Tender Beef Fillet
Tender beef fillet morsels coated in a delicious sauce, one of my family's favourite weekend meals. Goes well with mashed potatoes or fries.
Ingredients
Method
- 1 kg fillet, cut into cubes (use the VERY best cut of meat for this recipe, beef tenderloin like filet mignon would be perfect, any lesser quality will NOT yield the same tender delicious results!)
- With such a good cut of meat, you need very minimum ingredients. Avoid extra aromatic spices like cumin n turmeric n tandoori masalas etc.
First you will need to marinate the steak in the following ingredients:
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 capful (about 1 tsp) of dark vinegar
- juice of 1 lemon (half if it's extra juicy)
- salt
- 1 tbsp oil
You can marinate for at least 2 hours. Overnight for best results.
- Put the meat with its marinade in a pressure cooker. Add 2 tbsp of tomato paste (add more for a darker gravy), half a tsp each of garlic n ginger paste plus juice of half a lemon. Chop one green chilli over it and add a quarter cup of water. Bring to a simmer, then cover the pressure cooker and let it cook for 10-15 minutes. The fillet should be ready by then coz it takes a very short while to cook. Let the steam get released, then open and check. You can simmer and dry it off if you do not like any extra sauce/gravy or if you want the sauce to thicken up. If it's still not tender enough, give it another 2-3 mins in the pressure cooker. Check and adjust for salt and chilli. Serve with fries or mashed potatoes and a salad.
For the Mashed Potatoes
- Use white potatoes for best results. Using 1 kg potatoes...adjust to the amount you will need.
- Peel and wash your potatoes then cut each one into about 4-6 cubes. Rinse them out then put them in a pan. Add water and salt, bring to a boil and once that happens be sure to keep the heat on medium and cover your pot.
- Boil until a knife easily pierces through the potatoes. Drain and put the potatoes into a bowl. Add 2-3 tbsp of butter, 2 tbsp of milk or cream, some salt, pepper or red chilli powder can be added if preferred. You can even add some lemon, chilli flakes and coriander if you want. Mash whilst the potatoes are hot. Serve immediately!
How much meat? I somehow scanned through the whole thing and haven’t seen it.
Sorry about that, in the transfer of recipes, the amount of meat was accidentally omitted. I have edited it now to include that.
Hi Fauzia,
Is there any substitute to red chili powder?? I can’t eat red chili. Once ,I tried one of your recipe without the red chili powder, it became dull. It was not reddish like in the photo.Can it be replaced by tandoori powder or paprika powder???
Please advise!
Hi, yes you can use paprika powder, perfectly ok. Or even mix some paprika powder with tandoori, whichever way you prefer.
i tried this and i looooveeee it. Thanks for the recipe. Keep adding more!!!!
Can we use beef undercut for this dish?
Yes you can.
can I try it with mutton?
can I try it with mutton?
Have never tried that but it
Have never tried that but it should be fine.
hi, can I boil normal coz I
hi, can I boil normal coz I don’t have pressure cooker and for how long?
Hi, yes you can. About 30
Hi, yes you can. About 30 minutes or until the fillet is tender.
Hi. If i use half kg meat
Hi. If i use half kg meat then do i half the ingredients?
Hi, yes.
Hi, yes.
Thanks. N can i use white
Thanks. N can i use white vinegar? I dont have dark vinegar.
Yes you can.
Yes you can.
hi. if im boiling normal, how
hi. if im boiling normal, how much water do i put? same 1/4 cup or more.
Start with half a cup and
Start with half a cup and then check and add if needed until the steak is tender.
Hi, can i use chicken instead of beef?