Recipe - Bistake ( Beef Steak

450 g Rump steak
2 Onions
75 ml Vinegar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Coarsely ground black
100 ml Oil
1 Sprig curry leaves
2 Cm cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon Ground mustard
100 ml Stock
1 teaspoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Chilli powder

Slice the beef into 50mm slices. Make onion rings with 1 One half onions and
chop remainder. Mix together the vinegar, salt and pepper in a bowl and
marinate beef for 1 hour. Heat the oil in a frying pan and when hot add the
curry leaves, chopped onion and cinnamon stick. When fragrant add the beef
and marinade. Gover pan and cook over a low heat till the beef is tender.
Remove the beef and set aside. Add the onion rings to the pan and stir fry
for a couple of minutes. Add the mustard, stock, sugar and chilli powder
and mix well. Put back the beef slices and cook for a further 23 minutes.
Remove the cinnamon stick before serving. From "A taste of Sri Lanka" by
Indra Jayasekera, ISBN #962 224 010 0

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