Heavenly Bombay Beef Curry - tender pieces of beef in a delicious aromatic curry sauce.
This yummy recipe that was previously published on Slimming Eats has been improved and updated
If this one curry you make from this site, make it this Bombay Beef Curry, it is seriously yummy and a dish that the whole family will sit down and enjoy.
Delicious melt in your mouth piece of beef in a rich silky vegetable curry sauce with the slight creaminess from Coconut milk. It really is a winner when it comes to curry recipes.
I do use a food processor for chopping up the vegetables for this Bombay Beef Curry, it helps to thicken the sauce as well as keeping the vegetables nice and small which is great if you have any fussy ones in your house. Feel free to chop by hand though too, a food processor is a bonus but not a necessity when it comes to this tasty recipe.
Pair this Bombay beef curry up with some other delicious Indian side dishes, such as:
- Onion Bhaji
- Delicious Healthy Vegetable Pakora
- Bombay Butternut Squash
- Sweet Potato Flat Bread
- Sweetcorn Pilau Rice
- Zucchini Pilau Rice
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Best part of all is that this can be cooked stovetop or in an Instant Pot? (pressure cooker)
Never heard of an Instant Pot? - you are seriously missing out. It is the best kitchen gadget I have purchased. I love this thing so much, that I almost use it EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.
It's a 7in1 cooker, and it slow cooks, pressure cooks, saute's, has settings for soup, chilli, rice, porridge and even makes yoghurt (I haven't tried that yet). Things that would normally take hours can be cooked in minutes and the meat is usually so tender.
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How can I add a ⅓ vegetables to this Bombay Beef Curry?
There are already some hidden vegetables in this Bombay Beef Curry such as finely chopped onion, carrots and zucchini which add lots of speed to this dish, but if you want to increase your vegetables even further or are doing a day, how about serving alongside this Roasted Cauliflower Rice instead of regular rice - yum!!
What Kitchen Items do I need to make this Bombay Beef Curry?
- Kitchen Scales
- Chopping Board
- Measuring Jug
- Santoku Knife
- Food processor (but can use a knife)
- Measuring Spoons
- Wooden Spoon
- Instant Pot or Dutch oven pot
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Bombay Beef Curry (Stove Top and Instant Pot)
Heavenly Bombay Beef Curry - tender pieces of beef in a delicious aromatic curry sauce.
Ingredients
- 600g (21oz) of stewing beef (raw)
- 1 large onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbs of freshly grated ginger
- 2 carrots
- 1 zucchini
- 2 tbs of tomato paste
- 400g (14oz) of chopped tomatoes
- 200ml of beef stock
- 2 teaspoon of cumin seeds
- 1 tbs of ground coriander
- 1-2 fresh red chillies, chopped (can add more or less depending on you desired spice level)
- 1 teaspoon of turmeric
- ¼ cup (60ml) of coconut milk (canned)
- fresh coriander, chopped
- cooking oil spray
- salt and black pepper
Instructions
Stove Top:
- Add onion, carrot and garlic to food processor and pulse a couple of times until very finely chopped (or can chop finely by hand)
- Spray a deep pot with come cooking oil spray
- Add the onion, garlic, carrot and ginger and fry for a few minutes until softened.
- Add in the beef, red chilli, spices and tomato paste and mix till well combined.
- Add in the chopped tomatoes and stock
- Add zucchini to food processor and pulse until finely chopped (or finely chop by hand), add this in the pan.
- Stir to combine, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 1.5 hours until the meat is lovely and tender.
- Stir in the coconut milk until the sauce looks lovely and silky.
- Season as needed with salt and black pepper
- Serve with your choice of sides and some chopped coriander (cilantro)
Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker:
- Set instant pot to saute mode, spray inner pot with cooking oil spray.
- Add onion, carrot and garlic to food processor and pulse a couple of times until very finely chopped (or can chop finely by hand)
- Add the onion, garlic, carrot and ginger and fry for a few minutes until softened.
- Add in the beef, red chilli, spices and tomato paste and mix till well combined.
- Add in the chopped tomatoes and stock
- Add zucchini to food processor and pulse until finely chopped (or finely chop by hand), add this into the inner pan.
- Stir to make sure it is all combined.
- Add lid (close valve if not self sealing), set Instant Pot to manual high pressure for 20 minutes, and allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes, then release any remaining pressure.
- Remove lid and set Instant Pot to sauté mode, add in coconut milk and stir until sauce appears silky.
- Season as needed with salt and black pepper
- Serve with your choice of sides and some chopped coriander (cilantro)
Notes
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Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 283Total Fat 9.4gSaturated Fat 4.6gCholesterol 95mgSodium 352mgCarbohydrates 14.4gFiber 3.3gSugar 8.8gProtein 36.4g
Matthew Wilde says
Just had this for tea, it was very nice. I was tempted not to put the coconut milk in so that it was syn free, but I think the coconut milk made it.
Yummie - thanks.
Anonymous says
Just made this curry for my mum, dad, and myself. We were fighting over the leftovers in the pan! So so tasty! Thanks for this! Will definitely be making it again x
Honcho-SFX says
Can you make this in the slow cooker? And did you just have it on it's own like a soup, or with rice?
Anonymous says
yes this will work well in a slow cooker. I did serve mine with rice, but you could serve it with any side you like. Enjoy!!
Honcho-SFX says
thanks! Am going to make it this week!
Susan Kennard-Fanning says
So I said to the husband one Friday night, Chinese or Indian tomorrow night? He said he fancied a lamb rogan Josh. So I got on slimming eats looking for a lamb curry. Into the slow cooker it went Saturday morning and Saturday night was curry night! Happy husband!
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
So glad it was a hit. I love curries and may be a little biased, but I think I have some winners on here 😉
N Smith says
Could you use coconut yoghurt instead of coconut milk do you think, to save on Syns
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
I wouldn’t, you won’t get that silkyness to the sauce or the same flavour. It’s such a small amount of syns when divided into portions
Vicki Wodehouse says
Made this with chicken and omitted the coconut milk, was hot hot hot I added a handful of diced frozen veg to make it healthier better than local take away, really appreciate your inspiration thank you
Justin says
Wow! Seriously so simple and so amazing!
I didn’t use the zucchini (as I hate them) and added more coconut milk. - UNBELIEVABLY GOOD
thank you
Pauline says
Hi Siobahn, what do you do with the leftover coconut milk..it seems such a waste to just throw it away..
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
I use it in one of my other recipes or freeze it for another day 🙂
Sandra says
Didn’t change a thing followed as printed ... just perfect ! Thank you Siobhan
Patti says
This had really good flavour. We made in the instapot, but I think it would have been even better on the stove (our instapot usually makes the meat taste kind of boiled. We were running short of time so used it this time anyway)
Rachel Robinson says
Hi can u do it in a slow cooker
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Unfortunately, this recipe has only been tested using the methods listed. Whenever I’ve tested a recipe using other methods, I’ll always include those alternatives in the instructions.
If you’d like to try it in a slow cooker, you’d just need to use a slow cooker conversion chart to adapt it.
Hope that helps 😊