Beef and Potato Curry

This Beef and Potato Curry combined India curry sauce in traditional Chinese Braised Beef with Potato, very strong fragrance. Adding in some raisin will not only increase the flavor but also make this dish more nutritious. Beef supplements Qi. Raisin enhances this function.

Braised Beef with Potatoes in Curry Sauce

Ingredients:

300g beef belly, or brisket, boneless
1 potato, medium
1 carrot section, 1/2 size of the potato
1 tbsp raisin (option)

2 vegetable cooking oil

Marinade Sauce for Beef

1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp rice wine
1/4 tsp salt

Sauce&Seasoning A

1 tbsp rice wine
1 tsp soy sauce
1/4 tsp salt
1 block daikon radish
1 star anise(option)　
1 piece cassia peel(option)
1 piece onion layer
1 hawthorn berry (or 1 tbsp dried hawthorn berry)

2 tbsp vegetable oil

Seasoning B

1 tsp garlic, chopped
1 tbsp onions, chopped
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp curry powder(or sauce)
2 tbsp Indian curry sauce


Preparation:

1.Wash, cut beef belly into bite size blocks.

2.Marinate in Marinade Sauce overnight. (omit this step if you are in a rush)

3.Put beef in a wok, add water covering the beef. Bring to a boil. Throw away the water. Leave beef in the wok. Refill warm water covering beef. Add Sauce&Seasoning A.

4.Bring to a boil again. Then simmer for 60-90mins. It's done when the beef becomes tender, soft, and loose.

5. Take a taste before turn off heat, if you didn't marinade overnight you need add to about 1/2 teaspoon salt. Then boil over medium heat.

6. Peel, cut potato into bite size blocks.
Cut carrot into same size blocks.
7. Heat oil in a wok. Add seasoning B, stir fry let fragrance comes out.
8. Add potato blocks, stir fry; Add beef blocks, stir fry.
9. Add beef soup, cover, simmer for 30mins. Add soup when it almost dry during simmer. It's not delicious to add much soup one time. Adding several times, each time not much will keep food tasty.

10. Before turn off heat, take a taste. Add a little salt if necessary.
11. Add raisin, stir fry and mix well. Turn off heat, serve.

Function: Beef and raisin are good combination. They supplement Qi and blood together.

Tips: Raisin is added in before turn off heat. This will keep raisin el dente. The raisin will become soft if cooked longer time.

Pour some on steamed rice. It's Rice and Curry Beef with Potatoes.

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