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[Slow Cook] NZ Slow Cooked Madras-Style Beef & Carrot Couscous

with Pickled Onion Salad & Greek Yoghurt
Recipe Development Team
Recipe Development TeamUpdated on November 12, 2025
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Calories
486 kcal
Protein
41.8g protein
Total
4 hours 10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Allergens:
  • Wheat
  • Gluten
  • Milk
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Serving amount

1 sachet

Vegetable Stock Powder

1 packet

Apricot Sauce

1 packet

Couscous

(Contains: Wheat, Gluten; )

1 packet

Greek-Style Yoghurt

(Contains: Milk; )

1 packet

Baby Spinach Leaves

1 packet

Tomato Paste

1

Red Onion

1 sachet

Mumbai Spice Blend

300 g

Beef Rump

1

Carrot

1

Radish

Calories486 kcal
Energy (kJ)2030 kJ
Fat6.8 g
of which saturates2.6 g
Carbohydrate63.4 g
of which sugars21 g
Dietary Fibre6 g
Protein41.8 g
Sodium733 mg
Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region.

Cooking Steps

1

• Finely chop garlic. Thinly slice radish. Roughly chop baby spinach leaves. • Thinly slice onion (see ingredients). In a small bowl, combine the white wine vinegar and a good pinch of sugar and salt. • Scrunch sliced onion in your hands, then add it to pickling liquid. Add enough water to just cover onion. Set aside. • Cut beef chuck steak into 3cm chunks.

2

• In a large frying pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil over high heat. Cook beef chuck until browned on all sides, 3-4 minutes. • Add Mumbai spice blend, tomato paste and half the garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. • Transfer beef chuck (including pan juices!), the water (for the sauce), brown sugar, butter and apricot sauce to slow cooker and set cooking temperature to high. • Place lid on slow cooker and cook, stirring each hour, until beef is tender and falls apart, 4 hours.

TIP: If you don't have a slow cooker, preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Transfer mixture to an ovenproof saucepan, cover with lid (or tightly with foil) and bake until beef is tender, 90 minutes.

3

• When the slow cooker has 10 minutes remaining, grate carrot. In a medium saucepan, heat a drizzle of olive oil over medium-high heat. • Add carrot and remaining garlic, and cook, stirring, until softened, 2-3 minutes. Add the water (for the couscous) and vegetable stock powder and bring to the boil. • Add couscous, stir to combine. Cover with a lid and remove from heat. • Set aside until the water is absorbed, 5 minutes. Fluff up with fork.

4

• Drain pickled onion, reserving a splash of pickling liquid. • In a large bowl, combine pickled onion, radish, baby spinach leaves, the reserved pickling liquid and a drizzle of olive oil. Season to taste. • Divide carrot couscous between bowls. • Top with Indian slow cooked Madras-style beef and pickled onion salad. Dollop over Greek-style yoghurt to serve. Enjoy!