Beef Embul
beef, indian, main dish
450 gm beef
25 gm tamarind
75 ml water
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
2 cm cinnamon stick
2 cm lemon grass
Wash and cut beef into 2 cm cubes. Mix tamarind with water and remove seeds. Place tamarind water in a pan, add chilli powder, pepper powder, salt, turmeric, cinnamon stick and lemon grass and mix well. Add beef cubes and simmer over a medium heat until the meat is tender and the gravy has thickened. Remove the cinnamon stick before serving. From "A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera, ISBN #962 224 010 0
Yield: 1 servings