Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Beef Pita


This is one of our favourite dinners on a sunday evening. I make this often for a gathering of family & friends. You could also substitute beef with chicken.

1 lb beef, cut into thin long strips
1 big onion, cut into thick slices
2 flakes garlic, sliced
2 splashes of soya sauce
salt, to taste
pepper to taste
1 jalapeno, chopped
1 small capsicum, cut into strips
1 cup sliced mushrooms
2 tbsp olive oil
4 pita breads

Marinate the beef strips with soya sauce, some salt & pepper. Set aside for 30 mins.

Wrap pita breads in an aluminium foil & let it slowly heat up in a 250 deg F oven till nice & warm.

Heat oil in a wok. Cook the entire dish from step one till the end on high flame. Put in the garlic & jalapeno. Fry till garlic turns brown. Add the onion & saute till they turn transparent. Add the mushrooms. Saute for around 4 mins. Next add the capsicum. Saute again for sometime. Add the marinated beef strips. Mix well. Season with salt & pepper. Saute till the beef strips get completely cooked & all the pan sauces has completed dried up.

Spoon the beef mixture onto individual pita breads, roll & serve hot.

7 comments:

RP said...

First time visitor.
Wow!! Lots of my favorite recipes! Pictures are so tempting.

Priya Bhaskaran said...

Hey Tina!! Long time no see.

Tina Jennifer D'Silva said...

Hey Priya... Nice to hear from you after a long time. Me a little busy for sometime. Planning to get back on track very soon.

How was your trip & how is India??

Anonymous said...

Hi Tina,

U know my mum used to prepare the same dish with parika and beef when we were small. I was thinking of this recipe since a long time and when i asked my mum abt this recipe, she said she had completely forgotten how to prepare it. I was so happy to see the same recipe here.

Anonymous said...

Hi Tina,

U know my mum used to prepare the same dish with parika and beef when we were small. I was thinking of this recipe since a long time and when i asked my mum abt this recipe, she said she had completely forgotten how to prepare it. I was so happy to see the same recipe here.

Tina Jennifer D'Silva said...

Hi Anonymous... Thanx a lot. BTW.. do let me know how it comes out in your kitchen..

Leigh said...

This sounds really good! I'll have to make this for dinner sometime this weekend. Thanks for sharing the recipe! :)