08/06/2025
🥘 BEEF REZALA Recipe : Home Style
🍽️ Serves: 4-6
⏱️ Prep Time: 20 min | Cooking Time: 1.5–2 hours
🧄 Ingredients:
For Marination:
Beef (bone-in chunks) – 1 kg
Yogurt – 1 cup (well beaten)
Ginger paste – 2 tbsp
Garlic paste – 1 tbsp
Onion paste – ½ cup (from fried onions, see below)
Green chilies – 5-6, slit
White pepper powder – 1 tsp (optional for authentic flavor)
Nutmeg powder – 1 pinch
Mace powder – 1 pinch
Salt – to taste
For Cooking:
Ghee – 4 tbsp (or mix of ghee & oil)
Bay leaves – 2
Green cardamoms – 4
Cloves – 5-6
Cinnamon stick – 2 inches
Whole black pepper – 8-10
Dried red chilies – 2
Fried onion (beresta) – ½ cup (blend into a paste)
Warm water – as needed (about 2–3 cups)
Milk – ½ cup
Cashew paste – 2 tbsp (soak cashews & grind)
Kewra water – 1 tsp (optional but authentic)
Rose water – 1 tsp
Sugar – 1 tsp (optional, to balance flavor)
👩🍳 Instructions:
1. Marinate the Beef:
Mix beef with yogurt, ginger, garlic, onion paste, salt, nutmeg, mace, white pepper, and green chilies.
Cover and let it marinate for at least 2 hours (overnight is ideal).
2. Prepare Fried Onion (Beresta):
Thinly slice 2 large onions and deep-fry in oil until golden brown.
Blend half into a paste; keep the rest for garnish (optional).
3. Cook the Beef:
Heat ghee in a heavy-bottomed pan or pressure cooker.
Add bay leaves, whole spices (cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, red chilies). Let them release aroma.
Add marinated beef and cook on medium heat for 10–15 minutes, stirring until oil starts to separate.
Add warm water gradually, cover, and cook on low heat until beef is tender (~1.5 hours), or pressure cook for ~30 mins.
4. Final Touches:
Once beef is cooked and oil floats on top, stir in milk, cashew paste, kewra, and rose water.
Cook uncovered for another 10 minutes until the gravy thickens and becomes silky.
Add sugar to balance the flavor (optional).
Top with remaining beresta if desired.
🍚 Serving Suggestion:
Serve hot with steamed Rice, paratha, or naan.