Indonesian Beef

Different from the usual curry, well worth trying. Best made a day ahead, good for large numbers.

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1kg (2 lbs) chuck steak, trimmed and diced 
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 teasp. root ginger, roughly chopped 
  • 1 red chilli, deseeded and roughly chopped 
  • A little oil 
  • 1 large onion, sliced 
  • Juice of ½ lemon 
  • 2 teasp. turmeric 
  • 250ml (½) pt water 
  • 3 tablesp soy sauce and 1 tablesp. brown sugar 
  • A little salt
  • 50g (2 oz) creamed coconut, cut into small pieces

To Cook:

Place the diced meat in a flameproof casserole. Put the garlic, ginger and chilli into a food processor and grind finely. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and brown well. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli mixture to the pan and cook for a few minutes. Add to the meat plus the lemon juice, turmeric, water, soy sauce, brown sugar and seasoning. Cover and cook over a gently heat until tender, approx. 1½ hours. Towards the end of cooking time, add the creamed coconut.

 

 
 
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