Family recipe for Malaysian or Indonesian beef rendang?

Question

There are enough recipes online but I am looking for an authentic family recipe for this amazing beef preperation. Thanks in advance for sharing it with me.

Answer 1

This is a recipe from a very dear Malay friend, I have made it using chicken and it's delicious:

BEEF RENDANG

Ingredients

600g beef topside, cubed

Grind together:

4 tbsp chilli boh

7 shallots

5 cloves garlic

4cm piece ginger

2 onions

4 stalks lemon grass, finely sliced

3cm piece galangal

1 tbsp cumin powder

1 tbsp fennel powder

1 litre thick coconut milk (extract from four grated coconuts)

1 litre water

1/2 cup kerisik (pounded dry-fried grated coconut)

1 tbsp finely-shredded daun limau purut (lime leaves)

Seasoning:

1 tsp salt or to taste

1 tsp brown sugar or to taste

METHOD:

Combine beef, coconut milk, water and ground ingredients in a deep saucepan. Simmer over low heat for one and a half to two hours until beef turns tender.

Add kerisik and continue to cook until the gravy turns thick and dry. Add seasoning and daun limau purut. Cook until beef is almost dry.