Gulai Sapi Kacang Merah - Beef with red beans curry

Beef with red bean curry

ingredients:

600g beef

3 cm cinnamon

2 cardamom

2 cloves

1 lemongrass stalk

5 jeruk purut

2 salam leaves

750 ml water

2 tsp salt

2 tsp palm sugar

4 tbsp asemwater

125g kacang merah (red beans)

400ml coconut milk

4 tablespoons oil

 

bumbu:

4 shallots

7 cloves garlic

8 red chilies

3cm jahe

3 cm laos

2 tsp ketumbar

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon jinten

1/4 teaspoon kunyit

 

preparation:

Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste. Cut the meat into cubes and the lemongrass into 4 pieces.

Heat in a pan the oil and fry the paste with the cinnamon, the cardamom, the cloves, the lemon grass, the jeruk purut and the salam for 5 minutes. Add the meat and fry it brown.

Then add the water with the salt, palm sugar and asem water and bring to a boil. Then simmer slowly covered for 45 minutes. Add the beans and coconut milk and bring to a boil. Then let it simmer uncovered for another 45 minutes until everything is cooked and the sauce is reduced by half.