 1 teaspoon pepper powder ( i used eastern pepper meat )
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon Garam Masala powder
• 1 teaspoon corriander powder.
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder

       Tempering

• 2 teaspoon Coconut oil
• 2 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon corriander powder.

Method

• Marinate the beef in all the powders for 20 minutes app.
• Heat oil in cooker vessel .
• Add the ginger garlic crush pastes and green chillies.  Saute for a minute .
• Add the onions . Saute till it turns  pink in  colour
• Add the powders and salt . Add the meat and tomatoes . Toss and mix well. 
• Meanwhile in a small pan, heat the oil on low flame  and add the red chilli powder and corriander powders stir and off immediately  taking care not to burn the powders . Add to meat masala ,.
• Add 1 cup water and cook for 30 minutes, after whistle goes on . Open and garnish with curry leaves and serve .

Note
There is not much gravy but it will be enough . Adding water will just bland the dish on the whole .
I cooked this beef for 5 whistles and  lowered the flame and cooked for 15 minutes.  You can cook 30 mimutes on low flame after the whistle goes on too.