Being from England, I am an avid curry fan but unfortunately there are no real Indian restaurants in the Dominican Republic. I often get asked this a lot from clients who are English as well. A chap tried to open one up a couple of years ago near Sosua, however, the location and prices made it unsuccessful. Finding myself with some free time yesterday afternoon, I found a basic recipe and added a few personal touches to make a typical South Indian style Beef curry. Very simple to do and all these ingredients are available from the Playero supermarket in Sosua as well as the larger supermarkets around the country e.g. La Sirena, Jumbo, National etc…
You will need the following:
1 kg beef cubes
Couple of chopped onions
2” piece ginger
6-7 garlic cloves
5 green chillies, slit
5 tomatoes, chopped
2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
1 tbsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
4 green cardamom pods (I do not remember seeing these in Playero, but I must have bought them from somewhere, as they were in the house)
1” piece cinnamon
3 pieces cloves
2 potatoes, peeled and cubed to big pieces
1 400g can coconut milk
salt, to taste
Heat up the oil in a large pan and sauté the onions till they just about turn brown and are translucent. Grind the ginger and garlic together to a paste and add this to the onions. Add the green chillies as well. After a couple of mins, add the tomatoes and sauté well till the tomatoes are soft and the oil can be seen on the sides. Now add the chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves. Sauté well. At this stage, add the beef and mix properly. Add the coconut milk and some water in the pan to cover the beef. Cook on a low hear from about 3 hours until the meat is incredibly tender Now add the potatoes and cook till the potatoes are just about done and throw some chopped coriander (cilantro) on top. I always add salt at the end to adjust for taste. Serve with Basmati rice. Simply delicious. Sorry, I can not find my camera, so no photos.
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