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Aana Pathiri is another exotic food hailing from the Malabar coast. This is a complete dish as both the starch and the protein-rich curry are mixed together.
Ingredients
| For Curry | |
| Beef | 750 gms |
| Ginger-garlic paste | ½ tsp |
| Green chillies | 4 |
| Onions | 2 |
| Tomato | 1 |
| Chilli powder | 1 tbsp |
| Coriander powder | 1 tbsp |
| Coconut milk | |
| Tamarind | |
| Coconut oil | |
| Salt | |
| For Pathiri | |
| Soaked rice | 1 ½ cups |
| Aniseed | ½ cup |
| Grated coconut | ½ cup |
| Banana leaf | |
Beef Curry: Method of Preparation
Heat oil in a vessel. Add a pinch of cinnamon, anise seeds, two sliced onions, ½ tsp ginger garlic paste and four sliced green chillies to the pan and saute well. Next add one chopped tomato and salt and a little tamarind and curry leaves and stir well. Add 750 gms of diced beef and 1 tbsp red chilli powder and some water to this masala and cook for 20 minutes. When the meat is cooked, add two cups of coconut milk and boil.
Pathiri: Method of Preparation
Take 1 ½ cups of soaked rice, ½ cup grated coconut, ½ tsp anise seeds and blend the ingredients to make the dough. Next, shape the dough into small circles and place the discs of dough on a greased banana leaf. Steam the dough to make pathiris. Add these pathiris to the curry and serve hot for a delicious meal.