Old Dhaka Beef Tehari

Name: Old Dhaka Beef Tehari
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Cuisine: American, Asian, Indian
Ingredients: Seeds from 6 green cardamom pods; Seeds from 1 black cardamom pod; 4 cloves; 5 cm cassia bark or cinnamon stick; 1 small blade mace; ⅛ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon coriander seeds; ½ teaspoon black peppercorns; ½ teaspoon shahi jeera; 600 g beef chuck (braising steak or boneless shin, cut into 2.5cm pieces); 60 ml food grade mustard oil; 30 ml rapeseed (sunflower or another neutral cooking oil); 200 g onion (thinly sliced); 30 g Garlic and Ginger Paste; 2 green finger chillies (finely chopped); 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder; 1¼ teaspoons fine salt; 100 g full fat natural yoghurt (whisked); 1 teaspoon caster sugar; 350 ml freshly boiled water (plus extra only if required during braising); 350 g basmati rice; 150 ml whole milk (heated); Freshly boiled water (as needed to bring the measured cooking liquid to 600ml); ¾ teaspoon fine salt; 8 green finger chillies (left whole); 1 teaspoon kewra water; 15 g ghee (melted)

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:2h

A Bangladeshi one pot beef and rice dish flavoured with food grade mustard oil, green chillies, ground spices, yoghurt, kewra and ghee. The beef is braised until tender before the rice cooks in its measured gravy.

Updated at: Sun, 01 Nov 2026 05:54:52 GMT