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Irachi Varatiathu - Meat Cooked with Milk

Ingredients of Irachi Varatiathu

Serves: 4

A Christian dish.

500 gms boneless mutton or beef

1 cup ghee

3 medium-sized onions, chopped

6 shallots, chopped

2 stalk curry leaves

1 tsp powdered mustard seeds

1 tsp black pepper powder

1 ½ cups milk

Ground to a fine paste:

6 green chillies, chopped

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp black pepper powder

1 tsp mustard seeds

3-cm piece ginger, chopped

1 ½ tbsp white vinegar

1 tsp salt

4 tsp water

Method of Preparation of Irachi Varatiathu

  • Wash meat, pat dry and cut into thin, 3-cm long strips.
  • Rub spice paste into meat and marinate for an hour.
  • Heat ghee in a kadhai and deep-fry meat in batches. Drain and set aside in a fresh pan.
  • Add onions, shallots and curry leaves to kadhai, and fry till shallots turn brown. Add to meat.
  • Mix spice powders with milk and stir into meat.
  • Place pan with meat on high heat, bring to boil, lower heat and simmer till gravy thickens.
  • Serve with rice, pathiri or porotta.
 
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