Indonesian Beef Noodle Curry Recipes

BEEF RENDANG (THE BEST!)

Steps:

• Chop the spice paste ingredients and then blend it in a food processor until fine.
• Heat the oil in a stew pot, add the spice paste, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, and cardamom and stir-fry until aromatic. Add the beef and the pounded lemongrass and stir for 1 minute. Add the coconut milk, tamarind juice, water, and simmer on medium heat, stirring frequently until the meat is almost cooked. Add the kaffir lime leaves, kerisik (toasted coconut), sugar or palm sugar, stirring to blend well with the meat.
• Lower the heat to low, cover the lid, and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is really tender and the gravy has dried up. Add more salt and sugar to taste. Serve immediately with steamed rice and save some for overnight.

INDONESIAN BEEF RENDANG

Steps:

• Using pestle and mortar, pound and grind the onions, galangal, ginger, and fresh chillies (if using) into a paste. You can also use a food processor to make this paste. Just put the onion, galangal, ginger, and chillies in the food processor. Then give it a blitz until all the become a thick paste.
• Put the meat in a big wok, add in the spices and herbs paste, the cumin, coriander, lemongrass, turmeric leaf, kaffir lime leaves, and salt.
• Stir until all the meat pieces are covered with spices. Put the lid on and cook at medium heat. Keep checking and stirring every now and again.
• After about 20-30 minutes when the meat looks cooked, add in the coconut milk. Stir and cook further with the lid on at medium heat until the milk reaches boiling point, then turn the heat to low. Don't forget to always keep checking and stirring.
• Rendang should be ready within a few hours. But at this point, the rendang will have quite a bit of gravy. You can enjoy it if you want to.
• If you like to have a proper Rendang Hitam (black rendang), you have to cook longer for at least another hour. Cook the rendang until all the gravy evaporates. Take care not to let it stick to the wok, or worse, to burn. Keep checking and stirring.
• When all the sauce is gone, and the rendang turns dark brown, you can switch the heat off. Your black rendang/ rendang hitam is ready.

INDONESIAN BEEF CURRY

Steps:

• Start by putting the onions, 2 of the chillies, garlic, salt, cumin, coriander and tumeric into a food processor. Zap it all into a paste.
• Fry the paste for about 2-3 minutes and then put it into your slow cooker or Dutch oven.
• Then take the steak pieces and fry them in the oil in batches until brown on all sides.
• When the steak is browned add it to whichever cooking vessel you are using.
• Then cover the steak and fried paste with the coconut milk. Then add the ginger, sugar, coconut, curry leaves and Rendang curry paste.
• Stir well to mix all the ingredients together.
• Then cook at 160C for about 3-4 hours, or until the meat has become tender and is beginning to fall apart.

RENDANG (SPICY BEEF INDONESIAN CURRY)

Steps:

• Put the coconut milk and water in a wok or large pan over medium to high flame and bring to a boil. Add the garlic, shallot, galangal, turmeric, chile, nutmeg, cardamom, coriander, cumin, ginger, bay leaves, cinnamon stick and lemongrass and bring to a boil again. Add the beef. After about 5 minutes, turn the flame down to a simmer. Add the sugar and salt. Cook, stirring every 5 minutes, until the coconut milk turns oily, separates and rises to the top (this is the sign that it's done), about 2 hours.

INDONESIAN BEEF NOODLE CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil and brown the onions and garlic.
• Add the curry powder and coriander, cook for 2 minutes.
• Add the meat and brown it on all sides, add the coconut milk, cover and simmer for 40 minutes.
• Add the beans and noodles, cook for 10 mins,.
• add the cabbage and cook for 5 minutes.
• Serve.

INDONESIAN BEEF CURRY

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pot and fry the onions till golden.
• Add the garlic, curry powder and coriander, cook for two minutes.
• Add the meat and salt, cook till meat browns.
• Add the coconut milk, cover the pot and simmer for 40 mins stirring every five minutes.
• Add the beans and noodles, cook for 15 minutes.
• In a pan heat the remaining oil and butter, fry the rice till light golden colour.
• Cover the pan and remove from the heat, allow to stand.
• Add the cabbage to the curry and cook for 5 minutes.
• Serve the curry over the fried rice.