Directions

Put the chopped onion, garlic and ginger in a blender with enough thin cocnut milk to make the blender work

Mix the ground spices together and add to the meat with the blended mixture and leave it aside

Heat 1 tblsp oil in a large saucepan and fry the fennel and cumin for 30 seconds then fry the sliced onion until it starts to brown

Add the spiced meat and fry it until it changes colour

Add the remaining spices and the thin coconut milk and salt and simmer for as many hours as it takes to go nearly dry

Add the last tin of coconut milk and reduce again until it's nearly dry

Ingredients

• 2lb braising steak cut into rough chunks
• 1 tsp each of cumin seeds and fennel seeds
• 1 onion sliced
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tblsp chopped ginger
• 1 stick of cinnamon
• 5 whole cloves
• 3 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground black or white pepper
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tins cocnut milk and the same amount of water (This is called thin cocnut milk)
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tblsp tamarind paste
• 1 tin cocnut milk