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Sri Lankan Beef Curry

Chrissy
The best curry you'll ever eat!
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Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

For the curry

  • 1 lb lean ground sirloin
  • 1 large onion finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 inch piece of ginger
  • 6 curry leaves
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • 2 TB chili powder
  • ½ cup coconut milk
  • ½ cup water

Sri Lankan Spice Mix

  • ½ tsp fennel seeds
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 " cinnamon piece
  • 2 cloves
  • 2 cardamon cloves

Instructions
 

  • Toast the whole spices in a dry skillet until fragrant. Grind into a fine powder. I used a mortar and pestle, and broke the pestle with my awesome strength (kidding. I dropped it and it broke).
  • In a deep sauté pan, heat 2 teaspoons of oil. Add garlic and ginger,
  • After frying for a minute, add onions, curry leaves and spices. Fry onions until transparent.
  • Add the beef, breaking apart with a wooden spoon. Stirring until mostly cooked.
  • When the beef is browned, add the coconut milk and water. Reduce the heat to a medium -low flame and cook for another 20 minutes until beef is cooked.