Jamaican Style beef Short-Rib Curry

Ingredients: • 2kgs beef short ribs on the bone • 3 tablespoons curry powder • 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds ground • 2 tsp yellow mustard seeds ground • 1 tsp Chili powder (or more depending on how spicy you want it) • 1tsp dried thyme • 2 bay leaves • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper • 2 teaspoons ground cumin • 2 tsp coriander powder • 2 teaspoon ground turmeric • 1 teaspoons smoked paprika • 1 teaspoons ground allspice • 2 tsp crushed Ginger • 2 tsp crushed garlic • 3 onions, peeled and diced • 1.5lt beef stock Method: • Preheat the oven to 130°C • Heat about 3 Tblsp oil in a heavy bottomed pan. When hot, brown the beef short ribs well on all sides and remove from the pan • Add all the spices (except the thyme, black pepper and bay leaves) and cook for 2-3 minutes until fragrant • Add the onion and cook until softened. • Add garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute. • Add bay leaves, thyme, black pepper and stock and place the ribs back into the pot. • Cover tightly with foil and then a tight fitting lid and place in the oven for 5 hours (or until meat is very tender and quite literally falls off the bone), turning once halfway through. • Remove the meat from the sauce and set aside - keep warm • On the stove top, boil the sauce to reduce and thicken. • Add the meat back to the gravy and serve with rice, roti, or potatoes.