Stovetop "Sous Vide" Episode 2: NY Strip Steaks – Pretty and Pink

The duck breast we did in Episode 1 of our stovetop sous vide series last month was so spectacular, I couldn't wait to give it a try with some nice thick steaks. I had no doubt that it would work (thanks to the laws of physics), but would the extra time and attention be worth the payoff?

Well, that depends. As far as the taste and texture of the meat goes, it was pretty much the same as any perfectly cooked steak I've ever had. Not to sound all braggy, but thanks to having done thousands of them, I can produce a pretty decent, medium-rare NY Strip steak in about 15 minutes.

It will be nicely browned and crusty outside, warm and pink in the middle. So for me personally, I'm not sure the extra wait is worth it purely for the textural advantages is provides. Don't get me wrong, the results were fabulous, but do I really need to wait 2 1/2 hours to get my beef on?

The real advantage to this technique is not a superior-quality final product (like it was for the duck), but the fact that you're guaranteeing a perfect medium-rare (using 130 degrees F. water, or 140 for medium, or 150 for medium-well, etc.). So, if you've never had any luck getting large, expensive hunks of steak cooked to your idea of perfection, then this is the way to go, for sure.

Since we went over the basics of this procedure in the previous post, I won't rewrite all the background info about what sous vide is, and how it works. For that kind of scintillating background information, please check out, "Episode 1: The Best Duck Breast Ever." Enjoy!

NOTE: For LOTS more information about doing sous vide steaks, check out Sous-Vide 101: Prime Steak Primer by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, posted on Serious Eats.



Ingredients for Stovetop "Sous Vide" NY Strip Steaks:
2 (12-14 oz) NY Strip Steaks
1 teaspoon grape seed oil , or vegetable oil
2 tablespoons butter, divided
handful of trimmed mushrooms
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 clove garlic
1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

Surti Undhiyu

This is for my dear all friends who requested me lots of time for recipe of Undhiya in winter and from last two years I am very lazy to post it because it is quit long process to make it with all photographs but finally I decided one day I will made this in winter for my all blog friends. For all this photographs it t takes one and half hours for made this. And when I edit this entire photograph and write a recipe for this this takes another one and half hours. After that when I post this entire photograph it takes another one an d half hour for posting this one recipe but finally I am happy that I was done it with my all feeling to all my blog friends.

In this month Shriya comment me like this...

Kajal, Will you be making Undhiyu this winter and do a post on it? Shriya

I was done for you dear and another lots of my friend who give me inspiration for this recipe....

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Serve about 8 people

Ingredients for Muthiya (or gatta):

2 cup wash and chopped fenugreek (methi) leaves
1 cup whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)

¼ cup besan (Bengal gram flour)

3 tbsp sugar powder

1 tbsp coriander powder

2 tbsp red chilli powder

½ tbsp turmeric powder

1 big size lemon

¼ tbsp fruit salt

Salt to test

Oil for deep fry

Method of making Muthiya:
Step 1: Mix all the dry ingredients for muthiya.

Step 2: Add little oil and ¼ tbsp fruit salt for making Muthiya soft. Add lemon juice and mix together.



Step 3: Add wash and chopped green methi in it.




Step 4: Make stiff dough.


Step 5: Form into small oval dumplings.


Step 6: Heat the oil for fry Muthiya.

Step 7: Sauté the muthiya in heat oil for about 2 minutes.

Step 8: Remove from oil and keep aside.


Ingredients for green masala:
50 gm wash and chopped green coriander leaves

12-15 garlic (use green garlic if available)

6-7 green chillies

Big size ginger piece


100 gm roasted skinless peanuts

3 tbsp sesame seeds

2 tbsp sugar powder

1 big size lemonSalt to taste

Making green masala:

Step 1: Cut green chillies , garlic and ginger and crush into mixer not a smooth paste.

Step 2: Half crush the roasted skinless peanuts into the mixer.

Step 3: Mix the coriander leaves with green chilli past, sesame seeds, crush peanuts, salt, sugar and lemon juice.

Step 4: here you don’t required oil or water anything for these green masala.
Ingredients for Undhiya:

250 gms surti Papdi

100 gms yum chunks peeled (suran)

100 gms purple yum chunked peeled (Ratalu)

100 gms sweet potato chunks

100 gms small brinjal (began or eggplant)

50 gms small potatoes

½ gup green peas

1\2 gup green tuver (green lentil)

1 tbsp turmeric powder (Haldi)

½ tbsp asafetida (hing)

6-7 big spoon oil
Salt to taste

Making undhiyu:

Step 1: Clean small surti green papdi and cut into long pieces.

Step 2: Cut purple yum, yum and sweet potatoes into big pieces.

Step 3: Take half of green masala and rube the chunky veggies (yum, sweet potato & purple yum).
Step 4: Marinate for 15 minutes.

Step 5: Take a small peeled potatoes and brinjal and slit into 4 parts as bottom alone.

Step 6: Stuffed green masala inside the brinjal (began).

Step 7: Stuff all potatoes with remaining masala.

Step 8: In a pressure cooker heat the reaming oil form deep fry muthiyabecause it contains aroma of methi leaves so use that oil and add asafetida.

Step 9: Next add the surti papdi in heat oil.

Step 10: Add green lentil ( fresh tuvar ke dane) and mix well.

Step 11: Then next add fresh green peas.

Step 12: Add all the chunky vegetables with green masala. Add 1/4 cup water but don’t stir here.

Step 13: Add Potatoes and brinjal (began) with soft hand.

Step 14: Last add the Fry muthiya in it.

Step 15: Sprinkle ½ cup water over all vegetables.

Step 16: add salt and lemon juice as par test as we add slat in masala and muthiya laso so add little amount of salt here.

Step 17: Cover with cooker lead and cook in low flame for two whistles.

Step 18: Open the cooker after 4-5 minutes.

Step 19: Undhiyu is ready to serve hot as is it.

Step 20: Sprinkle some begangarm sev on the top, if you wish and serve hot with chapattis or paratha.


I made this Undhiya for My PAPA birthday on 14th January for our Uttrayan festival in Gujarat...i made another lot's of things with it....is as below...


Enjoy with lots of LOVE...:-)