Steaks are flat cuts of meat pan-fried or barbequed and served
in thick sauce of different flavors. Loaves of bread with butter, potato
chips (french fries) and green salads are great accompaniment for the steaks.
Condiments like mayonnaise and ketchups goes well too. Steaks can
be served for breakfast, lunch or dinner, and a great idea for picnics.
Boneless flat cuts of tender beef is always preferred. This
particular recipe is modified and Indianized, so that even those who do not have
barbeque facilities can also cook it with ease at homes.
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| Home-cooked steak arranged on veg bed Photo: Seema Iqbal |
Ingredients - set 1 (for marinating)
Boneless meat: 1 kg (cut into flat pieces)
Ginger-garlic paste: 3 tablespoon
Soya sauce: 3 tablespoon
Olive oil: 3 tablespoon
White vinegar: 1.5 tablespoon
Salt: to taste
Ingredients - set 2 (for sauce)
Chicken stock: 1 cube
Ginger-garlic paste: 2 tablespoon
White vinegar: 1 tablespoon
Soya sauce: 3 tablespoon
Corn flour: 2 tablespoon
Cabbage: 1 cup (sliced)
Bell pepper (capsicum): 1 no (sliced)
Carrot: 1 no (peeled and cut)
Ingredients - set 3 (for presentation)
Sliced cabbage: 1 cup
Sliced bell pepper: 1 cup
Sliced carrot: 1 cup
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| Steak in ginger-garlic sauce, ready to eat Photo: Seema Iqbal |
Method: Step by step method for easy cooking
Step 1: Take the meat pieces and hammer them
using a meat hammer or rolling pin and put them in a bowl. Now add
ginger-garlic paste, soya sauce, white vinegar, salt, olive oil (ingredients
set 1) and marinate the meat for 1- 2 hours. You may also refrigerate the
marinated steaks overnight.
Step 2: Take a serving plate; arrange sliced
cabbage, carrot, and bell peppers (ingredients set 3) on the sides and keep
aside. You may also make a bed of these veggies to arrange the cooked
steaks over it.
Step 3: Take a heavy-bottom pan and pre-heat it.
Add some oil and pan-fry the hammered and marinated meat one side at a
time until it is done. You may also deep fry the meat instead of
pan-frying. Once done, arrange the beef steaks evenly in serving plate
which is already arranged with veggies (refer step 2), and keep it aside but
don’t allow it to cool down.
Step 4: Prepare corn starch by mixing the corn
flour in a cup of warm water. The corn starch is required for thickening
the steak sauce to bring it to a desired consistency.
Step 5: To prepare sauce, take the same pan in
which the meat is fried (no need to remove residue as it adds to the taste) and
add 4 cup of water and heat it. While heating add chicken stock, ginger
garlic paste, vinegar, soya sauce and keep stirring slowly. Once it comes
to boiling point, add cabbage, bell pepper and carrot (you may add any
vegetable of your choice at this point). Now add corn starch spoon by
spoon, keep stirring steadily so that the sauce becomes a bit thick and
lumps-free. Once the desired thickness is achieved switch off the stove.
Step 6: Now pour the hot and spicy sauce on top
of beef steaks which is already arranged in the serving plate.
Step 7: Serve yummy beef steaks with toasted
bread slices and butter. The steak is always accompanied by potato chips
and green salads. Bon Appétit.
Important and useful tips:
You can check the doneness by cutting into the middle of
steak.
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