Ginger Stewed Beef, a beef recipe from Madagascar

Simple cooking rends beef tender and the ginger gives it a very different flavor from the characteristic Western cuisine. This is to be enjoyed with a good amount of boiled rice, a small bowl of rougai the really spicy sauce typical in the Indic Ocean area, and a few of the pickled vegetables known as achards, preferably tomatoes and onions.

Ginger stewed beef recipe

This ia a simple but hearty beef recipe where ginger adds the exotic flavor.The Malgache name for stewed beef is hen'omby ritra.

Ingredients

Procedure

1. Heat oil in a pan. Saute onions until translucent. Add garlic and ginger and cook for 1-2 minutes more.
2. Season the beef with salt and pepper. Add meat to the pan brown slightly and cover with water.
3. Bring to the boil, cover the pan and simmer for 1-1½ hours, until meat is tender. Add liquid if needed.

Nutrition facts

Cooking Tips

• If desired, add a few pink peppercorns to spice up the stew.
• This is a side dish to the rice meal in Madagascar. Serve with achards -pickled vegetables- and rougail -spicy sauce.