beef curry
March 12, 2016 • 31 comments • 4798 viewsGuys… guys… GUYS!
ARE YOU READING THIS?
Good. I need your attention because I’m about to show off proudly.
I made…
TA-DAAAAA!!!!!!!
I made that. These two hands, guys, *holding my palms up proudly*, they made all that.
I mean, COME ON… Kari tulang is what you get at restaurant menus as their Tuesday-special kind of thing. That’s the level of exclusivity. If you go on Monday, you no get kari tulang ok.
While I get Iman to call Astro to have me my own cooking show called Vivy Can Cook, I’m going to share the recipe here. Dean asked me to make this 2 days in a row, so either it was so bad that he wanted to give me a second chance, or it was so good that he genuinely wanted more. I choose to believe the second one, of course. For those who’ve never made it, I recommend you do it cos the feeling is so fulfilling you can cancel your whole schedule for the day because you need to spend time admiring your dish. For those of you who make it all the time, go away.
Ingredients:
A mix of beef cubes and beef ribs, onions, ginger, garlic, curry powder, curry leaves, potatoes, coconut milk and the spices combination thingy (kayu manis and whatnot) that I stole from mil’s house.
First, heat up oil in a pot and fry that kayu manis thingy. Then add the onion, ginger and garlic. When they have browned (was so close to burning them hehe), add the curry powder and leaves.
Once the minyak dah naik (noooo idea what this means… I just bantai), add all the beef and mix thoroughly.
Add water.
Put to low heat and cover the pot. Leave for 45 mins or so to soften the beef.
Your house will smell soooo good and you’ll think you’re done. But no wait, add the potatoes.
Add coconut milk, keep on stirring and taste. Add salt if needed.
Done!
Of course, a ritual now; leave your family hungry for a little longer so you can take the perfect home cooked dinner flatlay.
A little thing I did that I think worked; add some sugar to balance the spice, and I also mixed the beef curry powder with a spoonful of fish curry powder too. Thought I invented some Einstein curry move, but later found out that some other people do this too. Broke my heart.
The whole house still smells so delicious now, that I purposely left my home door open to impress my neighbours. Tomorrow, I’ll raise my eyebrows at them like yeah I totally cooked that thing you smelled, no big deal, autographs later.
So today I went to the supermarket. Since I bought the same thing 2 days in a row, I walked up to the butcher section, all confident and cheerful, “What’s up, guys! Can I get the usual please?” looking around to see if the other women there heard me. I’m a regular here, after all.
The guys looked at me, funny. “Sorry Miss, what?”
What the… you cut my meat yesterday! Thought we were friends, dude.
you’re so funneh i die
My mum had been pestering me to learn to cook but im not the type that can spend hours in the kitchen and end up with one dish (omg its stressful how some dishes take forever to prepare). According to my mum, “tak pandai masak mana boleh kahwin” & “siapa nak kahwin dengan awak kalau tak pandai masak”. Somehow ths post gave me a glimpse of hope that i can actually get married and learn to cook after that (praying my future partner is a chef or a guy who loves to eat outside HAHAHA). Still havent figured out how you juggle everything and still manage yo cook!!!!
I must say, i really2 enjoyed reading this tho it was just about beef curry. U are so funny!
Einstein curry move?!LOL????????
hahahaha, vivy y u soo funnyyy
hahahahahahaha! achievement unlocked anyway
kak vivy u’re so funny :””D
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA Y U SO FANI I DIEDED
I’ve never mixed with fish curry powder. Will try it someday
On a side note, my mak taught me to marinade the curry powder with the beef. It helps the beef to absorb the spice before you tumis them together
V…. akak dari darjah 3 lagi dah pandai masak kari ????… emak akak ajar… orang dulu2 macam tu lah… peace ✌????️
So funny. I’m starting to cook as well since I’m studying and away from my parents. god, i know the feeling when i accomplished the cooking task. sadly, when i was eager to make tom yam yesterday, i accidentally cut my finger. I almost gave up, but my hungry tummy forced me to continue. hmm
yeah the ikan goreng! the best curry’s companion! ^^
i think the term is ‘pecah minyak’; when the bawang2 & spices (bahan tumis) are cooked well.
and the beef curry looks yummy! kudos to you! 🙂
Pagi2 dh buat saya senyum sorang..u’re so funny..hehe
For me pecah minyak is when the oil got separated from its gravy..
Hahahaha so funny but so proud of you! I know that feeling well, feel so accomplished like you just hiked the highest mountain hahaha I see you’re missing some veggies though, tsk tsk! hahaha My mother sometimes put eggplants with the curry too, it’s yum.. oh you pacahkan egg in curry is also nice! haha
HahahahAha so funny vy! It looks yummeyh!
finally! lamanyaa…..nak tunggu! better than nothing eh!
congrats Vivy and more to come eh!
I was like you before, Vivy. Didnt know a thing about cooking. Married a Penangite whose mother is a caterer (i die) i started cooking since and it got better everyday. I cook curry almost everyday now!
Wow… congrats Vivy.. insya allah other dishes will follow – asam pedas, sup ayam, masak lemak.
Perhaps you may add sambal belacan and ulam2 – pegaga, ulam raja or cucumber pun sedap.. try la dear..
you DO know you ARE funny, right? ^_^
Ish, it’s so hard to not love you =)
vivy..dulu you said that u cannot cook but i can imagine that one day u will post about your cooking and share with us the recipe like this! hehe..like a dream comes true. btw the curry look so yummy and you are funny! congrats v. #ipuntakpandaimasakkari
kah kah kah! but 1st of all congrats viv! the proud soul in you when a dish from scratch you made has succeed!the meat guy also why so blur hahah
hahahahaha! this is so funny! yerp.. try add some ulam or at least timun and sambal belacan tu go with that curry and ikan goreng.. perghhh sedapppp!!! I usually made curry with some masak merah/sambal.. sometimes sotong sambal/masak merah or ikan or udang.. then gaul the curry with masak merah/sambal tu.. eat it.. perghhhhh.. pengsan power! hahahaha
Honestly V, usually you masak sume xjadi. Bahaha. . but somehow.. ur hands are made for ‘masakan kampung’. That look soo good I even had to asked my mom to made it for me.
vivy! I’ve made beef curry using your recipe and it works!!
Thanks again for posting it.I’m want of those who haven’t try to mix fish curry paste with beef curry paste.
Kak vivy, if nak sedap lgi tumis bawang dgn lengkuas sikit. It works everytime to cook curry and it taste much more better. Power of lengkuas i think.
Bahahahahaha ok this is soooooo funny vivy! I cant stop laughing while imagine the ‘scene’ of your neighbor and the butcher HAHAHAHA!
salam vivy, your writing really entertain me =)
Teringat posting vivi masa ngidam nak makan ikan goreng hehehe, rasanya pertama kali pengalaman siang dan goreng ikan masa tu ye. Dah ada kari pon ikan goreng masih x tinggal ye
V…you be happy to know that I’ve lost count at how many times I have return to this page everytime nak masak kari…thanks for teaching me V!
Will try this later 🙂