December 14, 2023 / In food , beef / Tagged as: beef, red onion, garlic, red pepper, aubergine, cinnamon, chilli, flour, cumin, chilli powder, raisins

Spiced Chilli Beef with Aubergine

Total Cook Time

30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp coconut oil or olive oil
  • 1 x 500g beef steak
  • 2 large red onions diced, finely chopped
  • 1 red pepper, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, diced
  • 1 aubergine, diced into 1 cm cubes
  • 1 chilli, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 200ml beef stock
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 40g raisins (very optional)

Method

  1. Melt the oil and cook the beef on a medium-high heat in a frying pan. Browning it adds colour.
  2. In a separate saucepan, add the onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes.
  3. Add the aubergine, red pepper and chilli.
  4. Add a dash of water to stop the ingredients sticking if necessary.
  5. Add the spices and the flour. Mix well to make sure there are no clumps of ingredients.
  6. Tip the beef from the frying pan into the saucepan.
  7. Add the beef stock.
  8. Simmer for 10-15 minutes. Season as required with salt.
  9. Serve up the spiced beef on rice with a side of shredded lettuce and a sprinkling of chopped coriander.

Note

Alternate spice combinations worth trying:

  • drop the cinnamon and instead add chilli powder.

Nutrition

Raw ingredients:

  • Onion 225g
  • Beef 500g
  • Pepper 115g
  • Garlic 15g
  • Aubergine 250g
  • Chilli 1g

Cooked it produce 380g portions X 3

Add more beef next time… 600g