Daging masak kicap nasi kandar(beef in soy sauce malaysian indian muslims style)

Ingredients

• 1 kg. meat (boiled and cut as you wish)
• 1 cup sweet soy sauce
• 1/4 cup chilli powder
• 1 tablespoon cumin (grind)
• 1 tablespoon fennel (grind)
• 1 tablespoon garam masala
• 1 tablespoon pepper (grind)
• 1 tablespoon fried onions.
• 1 stalk lemon grass (bruised) this is optional.
• 2 cups water
• 3 big onions (slice thinly)
• 2 in ginger (slice thinly)
• 4 cloves garlic (slice thinly)
• 3 tomatoes (cut into wedges)
• 2 green chillies (cut into half lengthwise)
• spices: 1in cinnamon,1 tesapoon cloves,1 star anise.1 tesapoon cardamom
• 1 stalk spring onion ( cut roughly)
• 1 stalk coriander leaf (cut roughly)
• few stalks of curry leaf
• 1/2 cup oil for frying
• salt to taste if you wish (optional because the soy sauce is already salty)