Beef Curry

My brother, Cody, text all of our siblings one day and asked what were some of the meals we had often growing up.  He said it was interesting to hear everyones' different responses, but we all had a few dishes in common that we remembered.  This was one of them.  Everyone loves my Mom's curry!

Beef Curry

Ingredients:

1 ½ Tbsp vegetable oil

1 medium onion, diced

2 to 3 tsp curry powder

1 ½ pounds lean steak cut into 1 inch cubes

½ pound fresh mushrooms, sliced

1 tomato, diced

1 large clove garlic, minced

2 tsp salt

2 tsp sugar

About 2 cups water

2 Tbsp cornstarch

2 Tbsp water

3 cups cooked rice

Instructions:

Heat oil in heavy pot or skillet.  Saute onion over medium heat, just until tender.  Stir in curry powder; cook 1 minute.  Add beef cubes and next five ingredients in order listed.  Continue cooking until beef cubes are lightly browned.  Add enough boiling water to barely cover beef (about 2 cups)  Cover pan and simmer gently about 1 ½ hours or until beef is extremely tender.  Thicken with cornstarch-water mixture.  Serve over rice.