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 Indonesian Beef 

Different from the usual curry, well worth trying. Best made a day ahead, good for large numbers. 

Serves 4-6 
Indonesian Beef 
Ingredients
  • 1kg (2 lbs) chuck steak, trimmed and diced
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 teasp. root ginger, roughly chopped 
  • 1 red chilli, deseeded and roughly chopped 
  • A little oil 
  • 1 large onion, sliced 
  • Juice of ½ lemon 
  • 2 teasp. turmeric 
  • 250ml (½) pt water 
  • 3 tablesp soy sauce and 1 tablesp. brown sugar
  • 1 bay leaf 
  • A little salt 
  • 50g (2 oz) creamed coconut, cut into small pieces
  • 50g (2oz) unsalted peanuts, or cashew nuts, roughly chopped
  • 2-3 tablesp.coriander chopped
  • Finely grated lemon rind
 

To Cook

Cooking time
1.5 Hours 
 
Preparation time
20 minutes 
 
Method
Place the diced meat in a flameproof casserole. Put the garlic, ginger and chilli into a food processor and grind finely. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and brown well. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli mixture to the pan and cook for a few minutes. Add to the meat plus the lemon juice, turmeric, water, soy sauce, brown sugar, bay leaf and seasoning. Cover and cook over a gently heat until tender, approx. 1½ hours. Towards the end of cooking time, add the creamed coconut.
 
Serving Suggestions
Mix the nuts, corriander, and lemon rind together.  Sprinkle over the casserole. Delicious served with basmati rice.
 
Nutritional Content
Protein: 49.1g 
Fat: 23.1g 
Iron: 6.5mg 
Energy: 437kcal