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RCI-CR.002.0001.001

Rendang

is made from beef or water buffalo meat slowly cooked in coconut milk and spices. Thick coconut milk

Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Servings4
Difficultyadvanced

Ingredients

  • beef cut into big cubes to make 20 pieces
    1 kg
  • lime leaves
    4 unit
  • lemongrass
    1 stalk
  • ready-to-use coconut milk or coconut milk from 1 big fresh coconut
    2 liter
  • garlic
    2 cloves
  • shallot
    4 unit
  • ginger
    25 g
  • turmeric
    15 g
  • young galangal
    75 g
  • tbl. ground fresh red chili pepper
    1 unit
  • pepper
    1 tsp
  • dried nutmeg
    1/2 unit
  • candlenut
    2 unit
  • tbl. salt
    1/2 unit
  • tbs. Gula Jawa (Indonesian Palm Sugar)
    1 unit

Method

1
Marinate meat with the spice paste for at least 1 hour
2
In a pan, stir occasionally while cooking coconut milk over slow fire until some oil surfaces from the coconut milk (at least for 20 minutes)
3
Put 300 cc of coconut milk to cover the marinated meat and all the spices (including lime leaves and lemon grass) in a big wok (the bigger the better) and cook over slow to medium fire while occasionally stir the ingredients until half of the coconut milk is evaporated
4
Pour 100 cc of coconut milk and stir until almost all of the coconut milk is evaporated
5
Keep on stirring and pouring the rest of the coconut milk, 100 cc at a time
6
Cook for until the meat is tender (at least one and a half hour) and almost all the liquid from the coconut milk is evaporated and turned into spicy condiments