From mightymidget69@hotmail.com Mon Jan 31 10:00:16 2005 Date: 29 Jan 2005 08:10:59 -0800 From: tubal cain Newsgroups: uk.food+drink.indian Subject: BEEF OLATHIYATHU Another one from Dr John FEBRUARY 27, 1996 Hi BEEF OLATHIYATHU ---------------------------------- Wedding feasts in the Christian community in Kottayam and surrounding areas are never complete with out this preparation and the fish curry posted earlier. Friends and relatives come ahead of time in the old days just to get these items ready. A couple of friends in Toronto have made 'BEEF OLATHIYATHU' which I thought was as good as what my mother used to make in my childhood days. Unnichettan's beef olathiyathu was famous in Trivandrum medical college hostel mess in the fifties and sixties. There was even a' super' variation which was double fried with extra onions and green chilies for an added cost. I have recreated for you the old fashioned beef olathiyathu in consultation with a Malayalee chef friend who has been kind enough to share his secrets with me. My first and second trials were success stories. My wife was truly impressed! Here we go. Ingredients;- KOTTAYAM STYLE "OLETHERACHI"(BEEF FRY) ======================================== Ingredients:- 1)Beef preferably weal--- 1 kg 2)Shredded onions--100 gram 3)Green chilies----5(split) 4)Ginger--25 grams 5)Garlic--25 grams(chopped) 6)Tomatoes--2(cut) 7)Bay leaves---3(Vazana Ela) 8)Cinnamon stick--1 inch ((Karuva Patta) 9)Cardamom-- 5-(Elakka) 10)Cloves--4(Grampu) 11)Fennel(Perum Jeerakam)--2 teaspoonful 12)Black pepper seeds---10 13)Turmeric powder---half teaspoonful 14)Coconut oil----1 cup 15)Fresh coconut half--Sliced in to small pieces called 'kothu' 16)Curry leaves-4 stems 17)1/4 lemon (juice from) 18)Salt as necessary 18)Powdered black pepper 1 teas spoonful First prepare 'GHARA MASALA'.This is made by grinding bay leaves, cardamom, cloves, black pepper seeds and fennel. Now cook the beef with all the other ingredients plus 'ghara masala' in water. Add salt as required. Continue cooking in low heat until almost dry but cooked. Set this aside. Heat the coconut oil in a frying pan. Add a pinch of mustard seeds and allow them to break in the hot oil. Add more chopped onions and brown. Add curry leaves and coconut 'kothu' and brown. To this add the previously prepared beef and powdered black pepper one teaspoonful. stir in gentle heat until dark. From mightymidget69@hotmail.com Mon Jan 31 10:01:09 2005 Date: 29 Jan 2005 08:23:18 -0800 From: tubal cain Newsgroups: uk.food+drink.indian Subject: BEEF OLATHIYATHU Another DR John with some obscure references that someone may be able to help out on. January 14, 1998 Dr.P.K.John Toronto Ontario Canada . RECIPE FOR MORU KALAN Mrs Annie Joseph, Madras (Naadan kozshi curry will follow. ) A Papaya or ash gourd or bottled gourd cut into small pieces 2 cups Green chillies 4 Curry leaves 10 Turmeric powder half tspoon Water 1 cup B Grated fresh coconut 1 cup Cumin seed 1 tea spoon Garlic pods 4 C Finely cut onions 2 table spoons Oil 1table spoon Split Red chillies 4 Mustard seeds 1 tea spoon Fenugreek seeds 1 tea spoon Curry leaves a few Mix all ingredients in A and cook till the vegetable is cooked. Grind together to a fine paste all the ingredients of B. Mix it with the vegetable and 1 tea spoon of salt and bring to boil. Allow it to cool for 5 min. Now add 3 cups of thick butter milk and warm the mixture again on slow fire. Do not boil. Remove from fire and do the * thalickal with ingredients shown in C above. NOTE: This is my method; surely there are many more!!!! * My wife tells me 'thalickal' means seasoning. I think it involves "KADU POTTIKKAL" technique.