Beef Roast

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Ingredients:

Beef 1 kg (boneless rump pc)
Cloves 6-8 nos
Cinnamon 2″ pc
Dry Chillies 8-12 nos
Pepper corns ½ level
Tbspn Garlic Pods 8-12 nos slightly crushed
Curry Leaves Oil – 4-6 tbspns
For marinating the Meat Ginger / Garlic paste 1 ½ tbspn
Lime Juice or Vinegar 2-3 tbspns
Turmeric pwd 1 level tspn
Salt to taste For Garnish
Fried Onions – 3 big onions

Finely cut in circles and fried brown and crisp Fried Potato Wedges – 4-6 big – Potatoes par boiled, peeled and each potato cut in 4 lengthwise and fried to a golden brown and crisp.

Method:

Wash the Chunk of meat nicely- drain – then prick nicely with a fork all over marinate with the ingredients given under marination for atleast 2-3 hrs or over night in the fridge.
Next day, take the Pressure Pan add oil when hot add the whole spices (Cloves, cinnamon, dry chillies, Pepper corns, Garlic pod, Curry leaves) & fry on Med.
Heat till the cloves, peppercorns pop up & the garlic is brown – now put the marinated meat chunk & fry turning it all over to seal the juices, fry to a light brown on all sides.
Add ½ cup of water along with the marination juices cover the cooker, put the stopper & leave to cook after the first whistle lower flame to min. & leave to cook for 20 mins. when done put off gas & leave the cooker to cool down on it’s own.
Open the lid & put back on the gas & continue cooking till all the soup has been absorbed by the meat – remove from heat & let the meat cool down a little – cut into thin slices & keep.
In the same pressure cooker pan add a little more oil – to the whole spices still in the cooker – when hot fry the meat slices on med.
Heat to a light brown – (don’t fry it too much then it will become hard) & remove. Arrange the meat slices in the center of a platter, & decorate the sides with fried Potato wedges & fried onions.
Serve with Tomato Ketchup.

If you want to make a sauce to pour over the roast slices then when you remove the chunk of meat for slicing – strain the soup – & keep aside.
Discard the spices.
Put the pressure cooker pan back on to the gas on medium heat add 2-3 tbspns of butter when the butter has melted add 2 tbspns of maida flour & fry till the flour turns a golden brown now add the soup + ¼ – ½ cup of water & keep on stirring – remove any lumps if any – continue stirring for 2 mins on low flame or till the sauce thickens – remove & serve over sliced roasted beef along with your fried Potatoes, Onions & Ketchup.
If the sauce becomes too thick add ¼ cup water & stir till the thickness is achieved.