Beef Rezala (Creamy Mughlai-Style Beef Curry)
Dietary and allergen labels, nutrition and cost are worked out automatically from each recipe’s ingredients and are a guide only. Check the labels on what you buy yourself — especially for allergies or coeliac disease. More about recipe labels.
Opens Equal House and puts it on the night you choose. No app yet? It’s free, and the recipe comes with you when you install it.
Ingredients
- 800 g braising beef, diced
- 2 onions, thinly sliced
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 200 g natural yoghurt
- 5 garlic cloves
- 20 g fresh ginger, grated
- 4 green cardamom pods
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 fresh green chillies
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 496 kcal
- Protein
- 45.3 g
- Carbohydrate
- 12.4 g
- of which sugars
- 8.6 g
- Fat
- 29.2 g
- of which saturates
- 14.3 g
- Fibre
- 1.5 g
- Salt
- 0.40 g
Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.
Method
- 1
Melt the ghee in a large pan and fry the onions for 10 minutes until softened and only lightly golden.
- 2
Add the green cardamom pods, bay leaves, garlic cloves and fresh ginger and fry for 1 minute.
- 3
Add the beef and cook for 8 minutes, turning, without browning deeply.
- 4
Whisk the natural yoghurt until smooth and stir it in a spoonful at a time, then add 350ml water, cover and simmer gently for 1.25 hours, stirring occasionally, until the beef is tender.
- 5
Stir in the fresh green chillies and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes to thicken the sauce to a rich, creamy consistency.
- 6
Serve with rice or paratha.
Plan your meals — and share the cooking
Equal House builds your shopping list by aisle, times the cooking for dinner, and shares it out fairly. Free to start.
Free to start on your iPhone Free to start on your Android phone Free to start · No ads · Your family's data stays yours.