Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (2024)

Last Modified

Have you ever tried a Sri Lankan style deviled beef recipe at home? If not, this is the time to give it a try. Today, I am going to show you the best way to make a deviled beef recipe in Sri Lankan style.

Deviled beef is one of the most favorite red meat dishes among Sri Lankans.

You can easily find this dish in every Sri Lankan restuarants, but you can easily prepare deviled beef in your kitchen.

99% of the people make this dish with the tomatoes, but I am going to show you this recipe without tomatoes.

Alright, let’s see how to prepare a Sri Lankan style delicious deviled beef recipe without tomatoes.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (1)

My Favorite Combos

1. This Recipe + Chicken Fried Rice + Beef Curry
2. This Recipe + Vegetable Noodle + Beef Stew
3. This Recipe + Vegetable Rotti

Tasty Deviled Beef Recipe

Ingredients
  • Beef – 500g
  • Garlic cloves – 8 to 10
  • Ginger – Small piece (about the size of two garlic cloves)
  • Chili powder – 1 teaspoon
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon
  • Sugar – ¼ teaspoon
  • Ordinary vinegar – 3 tablespoons
  • Red chili flakes – 1 tablespoon
  • Onions – 150g to 200g
  • Banana pepper – 30g
  • Tomato sauce – 4 or 5 tablespoons
  • Lime – ½
  • Water – As you need (I used 130ml)
  • Salt – As you need
  • Cooking oil – As you need
Instructions

1. Grind ginger and garlic to a smooth paste as shown in the picture below. Also, get ready with vinegar, red chili powder, turmeric powder, sugar, salt, and water.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (2)

2. Cut the onions into medium-sized pieces and slice the banana peppers as shown in the picture below.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (3)

3. Get ready with tomato sauce, red chili flakes, and lime.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (4)

4. Rince the beef and cut it into large chunks. Add ginger-garlic paste, vinegar, turmeric powder, red chili powder, sugar, salt, and water. Mix them well.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (5)

5. Cook covered under the high flame until all the water evaporates. In a halfway through open the lid and give a stir to avoid burning. Once done, let them cool down to room temperature.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (6)

6. Now cut each beef chunks into thin slices as shown in the picture below.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (7)

7. Heat the oil in a deep fry pan and fry the beef slices until they turn to brown color as shown in the picture below. Don’t fry them for too long or you will lose the softness of the beef.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (8)

8. Now heat the cooking oil in a wok and add fried beef, onions, and banana peppers together. Fry them under medium flame for two minutes. Then, add the red chili flakes. Stir and fry them for another two minutes under low flame.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (9)

9. Finally, add the tomato sauce and mix under low flame for about a minute. Then switch off the flame and add lime juice. Taste and adjust salt if needed. Give one last good mix.

10. This is how to make the best deviled beef recipe at home. Serve and enjoy this delicious Sri Lankan style deviled beef.

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (10)

Notes

1. I instantly made ginger and garlic paste. If it is hard, use the bottled one.

2. If you don’t like spiciness, reduce the amount of chili flakes according to your taste.

Printable Recipe Card

5.0 from 2 reviews

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry

Save Print

Prep time

Cook time

Total time

Visit my site, www.topsrilankanrecipe.com where you can find a detailed, step by step process of this recipe with images.

Author: Rocy

Recipe type: Non-Vegetarian

Serves: 4 People

Ingredients

  • Beef - 500g
  • Garlic cloves - 8 to 10
  • Ginger - Small piece (about the size of two garlic cloves)
  • Chili powder - 1 teaspoon
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
  • Sugar - ¼ teaspoon
  • Ordinary vinegar - 3 tablespoons
  • Red chili flakes - 1 tablespoon
  • Onions - 150g to 200g
  • Banana pepper - 30g
  • Tomato sauce - 4 or 5 tablespoons
  • Lime - ½
  • Water - As you need (I used 130ml)
  • Salt - As you need
  • Cooking oil - As you need

Instructions

  1. Grind ginger and garlic to a smooth paste. Also, get ready with vinegar, red chili powder, turmeric powder, sugar, salt, and water.
  2. Cut the onions into medium-sized pieces and slice the banana peppers.
  3. Get ready with tomato sauce, red chili flakes, and lime.
  4. Rince the beef and cut it into large chunks. Add ginger-garlic paste, vinegar, turmeric powder, red chili powder, sugar, salt, and water. Mix them well.
  5. Cook covered under the high flame until all the water evaporates. In a halfway through open the lid and give a stir to avoid burning. Once done, let them cool down to room temperature.
  6. Now cut each beef chunks into thin slices.
  7. Heat the oil in a deep fry pan and fry the beef slices until they turn to brown color. Don't fry them for too long or you will lose the softness of the beef.
  8. Now heat the cooking oil in a wok and add fried beef, onions, and banana peppers together. Fry them under medium flame for two minutes. Then, add the red chili flakes. Stir and fry them for another two minutes under low flame.
  9. Finally, add the tomato sauce and mix under low flame for about a minute. Then switch off the flame and add lime juice. Taste and adjust salt if needed. Give one last good mix.
  10. This is how to make the best deviled beef recipe at home. Serve and enjoy this delicious Sri Lankan style deviled beef.

Notes

1. I instantly made ginger and garlic paste. If it is hard, use the bottled one.
2. If you don't like spiciness, reduce the amount of chili flakes according to your taste.


