Beef Curry

INGREDIENTS:

* 2 lbs diced braising steak
* 4 green cardamom pods
* 2 bay leaves
* 1 onion sliced
* water
* 1 cup of curry massalla gravy
* half of an onion finely chopped
* 2 teaspoons curry powder
* 1 teaspoon chilli powder
* 1 teaspoon mustard powder
* 1 finely chopped cayenne chilli
* 4 cloves crushed garlic
* 1 whole clove garlic
* 2 inches root ginger grated
* 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
* 4 tablespoons roughly chopped coriander leaves
* 1 tablespoon whole coriander leaves
* 1 teaspoon garam massalla
* seasoned flour

DIRECTIONS:

Dip the meat in a little seasoned flower and brown on all sides a small batch at a time. Put the meat, sliced onion, cardamoms, bay leaves and whole garlic in a casserole dish, cover with water and casserole at 200 degrees for 2 hours. Make a paste of the curry powder, mustard powder and chilli powder with a little water. Fry the onion until translucent in the veg oil then add the garlic, ginger and chilli and stir fry on medium for a further 5 minutes. Add the curry, mustard and chilli powder paste and stir in and fry for a further 30 secs. Add the cooked Meat pieces. Add the Massalla Gravy and simmer for 5 minutes or until the Meat is piping hot again, stirring occasionally. If needed add more massalla gravy and some juice from the casserole to prevent the curry becoming too thick or dry. Now add the finely chopped coriander leaves and cook for a further minute. Serve with the whole coriander leaves sprinkled over the top.