TROPICAL BEEF CURRY RICE WITH CONDIMENTS

Tropical Beef Curry Rice With Condiments image

Provided by Rinshinomori

Categories Meat

Time 1h

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 24

1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices in syrup, cut in bite size pieces, reserve juice
1 -2 egg, boiled and shredded
1 tomatoes, cut in bite size pieces
1 cup cucumber, thick julienned
3 scallions, chopped
1/4 cup green pepper, julienned
1/4 cup pine nuts or 1/4 cup peanuts, roasted
2 slices bacon, chopped
1 lb ground beef
1/4 cup onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 medium apples, shredded or 1 medium apple, chopped finely
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 cup raisins
2 -3 tablespoons pineapple juice
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
pepper
1 1/4 cups beef broth (or 2 beef bouillon cubes mixed with 1 1/4 c water)
1/4 cup curry powder
1 cup milk
white rice, cooked

Steps:

Put all the condiments on a large platter or individual serving bowls. Reserve juice from pineapple for sauce.
In a deep frying pan, heat 1 T oil on medium heat and saute bacon, onion, garlic and apple. Turn down heat to low and continue cooking until onion is translucent, approximately 10 minutes.
Add ground beef and brown the meat using wooden spoon breaking up the meat. Cook until meat is browned. Add flour and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes more.
Add raisins, pineapple juice, lemon juice, sugar, salt, tomato paste, beef stock or bouillon cubes with water, curry powder, pepper to taste and cook for 2-3 minutes on simmer.
Add milk and continue cooking on simmer for another 30 minutes or until the sauce has thickened a bit and fragrant.
To serve - place about 1 C either short or medium grained cooked rice on plate and ladle curry sauce over the rice. Scatter all the condiments or let the guests scatter condiments of their choice.