DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Beef Kala Bhuna
Dark, semi-dry Bangladeshi beef with mustard oil, onions and aromatic spices.
About Beef Kala Bhuna
Debjani Chatterjee Alam presents beef kala bhuna as a Bangladeshi speciality distinguished by its dark colour. Her researched version uses bone-in beef, mustard oil and a generous collection of aromatics and spices.
Onion, ginger and garlic supply the savoury base. Cumin, radhuni, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, mace and star anise create its layered spice character. Green and dried red chillies provide heat, with plain curd offered as an optional addition.
The finished beef remains in pieces within a dark, semi-dry coating. Fried onions are part of the mixture, and rice accompanies the hot serving.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Mustard.
Optional additions: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Beef Kala Bhuna
Debjani Chatterjee Alam’s Bangladeshi beef kala bhuna.
- Bone-in beefProtein
- OnionsAromatic
- Green chilliesSeasoning
- Ginger pasteAromatic
- Garlic pasteAromatic
- Cumin powderSeasoning
- Roasted cumin powderSeasoning
- Powdered radhuniSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Bay leavesAromatic
- Cinnamon stickAromatic
- Green cardamomAromatic
- Black cardamomAromatic
- ClovesAromatic
- Powdered maceAromatic
- Star aniseAromatic
- Dried red chilliesSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Plain curdLiquid · Optional
- Chilli powderSeasoning
- Mustard oilCooking medium
- RiceAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Bone-in beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader beef link for actual medium bone-in pieces.
- Onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Marination and separately fried onion allocations consolidated.
- Green chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ginger paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader ginger-root link for paste; full product formula unprovided.
- Garlic paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Full product formula unprovided.
- Cumin powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Roasted cumin powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader ground-cumin link for explicitly roasted form; distinct from first cumin allocation.
- Powdered radhuni: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact radhuni identity/candidate unresolved; not substituted celery seed or cumin. Listed83 and characteristic narrative53 despite no named method allocation.
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cinnamon stick: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Powdered mace: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader mace link for powder.
- Star anise: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried red chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Marination and fried-chilli allocations consolidated.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Plain curd (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Broader dairy-yogurt link for Bengali plain curd; explicitly optional95/117.
- Chilli powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed97; exact chilli cultivar/blend and named timing unprovided.
- Mustard oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Mustard source-confirmed. All marination, onion/chilli frying and meat cooking uses retained.
- Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named rice serving branch125 selected over paratha/biryani; exact variety/formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Bangladesh
- BangladeshCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bangladeshi Cuisine
- Bangladeshi Bengali CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.