Recipe#93

Title: Beef Curry

From: tania welford teepee@uq.net.au 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Mild Beef Curry 
 Date: 26 Apr 1998 06:22:40 -0600 
 Message-ID: <354198D3.3EEC@uq.net.au> 

1 kg beef chuck steak 
 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh lemon grass 
 1 small fresh red chilli, finely chopped 
 1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger 
 2 tsp mild curry powder 
 1 tsp cracked black pepper 
 1 tsp brown sugar 
 1 clove garlic, crushed 
 1/4 cup (60 ml) fish sauce 
 1/3 cup (80 ml) peanut oil 
 2 medium (300g) onions, sliced 
 1 litre water 
 1/4 cup (60 ml) tomato paste (thick concentrate) 
 1 star anise 
 1/2 small (200g) daikon 
 2 small (140g) carrots, sliced 
 Cut beef into 3 cm pieces, combine in bowl with lemon grass, chilli, 
 ginger, curry powder, pepper, sugar, garlic and fish sauce; mix 
 well. Cover, refrigerate several hours or overnight. Heat half 
 the oil in pan, add beef mixture in batches, cook until browned 
 all over; remove from pan. Heat remaining oil in pan, add onions, 
 cook, stirring, until onions are soft. Add water, paste, anise 
 and beef mixture to pan, simmer, covered, 30 min. Remove cover, 
 simmer further 30 min. Cut daikon into 5 cm strips. Add carrots 
 and daikon to pan, simmer, uncovered, 15 min or until beef and 
 vegetables are tender. Serve with rice. 
 serves 4 to 6