Pot Roast or Roast Beef

Ingredients

• Beef Chunk 1 kg, 2.2 lbs
• Juice of 1.5 limes
• 1 tsp each Chilli powder, Turmeric & ground Cumin powder
• 30 crushed black Peppercorns
• ½ cup Oil
• 1 cup sliced red Onions
• 6 Kashmiri Chillies
• ¼ cup(4 tbsps) each Ginger & Garlic paste
• 3- 4 tbsps Vinegar
• 2 inch stick Cinnamon
• 20 – 30 cloves
• 2 potatoes sliced and fried
• ¼ cup chopped Coriander

Instructions

1. Cut the beef into 4 pieces and marinate with the lime juice, salt, cumin, turmeric & chilli powder and the peppercorns
2. Add the Ginger & Garlic paste and the Vinegar
3. Add the cinnamon and pierce the meat with the cloves
4. Marinate overnight
5. Heat oil and saute the onions
6. Break the Kashmiri chillies into smaller pieces and add to the onions
7. Either move the onions to one side or remove them and brown the beef chunks
8. Add 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 3 whistles
9. Remove the chunks and cool
10. Cook the gravy till it thickens up
11. Slice the beef and return it to the gravy, adding the precooked potatoes and extra pepper
12. Garnish with chopper coriander