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

Serves 4-6
Ingredients
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1kg (2 lbs) chuck steak, trimmed and diced
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3 cloves garlic
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2 teasp. root ginger, roughly chopped
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1 red chilli, deseeded and roughly chopped
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A little oil
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1 large onion, sliced
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Juice of ½ lemon
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2 teasp. turmeric
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250ml (½) pt water
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3 tablesp soy sauce and 1 tablesp. brown sugar
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A little salt
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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. |