Serving rice cakes with this beef dish in a special day can really build your appetite especially when you pair it with pickles and sambal. one of the most delicious examples is this ketupat tongseng (rice cake and beef coconut soup). let's cook it at home with our recipe.
Ketupat Tongseng (Rice Cake and Beef Coconut Soup)
Ingredients
500 grams beef,cubed
5 cabbage leaves, midribs removed, roughly chopped
5 cloves shallot,finely sliced
1 salam (indonesian bay)leaf
1 cm galangal,crushed
1 lemongrass, crushed
6 red bird’s eye chili peppers,chopped
1,000 ml water
2 teaspoons salt
¾ teaspoon white pepper powder
2 tablespoons sweet soy sauce
1 scallion, chopped into 2 cm pieces
1 tomato, chopped
400 ml coconut milkfrom ½ coconut
2 tablespoons cooking oilfor sautéing
ground spices blend:
3 cloves garlic
4 cloves shallot
2 candlenuts, toasted
2 cm turmeric,toasted
1 cm ginger
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
sides:
6 ketupat (rice cakes in coconut leaf wrappers),sliced
100 grams fried red crackers
Cooking Steps
- Heat cooking oil on the pan. Sauté shallot, salam leaf, galangal, lemongrass, bird’s eye chili peppers, and ground spices blend until fragrant. Add in beef. Stir until it changes color.
- Add salt, pepper, and sweet soy sauce. Stir well. Pour in water. Cook them until well done.
- Add cabbage, scallion, and tomato. Stir well. Pour in coconut milk. Continue stirring it until well-cooked. Remove from heat. Serve it with rice cakes and fried red crackers.
- Ketupat Tongseng (Rice Cake and Beef Coconut Soup) is ready to serve.
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