Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 1 hour 30 mins Total time: 2 hours
Serves: 6
Ingredients
4 tablespoon cooking oil
2 bay leaves (Indonesian: daun salam)
2 lemon grass (Indonesian: sereh), bruised and cut
2 cloves (Indonesian: cengkeh)
800 gram beef brisket (Indonesian: sandung lamur), cut into bite size pieces
1500 ml beef stock/water
200 ml coconut milk
3 tablespoon sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis)
Grind the following into spice paste
8 shallot
4 cloves garlic
5 candlenut (Indonesian: kemiri)
1 fresh turmeric (Indonesian: kunyit), or 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon ground pepper
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
For the garnishes
1 scallion (Indonesian: daun bawang), about 3 tablespoon, finely chopped
2 celery leaves (Indonesian: daun seledri), about 3 tablespoon, finely chopped
3 tablespoon deep fried shallot (Indonesian: bawang goreng)
2 kaffir lime, cut into quarters
Instructions
Heat cooking oil in a soup pot and stir fry spice paste, bay leaves, lemon grass, and cloves until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes.
Add the beef into the pot, mix well until the meat is coated with the spices and cook until the color starts to change.
Pour the beef stock (or water) and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for about 1 hour, or until the meat is fully cooked and tender.
Pour the coconut milk and sweet soy sauce. Stir and bring to a boil again. Once it boils, immediately turn of the heat, add the scallion, celery leaves, and deep fried shallot. Serve immediately with steamed white rice and a squeeze of kaffir lime juice.
Source: daily cooking quest