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Ingredients
- Prime Beef - 1 pieces (1Kg/
2˝lbs)
- onions - 2
- Garlic (Crush)- 4 cloves
- Fresh Lengkuas (peeled and
sliced) - 2.5 cm/1 inch or Lengkuas powder - 1 teaspoon
- Fresh root ginger
(peeled and sliced) - 5 cm/1 inch
- Fresh red chili (seeded and
sliced) - 5 pieces
- Lemon grass stem (sliced) - 1
piece
- Fresh turmeric (peeled and
sliced) -2 cm/1 inch
- Coriander seeds -(dry-fried
and ground) - 5 ml/ 1 teaspoon
- Lime leaves - 2 pieces
- Tamarind pulp (soaked in 60
ml/4 tablespoon warm water - 5 ml/1 teaspoon
- Coconut milk - 2 x 400 ml/14
fl oz
- water - 300 ml
- Dark soy sauce - 30 ml/2
tablespoon
- Potatoes (scrubbed salt) - 8
pieces
- Deep-fried onions to garnish
Method
- Cut the meat into bite size
and set aside in a bowl.
- Grind onions, garlic, lengkuas
or lengkuas powder, ginger, chilies, sliced lemongrass and
turmeric into fine paste with food processor or pestle and
mortar.
- Add pastes to the beef with
coriander and cumin and mix well.Tear the lime leaves and add
them to the mixture. Marinade in a cool place.
- Strain the tamarind and keep
the juice. Pour the coconut milk, water and the tamarind juice
into a deep pan or flameproof casserole and stir in the beef and
soy sauce.
- Stir until the liquid boil and
reduce to low heat and simmer gently for about 1˝ - 2 hours or
until the beef is tender and the liquid thicken and reduced.
- Add potatoes about 25 minute
before the meet is cooked, adjust the moisture and add seasoning
to taste.
- Serves 6-8 and garnish
with deep fried onions.
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