Beef Bhuna

• Preparation time: 1 hour

• cooking time: 1  hour

Beef Bhuna

Ingredients:

• Beef 1kg: diced to 2 cm cubes

For marination:

• Garlic paste: 1tb sp
• Ginger paste: 1 tb sp
• Turmeric powder: ½ tb sp
• Cayenne pepper or Paprika powder: ½ tb sp
• Cumin powder: ½ tb sp
• Coriander powder: ½ tb sp

For frying:

• Onion: 2 medium, finely chopped 
• Oil: 1 tbs
• Salt: to taste/ 1/2 tbs
• Bay leaf: 4
• Whole garam masala i.e. cardamom pods, clove, and cinnamon stick: 5 each, dry toasted and crushed using spice grinder/coffee grinder/mortar and pestle
• green chilli: 3
• Freshly milled black pepper: acc to taste

To add later:

Beef bhuna with potatoes

• carom seeds (ajwain): 1/4 tsp
• fennel seeds:1/4 tsp
• celery seeds:1/4 tsp
• crispy fried onion: 1 tbs

Method:

1. marinate beef with above ingredients and leave for 1-2 hours
2. In a non stick saucepan heat oil to medium
3. through in the bay leaves and onion when oil is hot
4. stir occasionally until onion is soft.
5. add the the beef and continue to stir. 
6. reduce the heat and cover with the lid
7. stir occasionally to make sure beef is not sticking to the bottom.
8. add crushed garam masala, green chillies and black pepper halfway through the cooking.
9. avoid adding water unless beef becomes too dry and starts to stick to the bottom in which case add 1 tbs water and lower the heat.
10. in a separate  hot frying pan dry toast fennel seed, carom seed and celery seeds  for less than one minute until they release aroma.
11. mix and grind the seeds and add to the beef towards the end of the cooking once water dries out.
12. garnish with the fried onion