Tender Pakistani Beef Paya (Instant Pot) is made easy with the Instant Pot. Packed with impeccable warm flavors.
Tender Pakistani Beef Paya (Instant Pot)features tender trotters simmered in a flavorful onion-based curry, enriched with whole and ground spices. It's made with pretty basic ingredients that you'd have in your spice cabinet.
Listen… Beef or Mutton Paya Curry is not just food—it’s destiny. You don’t just eat it, you dive into it with chapati dripping in curry. So picture this: the very first time my family meets my husband, my mom serves Paya Curry. And me? Oh, I go full savage mode. I grab a bowl, rip up little pieces of chapati, mix it all with my hand, and just went for it.
Then I feel it—my mom’s death stare. You know the one. Like, “Child, I raised you better, and I will end you in front of guests if I have to.” But did I stop? Nope. Because that’s how you eat Paya Curry, and I was not about to fake it for anyone.
And the plot twist? My husband still married me after that performance. So yeah… Paya Curry: 1, Mom’s glare: 0.
HOW TO MAKE BEEF PAYA?
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Tender Pakistani Beef Paya (Instant Pot)
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 2 lbs beef trotters
- 5 tbsp ginger garlic paste 5 tbsp if you're using homemade ginger garlic paste and 2 tbsp if you're using store-bought.
- ½ medium onion finely sliced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 cup water
- 1 tbsp yogurt
Whole Spices
- 4 cloves
- 5 black peppercorns
- 4 green cardamom
- 1 cumin seeds
- ½ cinnamon stick
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 black cardamom
Powdered Spice
- 1½ tsp red chili powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 turmeric powder
- 1½ tsp kosher salt or as needed
- 1 tsp javitri powder
- a pinch garam masala powder
Garnish
- 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
- cilantro finely chopped
- 1 green chili pepper finely chopped
- ginger julienne
Instructions
- Make sure all the trotters are washed properly.
Instant Pot
- Turn on the Instant Pot, on saute mode, add water and let it come to a boil.
- After it comes to boil add 3 tbsp ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, jivatri powder, and coriander powder.
- Now add in trotters and cover the lit.
- Hit the Pressure Cook setting for 40 minutes. (Time may vary depends on the quality of the trotters.)
- Vent the steam out and set aside.
- In a medium size pot, on medium heat, add oil and let it heat up.
- Add in cumin seeds, green cardamom pods, black peppercorns, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, and cloves.
- Next add onion and sauté it until brown.
- Add in 2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste and mix well.
- Add yogurt and mix well.
- Add in the gravy and trotters from the Instant Pot to the pot.
- Let it cook for 10 minutes on medium to low heat.
- Add garam masala and mix well.
- Now cover it and let it cook for 5 minutes on low.
- Garnish and serve it with a naan.
Georgina says
Very tasty, we enjoyed it.
Note: 5 tbsp of Ginger Garlic paste is to much. In the Instruction the bay leaves and cinnamon stick is missing.
Sarah Mirza says
5 tbsp if you're using homemade ginger garlic paste because it's not that concentrated.
but 2 tbsp if you're using store-bought ginger garlic paste.
it will help remove the smell of the trotters.
ya cinnamon stick and bayleaf are added. sorry my mistake about that.
Sarah Mirza says
Thank you for liking the recipe <3
Nusrat says
Hello,
I made this recipe yesterday, it is an easy recipe to follow. I like it that you do not use readymade packet like Shan etc. I checked some other recipes and they use readymade packets.
Your recipe was quick and easy and turned out to be delicious. Everyone in my family liked it very much. Thank you for posting.
Sarah Mirza says
aww thank you so much means alot! <3