Beef Chunks Cooked In Coconut Milk
Beef Chunks Cooked In Coconut Milk, a beef recipe with simple ingredients and a clear step-by-step method. Home cooking from the Soumac recipe library.
Beef Chunks Cooked In Coconut Milk
Ingredients
- 3″ cube fresh galingal OR
- 12 slices dried galingal
- 2 Sticks fresh lemon grass OR
- 2 tb Dried sliced lemon grass
- 6 Dried red chillies
- 2″ stick cinnamon
- 14 Cloves
- 4 oz Red bell pepper
- 4 oz Shallots or onions
- 1″ cube fresh ginger
- 2 Cloves garlic
- 12 Fresh/dried curry leaves OR
- 4 Dried bay leaves
- 8 Fresh/dried kaffir lime
- Leaves OR a 3 X 1/4″ strip Of lemon peel 3 pt Coconut milk
- 2 lb Stewing beef, cut into 1-2″
- Cubes 1 tb Salt
Method
- If you are using fresh galingal, peel and coursely chop it and set it aside.
- If you are using dried galingal, combine it in a cut with 4 tablespoons of water.
- If you are using fresh lemon grass, cut of the straw-like top, leaving about 6″ of the bottom. lightly crush the very bottom and set it aside.
- If you are using dried lemon grass, put it into the water along with the galingal.
- Crumble and break the dried red chillies and cinnamon into enough water to cobver and add them to the dried galingal and dried lemon grass if you are using them.
- Also put in the cloves.
- Soak the spices for 30 mins.
- Cut the red pepper coarsely inot dice, discarding all the seeds.
- Peel and coarsely chop the shallots/onions, ginger and garlic.
- In an electric blender, combine the soaked spices and their liquid, the frsh galingal (if you are using it), the chopped red pepper, shallots, ginger and garlic.
- Blend until smooth.
- Into a wide, preferably non-stick pan put the paste from the blender, the fresh lemon grass (if using), the curry leaves and kaffir lime leaves (or lemon rind).
- Stir the coconut milk well until smooth and pour that in as well.
- Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally.
- Turn the heat to medium and cook the sauce for 15 mins, stirring now and then to prevent curdling.
- Put in the meat and salt and bring to the boil again.
- Reduce the heat to medium.
- Cook, uncovered for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
- Turn the heat up to medium-high and continue to cook, stirring now and then for a further 30 mins or until the sauce becomes thick and brown and the meat tender.
- This is now called KALIYO DAGING, if you continue to cook until the sauce dissappears its called RENDANG DAGING.
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