Beef Rendang

This is a very popular Malaysian dish. A lot of ingredients are needed, but it's really worth all the time, money and energy for producing it. It's taste becomes better if you keep it for a day or two.

Ingredients:
5 long dried chillies, seeds removed
2 medium onions, chopped
5 cloves garlic, chopped
3cm knob galanghal, grated
3cm knob young ginger, grated
1-2 lemongrass stalks, finely chopped
1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 lime leaves (rolled and sliced)
1 kg topside or chuck steak, cut into 3cm cubes
1 cup coconut milk
4 tbsp meat curry powder (see note)
1/2 cup water
1 cup desiccated coconut, dry toasted and ground
Salt to taste
1- 2 tbsp thick soy sauce
Method:
Soak chillies in hot water until soft. Place chillies, onion, garlic, galanghal, ginger and lemongrass into a blender. Blend to a paste, adding a little of the soaking water from the chillies.
Heat a heavy based pan. Add oil and then fry the paste adding the turmeric and lime leaves. Mix and cook for 3-4 minutes, until fragrant.
Add steak, stir in coconut milk and then the curry powder. Add the water and the desiccated coconut. Stir and simmer for 2 hrs, or until meat is tender. Season with salt and soy sauce. Serve with rice.
Note: If you can't buy ready made Meat Curry Powder, toast
10 cloves
10 black peppercorns
4 cardamom pods
1 cinnamon stick
4 dried chillies
4 T coriander seeds
2 T cumin seeds
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp turmeric
1 star anise
Grind all spices together.


Rendang Govedina

Ako bih bila u prilici da preporucim bilo koje jelo Malazije, to bi bilo ovo. Potrebno je mnogo zacina (za koje bas nisam sigurna da mozete sve pronaci), ali je zaista vrijedno svog truda i vremena. Bolje je ako odstoji dan-dva.

Potrebno:
5 crvenih papricica (one malo vece), ociscene od sjemena
2 srednja luka, sjeckana
5 cena bijelog luka, sitno sjeckanog
3 cm galangala, rendanog sitno
3 cm djumbira, rendana sitno
1-2 stabljike 'limun trave'
1/4 solje ulja
4 lista limete, sjeckane
1 kg govedine (od vrata), sjecene na vece kocke
1 solja kokosovog mlijeka
4 kasike carija za meso (vidi * dole)
1/2 solje vode
1 solja kokosa , propecenog i samljevenog
so prema ukusu
Nacin:
Namocite papricice u vreloj vodi dok ne omeksaju. Stavite papricice, luk, bijeli luk, galangal, djumbir i limun travu u sjeckalicu. Sjeckajte dok se ne formira pasta; mozete dodati malo vode u kojoj su se papricice mocile.
Zagrijte ulje u serpi, proprzite pripremljenu mjesavinu, dodajte turmerik i listove limete. Kuhajte 3-4 minute. Dodajte meso, kokosovo mlijeko i kari mjesavinu. Dodajte vodu i samljeveni kokos, promijesajte i kuhajte na blagoj vatri oko 2 sata. Zacinite sa solju i soja sosom. Servirajte sa rizom.
* Mjesavina za kari, ako nemozete naci gotov
10 karanfilica
10 zrna crnog bibera
4 caure kardamoma
1 komad cimeta (2,5-3 cm)
4 suha chilija
4 K sjemena korijandera
2 K sjemena kima
1 k fenel sjemena (kormorac?)
1 k turmerika
1 anis zvijezda
sameljite sve zacine vrlo sitno