This recipe for Beef Rendang was posted recently at Not Quite Nigella. I love cooking curries, and I am always keen to try new ones, especially ones that are "my Mother's".
I have to confess I did not use as many chillies as the recipe suggests, in fact I only used two versus fourteen. This results in a much paler and less spicy curry, I did this mainly for my daughters sake.
To make the curry the beef is mixed with salt, sugar and tamarind then coated in toasted coconut. The paste consists of onion, chilli, ginger, garlic, galangal and coconut. The paste is then cooked with lemon grass, turmeric, kaffir lime leaves, palm sugar and soy sauce. Followed by the coconut cream and beef. It simmers away making the house smell amazing before adding more of the coconut cream.
It was so tasty, the beef was meltingly tender and the flavour of the curry was rich and delicious. We really enjoyed this meal.
what a perfect winter dish!
ReplyDeleteWe adore curries too but I have not ventured into this cuisine yet. My husband was invited to a co-worker's house. He is Indian and his roommate made a curry. My husband said he was wiping his head from all of the sweat and the other guy who was with them couldn't eat after the first bite. Wow!!
ReplyDeleteLovely rendang recipe! I love rendang and always wonder how to cook them tender... Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAs always Muppy...your meal looks delish!
ReplyDeleteWhoa, I am so impressed your daughter even eats chillies! Both of mine cannot stand the heat, so I always have to scoop out a bit of whatever I'm cooking and add chillies to our portion but not theirs. The eldest can now (finally!!) handle mild curries like a massaman, but not yet up to rendang standard :) Well done on the rendang, it looks spot-on perfect. I can just imagine how lovely it smelt.
ReplyDeleteAs Cath said, your meals always look so delicious Muppy. Well done on the rendang! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you liked it and good idea using less chillies for your daughter! :D
ReplyDeleteOhhh I bookmarked Lorraine's recipe too! I would love to try it! How was it with 2 chillies? Did you use the red dry ones? If I give it to my little ones I definitely cannot use 14... hehehe
ReplyDeleteThat looks amazing Muppy!
ReplyDeletebeef rendang yummmm!!!!
ReplyDeletegood hearty meal for this cold weather!!!
I have to say the 14 chillis in NQN's post had me wondering if I could handle the heat too.
ReplyDeleteThis is on my steadily growing list of things to attempt - your version looks moreish and delicious :)
ReplyDeleteSo yummy looking and just perfect for a winters night in!
ReplyDeleteIt looks mouthwatering!Welldone,dear!
ReplyDeleteyum! i've never made beef rendang before but i love slow cooked beef - its amazing!!
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine the lovely aroma that would flood your home when making this. Yummm!
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