Rawon (indonesian dark beef soup)

Clean the beef and boil it in the water in a saucepan until almost tender
Remove the beef from the saucepan and cut into small cubes.
Grind all spices except lemongrass and galan­gal then sauté at medium tem­per­a­ture.
Put the spice into the boil­ing beef stock in the saucepan
Add lemongrass and galan­gal
Put back the beef cubes into the saucepan
Cook through until the beef is really tender


To make the Bean Sprouts Sambal

Ingredients: 3 red chillies, 5 g of roasted shrimp-paste, pinch of salt and a cup of short beansprout
Grind the red chillies, roasted shrimp-paste, and salt, then add the bean sprouts. Mix well

Serve Rawon warm with steam rice, salted egg, bean sprouts sam­bal, fried shrimp crackers