Beef Vindaloo

What Goes With It

• Steamed rice
• Pao
• Cucumber and onion salad
• Plain yoghurt

How to Cook Beef Vindaloo

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1. Grind the drained chillies, garlic, ginger, cumin, mustard seeds, peppercorns, cinnamon, cloves, vinegar and turmeric to a smooth paste.

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2. Coat the beef with the paste, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

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3. Heat the oil in a heavy pan and cook the onions for 10 minutes until golden. Add the beef with all the paste and cook for 10 minutes, stirring, until the paste darkens.

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4. Add the sugar, salt and water. Cover and simmer over a low heat for 60 minutes.

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5. Add the potatoes and cook for 30 minutes more, until the beef and potatoes are tender and the sauce is thick.

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A Few Notes

Wear gloves when grinding the soaked chillies.

For less heat, remove the chilli seeds before soaking.

Refrigerate the curry overnight if you can; the flavours settle and mellow.

Ingredient Swaps

• Dried chilli flakes can stand in for the chillies. Heat varies a great deal between chillies and between jars, so start with a small pinch and add more to taste.
• If you only have ground ginger, a quarter-teaspoon for each tablespoon of fresh is the ratio usually given; it tastes warmer and less bright than the fresh root.
• An eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder per clove is the stand-in usually given when you are out of fresh garlic; it will not brown the same way, and it burns easily, so add it with the liquid.

Leftovers

Keeps in the fridge for 4 days and freezes for up to 3 months. Reheat gently.

Beef Vindaloo: Your Questions Answered

Beef Vindaloo Nutrition

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.