Chunky and Creamy Beef Curry
The Creamy Beef Curry recipe is one of the first recipes I cooked with my Thermomix from the Recipe Community. There have been so many adaptions to the recipe as it is so good and in this blog post I’ve modified it how my family enjoys it; with a thicker gravy. I have used this recipe to help my kids learn to eat spicy food; simply adjust the chilli and sugar ratios. The version I am blogging here is on the mild side and we love to accompany it with fluffy Jasmine rice, mashed potato or an Indian flatbread.
Prep and Cooking Time – 1 hour and 15 minutes | Serves – 4 to 6
INGREDIENTS
ORIGINAL RECIPE LINK – Creamy Beef Curry by Toxy
METHOD
Add onion, minced ginger, garlic and chillies into the TM bowl and chop 5 sec / speed 7.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add butter. Sauté 3 mins / 100oC / speed 1 / MC on.
Add curry powder and black cumin seeds. Sauté further for 2 mins / 100oC / speed 1 / MC on.
Add sugar and white vinegar then mix 5 sec / speed 3.
Add stock concentrate, diced beef and tomatoes to the TM bowl and cook 35 mins / 100oC / reverse blade / speed soft / MC on.
Add thickened cream and use your spatula to mix it through the curry and loosen any meat from the blades. Replace the measuring cup with the simmering basket. To thicken the sauce, continue cooking the curry 25 mins / Varoma / reverse blade / speed soft / MC off.
Transfer to a serving dish. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon and stir through before garnishing with coriander. Enjoy immediately.
Tanya
February 22, 2017 at 2:31 pmThank you so much Karla for your adaptation to this recipe. While not the worst curry I’ve ever had, the original just didn’t do it for me. But I knew as soon as you released this that it was going to be good! It’s incredible, much more streamlined and faster and tasty!!! I love it and will be making this again and again!
Malindi
February 22, 2017 at 3:00 pmThis was so good! Is the first curry I’ve made in my thermie, it was easy & had great flavour. Will be making it again for sure, thanks!
Tracey
March 2, 2017 at 9:05 amCan you make this without sugar?
Karla D'Lima
March 2, 2017 at 6:32 pmYou can leave it out if you like it hot. Or if you don’t like hot, leave both chilli and sugar out and rely on the spices of the curry powder.
Nicolle
April 2, 2017 at 6:21 pmOur family love this recipe and I cook it regularly, it never disappoints!
Melody
April 26, 2017 at 7:50 amHey Karla, could u use any curry powder and normal cumin seeds in this recipe
LaLa
April 26, 2017 at 7:51 amA meat based curry powder will be fine (I use Keens which is readily available from Coles). You can omit the cumin seeds if you can’t source black ones 🙂
Ral
November 12, 2017 at 4:14 pmJust made this easy curry! Absolutely delicious!
Jayde Carrott
January 3, 2018 at 6:51 pmThis was absolutely delicious ! And I had all the ingredients bar the black cumin , what a good family dish
Amber
March 13, 2018 at 7:00 amI love this curry and cook it regularly. Can it be cooked in a slow cooker? If so, how long would you cook it?
LaLa
May 5, 2019 at 10:37 pmI’m not sure but I would say roughly 6 hours. It would depend on the beef cut
Cici
May 15, 2018 at 7:08 pmMine was delicious but it turned out like mush – I followed the recipe exactly, made sure it was on reverse blade and it barely had any sauce? What did I do wrong? Absolutely loved the flavour!
LaLa
May 5, 2019 at 10:35 pmI am not sure ? how big / small were your meat pieces? I leave mine chunky and I also make sure to use gravy beef. Some meats vary in water concentration too
PS
August 19, 2018 at 4:17 pmHi Karla, your picture looks having lots more liquid than how mine turns out! Did I miss something?
LaLa
May 5, 2019 at 10:31 pmNot at all. My picture is a low carb version with no thickeners. You can either use a thickener like cornflour, or leave the recipe as is and line the base of the tray with risoni or rice to absorb the liquid.
Dawn Willey
September 1, 2018 at 6:04 amWhat is thermos stock concentrate?
LaLa
May 5, 2019 at 10:30 pmIt’s the stock concentrate you make with your consultant when you purchase a Thermomix
Anthony & Amy Thomson
October 4, 2018 at 3:30 pmWondering if this would freeze well?
LaLa
May 5, 2019 at 10:30 pmI’ve had no issues freezing this, even with rice!
Anna
February 26, 2019 at 11:22 amCan you use coconut cream instead of thickened cream ?
LaLa
May 5, 2019 at 10:29 pmYou most certainly can!
Georgina Ata
May 19, 2019 at 12:15 amplease explain “1kg gravy beef, 2cm cubes”. I’m in the States. Dying to try recipe but not clear on this.
Karla D'Lima
July 10, 2019 at 12:14 pmHi Georgina, gravy beef is a cut of meat. the 2cm cube reference is how big the pieces should be. I hope this helps 🙂
Natalie Pearson
August 31, 2019 at 2:50 pmHi Georgina. Here in Australia gravy beef is a cheap cut of meat and used for casseroles and stews etc. If just fried or grilled would be tough but simmered for a while it softens it and it’s very tasty!
Jb
October 12, 2019 at 2:30 pmHi,
Can you use babas meat curry powder instead of Keens?
Thanks!
Lala
November 18, 2019 at 4:37 pmYou can, I’m just not sure how the flavours will be as they are unique curry mixes.
Jody Ryder
March 24, 2020 at 8:03 pmLove this! Made this tonight for the first time and the whole family ate it. Hubby especially liked it and he isn’t usually a fan of Thermo curries, but this thickened up so nicely in that last 25minutes. Will definitely be making this again.
Lori
April 28, 2020 at 4:42 pmThanks for this recipe. How would I make the sauce thicker?