Authentic Indonesia Beef Rendang Recipes

Preparation; 15-20 minute
Cooking time; 60 minute
Serves 4

Ingredients;

- 500 g blade beef or can use other part of beef
- 250 g baby potato or can use any potato
- one small brown onion or can use three small shallot
- one medium size clove garlic
- one cm fresh ginger
- one cm fresh galangal
- 15 cm white part lemongrass
- two candle nut                                                                                
- one tsp coriander seed
- two kaffir lime leaves
- pinch salt
- 1/2 cm fresh turmeric
- one tsp brown sugar
- one large mild red chili
- one tbs vegetable oil or canola or any oil with no flavour
- 200 ml coconut cream
- two cup water

Method;

- cut the beef 2 cm cube
- peel the potato if use baby potato can use whole but if use normal potato cut two 2 cm cube

- crush ginger
- crush galangal
- cut and crush lemongrass

Paste

- onion/shallot
- garlic

- candle nut
- red chilli
- turmeric
- coriander seed
mix all together in food processor or blender until smooth

Heat fry pan in low heat, add the oil until a little bit warm add the galangal, ginger, lemongrass, kaffir lime about 1 minute  add the paste cook until aromatic
Add the beef until brown, add water and coconut cream turn the heat to medium about 10 minute add the potato bring to the boil then low the heat  for 50 minute or until the fat renders and the beef is tender, add brown sugar and salt to taste
NOTE; The longer you cook as slow cook the better taste, (up to 3 hours if you can get the heat low                        enough) the flavour will come out with the coconut cream.

            Recomend blade roast as it has good fat content but not tough or sinewy.
serve with white rice or yellow rice or just steam veggie.

Selamat Makan!!!