The quintessential Kerala Beef Fry!! This recipe has a cult status among Malayalees. Most households follow more or less the same recipe with some minor variations.
It's a perfect side dish for Rice, Veg Pulao, Coconut Rice, Jeera Rice, Appam, Puttu, Chapathi, etc;
Here is the recipe:
Beef Olathiyathu
How to make Kerala style Beef Ularthiyathu. Beef cooked with spices and onion, ginger and garlic. Cooked beef is slow-roasted in coconut oil.
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Servings: 3 -4
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg Beef (cut into small pieces)
- 1.5 tbsp Chilli powder
- 1 tsp Pepper powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- 1 tsp Meat Masala
- 2 tbsp Coriander powder
- 1 tbsp Ginger
- 1 tbsp Garlic
- 1 big Onion
- Curry leaves
- salt
- 1/2 cup Coconut pieces
- 1 tbsp Vinegar
- Coconut oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
Instructions
- Marinate cleaned beef with all ingredients except mustard seeds and coconut oil. Pressure cook the marinated beef with 1/4 cup water. Once the pressure drops, open the cooker and cook the beef on low flame till the gravy is dried completely.
- Heat oil in a frying pan. Splutter mustard seeds & add curry leaves. After that add the cooked beef & stir until it becomes dark brown colour.
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Source: Vanitha Pachakam
Hi Maria,
This recipe looks delicious. I have beef with me right now. Want to try it out.
Havenot tried beef dishes mych.
It has not been mentioned in the recipe how to use -ginger and garlic (paste or crushed)
and
-the coconut bits.
Are these added along with marinate? Any frying needed before marination?
Pls clarify.
Regards
Meera
Hi Mira,
You can use crushed ginger and garlic and coconut bits is used along with the marinade.
Hope your beef comes out well.
Happy cooking and all the best :)
Cheers
Maria
Thanks for the fast reply.
Sorry, need to know one more thing.
In this recipe Onion is also given.
Is it to be sauted or just used raw in the marinade?
Hi Maria,
I did cook beef today. It came out well. My hubby liked it a lot.
Sauted onions before cooking marinated beef.
The dish was bit spicy hot… The chilli… We did like it but bit hot for my 2 kids.
Thanks for this wonderful recipe.
All the best
Regards
Meera
Hi Mira,
Good to know that you liked the beef. Yeah beef recipe is usually on the spicier side. May be next time, you can adjust it to suit your requirements :) Sorry I couldnt reply to your doubt about onion earlier, I was away on a trip. You can either add onions along with the marinade or you can saute the onions first and add cooked beef.
Hi Maria, I tried this last week and it turned out really good. So I thought yesterday why not make a beef curry from this and my husband loved it:-). I put the recipe in pictures in my blog (http://2heartsand1kitchen.blogspot.ae/2015/01/beef-curry-recipe.html). Thank you for being a huge inspiration in my life.
Hi Mariam,
Thank you very much :) Beef curry from this recipe sounds interesting!
Cheers
Maria
Hi Anand,
Thank you :) Good to hear that the recipe was enjoyed by your friends. Btw, I’ve posted a Mutton Olathiyathu recipe also, you can see it here, if in case you want to try another version:
https://mariasmenu.com/spicy/mutton-olathiyathu
Cheers
Maria
Thank you very much Maria! I will try the new recipe this weekend and let you know. You definitely have golden hands:)
You are welcome Anand :) Hope you’ll like the new recipe too..
Thank you very much for your kind words!
Cheers
Maria
hi maria
i tryed ur beef ollathiyathu it ws very tasty n v all enjoyd evry bdy liked it thankyou 4 giving me dis gud recipe
actully iam an it illitarate dnt knw hw to upload d potos wh i made,frankly speakin i dnt try to do it
dnt wory i am gona make ur chemeen biriyani 2moro i il defnitly comment u n ill try to put fotos as well
Hi Holin,
Thank you for trying the recipes from here. I’m really happy to know that you like them. I do hope you get to upload the pics also soon :)
Cheers
Maria
hai maria,  your reciepies are very interesting…..some of them i tried.. it was a good experience        shabna aslam
Thank you Shabna! Nice to know that you find the recipes interesting!
Cheers
Maria
hi there, im a new bee from dubai, (well just staying in here) happy to found your blog, i may try one of your dishes one day and for sure will let you know the outcome of it…
keep up…and best wishes!!!
Hi Mrs.Ravi,
Welcome to MariasMenu! Thank you for taking time to write to me. I do hope you find the recipes here interesting! Please do try it when time permits & I’d love to hear from you.
Happy cooking!
Cheers
Maria
hai maria
ur all recepies are excellent. i want to ask u one thing have u stopped putting new recepies. i dint see any new recepies
Hi Jeevita,
Thank you so much dear :)
I was on vacation for sometime. Hoping to be more active soon. Thanks a lot for asking.
Cheers
Maria
Dear Maria,
You are a skilled writer! Your language is excellent.
my wife and myself tried this dish and it made us behave like a pro in front of our friends.. Thanks again for sharing your culinary expertise.
Selene
Hi Selene,
Thanks for your sweet comment :) Its really nice to know that you liked the recipe and moreover my writing skills ;) especially since I consider myself a very average writer.
Please do try other recipes too when time permits.
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria,
I am very much happy to say that your recipes are really very tasty, mmmmmm yummy. Now -a-days trying different recips.. Keep it up
Hi Mariah,
Thank you so much dear :) Please keep trying the recipes and I do hope you enjoy it.
Happy cooking :)
Cheers
Maria
hi maria..i just came to know you through a news paper..i went to your site and i was quite impressed by your honest and sincere efforts t ospread the true sprit of cooking .
i just wanted to get your help regarding a dish that my son likes …FRIED RICE.I HAVE FOLLOWED MANY RECEIPIES BUT I HAVE NOT YET GOT THE RESTAURANT TASTE.
COULD YOU PLEASE HELP..STARTING FROM THE KIND OF RICE THAT HAS TO BE USED.. WE WOULD BE VERY GREATEFUL .
Hi Susan,
Thank you so much for visiting this space and also for taking time to leave a comment here.
I’ve posted 2 fried rice recipes here. You can see it below:
https://mariasmenu.com/chicken/mixed-fried-rice-20
https://mariasmenu.com/chicken/mixed-fried-rice
I use basmati rice for fried rice. Its better if you cook it just right, over cooking of rice is not ideal for this. Also left over rice is good for fried rice. You can prepare the rice one day in advance and follow the rest of the recipe.
However I’m not sure whether it will be same as the restaurant ones, because I think most of the restaurants use ajinomoto, it gives the flavor. I dont use ajinomoto in cooking.
Hope your son will like it…
All the best!!
Cheers
Maria
It is simply delicious…this is our special beef olarthiyathu..my hubby loves it too..infact he suprise me by cooking this receipe..
thanks maria..
Hi Jomole,
You are welcome :)
I’m so glad that you like this. Thanks to your hubby too…
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria,
Tried this today…was simply superb…my hubby liked it very much….oru special THNX FOR SHARING ende husbandinde vaga… :)
Hi Kavita,
Thank you so much dear :) I’m really happy that you are trying different recipes from here.
Husbandinodu ente welcome paranjekku :)
Cheers
Maria
Very nice Item, we can eat this with Kallu Appam
Regards
Saju.S
East Kallada