Sometimes when I tell people that my appa is a pure vegetarian, they ask me whether I've considered being a veggie. I'm almost about to say yes, but then at that precise moment, my mind dishes out the picture of deep dark beef fry topped with thengakothu (coconut bites), followed by chemmeen roast (prawns roast) and meen varuthathu (fish fry) and that list goes on. HHmmm, its not worth being a veggie, beef fry is worth more than that ;).
I guess its been more than a year that I posted a beef recipe here. It's mainly because I'm trying to reduce the quantity of red meat and even if we buy it occasionally, I automatically make beef fry even without considering any other options. So this time when I bought it, I wanted to try something new and ended up with this. Again, this recipe is from my mother in law. It's a two in one dish, you get veg & non veg all at once. That sounds nice, eh :)?
The recipe can be put in the everyday cooking category. It tastes great with rice or chappathi or even appam. Btw, did I tell you that I'm planning to put together some recipes for everyday cooking. When I put together the recipes together, there has to be many pages, so I guess it can be called a cookery book ;) Any suggestions/ ideas?? Yeah, I want to make a complete menu (breakfast, lunch, tea time snack & dinner) of simple everyday recipes for each day for one month. If you ask me, the biggest challenge in cooking is, to make everyday stuff interesting and healthy. That's how the whole idea started. Anyways, its still in the planning stage. Let's see how it goes.
For the time being, we will move on to the recipe, ok?
Hii Maria!
Hope u r dng good. Thought of making beef tomorrow. So came across this recipe. Can i add potatoes (not Chinese potato) instead of raw banana for this recipe?
I got this recipe in time to cook today as I had raw bananas.,You are very helpful.
Thank you :)
Thank you :)
I got this recipe in time to cook today as I had raw bananas.,You are very helpful.
Maria…this is a fabulous dish …..
Thank you Princy dear!
Just one reaction mind blowing
Ashika
Thanks Ashika :)
Hi Maria,
Just happened to stumble across your blog while wondering what to do with raw papayas. Great Mallu cooking that is reminiscent of my years in Kerala! reg this post I was wondering if its ok to add beef and kaya together cos beef generally is cooked in pressure cooker and would take a long while on the stove without pressure, right? Won’t the kaya get overcooked by then??
Hi Aria,
Thanks for visiting this blog! About cooking beef and kaya together…. I’ve cooked both separately in this recipe and combined them both in the final stage of cooking. As you’ve said if we cook both together, kaya will get overcooked.
Cheers
Maria
the typical dish for the wedding evening dinner.. will definetly try once ..
Thanks for sharing the recipie..
cheers,
Don
Hi Don,
Yep, I’ve heard that its a special dish for a wedding eve in some places. Hope you will like it.
Cheers
Maria
cook book seems an interesting idea!!
All the best wishes dear friend..
for this this i have an alternative,..it will be more tasty if we use kurka(chinese potato) instead of kaya..I really love it..
try it, i am sure you will love it….you can get packed kurka in indian stores(for NRIs)
Hi Leeba,
Thank you :) yep, koorka n beef is a great combo! We get koorka here, but it’s not cleaned :(
Cheers
Maria
Hey maria.. long time … but i have been visiting your site once in a while ..everytime when i have a doubt i do refer your site and rely on your recipes than any other’s coz i know you put them only after trying it on your own.. i really appreciate that..
sometimes i try some recipe books and later the dish i made would look entirely different from the picture they have given in the book and have felt cheated.. your recipes are not like that.. they are so homely..!!
okay, i will come back to the actual purpose for writing in today.. i was looking for some beef keema recipes.. do you have any with you?.. (remember the keema stuffed roti’s and dosa’s) my major doubt is that do we have to cook the keema separately before sauting them. i bought raw minced meat. (at home they cook the beef and then mince it ) this is already minced, so, does this one get cooked with the ingrediants in a kadai. would that time of preparation be good enough to consume the red meat..?
thanks and regards
maria :)
Hey Maria,
How are you? Long time…
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment :)
I havent tried any keema recipe yet, so I’m not very sure about the procedure. However I’ve bookmarked a recipe in vanitha, I will mail you the same.
Cheers
Maria
Great recipes u have here ..am following your blog .Please check out my food blog
Pls follow if you like .
RV – thanks for the encouraging words :) btw, did you get a chance to try the recipe?
Divs – thanks dear :)
KS – thank you :)
Maria,
Wow great recipe….my mouth is watering because both banana and beef are my favourites….
As usual I am on my week end recipe search… Do not get raw banana here but will try this combo with Chena and let you know the results :-)
Do you get Koorka there…..Beef & Koorka is another great Combo :-)
Idea of the Book is a nice one…. all the wishes from all of us
Hi Latha,
Thank you so much for the wishes.
Chena is one of my all time fav veggies, but since my husband doesnt like it, I dont make it at home. The thought of chena & beef together makes my mouth water :)
Cheers
Maria
I totally agree with you about beef fry…it is my favourite too & with thenga kotthu…it is heavenly. Around our parts, beef is also teamed up with koorka. Your idea for an everyday kind of cookbook is fantastic. As a new bride, I was gifted one by my friend & it was the most useful gift I ever had.
Hi Mini,
I’ve also heard about beef & koorka combination, but havent tasted it yet.
Just like you, I also got my first cookery book as a wedding gift and it was a very useful one.
Thanks for your support :)
Cheers
Maria
yummmyyyy !!!great recipe maria …iam a recent visitor on your website and am surely gonna try it out…keep up the good work..
Thank you Reshma :) Please do try out the recipes here. I really hope you will find it interesting!
Cheers
Maria
Thats a great combo Maria….
Wow that sounds great !! am looking forward to the everyday recipes.. I work almost 11 hours everyday and still somehow manage to make 3 meals a day.. It can be really tiring !!!..
My hus eats only veg during the week so everything needs to be made fresh on the same day, no freezing :)
It would be great if there were recipes with a cooking/preparation time of half n hour :)..
C,
wow!! I should say you are a super woman :) I’m not working and yet I sometimes feel lazy to cook, I should be ashamed of saying that :(
Btw, thanks for the suggestion about the cooking time. Will def keep that in mind.
Cheers
Maria
Ahem ahem..me a veggie too..lol!!I am sure Ajay would devour it!! Is the recipe book up for sale..I’ll book a copy now!!
Good luck on the Cook Book Maria, I would love to see it soon. It is a fab idea to write a book on everyday cooking
I normally don’t cook beef, but TH was asking me to make beef fry yesterday. I will use your beef fry recipe to surprise him :) btw, love this plantain beef uliyarthu. It looks so inviting.