Rawon (indonesian dark beef soup)

Ingredients

• 500 g beef
• 1 liter water
• 6 shallots
• Pinch of salt
• 1 roasted tamarind
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 2 keluaks (fruits of kepayang)
• 1 piece (around1 cm) of turmeric
• 1 piece (around1 cm) of galangal
• 1 stalk of lemongrass

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Preparation

• 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