Gray's beef Piratal

Ingredients

• 250g good quality beef ( diced) 
• 500ml of beef or chicken stock ( my version)
• 3 vine ripen tomatoes 
• 2 red onions 
• 5 cloves of garlic 
• 1/3 a teaspoon of mustard seeds, fennel seeds
• 2 tbs of chili powder
• 1 tsp of turmeric powder
• 1/2 a cup of coconut milk
• salt.
• a dash of soy sauce
• any good cooking oil.

for the stock

•  100 - 150 g of beef or chicken bones
• 2 onions ( halved and skin on)
• 1 whole garlic ( halved and skin on) 
• 2 carrots
• 1 stem of leek
• 6 pepper corns
• sea salt
• a dash of soy sauce. 

Method

To Create the Stock  -  first fry of the bones in a heavy based pan until the bones are browned then add water half way to the pan, add the rest of the ingredients and bring it to a boil, then allow it to simmer for at least a couple of hours. 

• First marinate the beef in 1 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder, turmeric powder and salt and soy sauce and allow it to rest for at least 45 mins - 1 hour 
• Next after the meat is marinated, cook the beef in the stock until it is soft and tender, 
• Next dice the onions, garlic, fry them off along with the mustard and fennel seeds until golden, next chop the tomatoes and add them to the mixture 
• Add the beef , coconut milk and 1/2 a teaspoon of chili powder 1 tsp of sugar and a dash of salt and cook until the meat is combined with the sauce and the dish is thickened. 

Serve in clay pot with hot steamy rice or freshly baked Chapati or Roti, :)

please note - the stock can be refrigerated to up to a month or frozen up to 3 months, if taken extra care, can be kept longer than that and used over and over again, too cook any meat items or even veggies :)