Best Meat Curry Recipes

BOBOTIE (SOUTH AFRICAN CURRY MEAT LOAF)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine tea, raisins, and apricots in a bowl; let sit for 30 minutes. Drain, and reserve 1/3 cup soaking liquid; set both aside.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion; cook until lightly caramelized, about 8 minutes. Add turmeric, coriander, cayenne, cumin, fenugreek, pepper, fennel, and salt; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add reserved soaked fruit and soaking liquid and vinegar; cook until almost all liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl; add beef, and mix until evenly combined. Transfer meat mixture to a foil-lined baking sheet, and shape into an 8″ × 4″ loaf; press almonds over top of meat loaf, and bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the meat loaf reads 160F, about 40 minutes.

CURRY MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, bread crumbs and dressing mix. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. , On a large piece of heavy-duty foil, pat beef mixture into a 10x8-in. rectangle. Combine the stuffing mix, celery, mayonnaise, water and curry powder; spoon down center of rectangle. Bring long sides over stuffing mixture, peeling foil away while folding. Seal edge and ends. Place seam side down in a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat preserves; stir to break up pieces of fruit. Spread over the meat loaf. Bake 10-15 minutes longer or until meat is no longer pink and a thermometer reads 160°.

FETTUCCINE ALFREDO WITH THAI RED CURRY AND LUMB CRAB MEAT

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Once it's ready, add a generous sprinkle of salt to the water. Add the fettuccine noodles; stir. Allow to cook until al dente, about 10 minutes. While this cooks, get started on the sauce. In a large saucepan, add the butter and allow to melt slightly. Add in the garlic and fry slightly for about 30 seconds. Pour in the heavy cream, salt, white pepper, lemon juice, and allow to come to a gentle boil; stirring. Lower the heat and add the Parmesan cheese. Once it's melted thoroughly, add the Thai red curry and using a whisk, allow to incorporate into the sauce completely. Taste for seasonings. Add a pinch of cayenne pepper and then gently stir in the lump crab meat. Once the fettuccine noodles are cooked al dente, add them directly into the saucepan with the alfredo-thai red curry sauce and mix gently to combine. Feel free to add pasta water to loosen the sauce, if necessary. Serve pasta in big bowls and garnish with lemon zest, parsley, and another sprinkle of cayenne pepper on top. Provecho!

DHAL CURRY WITH MEAT (GOSHT DHAL)

Steps:

• Rinse dhal and lentils in some lukewarm water. Soak overnight if you have the time otherwise not necessary. Pour in to large saucepan cover with water, 1 tsp each of the salt and tumeric. Boil like you would do for beans until soft and mushy.
• In a separate saucepan, saute onions, cinnamon stick and cumin seeds in oil till a pale gold colour .
• Add meat and the spices. Stir a few times without adding water.
• Gently cooking the spices, by adding water you don't give the spices a chance to cook, and then you will have a tasteless curry remember this with all Indian food.
• When it starts sticking to the pot add the tomotoe and about half a cup of water.
• Simmer slowly till well blended and the water has dried up.
• Liquidise the dhals and add to pot and some water to the consistency you would like the dhal about a cup of water should be enough. Bring to boil and then simmer slowly till dhal is well blended in, about half an hour. Adding water if becoming to thick.
• When done, make your tempering, heat your ghee in a pan add onion, cumin and mustard seeds and garlic cloves,and fry till nice golden brown. Add to pot of dhal and close lid tightly.
• Just before serving add your chopped cilantro and your gharam malasa. (In Indian cooking gharam masala is always added just before serving as it is a pepping up spice. Stir and serve with white rice/roti etc.

