Irish-Indian Beef Curry

Irish Indian food.  Have you ever had it?  No?  Neither had I.

In fact, I've never really eaten much Indian food (Irish or otherwise) but when I made my customary morning visit with mummymac at Home but Not Alone, I discovered an intriguing recipe for Beef Curry.

Beef, apples, onions, sultanas, mango chutney and, of course, copious amounts of curry.  To say I was intrigued is an understatement.  Whenever anyone tells me, "Everyone wants the recipe," well, that's my signal to spring into action.

So, after I met my friend Carol for a cup of coffee at Caribou, (have you tried their Obsidian?--it's fantastic!) it was off to Joseph's to look for mango chutney.

Oh!  I had such fun yesterday. Elaine and I chatted back and forth via email all afternoon as the aroma wafted through the house and our American stomachs growled.  And I learned a few things:

• Sultanas are raisins made from the sultana grape.

• Mango chutney is HOT!!

• Beef Curry is served over rice. 

• One should serve Naan bread with Beef Curry (next time)

• Americans think they need a salad with every meal.  (so true) 

• Sam, the pickiest eater in the family (and maybe on the face of the earth!) is growing up.  It's taken 17 years, but he's beginning to exhibit a willingness to try new foods (or maybe it was just the delicious aroma that wore down his resistance)

• We get up around their lunchtime, have lunch when it's their tea-time and have tea when they are going to bed. 

The recipe was pronounced an absolute success!  Other than a small pile of raisins on a couple of plates (the culprits shall remain nameless) we gobbled it up!  I meant to take pictures of the finished product, but we were in such a hurry to eat that I forgot to snap a picture.  However, I did take some pictures while I was making it:

 

Mmmm.  Sweet Mango Chutney.  This isn't the brand mummymac uses, but you can find it over here.  Try the international section of your grocery store.

 

Here we have the browned beef in the oh so well-loved Pampered Chef baking bowl awaiting the simmering sauce before popping it into the oven.

I was having so much fun making this and the sauce looked so cheerful bubbling away that I took a short video of the sauce, right after I added the broth to the apples and onions.   Daddymac was pretty sure the sauce was too thin and nearly panicked, but mummymac recognized the stage and calmed his fears.

 

The finished curry.

 

Spinach Salad with roasted red peppers, sweet onion, bacon and pecans
dressed with homemadesweet and sour celery seed dressing. 

Dressing:

1/2 cup Hellmann's mayonnaise
1 cup oil    
1/2 cup cider vinegar
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon celery seed   

Wisk together and chill.

A fabulous recipe made even more memorable by the lovely international conversation.

 Here's to you, Elaine, and Irish Indian cooking!

 "Friendship? Yes Please."
-Charles Dickens

Comments

[Mummymac]

Hi Kim - So glad you enjoyed, I can sigh relief now.

We have that Pataks brand here - I must look out their Mango Chutney just to see if we think it's "hot"!!

You realise now that everyone who googles Irish Indian Cooking will arrive at your site, your stats will soar!!

perhaps :-)

I guess I'm under pressure to make the salad now, I probably won't serve it with Beef Curry ;-)

Have a good day - friend.

No pressure to make the salad, but if you do make it let me know how you liked it. This recipe is destined to be a family favorite and my signature dish at church dinners from now on. I promise to tell the story of how fun it was to make it, coached my my Irish friend. : D

[Naomi]

OOOHHH! I've been waiting for this post all morning! Glad it turned out well! I was kind of nervous about the mango chutney too!

Mango Chutney is my new favorite. Do you have any other recipes that call for it

[rosemary]

That settles it--I'm making this! I get Patak's at my Indian grocery/restaurant. If it's good for them, it's good for me! I think an Indian feast is just around the corner.

Thanks, Kim. And Mummymac too!

Let me know how you like it!

[The Rook]

Wow, looks tasty. Like, soooo tasty. Love the look for the site!!

Thanks, Chad. You should get Allyson to make this for you!

[Ann]

That's whetted my appetite for curry this evening, it'll have to be chicken for us tonight.

OOooo yum! I need a chicken curry recipe. Hint, hint!

[ellen b]

Looks wonderful. I have a bowl just like your salad bowl :)

I"ve had mine forever--paid $2 for it at Big Lots and it's my favorite! It's fun to think we have matching salad bowls!

[Robin]

Love the Dickins quote :).

This looks WONDERFUL, although it still seems odd to me :). And I think I saw a first on this post--a four-second youtube video. What an age we live in, yes?

OOoooo, and your header is SPECTACULAR! It's an absolutely dreamy scene :).

I thoroughly recommend you give this recipe a go, even though, like me, it seems odd to you. And thanks for the compliment on the banner. Snow makes everything look charming, doesn't it? On a normal day it's just the neighborhood and a city street--nothing special

[Janus]

Hi Kim,

I also cooked Mummymac's beef curry the other evening. Mine looked just like yours and tasted yummy!

Hi Janus! It's fun to think of our family and your family eating the same thing on the same day (6 hours or so apart. . .)

: D

[annette]

ah....has curry in it.....can't have it...one of the regrets my hubbie has is that curry and I most definitely do not get along. BUT looks good and I'm sure it tasted good too. :)

sorry curry doesn't agree with you. Does it upset your stomach?

[Sally]

Curry and I do not get along, either.

Poor Sally! I promise not to make this for dinner when you come for a visit. I'll make you anything else your little heart desires if you'll only come!

[Tamesha]

It’s hard to find knowledgeable writers on this topic, but you seem like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks.

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