Bebi Rendang Daging (Thrice Fried Dry Curried Beef)
A dry fried curry, the beef is first browned, then stewed in coconut milk, until the oil separated out of it and the coconut milk is absorbed, the liquid boiled away, and then the beef is fried until it starts to almost fall apart, with a thready consistency.
Prep Time1 hour hr
Cook Time5 hours hrs
Total Time6 hours hrs
Course: Main
Cuisine: Indonesian
Keyword: Beef, Coconut, Curry, Spicy
Servings: 12
Author: Edwin Voskamp
Meat
- 3 lbs Stewing Beef Cubed 1 1/2"
Spice Paste
- 1 ½ ea Shallots Chopped
- 6 cloves Garlic Crushed
- 8 ea Chili Peppers Unseeded, Chopped
- 8 ea Candlenuts Chopped
- 2 tsp Coriander Ground
- 2 tsp Cumin Ground
- 1 tsp Turmeric Ground
- ½ tsp Kerrie Djawa Ground
- ½ tsp Galangal Ground
- 1 tsp Sereh Ground
- 1 tsp Laos Ground
- 1 tbsp Coconut Milk
Simmering
- 2 cups Coconut Milk
- 1 ea Daum Salam Leaf
Put all the sauce paste ingredients into a blender.Blend with enough coconut milk to form a smooth thin paste. Mix the cubed meat with the spice paste until it is all covered.
Fry the meat, coated in the spice paste until the spice paste turns a darker color and the meat is seared.
Add the coconut milk.Stir and bring to a slow boil, stirring continuously.Reduce the heat to very low and simmer, uncovered, stirring continuously, until the meat is tender (about 2 hours). Once the oil separates, stir it back in.Continue cooking, stirring continuously until the beef is dark brown and thready, and has absorbed nearly all the sauce.
Originally based on a recipe in Indonesian Cookery by David Scott with Surya Winata : p. 85
Substitutions:
Almonds for Candle Nuts
Bay Leaf for Daum Salam
Sambal Oelek for Chili Peppers