• Beef Carrot Stew

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    Carrot Stew and all tomato less stews are all the rave on food groups on Facebook. I first saw the recipe on the So you think you can cook group and I have to admit I was blown away at the idea. I cannot for the life of me remember who was the originator of this brilliant idea but I mean why have we not been doing this all along? Necessity is truly the mother of invention. If you do not live in Nigeria, or don’t understand why this is such a big deal, Tomatoes have become scarce and they make up majority of our dishes. We use tomatoes for soups and stews that are staples in the Nigerian cuisine. I had no reservations trying this version of stew because i love carrots in general and they don’t have an overpowering flavor so i figured they would blend well in the stew. The carrots also provide bulk to the stew the same way blended tomato does without all the excess liquid. I also added a tiny twist to it by adding scent leaves to the stew to give it a little bit more character. The benefit of this stew I see is an increased vitamin A content which in Nigeria is a necessary nutrient as it has been reported that there is a deficiency nationwide. Do let me know in the comments if you try my version of carrot stew.

    Recipe for Beef Carrot Stew

    Ingredients

    7 medium pieces of Carrots

    2 cooking spoons of Blended Tatashe-Pepper Mix (Bell peppers and scotch bonnet peppers)

    8 Pieces of medium sized Beef (Seasoned and Boiled)

    1 small bulb of Onion

    1 clove of Garlic

    1 teaspoon of grated Ginger

    2 Cooking spoons of Vegetable Oil

    Seasoning cubes

    1/2 teaspoon of Curry

    1 tablespoon of chopped Scent leaves

    Method

    Scrape, wash and boil your carrots till soft.

    Place in a blender without water and grind till completely shredded.

    In a pot, heat up your oil and fry your onions, garlic and ginger.

    Pour in your Tatashe-pepper mix and your beef and allow to simmer on low heat for about 10-15 minutes.

    Season with curry, seasoning cubes and anything else you may wish to add.

    Pour in your carrots and stir in and allow to simmer on low heat for another 3-5 minutes.

    Add your chopped scent leaves and stir in and serve hot with rice, yam, plantain, pasta or any other accompaniment of your choice. 

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    Beef Carrot Stew

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    27 comments on “Beef Carrot Stew”

    1. Andem Nina Bassey Reply

      Thanks Afrolems for this recipe as tomatoes now is like gold. I will try it and let you know how successful it turns out to be.

    3. Olamide Reply

      Do I still need to boil the carrot if I’m using the commercial grinding machine?

      • afrolems Reply

        You may not need to but you would have to cook it longer in the stew so you dont have a crunchy stew.

    5. HN Reply

      I just made this stew and it’s so awesome. I may never go back to regular tomato stew 💃💃
      Thank you for this recipe!!

    6. Kiersten Reply

      Grеetings! Very helpful ɑdvice in this particular artiϲle!
      It’s the little changes that will mаke the largest changes.

      Thanks a lot for shaгing!

    7. Blessing GG Reply

      This is good,will definitely try this recipe, thanks afrolems.

      Am still waiting for your name t-shirt o.

    8. Chidimma Reply

      How about blending the carrots with the peppers before frying? Also would like to know St what point to stop the frying.

      • afrolems Reply

        I did not try this method but it should work. As long as you boil the carrots prior so it blends well. If you plan on blending the carrots with the pepper, you may wish to fry for about 10-15 minutes on low-medium heat just so it cooks properly.

    9. Chidimma Reply

      How about blending the carrots with the peppers before frying? Also would like to know St what point to stop the frying. Please reply

    10. Efe Reply

      Hi hi. I tried this today (this evening). The result was more of a paste not really stew….like. The carrots were the reason actually, i noticed they were paste-y/pasty after blending. I boiled them for maybe half an hour tbh. It was ‘glitching’ my blender so I cut it up a bit but it was still glitching it. Any help for my next try with the carrots?

      • afrolems Reply

        Hello Efe,

        That is weird that it happened that way. I boiled mine and it was easy to blend. I would say for next time. Chop up your carrots before boiling and blend. Alternatively you can also grate it before boiling then blend again just to get it extra smooth. Also to avoid a pasty stew, you can add a little more oil. I am more conscious of the amount I use for health reasons. You can also increase the amount of pepper and onion mix just to get more of a sauce out of it. Hopefully it works out for you next time.

    11. Freshly Yours Reply

      Thanks for this !
      What we did was:
      1. We blend all item of Ginger + Onions + Rodo + Tatase + Carrots together (we usually freeze our boiled carrots for ease of storage and ready to use in rice/pasta/yam/beans) in a home blender without adding garlic though.
      2. We boiled mixture for about 10-15 mins before adding pure groundnut oil (not one of the known brands)
      3. We added seasoning and protein source and boiled for 5 mins further
      4. Soup turned out very sweet is an understatement….we posted it on our facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/freshlyyours

      We will try another vegetable and give you the results too 😉

    12. Freshly Yours Reply

      You can pre-boil carrots for 3 mins before blending, chopped or unchopped (after shaving off its skin to make to get the smooth feel)..it is sufficient as it is a vegetable too, don”t want to loose all the nutrients 🙂

    13. Cindy Reply

      I tried this sauce in 3 different ways and each time, it came out just as good, if not better.
      I’m not a beef person so I used the heart kind of beef as a substitute, next I tried it with chicken & finally, with smoked fish :)…I know right, I like food :)….thanks Afrolems…you’re the best.

    14. angel Reply

      I love this stew I cook it always but I don’t boil d carrot before granding ND I don’t use centleave but will use it this tym thanks

      • omolara Reply

        Angel do you grind with the grinding machine or you used blender??

        • afrolems Reply

          Hello Omolara, i used a blender because I had already boiled the carrots so it was soft. However, if you choose to blend the carrots before boiling, you may need a stronger blender or grinding machine.

    15. Mimi Reply

      This is very cost-effective at the moment considering how expensive tomatoes is where I live.

      Will definitely try it out. Thanks a lot for this amazing recepie.

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    19. Loveline Reply

      Thx a bunch 4 this. I had always wanted 2 try d recipe and so yday google helped me find urs😁and i made d sauce….. did mine with minced beef. It was superb👌 so much that even my hubby dats always so critical of my “practicals” n he doesnt even bother 2 taste em o☹, he decided 2 try this one and he told me today that it was delicious and he enjoyed it💃. I served it with ofada rice super combo💃💃💃.

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