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Beef and Vegetable Stir Fry



Beef and Vegetable Stir Fry


Beef and vegetable stir fry is a filling meal with meat and vegetables. It can be served over rice. It is also a quick fix lunch box idea. Try this with beef,chicken or prawns.

Ingredients
Beef - 1 lb cut into thin long strips
Vegetables- broccoli florets, bell pepper and mushrooms- 3 cup
Oil- 3tbs
(canola or sesame oil )
Soya sauce- 2 tbs
Dark soya sauce- 1 tbs
Chilly Garlic paste- 2 tsp
Ginger minced- 1 tsp
Ginger thinly sliced- 1 tsp
Garlic- 3 cloves
Rice vinegar- 1 tsp
Dark brown sugar- 2 tsp
Onion- 1 medium
Spring onions- 2 springs
Corn starch- 2 tsp
Sesame seeds and chilly flakes - a dash




In a sauce pan mix soya sauce, dark soya sauce, chilly garlic sauce, brown sugar, vinegar , minced ginger and 1/3 cup of water.  Heat this mixture in medium low heat for about two minutes and set aside.
In another bowl mix corn starch with two tsp of water and set aside.
Heat oil in a large pan or work to medium high. When it is smoking hot add the mushrooms, diced onions, broccoli and bell pepper. Stir fry in medium high for two minutes. Do not over cook the vegetables and it should retain its crispness. Remove the vegetables from the pan and set aside.
In the same pan add little more oil and add the meat. Stir fry in medium high heat for 3-4 minutes so that the meat gets a good sear and till it is slightly brown. Add sliced ginger, garlic, sesame seeds and chilly flakes and mix and saute.Add sauce and after a minute the corn starch to thicken the sauce. Serve this over rice.

You might also like,
Kerala Beef Fry
Kerala Beef Biryani
Beef Varattiyathu
Ethakka Beef Ularthiyathu
Ellum Kappa/Kappa Biryani

Try this
Hope you will all enjoy!

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