Ginger Beef Curry with Poppy Seeds

Name: Ginger Beef Curry with Poppy Seeds
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds, to garnish; ½ tsp turmeric; 1 tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp dark muscovado sugar; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 7 cm (2¾ in) fresh root ginger, peeled; 2 tsp fennel seeds; 90 ml (6 tbsp) vegetable oil; 2 red chillies, seeded and cut into thin strips; 12 curry leaves; 6 green cardamom pods, split; 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) stewing beef, cut into 3 cm (1¼ in) cubes; 1 tbsp poppy seeds; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 4 dried red chillies; juice of 1 lime

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Curry Lovers Cookbook

By Roopa Gulati

Published 2007

About

In India, spices are pulverised on a grinding stone — all that bashing and bruising brings out an intensity of flavour. A mortar and pestle does pretty much the same job: try using it for pounding the poppy and fennel seeds for this aromatic curry — you’ll never want to buy ready-ground spices again.

Ingredients

7 cm (2¾ in) fresh root ginger, peeled
2 red chillies, seeded and cut into thin strips

Asia
India
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Finely shred 3 cm (1¼ in) of the fresh ginger. Combine the chillies with the ginger. Squeeze over the lime juice and leave to steep for an hour or so (this will be used to garnish t