Bakwan Malang (Dumpling and Meatball Soup)
meatballs ingredients:
500 grams beef shank
1½ tablespoons crispy garlic
1 tablespoon crispy shallot
¼ teaspoon baking soda
100 grams sago starch
175 grams ice cube
2 teaspoons rock salt
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon seasoning
¼ teaspoon white pepper powder
dumpling ingredients:
12 wonton wrappers
3 pieces small white tofu,halved into two triangles, the center parts is sliced forming small cavity
dumpling filling ingredients:
50 grams ground beef
1 clove garlic,ground
1 scallion, finely chopped
½ teaspoon seasoning
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon white pepper powder
¼ teaspoon sugar
150 grams sago starch
110 ml iced water
soup ingredients:
1,000 grams beef bone
4,000 ml water
5 celeries, knotted
5 scallions, knotted
10 cloves garlic, fried in whole, ground
5½ teaspoons salt
¾ teaspoon white pepper powder
½ tablespoon sugar
sambal ingredients:
10 curly red chili peppers
10 red bird’s eye chili peppers
2 cloves garlic
300 ml water
¼ teaspoon salt
1. Meatballs: put all meatballs ingredients in food processor and blend it until smooth. Bring water to boil. Form the mixture into small balls. Cook meatballs in boiling water until firm and well done. Remove it from heat and set it aside.
2. Dumpling filling: mix well all dumplings filling. Knead it until smooth.
3. Spoon one-third of the mixture into the tofu. Spoon the remaining filling into the dumpling wrappers. Swirl the end of the dumpling wrappers.
4. Steam dumplings and tofu for 20 minutes over medium heat until well-cooked. Remove from heat.
5. Fry half of the dumplings over medium heat until crispy and golden brown.
6. Soup: Boil water, beef bone, celeries, scallions, and garlic over low heat into beef stock. Strain it. Add salt, pepper, and sugar. Cook it until fragrant and well done.
7. Sambal: boil water, curly red chili peppers, red bird’s eye chili peppers, and garlic until bubbling over low heat. Remove from heat. Blend it into smooth paste. Add salt. Cook it again until fragrant and well done.
8. Put meatballs, fried dumplings, and steamed dumplings in a bowl. Drench them with soup.
9. Bakwan Malang (Dumpling and Meatball Soup) is ready to serve with sambal.