Recipe for Nadan Erachi/ Erachi Achar - Kerala Style Dry Beef Pickle

Ingredients

• Beef – 1/2 kg ( I prefer stew meat )
• Meat Masala – 1/2 tea spoon
• Turmeric – a generous pinch
• Ginger – Garlic paste – 1/2 to 1 tea spoon
• Vinegar – 1/2 tea spoon
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tablespoon
• Gingelly oil / Sesame oil – 2-3 tablespoon
• Mustard seeds – 1/2 tea spoon
• Fenugreek seeds – a large pinch
• Curry leaves – lots
• Garlic chopped – 10 cloves
• Ginger sliced – a thumb sized piece ( adjust ginger and garlic as per ur likes)
• Green chili chopped – 3-4
• Kashmiri Red chili powder – 1.5 tablespoon( if using hot chili powder 1 or 2 tea spoons would be enough)
• Vinegar – 1 -2 tablespoons ( add more if you like more, I prefer 2 tablespoons of the normal white distilled one or red wine vinegar)
• Whole Black peppercorns – 1 tea spoon
• Garam masala – a pinch