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Popular Indonesian Curries

November 14, 2011 By Nancy Lam Leave a Comment

Curry is a popular cuisine among the Southeast Asian countries particularly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, India and Thailand. The curry food recipe from the different Asian countries is using the same ingredients like the curry paste and coconut milk or gravy but varies on the preparation and style of cooking. The cooking style or method used had been influence by the different culture and tradition. 

In every curry dish, basic curry paste is the primary ingredient. It is made from a blend of powdered herbs or spices mixed with other seasoning. The following ingredients and spices are also used such as coconut milk, lemon grass, turmeric, candlenut, cardamom, belacan, coriander powder, star Anise, galangal and other common seasoning. 

Indonesian curry differs from other countries in its culinary preparation that has been passed from one generation to the next. In indonesia, rice is important in an authentic meal. It is either boiled or steamed with coconut milk or spices. Hence curry is prepared by layering of rice flavours with various spices like chilli, ginger, garlic, pepper, turmeric, cumin and curry leaves.  

One of the most popular Indonesians cuisines found in many restaurant is the rendang chicken. It is a dry curry with less and very thick sauce that soaked the meat thus making the dish so flavourful and mouth-watering. The traditional Indonesian cooking always contains the three tastes, sweet, sour and salty flavours. The fiery heat of spices such as chilli adds richness to the dish. The rendang recipe includes chicken, coconut milk, soy sauce, trassi or shrimp paste, sambal oelek, cumin, coriander, turmeric, and other common seasonings. The preparation and cooking time for rendang chicken is approximately one hour and twenty minutes. In other restaurant or food shop, rendang chicken is replaced by beef or lamb. 

The richly-flavoured curries in Indonesian restaurant Enak Enak comes from essential spices such as coriander powder, cumin, and turmeric. Salty and sweet soy sauces are also used as marinades and sauces. Other common seasonings include lemon, garlic, lemongrass, ginger, kaffir lime leaves, coriander, tamarind, and basil.

In general, the spices used in the preparation have great influence in the curry dishes. The Indian curry is fiery hot in contrast with the Indonesian curries which have a rich and thick consistency.

Filed Under: Indonesian Food Tagged With: curry, Indonesian curry, rendang

Our famous Beef Rendang recipe

October 25, 2011 By Nancy Lam 2 Comments

Our famous Beef Rendang Recipe

Nancy cooked beef rendang on This Morning TV.

See her in action here: Javanese Beef Rendang Recipe

Ingredients

8 dried chillies, soaked in hot water
3 cm galangal
2 cm ginger
2 stalks lemongrass
4 cm fresh turmeric root
10 shallots, peeled
2 cloves garlic, peeled

For the curry
500g rump steaks
3 tbsp vegetable oil, for frying
2 stalks lemongrass, bruised
Dark brown sugar, to taste
100g unsweetened desiccated coconut, toasted

Method

For the curry paste
1. Blend all the ingredients into a smooth paste and set aside.

For the curry
1. Cut the beef into five centimetre chunks. Put in a pan of water and bring to the boil. Drain and rinse off any bits that you don’t want.

2. Heat half the oil in a large pan or wok and fry the curry paste until it darkens a little and smells aromatic. Add the beef and stir-fry until browned.

3. Cover with water and bring to a simmer. Add the lemongrass, and salt and sugar to taste. Simmer for 30 minutes.

4. Crumble in the block of coconut and simmer for another 30 minutes, or until the beef is tender and the sauce thick and reduced.

5. Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and fry the desiccated coconut until golden brown. Blend into a fine powder in a food processor and stir through the finished curry.

To serve

Serve with fluffy steamed rice. – http://www.itv.com/thismorning/food/fluffy-fragrant-rice/

Ingredients

1 cup of plain rice
1 cup of water

Method

1. First wash the rice in water to reduce the amount of starch in the rice.

2. Add one cup of water to one cup of rice and place in a saucepan.

3. Cover the pan, place on hob, and then bring to the boil

4. After five minutes stir the rice and reduce the heat by half. Important: Do not open the pan again.

5. After ten minutes the rice should be fully prepared.

6. Place cooked rice into a ramekin and turn over onto a plate.

Good Luck with this Beef Rendang Recipe

Now Enjoy! x

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: beef, curry, rendang, rice

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