Cookbook:Beef Curry

| Curry

This is a beef curry that can be made out of ingredients which you might find in your fridge normally, so no need to buy extra ones.

Ingredients

 * 1 lb (450 g) minced (ground) beef
 * 1 onion
 * 1 bell pepper or 1 cup (200 g) frozen mixed bell peppers
 * Curry powder to taste
 * 1 beef stock cube, crumbled
 * 2 Tbsp tomato purée
 * 1.5 cups rice
 * 2.75 cups water
 * 1 lemon, juiced

Optional

 * 1 Tbsp mango chutney
 * 1 teaspoon paprika

Procedure

 * 1) Peel and chop the onion and pepper.
 * 2) Brown the ground beef in a pan and add the curry powder.
 * 3) Add the chopped onion and pepper to the pan, and fry this for one minute.
 * 4) Add the crumbled stock cube, tomato purée, mango chutney and paprika to the pan and stir.
 * 5) Add water into the pan till it covers the mixture.
 * 6) Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 hour stirring every 10 minutes.
 * 7) Meanwhile, bring the rice to a boil in the 2.75 cups of water.
 * 8) If you would like the rice to be yellow, add a small amount of tumeric.
 * 9) Immediately cover and reduce heat to a minimum and allow to cook for 10 minutes.
 * 10) Turn off heat and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
 * 11) Add lemon juice to the rice.
 * 12) Fluff with a spoon or fork.
 * 13) Put the rice on a plate with the curry on top. You may wish to mold the rice for a nicer presentation.