Ingredients:• 3 tablespoons oil • 4 keluak nuts (buah keluak), cracked, flesh extracted (optional) • 1 ½ kg ( 3 lbs) beef ribs, separated • 1 tablespoon tamarind pulp • 2 liters (8 cups) water • 1 ½ -2 teaspoons salt • 2 spring onions, thinly sliced • 1 tablespoon sweet Indonesian soy sauce • 2 tablespoons Crispy Fried Shallots • 1 lime, cut in wedges • 1 portion Bird’s eye Chili SambalSpice Paste:• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns • 4 cloves garlic • 6 shallots, peeled • 2 cm ( ¾ in) fresh turmeric root, peeled and sliced, or 1 teaspoon ground turmericPreparations:1. To prepare the Spice Paste, dry-roast the coriander and cumin seeds in a pan over low heat for 3 to 4 minutes until fragrant, then grind them together with the peppercorns and cloves in a spice grinder until fine. Add the garlic, shallots and turmeric root and process to a smooth paste, adding a little of the oil if necessary to keep the mixture turning 2. Heat the oil in a large pot and add the Spice Paste and keluak nuts, if using. Stir-fry over low heat for 3 minutes. Add the beef ribs and stir-fry until they have changed color, about 8 minutes. 3. Mash the tamarind pulp in 60 mL ( ¼ cup) of the water, then squeeze and strain to obtain tamarind juice. Add the juice, remaining water and salt to the pot, then bring to a boil. Cover, lower the heat and simmer until the ribs are very tender, about 1 ½ hours. 4. Stir in the spring onion and soy sauce, then transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with Crispy Fried Shallots and serve with lime wedges and Bird’s-eye Chili Sambal.
Ingredients:- 75g (1 ½ lb) lean beef topside thinly sliced along the grain
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 teaspoon salt vegetable
- oil for deep frying
Dressing - 2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 shallots thickly sliced
- 8-10 fresh red chillies coarsery chopped
- 7 kaffir lime leaves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3-4 tablespoons lime juice
Preparations:1. Sprinkle the beef on both sides with the lime juice and salt rubbing it in well with the fingers dry in the sun turning several times until the meat has completely dried alternatively spread meat in a single layer on a rack and dry in a very low oven for 3 to 4 hours. 2. To prepare the dressing heat the oil in a wok add the shallots and cook over medium heat until transparent add the chillies and lime leaves and stir-fry until the chilli softens but still retains its bright red colour 2 to 3 minutes add salt and lime juice stirring to mix well transfer to a bowl. 3. Was and dry wok then add oil for deep-frying when very hot add the dried beef a few slices at a time and fry over high heat until brown and very crisp drain on paper towel then transfer to a serving dish and pour over the dressing.
Ingredients:- 6 servings
- 1/2 cup sliced ham (Or boneless chicken or lean pork meat)
- 1/2 cup shrimp
- 2 tbs. soy spice
- 1 medium onion minced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup shredded white cabbage (or bok choy cut up in 1 in. pieces or both)
- 1/2 pound snow peas
- 1/2 cup fried onion flakes
- 1/2 pound dried noodles
- 1 tbs. vegetable oil
Preparation:- Cook the noodles in boiling water 5 minutes, rinse with cold water and drain. (If spaghetti noodles are used prepare it as recommended on the package) Brown the onions and garlic in oil, then add sliced ham, shrimp, soy sauce, white cabbage, snow peas (or Chinese pea pods) and stir fry for 5 minutes, add noodles and mix carefully and simmer for 5 minutes more.
Garnish the dish with thin sliced omelets and onion flakes and serve with shrimp puffs.
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