TAYYABS DRY MEAT CURRY RECIPE

Steps:

• Put the lamb into a shallow dish.
• Mix all marinade ingredients and add the marinade to the lamb. Turn to coat and set aside to marinate in a refrigerator for 24 hours.
• In a frying pan dry-roast over a medium heat all the spices for the masala paste except the red chili and mace powder: cinnamon stick and black cardamom for 3 minutes; green cardamom, cloves, coriander seeds and black peppercorns for 2 minutes; cumin for 1 minute; fenugreek seeds and dry fenugreek leaves for half a minute. Let the spices cool. When cool pound them into a fine powder and mix them with red chili powder, mace powder and some water to make a paste.
• Heat the ghee in a large deep frying pan and add the chopped onions, sugar, and salt. Cook the onions over medium heat, stirring frequently, until softened and deep, rich brown. Add the masala paste and fry stirring continuously for a few minutes over medium-high heat until the oil separates from the masala. Add the lamb, together with the marinade, and stir-fry over high heat for 3-5 minutes until well browned. Now add the lamb stock and cook over medium-low heat until the meat is tender and almost all the gravy has dried up.
• Add salt to taste.
• Serve hot, sprinkled with garam masala and fried onion.

OKRA/ AUBERGINE (EGGPLANT) AND MEAT CURRY

Steps:

• Trim mutton and cut into cubes (1 inch) Heat the clarified butter/ ghee in a pressure cooker (preferably for the beef) or a thick bottomed vessel with a lid (for the mutton).
• Add the whole spices and wait for them to bloat.
• Then add the onions and fry till they are translucent Add the ginger and garlic and fry till the mixture is golden brown (I add chopped green chilli too) Now add the tomatoes and stir till the tomatoes are cooked and incorporated into the mixture, Add the garam masala or spice powders and stir.
• Add the meat pieces and stir till they are coated with the curry sauce.
• Now add some water (around 1 cup if using the pressure cooker and 2 cups if cooking in a vessel) and salt.
• Mix and cover.
• Bring to a boil and then simmer until cooked.
• (A pressure cooked will take 1 whistle and 15 mins to cook beef and 1 whistle and 7 mins to cook mutton.) Meanwhile cut the okra/ aubergines into chunks (the okra is normally washed, then wiped dry and then cut or the aubergines are washed, cut and then sprinkled with salt for 10 mins and then wiped dry before cooking).
• Deep fry the vegetable used till slightly crisp.
• Drain well.
• Add it to the curry and heat through for about 4 minutes.
• Sprinkle lime juice over the curry and stir.
• Garnish with cilantro leaves.
• Serve hot.
• (Alternatively to save some calories you can directly cook the vegetables in the curry without deep frying them. But add the vegetables to the dish when the meat is slightly undercooked and cook them together till they are tender.).

MEAT CURRY

Steps:

• Put oil in stockpot, and heat until almost smoking.
• Remove from heat and ADD sugar, return to heat.
• Let sugar caramelize until a golden brown color; ADD meat of choice and stir, browning all pieces.
• Add all onions and garlic; stir until onions are transparent.
• Lower heat, put lid onto pot; simmer a few moments making sure that nothing sticks to pot.
• Mix curry powder in 2 cups of water, and ADD to pot.
• Add WHOLE pepper. Simmer until meat is tender, topping up with water to ensure nothing sticks to pot and there is plenty of liquid.
• MAKE SURE NOT TO BURST WHOLE PEPPER.
• When meat is cooked, remove whole pepper and discard.
• ADD coconut cream/milk; stir to blend.
• Serve hot with hot cooked rice.

SHELLY'S MEAT CURRY

Steps:

• In a pot, bring the basmati rice and 3 cups water to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Brown the corned beef in the saucepan, and cook the onion and garlic until tender. Season with ginger, turmeric, coriander, salt, chili powder, cinnamon, and cardamom.
• Place the bay leaves in the saucepan, and pour in 1 cup water. Bring to a boil. Mix in the potatoes, reduce heat to low, and simmer 30 minutes. Stir occasionally, and add more water as needed to keep the ingredients moist.
• Cover the saucepan, and continue cooking 10 minutes, until potatoes are tender. Serve the beef and potato mixture over the basmati rice.

KERRIESCHOTEL (MEAT AND RICE DISH FLAVORED WITH CURRY)

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter with curry powder until tender.
• Add broth and aroma seasoning.
• Stir in left over chicken meat and simmer until meat is hot.
• Meanwhile cook rice.
• Place meat mixture and rice in casserole dish.
• Stir to combine and top with crumb mixture.
• Bake approximately 20 minutes at 325 until brown and bubbly.