You May Like: How to Make Sri Lankan Beef Rolls (Video)
This is how to make the Sri Lankan style delicious deviled beef recipe at home. I hope you liked this tasty beef dish. When you have all the ingredients give it a try, I am sure you will like it, especially the kids.

If you have any questions or suggestions, leave them in the comment box below. Also, you can share this deviled beef recipe with your friends and family by clicking the social share buttons below.

It's Only Fair To Share

Deviled Beef Recipe Sri Lanka | Easy & Tasty Beef Fry - Homemade (2024)

FAQs

How to make beef stir fry tender? ›

How to tenderise beef – easily!
  1. Sprinkle 3/4 tsp baking soda (bi-carbonate soda) on 250g / 8oz sliced economical beef cuts.
  2. Toss with fingers, leave for 30 minutes.
  3. Rinse, pat off excess water.
  4. Proceed with stir fry recipe. It can be marinated with wet or dry seasonings, or cooked plain.
Feb 23, 2019

What is devilled mutton? ›

Marinated and grilled strips of mutton stir-fried with black pepper, red onion and mixed bell peppers in tomato based sauce. Allergy advice: Contains Oyster Sauce(Molluscs), Vinegar(Barley), Soy Sauce(Soya), Celery(Veg Cube) Sold as cold.

How to cook tender beef? ›

To cook it until it's so tender it falls apart, you'll need to choose a joint like chuck and blade or beef brisket and either braise, slow roast or slow cook it for at least a couple of hours.

How to make beef stir fry tender without baking soda? ›

Adding the par-cooked meat to a stir fry produces super tender meat. Place the meat in a bowl and add the marinade the wet marinade ingredients and the corn flour (corn starch). Mix it all up really well. You can let the meat marinate for as little as 30 minutes or overnight.

What is difference between beef and mutton? ›

Mutton is a term that is frequently used to refer to lamb meat or meat from any cattle animal other than a cow, but it is solely used here to refer to goat meat. Beef is made from the meat of a cow or a buffalo. Red meats, such as mutton and beef, are higher in fat and calories than lean meats such as chicken and fish.

Why is mutton so tasty? ›

Mutton is more tender than beef and has less cooking time and has a unique aroma so it tastes better when we cook gravy items like curries and it can also be barbequed.

What is the tastiest part of the mutton? ›

With a bone-in mutton shoulder, the marrow will add maximum flavour. This is the cut for you when you have a few hours to spare. The leg is a slightly leaner cut than shoulder, but still full of flavour due to being another hard working muscle.

How do I make my beef tender and not chewy? ›

  1. Pound it out.
  2. Use salt.
  3. Use an acidic marinade.
  4. Use kiwi, papaya, or pineapple.
  5. Score it.
  6. Slow cook it.
Jan 17, 2024

How to make beef tender quickly? ›

7 Ways to Tenderize Steak
  1. Pounding. Using a meat mallet (or kitchen mallet) to pound steaks helps soften and tenderize the meat. ...
  2. Salting. Most cuts of steak benefit from being salted up to an hour in advance of cooking, but especially tougher cuts. ...
  3. Marinating. ...
  4. Velveting. ...
  5. Slow Cooking. ...
  6. Enzymatic Application. ...
  7. Scoring.
Oct 18, 2022

What can I add to beef to make it tender? ›

Velveting is a simple process of using baking soda or a mixture of egg whites, cornstarch and oil to marinate and tenderize economical cuts of steak, chicken and other meats before cooking. Velveting meat softens fibers to reduce toughness and enhance juiciness for maximum flavor and tenderness.

How do you keep beef from getting tough in stir-fry? ›

If you're looking for a walkthrough on how to make beef tender for stir-fries, then you're in the right place! Luckily, it's quite easy to do and it's a 2 step process: Slice the beef against the grain, and make sure you always use cornstarch, water (to hydrate the meat), and oil in your beef marinade (velveting).

How do you soften beef when frying? ›

You can velvet meat and make it melt-in-your-mouth tender by quickly tossing chunks of beef or chicken in about ¾ tsp of baking soda for about 15 minutes before your next stir fry, then rinse and pat the meat dry before putting in the pan.

How do you make stir-fry not chewy? ›

Use tender, quick-frying meats or tofu. Meats such as chicken breast, shrimp, boneless pork or sirloin steak are all great for stir-frying. If the meat isn't tender, the pieces will become tough and chewy from being cooked too fast.

What is the secret to cooking tender beef? ›

Cook It Slowly

This is certainly true when it comes to notoriously tough cuts of meat like beef brisket and pork shoulder. Cooking these cuts of meat slowly, either by braising, stewing or grill roasting, is the best way to get these tasty cuts of meat meltingly tender.

References

Top Articles
Latest Posts
Article information

Author: Fredrick Kertzmann

Last Updated:

Views: 6032

Rating: 4.6 / 5 (66 voted)

Reviews: 89% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Fredrick Kertzmann

Birthday: 2000-04-29

Address: Apt. 203 613 Huels Gateway, Ralphtown, LA 40204

Phone: +2135150832870

Job: Regional Design Producer

Hobby: Nordic skating, Lacemaking, Mountain biking, Rowing, Gardening, Water sports, role-playing games

Introduction: My name is Fredrick Kertzmann, I am a gleaming, encouraging, inexpensive, thankful, tender, quaint, precious person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.