Spicy beef in tomato sauce
Spicy beef in tomato sauce
Equipment
- 1 Large frying plan
- 1 Saucepan (or wok)
- 1 Knife and chopping board
Ingredients
- 500 g Beef
- 1 can Chopped tomatoes (400 g)
- 1 Onion
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 1 sprig Thyme
- 2 tbsp Chopped Coriander (Cilantro)
- 2 tsp Ginger grated
- 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
- 2 tbsp Tomato puree
- 3 tbsp Olive oil
- 250 ml Water
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
Prepare the beef
- Cut the beef into cubes and season with salt & pepper
- Add olive oil into a large frying pan and fry the beef until cooked and tender
- Remove from the pan and keep warm.
Prepare the sauce
- Cut the onion into small bits, peel and crush the garlic, rasp the ginger, remove the thyme leaves and finely chop the coriander.
- In the empty frying pan (or large wok) fry the onion, garlic, thyme and ginger until the onion is clear and cooked.
- Then add the cayenne pepper, chopped tomatoes, tomato puree and water. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Finalise
- Add the beef and simmer for another 10 minutes
- Finally sprinkle the chopped coriander on top
Video
How to serve spicy beef in tomato sauce
Great with white rice, pilau rice or noodles.
2 key items when making this recipe
Spicy beef in tomato sauce has a lovely flavour but the key is to focus on 2 items:
- The quality of the beef is important – try to use either steak mince or low fat mince
- Try to use fresh thyme and coriander (cilantro). If you can’t grow it at home then shop bought fresh alternatives are easy to use.
How to grow coriander at home
When you are cooking fresh herbs tend to make a real difference to the results. Herbs are really easy to grow at home and many of them grow really fast.
But if you grow coriander you will need to decide how you want to use it. Because all parts are edible but your growing technique will be different.
The 3 Top Coriander Varieties
- Root Coriander – Ideal for recipes like Thai soups, curries, etc.
- Seed coriander – Ideal for recipes like Indian curries, German Sausages, etc.
- Leaf Coriander – Ideal for recipes like Chinese stir-fry, Mexican Salsa, etc
For more details have a look at how to grow coriander at home.
Mauritius Cuisine
Researching foods in Mauritius has made the country on my next holiday list !!!
Mauritius is probably the ultimate place for food fusion.
The choice of recipes are either based on African, Chinese, European (French & Dutch) or Indian foods. You can either use the original recipes or more interesting they are blended into unique Mauritian meals (source mainly from Wikipedia)
For example you could have a:
- Chinese style starter – such as crispy chicken or crispy squid
- French style main course – like Coq au vin or Daube (chicken or beef stew)
- Indian style dessert – like Rasgulla (a syrupy dessert)
But the main meal that really appealed is the Creole style Rougaille, which is this recipe. The recipe on this page uses beef but you can also use chicken, sausages or fish.
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For the full plan visit the Smoothie Diet Plan site
The country recipe challenge.
This recipe is part of my country recipe challenge, where I am trying to find 1 recipe from each country in the world.
The easiest way to keep updated is to follow me on either my Instagram or Facebook page.
Have you made the recipe?
Would love to hear what you thought of it
Lovely flavour but you might want to add more tomatoes if you prefer it more saucy