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Westbengal · Dinner

Beef Curry Kolkata Muslim Household

🍗 Non-veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Easy

Bone-in beef cooked in a simple onion-ginger-garlic-turmeric gravy — a cornerstone dinner of Kolkata's Muslim household cooking, unpretentious and deeply nourishing.

⏱️15 minPrep
🔥90 minCook
🕒105 minTotal
🍽️4Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Beef Curry Kolkata Muslim Household

  1. Brown beef pieces all sides in hot oil.
  2. Remove.
  3. Fry onion with bay leaf to golden-brown.
  4. Add ginger-garlic; fry 3 min.
  5. Add all spice powders; bhuna 5 min.
  6. Return beef; add hot water and salt.
  7. Cover tightly; simmer on lowest heat 60–75 min until beef is very tender.
  8. Shin takes 75+ min; chuck 60 min.
  9. Uncover; add garam masala; cook 10 min to thicken slightly.
  10. Serve with rice and dal.

📖 Cultural notes

|---|---|---|---|---| | 430 kcal | 40g | 12g | 24g | 2g | Beef is a central protein in Kolkata's Muslim household cooking — largely absent from Hindu Bengali tables. In the dense Muslim neighbourhoods of Park Circus, Metiabruz and Khiddirpur, beef curry is the weekly dinner mainstay. The dish is simple but deeply flavoured — the bone marrow adds richness that no other cut provides. Served at Eid feasts and Friday night family dinners, it represents Muslim Bengali household culture at its most essential. ---

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