Friday 15 July 2011

Masak Lemak Daging Salai (Grilled Beef Cooked in Coconut Milk)

"This next dish is typically Negeri Sembilan fair. You can also substitute it with grilled catfish. Eat it with ikan pekasam (fermented fish ) or salted  fish. The amount of bird’s eye chillies depend on your tolerance for the heat."

MASAK LEMAK DAGING SALAI ( GRILLED BEEF COOKED IN COCONUT MILK)

Ingredients

1 kg beef (slice  thinly but in big chucks)
3 cups of thickend coconut milk
30 chilly padi ( bird’s eye chillies)
1 inch of fresh turmeric (blend or pound with the chilly padi)
20 belimbing buluh ( balacas in Tagalog) ( optional, can be substituted with 2 young mangoes)
2-3 stalks lemon grass ( crush )

 Method

1.      Heat the coconut milk mixed with the bird’s eye chillies and the lemon grass. Put it over medium fire and watch over it like a hawk. It must not boil over, only simmering.
2.      The grilled beef need to be slice thinly in smaller pieces and boil until tender. Add it to the mixture above. Keep the gravy simmering .
3.      Put in the belimbing buluh/ young mango which had been sliced thinly.
4.      Season with salt and after 10 mins, take it off the heat.

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