Hi.
i'm trying to put my gulyash recipe into proper english:-)
in fact i'm makin gulyash right now, tomorrow i'll throw a party for some friends (gulyash, like any soup, is much better the next day)
you'll find a lot of funny explanations, because i dont know the proper english terms. also, i'll use european measures (kg etc)
anyway, here goes:
hungarian gulyash (soup):
1 kg beef (preferrably from the leg of the cow-how d'ya call that??), sliced into cubes
300 grams of bacon (chopped coarsely)
1/2 kg of finely chopped onions
1/2 kg potatos,chopped in small cubes, and some carots, chopped in small cubes
about 6 tomatos
chopped garlic -to taste
3 spoons (big spoons, not tea spoons) of sweet hungarian paprika powder
2 bell peppers
red wine
salt
pepper
kümmel (they told me in english it's caraway seed)
-put bacon in a pan and fry til its golden/brown/crispy
-remove and leave some of the the fat in the pan (keep the rest in a cup)
-put onions in the fat and fry - if needed add more fat from the cup
-when onions get golden brown, add red wine from time to time (can substitute with water) and let the whole thing boil down gently, repeat couple times (usually i do it for 20 mins) , til the whole thing gets a nice thick consistence
-hardest part translationwise: take a big wooden thing and stomp on the whole thing, as to give it a smoother consistence-like a gravy. got it???
-take off the flame. add paprika powder and caraway seed, mix
-put back on the heat, fry the beef in the "gravy" til it gets nice and brown
-add tomatos, garlic, salt, pepper,
-simmer a little more
-add bell pepper (as a whole, just make some slices, it will be removed later)
-add water, just so the meat and tomatoes are covered
-do the dishes, watch a movie, you got about 1 1/2 hours time, check every now and then, refill some water, add more salt etc....
-check if meat is done,
-soon as meat is done, remove bell pepper>it's delicious> have a well deserved snack!, remove skins of the tomatos. add potatos (as much as You think makes sense to make it a nice soup) and carrots
-boil 1/2 hour more
-add more salt and pepper to taste.
done.
when serving, you might want to add some hot pepper.....
i hope i made sense. wow, that was hard:-)