beef rendang

frag420

So my local Lemongrass has closed down and i am having withdrawal symptoms as i loved their beef rendang. So does anyone have any good recipes for this? Is it hard to make/prepare?

Drooling as i type this(which can be a hazard when hanging over the keyboard)

cheers

frag

Minder

Beef Rendang recipe for four sparrows (two hungry people in our house with a bit left over for my lunch)

For the paste

1 onion
1 thumb sized knob of fresh ginger
4 cloves garlic
1 lemongrass stalk, tough outer layer removed and roughly chopped
1 tsp turmeric
2 long red fresh chillies
1 nut of nutmeg or 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg
4 cloves or a couple of pinches of ground clove

Blitz all of that to a paste and add to wok or non stick pan (Non stick pan is best)

Next the whole spices

1 thumb sized knob of galangal cut into discs
1 cinnamon stick
4 kaffir lime leaves

Then add 400ml/14fl oz coconut milk, same amount of water and 600g braising steak, cut into 2cm/1inch cubes. I use shin of beef here - the connective tissue in the shin meat keeps the whole thing from drying out.

Bring the whole concoction to the boil and simmer for about 90 minutes to two hours covered. Check a couple of times that it is not sticking.
Uncover and start to reduce the liquid content. This bit should take from 30 minutes to 1 hour. The rendang will start life as a pale yellow colour - as the liquid boils off, it will gradually darken until the meat and solids are frying in the oil from the coconut milk. As the last of the liquid evaporates, it is important to keep stirring and watch the heat. It will burn easily (hence the non stick pan). It should darken to a rich mahogany colour.

Rendang is a dry curry from Malaysia - if you prefer you curry with a little sauce (I do) add a little water right at the end, ie when the frying has produced it's magic. Serve with plain boiled rice, a little fresh coriander and a pile of bean shoots.

frag420

yeah i prefer mine with a bit of sauce to it to.

da ladies should like this one

cheers

YumCha

http://rasamalaysia.com has a really nice rendang recipe that I've been dying to try....it's the only place I've found the real authentic dishes my mum used to cook at home

YellowSheep

Hi Frag
My name is Oliver and I set-up Lemongrass. If you still looking for the original LG recipe let me know and PM me. Thanks Oliver

YellowSheep

Thats it! The one and only. Enjoy. Cheers Oliver