Crushed Fried Beef
Ingredients
500 grams silverside beef
1,000 ml water
2 lemongrass (white part only),crushed
3 salam (indonesian bay)leaves
2 lime leaves, midribs removed
1 cm galangal,crushed
750 ml coconut milkfrom ½ coconut
1 tablespoon tamarindfrom 1 teaspoon tamarind dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
cooking oil for frying
ground spices blend:
10 cloves shallot
3 cloves garlic
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
50 grams brown sugar
2 teaspoons salt
Cooking Steps
- Bring water to boil. Add the whole beef. Cook it until it is ¾ done.
- Remove it from the broth and cut it widely along the grain. Crush it.
- Reduce the broth into 500 ml. Set aside.
- Bring the mixture of beef broth and coconut milk. Add beef, ground spices blend, lemongrass, salam leaves, lime leaves, and galangal.
- Add in tamarind juice. Boil beef it is tender while the sauce is reduced and infused to the beef. Remove from heat and let it cooled. Crush it gently with meat mallet or pestle.
- Fry beef over medium heat until it is browned. Remove from heat.
- Crushed Fried Beef is ready to serve.