Indonesian beef curry

rema, Mar 12, 5:37am
Does anyone have a great recipe for the above, I had it at "The Palms" in Kerikeri last week, and it was absolutley beautiful, so would now like to make it home
Many thanks

davidt4, Mar 12, 6:27am
Was it a rendang!A dry curry which is probably the most common Indonesian beef dish

Rendang of Beef

To serve 4

800 -1000g sturdy meat – brisket, cross-cut blade, shin etc
400 ml coconut cream (1 tin)
2 tsp brown or palm sugar
½ tsp salt
1 onion thinly sliced
1 tab ground coriander
½ tsp ground cumin
2cm piece fresh ginger – grated or finely chopped
1 – 1 ½ tab chilli flakes
1 stalk lemon grass chopped
½ c tamarind paste*
4 Kaffir lime leaves
2 tab fish sauce
2 tab soy sauce

Place all in a large casserole and mix very well.Cook at 150 degrees 3 – 4 hours until very soft.Check liquid level occasionally.It should end up quite dry.Before serving re-heat over medium heat, stirring carefully, so it fries a little.

*made by mixing ½. c boiling water with ½ c. tamarind pulp, break up and when cool push through a coarse sieve

Will keep chilled 4 – 5 days.

Serve with white rice, preferably sticky rice.Salad of cucumber, tomato, zucchini, apple, capsicums etc all in biggish chunks.Dressing of equal quantities of fish sauce, lime juice & sugar.

rema, Mar 13, 1:50am
Thank you davidt4 - sounds lovely, will certainly give it a go and see how it compares with what I had - just lovely curry