Beef Roast

Ingredients:
Beef 1 kg (boneless rump pc)
Cloves 6-8 nos
Cinnamon 2" pc
Dry Chillies 8-12 nos
Pepper corns ½ level
Tbspn Garlic Pods 8-12 nos slightly crushed
Curry Leaves Oil - 4-6 tbspns
For marinating the Meat Ginger / Garlic paste 1 ½ tbspn
Lime Juice or Vinegar 2-3 tbspns
Turmeric pwd 1 level tspn
]Salt to taste For GarnishFried Onions - 3 big onions
Finely cut in circles and fried brown and crisp Fried Potato Wedges - 4-6 big - Potatoes par boiled, peeled and each potato cut in 4 lengthwise and fried to a golden brown and crisp.
Method:
Wash the Chunk of meat nicely- drain - then prick nicely with a fork all over marinate with the ingredients given under marination for atleast 2-3 hrs or over night in the fridge.Next day, take the Pressure Pan add oil when hot add the whole spices (Cloves, cinnamon, dry chillies, Pepper corns, Garlic pod, Curry leaves) & fry on Med.Heat till the cloves, peppercorns pop up & the garlic is brown - now put the marinated meat chunk & fry turning it all over to seal the juices, fry to a light brown on all sides.Add ½ cup of water along with the marination juices cover the cooker, put the stopper & leave to cook after the first whistle lower flame to min. & leave to cook for 20 mins. when done put off gas & leave the cooker to cool down on it's own.Open the lid & put back on the gas & continue cooking till all the soup has been absorbed by the meat - remove from heat & let the meat cool down a little - cut into thin slices & keep.In the same pressure cooker pan add a little more oil - to the whole spices still in the cooker - when hot fry the meat slices on med.
Heat to a light brown - (don't fry it too much then it will become hard) & remove. Arrange the meat slices in the center of a platter, & decorate the sides with fried Potato wedges & fried onions.Serve with Tomato Ketchup.
If you want to make a sauce to pour over the roast slices then when you remove the chunk of meat for slicing - strain the soup - & keep aside.Discard the spices.
Put the pressure cooker pan back on to the gas on medium heat add 2-3 tbspns of butter when the butter has melted add 2 tbspns of maida flour & fry till the flour turns a golden brown now add the soup + ¼ - ½ cup of water & keep on stirring - remove any lumps if any - continue stirring for 2 mins on low flame or till the sauce thickens - remove & serve over sliced roasted beef along with your fried Potatoes, Onions & Ketchup.
If the sauce becomes too thick add ¼ cup water & stir till the thickness is achieve