Hot & Spicy Beef Curry (Serves 6) - Edward Hayden

Ingredients

• 1 ½ lb/700g stewing beef, cut into chunks
• 3 cloves of garlic, diced
• 1 red chilli, finely diced
• 1 medium sized onion, sliced very thinly
• 1 teaspoon of tomato purée
• 2 dessertspoons of mild curry powder
• 1 rounded dessertspoon flour
• ½ teaspoon of turmeric
• ½ teaspoon of ground cumin
• Pinch ground ginger
• 7floz/200ml pouring cream/coconut milk
• 1 ½ pints/800ml boiling hot beef stock
• Salt & freshly-ground black pepper
• 10oz/300g vegetables of your choice, You can use most vegetables
• If cooking the curry in its entirety on the stove top does not suit you feel free to transfer it into a casserole dish and cook it in the oven on a moderate heat.
• If you would like your vegetables a little crunchier feel free to sauté them up on a pan separately and just add to the curry before serving.