Wednesday 6 July 2011

Beef Cook in Tamarind ( Masak Asam Daging Tetel)

"This is my mom’s recipe. It has been a favourite of us when life was simpler and calories need not be counted, nor worries over cholesterol rule our lives. Try it out if you are brave enough for the condemnation of your younger members of the family."

Beef Cook in Tamarind  ( Masak Asam Daging Tetel)


Ingredients

1 kg beef preferably 'daging tetel' ( cut into pieces & put it in the pressure cooker for 1 hour)
1 cup of tamarind juice
A few leaves of 'daun limau perut' (Kaffir Lime Leaves)
1 stalk lemon grass
Salt to taste
 2 tblsp oil


Blended ingredients

10 dry chillies
6 shallots
2 garlic
1 inch ginger
1 tblsp black pepper


Method

  1. Heat the oil and when hot sauté the blended ingredients and lemon grass until fragrant
  2. Put in the beef and let it boil until half of the water has dried up.
  3. Put in the tamarind juice and salt to taste
  4. Tear up the 'daun limau perut' (Kaffir Lime Leaves) and add it to the gravy
  5. Taste for balance of sourness and salt
  6. Serve hot with fried salted fish and a hot plate of rice.

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