Tropical Beef Curry Rice With Condiments

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices in syrup, cut in bite size pieces, reserve juice
• 1 -2 egg, boiled and shredded
• 1 tomato, cut in bite size pieces
• 1 cup cucumber, thick julienned
• 3 scallions, chopped
• 1/4 cup green pepper, julienned
• 1/4 cup pine nuts or 1/4 cup peanuts, roasted
• 2 slices bacon, chopped
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 medium apples, shredded or 1 medium apple, chopped finely
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 2 -3 tablespoons pineapple juice
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• 1 1/4 cups beef broth (or 2 beef bouillon cubes mixed with 1 1/4 c water)
• 1/4 cup curry powder
• 1 cup milk
• rice, cooked

Recipe

• 1 put all the condiments on a large platter or individual serving bowls. reserve juice from pineapple for sauce.
• 2 in a deep frying pan, heat 1 t oil on medium heat and saute bacon, onion, garlic and apple. turn down heat to low and continue cooking until onion is translucent, approximately 10 minutes.
• 3 add ground beef and brown the meat using wooden spoon breaking up the meat. cook until meat is browned. add flour and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes more.
• 4 add raisins, pineapple juice, lemon juice, sugar, salt, tomato paste, beef stock or bouillon cubes with water, curry powder, pepper to taste and cook for 2-3 minutes on simmer.
• 5 add milk and continue cooking on simmer for another 30 minutes or until the sauce has thickened a bit and fragrant.
• 6 to serve - place about 1 c either short or medium grained cooked rice on plate and ladle curry sauce over the rice. scatter all the condiments or let the guests scatter condiments of their choice.