Beef madras recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cinnamon stick (2.5cm)
• 10 green cardamom pods
• 8 cloves
• 10 black peppercorns
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 6 dried Kashmiri red chillies, seeds shaken out
• 5 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp garam masala, or to taste
• 1 pinch salt, to taste
• 500 g diced beef
• 20 g fresh root ginger, peeled weight
• 7 garlic cloves
• 4 green chillies, whole but pierced (optional)
• 4 tbsp single cream
• 1 handful of chopped fresh coriander
• 2 tomatoes