Beef Stew With Mango Chutney Food

SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW WITH FRUIT CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Season flour with salt and pepper and coat the beef cubes
• Preheat a large frying pan on medium-high heat. Add 2 tbsp oil and brown the beef on all sides, in batches. Transfer to slow cooker
• In the same pan, heat remaining oil. Add onion, garlic and thyme. Cook, stirring often, over medium heat for 3-4 minutes until onion is tender. Stir in tomato paste. Add red wine. Bring to the boil
• Transfer onion mixture to the bowl of slow cooker. Add stock, carrots, celery and chutney
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 4-6 hours, or LOW for 7-8 hours. Top with chopped parsley. Serve with mashed potato and beans

STIR FRIED BEEF WITH MANGO

Steps:

• Cut beef into thin bite-sized slices.
• Combine marinade ingredients in a bowl, add beef and marinade for 20 minutes.
• Set wok over a high heat.
• Add oil and wait until it's almost smoking, then reduce heat to moderate.
• Add beef and ginger and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes and remove with slotted spoon.
• Toss the mango slices in the hot oil then return the beef and ginger to wok along with the spring onions.
• Stir over the heat about 1 minute.
• Serve over rice.

MANGO CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Mix all of the ingredients together in a noncorrosive saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow the chutney to cool. Store in glass jars in the refrigerator up to six months.

COCONUT MANGO THAI BEEF CURRY

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat peanut oil over low heat. Add curry paste; cook and stir 3-5 minutes. Add coconut milk; cook and stir 3-5 minutes longer. , Stir in beef, mango, salt and pepper. Increase heat to medium-high; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until meat is tender, about 2 hours. If desired, serve with rice, onions, cilantro and lime wedges.

MANGO CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Peel the mangoes and chop the flesh into blueberry-sized pieces. Pour the vinegar and sugar into a large pan and simmer gently, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Increase the heat and bubble for 8-10 mins until reduced a little. Meanwhile, toast the cumin, coriander and cardamom in a dry pan until aromatic.
• Tip the spices into a pestle and mortar and gently crush them, leaving the seeds with some texture. Remove the cardamom pods, leaving the seeds in the spice mix, and add to the vinegar mix along with the mangoes, the other ingredients and 2 tsp salt. Bubble over a medium heat for 1 hr 15 mins - 1 hr 35 mins, until thick and syrupy. Leave to sit for 10 mins.
• Transfer the chutney into 2-3 sterilised jars while still hot. Seal the jars and leave to cool, then add labels. Store in a cool place for up to 2 years - the chutney will be best eaten after a few months, when the flavours have melded and mellowed.

MANGO CHUTNEY (A SLOW-COOKER EASY-PEASY METHOD) - ZWT-8

Steps:

• Put everything in the slow cooker & mix well (A 3 1/2 qt sized slow cooker was recommended).
• Cook on high for 6 hrs, until the mixture thickens. Serve on the side of Indian dishes.

LAMB & MANGO CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Put the onions, ginger and garlic in a food processor and blitz to a paste. If you don't have a processor, just chop very finely. Heat the oil in a deep flameproof casserole dish and fry the paste for 10 mins. Add some salt, the spices and tomato purée, then fry for 2-3 mins more until aromatic.
• Stir in the lamb and cook for a few mins until it changes colour all over - it doesn't need to brown. Tip in the coconut milk, tomatoes and 100ml water, and bring to a simmer. Cover with a lid, leaving a gap for some steam to escape, and transfer to the oven for 1½ hrs.
• Stir in half the mangoes, and cook for 1 hr more until the lamb is melting and tender. When it's ready, let the curry sit for 10 mins, then spoon off any excess fat from the top. Partly stir in the remaining mangoes, scatter with the coriander and drizzle with the reserved coconut milk. Serve with rice, chutneys and pickles of your choice.