Rabu, 11 Maret 2009

Beef Rendang

Beef Rendang or Spicy Indonesian beef dish with dry coconut sauce. Try this amazing Indonesian food recipe !

Ingredients:
  • 500 gr. Rump steak.
  • 2 Onions.
  • 4 Garlic cloves.
  • 3 Fresh red chillies.
  • 2½ cm Ginger root.
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric.
  • 1 tablespoon Paprika.
  • 1 stalk Lemon grass.
  • 3 Lime leaves.
  • 600 ml Coconut milk.
  • 75 ml water.
Preparation:
Put the Onions, Garlic, Chillies, Ginger, Paprika, Turmeric and Water in a food processor and make into a smooth paste.
Dice the meat and mix with half the paste. Set aside.
Put the other half of the paste into a heavy sauce pan and add the coconut milk, chopped lemon grass and lime leaves. Boil without the lid for about 30 min. until mixture is reduced to half. Add the meat mixture and return to boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered, stirring regulary, for a further hour till the steak is tender.
Serve with boiled rice. The Indonesian food recipe of beef rendang is ready to serve....enjoy it !

Beef Rendang












Beef Rendang
or Spicy Indonesian beef dish with dry coconut sauce. Try this amazing Indonesian food recipe !

Ingredients:
  • 500 gr. Rump steak.
  • 2 Onions.
  • 4 Garlic cloves.
  • 3 Fresh red chillies.
  • 2½ cm Ginger root.
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric.
  • 1 tablespoon Paprika.
  • 1 stalk Lemon grass.
  • 3 Lime leaves.
  • 600 ml Coconut milk.
  • 75 ml water.
INSTRUCTIONS
Put the Onions, Garlic, Chillies, Ginger, Paprika, Turmeric and Water in a food processor and make into a smooth paste.
Dice the meat and mix with half the paste. Set aside.
Put the other half of the paste into a heavy sauce pan and add the coconut milk, chopped lemon grass and lime leaves. Boil without the lid for about 30 min. until mixture is reduced to half. Add the meat mixture and return to boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered, stirring regulary, for a further hour till the steak is tender.
Serve with boiled rice. The Indonesian food recipe of beef rendang is ready to serve....enjoy it !
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Opor ayam







Opor ayam
or Chicken stew with coconut gravy...a great traditional Indonesian food recipe to try ! Great taste !

Ingredients:
  • 1 chicken (1 to 1½ kg)
  • 8 tablespoons groundnut oil
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 teaspoon trassi
  • 200 ml water
  • 1 dessertspoon goela Djawa
  • 300 ml Coconut milk
  • pepper, salt & kecap manis
Bumbu's:
  • 4 kemiri nuts
  • 1 teaspoon coriander
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon laos powder
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric

INSTRUCTIONS:

Divide the chicken into 4 equal portions, wash and dry. Rub in pepper and salt.
Dice the onion and crush the garlic.
Crush or grate the kemiri nuts and mix with the coriander, cumin, laos and turmeric.
In a thick bottomed pan, heat the oil and fry the chicken on all sides to a golden colour. Reduce the heat slightly and add the onions and garlic, stir until the onion is cooked and nicely browned. Add the bumbu's and fry for a further 2 minutes then add the trassi and fry for a further minute.
Now add the water and goela Djawa to the pan. Bring to the boil and cover the pan with a lid and simmer the chicken on a low heat for a further 30 minutes until well done.
Remove lid and add the coconut milk and, leaving the lid of the pan, reduce the sauce to about half. Bring to taste with pepper, salt or kecap manis (black soy sauce). Serve with boiled rice and atjar. (cucumber pickles). The Indonesian food recipe of opor ayam is ready...enjoy the meal.