Gulai Balak - beef stew

beef stew 

ingredients:

500g beef

5 cloves garlic

5 shallots

1 cardamom

3 cloves

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 tsp salt

1 tsp palm sugar

1 tbsp asam water

800 ml water

300ml coconut milk

2 tablespoons oil

 

bumbu:

2 cm laos

2cm jahe

2cm kunyit

5 red chilies

3 red rawits

 

preparation:

Cut the meat into cubes, shallots and garlic into thin slices. Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste.

Heat in a pan the oil and fry the shallots, garlic, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg and the paste for 4 minutes. Add the meat and fry until brown. Then add the water, the salt and palm sugar and cook the meat almoste done. Then add the coconut milk and the asam water and cook slowly until done.