This Beef Liver Recipe will surely convert the beef liver haters into lovers. I explained in detail how to cook beef liver odorless. Some people never try this wonderful dish because they don’t know how to remove the sickening bitter taste of the liver meat.
I make this recipe super easy and simple. Even a novice can prepare the tasteful beef liver dish without any hassle.
The beef Liver dish is very popular in Pakistan and India. It is a traditional dish of the subcontinent and is also named as kaleji masala dish. People consider it a budget-friendly and nutritional powerhouse meal. Besides the beef liver, mutton liver and chicken liver are also cooked in a usual dinner rotation.
In other countries, this dish is served usually with sautéed ringed onions but in the Indo-Pak, finely chopped onions are fried to make the kaleji masala. In this beef liver recipe, I prepared the masala with finely chopped onions. You can skip the onions here and sauté the onions rings separately for this dish.
How to Cook Beef Liver Without Flour?
With our beef liver recipe, it is super easy to make this flavorful beef liver dish at home. You’ll learn how to cook beef liver without flour.
People who love Kaleji Masala dish will also definitely enjoy it. Watch the video for step-by-step instructions for this recipe.
Cooking Beef Liver Odorless
The liver has an overwhelming odor due to excess blood in it. In this recipe, I’ll tell you how to get rid of the odor of the beef liver by removing the extra blood out of it and how to cook it soft and tender.
Trick to Overcome The Bitter Taste
I use the mixture of white vinegar and water to remove the bitter taste of the beef liver and make it odorless. We can also use crushed garlic and water as a substitute. When you cook the beef liver after this process, you’ll become the lover of this delicious beef liver dish.
To reduce its bitterness, the liver is also soaked in milk or buttermilk but I prefer the use of vinegar or crushed garlic for this purpose to get the best results.
Secret to Cook Soft And Tender
The beef liver outer white layer or membrane is somewhat hard to cook and resist to let the marinade infuse through it. We’ll remove it from all the pieces. It is very easy to remove this white membrane.
By removing the outer white skin (membrane), the liver will be cooked soft and tender. It will also absorb the marinade well to its interior.
How to Serve Beef Liver And Onions?
Traditionally, in the subcontinent, this dish is enjoyed with fresh chapatis. we can serve liver and onions with white rice, too. However, this dish will also be paired well with mashed potatoes, and/or roasted veggies.
Beef Liver Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ kg Beef Liver
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Mustard powder
- ¼ tsp Black pepper (Crushed)
- 1 tsp Red chilli flakes
- 1 tsp Crushed Coriander Seeds
- ½ tsp Mixture of Spices (Crushed)
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tsp Ginger, Garlic paste
- 4 tbsp White Vinegar
- 1 qty Tomato (Without seeds) finely chopped
- 1 qty Onion (medium) finely chopped
- 2 qty Onions (medium) sliced into rings
- 1.5 tbsp Coriander leaves
- 2 qty Green chillies cut into slices
- 8 tbsp Yogurt
- ¼ cup Cooking oil
- 2 tbsp Butter or Cooking Oil (for frying of onion rings)
Instructions
Preparation
- Chop (finely) onions, tomatoes, and coriander leaves. Cut the green chillies into slices. Prepare the ginger-garlic paste.
- Cut the beef liver into cube-shaped pieces. Place it in a bowl. To eliminate its odor, pour one glass of water and 4 tbsp white vinegar into the bowl. You can use crushed garlic as a substitute for vinegar. Stir well to mix the vinegar and water.
- Immerse the liver pieces in the mixture of water and vinegar for 8 to 10 minutes. After 10 minutes stir the mixture again and then drain off the water. Now pour the fresh water and wash the liver cubes and drain off. Continue this process until the clean water flows.
- Remove the outer white membrane of all the liver pieces. When the liver pieces have been washed 3 to 4 times, it will be easy to remove this white layer. After removing the layer wash it again with fresh water. After the beef liver pieces are cleaned thoroughly, apply the spices mixture to them.
Liver Marination
- To prepare marinade, pour yogurt into a mixing bowl. Add red chili flakes, crushed coriander seeds, the crushed mixture of spices, crushed black pepper, turmeric powder, and mustard powder to the yogurt.
- Mix all the ingredients well. Now apply the marinade thoroughly to the liver pieces. After this, refrigerate the marinade for 30 minutes for marination.
Frying the Beef Liver
- Turn the flame to low and pour the cooking oil into the frying pan or skillet and let it become hot.
- When the oil is hot enough put the ginger-garlic paste into it. Sauté just to turn it to light brown.Next, add finely chopped onions and keep stirring continuously to keep from burning. Fry it till very light brown in color. If you want to add onion rings, skip the onions at this step.When the onions start changing color, add finely chopped tomatoes. Remember to stir constantly while keeping the flame low.
- When the tomatoes become soft, put marinated liver into the frying pan.Now adjust the flame between low to medium and stir it constantly. When the liver starts changing its color, season it with salt. Mix the salt well with the spoon.
- If you skipped the step-3 above then this is the time to add the fried onions rings when the liver gets brown color. Cook a bit longer to taste. Liver will take 8 to 10 minutes as a whole till cooked through.
- Very delicious beef liver and onions dish is ready to serve. Put it in the serving dish. Sprinkle it with slices of fresh green chilies and chopped fresh green coriander leaves.
Video
Notes
If you want to add ringed onions then skip step-3 above of sautéing finely chopped onions. Take a frying pan or a skillet and melt 2 tbsp of butter in it over medium heat. You can use cooking oil as a substitute for butter. Separate the onion rings, and sauté until soft and fragrant. Take out the onions from the pan and set them aside.
