Masak Sepit (Beef A La Sepit)

Recipe Ingredients

		Ingridients
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Coriander seeds
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Cumin
2 teaspoons	10ml	White pepper
5		Cloves
1		Inch cinnamon stick
1/2		Inch nutmeg
2 1/2 lbs	1135g / 40oz	Beef - cut to 2 x 2 x 1/2"
		Ingredients Ii
1 tablespoon	15ml	Turmeric
2		Fresh ginger - minced
1		Fresh galangal
6		Red peppers
10		Shallots
3		Garlic
1		Crashed lemon grass
1		Coconut milk
1 tablespoon	15ml	Tamarind - soak it in a cup with 3 tbsp water
		Salt to taste
1/2 cup	118ml	Oil

Recipe Instructions

Now I will write you a recipe which is very special from a part of traditonal food of Jambi ( Sumatra - Indonesia ). They make a kind of this food only for a special event/ceremony. Do you want to taste it ? than enter your kitchen and follow this recipe.

Ingredients I directions: Roast all these ingridients ( except the beef ) without oil in a pan for about 3 minutes ( stir it regularly ).

Grind all the roasted ingridients to powder and add it onto the beef, mix it well. Set a side.

Method

Grind the turmeric, ginger, galangal, peppers, shallots, and garlic to a smooth paste.

Heat oil in a wok and fry the paste, lemon grass; until fragrant. Add the beef (I) together, mix well till there's no more water on it. Add coconut milk, stir it well and cook till the beef soft and tender and the sauce getting thick.

Finally, add tamarind water and cook again for 5 minutes.

Serve garnished with chopped fried shallots.

Source:
"Thai Cooking From the Siam Cuisine Restaurant"

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