Bangladeshi Dinner Rice Dishes Meat Recipes

Bangladeshi Tehari

Name: Bangladeshi Tehari
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Bangladeshi
Ingredients: 600g beef chuck, cubed; 3 cups basmati rice, washed; 3 onions sliced; 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste; 3 tbsp mustard oil; 5 cardamom; 1 cinnamon stick; 5 cloves; 2 bay leaves; 1 tbsp garam masala; 1 tsp turmeric; 2 tbsp green chilli paste; 5 cups stock or water; Salt; Coriander

Spicy beef-and-rice dish from Bangladesh with mustard oil, ginger, garlic and warming spices — Old Dhaka's street favourite.

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20 minPrep

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1 hr 15 minCook

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5Serves

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MediumLevel

Ingredients

600g beef chuck, cubed
3 cups basmati rice, washed
3 onions sliced
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
3 tbsp mustard oil
5 cardamom
1 cinnamon stick
5 cloves
2 bay leaves
1 tbsp garam masala
1 tsp turmeric
2 tbsp green chilli paste
5 cups stock or water
Salt
Coriander

Instructions

Heat mustard oil; fry whole spices.
Brown onions until deep gold.
Add ginger-garlic; cook 1 min.
Add beef; brown.
Add chilli paste, turmeric and 500ml water; simmer covered 35 min until tender.
Add rice and remaining stock; salt.
Cover; cook on low 18 min.
Sprinkle garam masala; rest 10 min.
Top with coriander.

Tara’s tips

Mustard oil is signature.
Long beef braise before rice goes in.

Serving suggestions

Eat with raita.

Storage & reheating

Keeps 3 days.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.