Javanese Beef

Last Updated on December 20, 2024

Semur djawa, as this recipe is called in its homeland, is made from beef roast cut into larger cubes that is simmered in a pot along with other ingredients. It is a kind of Indonesian stew.

Ingredients:

800 g of beef sirloin 4 pcs garlic cloves 2 pcs onions 1 pcs chillies 1/3 cup kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) 3/4 cup water 3 tbsp oil 2 tbsp tomato puree 1 tablespoon tamarind paste – date paste (or tablespoon vinegar) 1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds 1 teaspoon brown sugar

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1.5 tsp salt 1/4 teaspoon 5 spice 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon pepper a piece of ginger

Procedure:

1. Prepare the marinade; in a large bowl mix the brown sugar with the sweet soy sauce, add the date paste or vinegar, 1 teaspoon of salt and the grated piece of ginger, mix everything well
2. Put the beef cut into larger pieces into the marinade and let it marinate for 30 minutes
3. Finely chop the chilli pepper without seeds, as well as the onion and garlic, mix the spices together (except pepper)
4. Fry the onion and chilli pepper in hot oil, after 5 minutes add the ground spice mixture and garlic, sauté and stir for another 2 minutes, then add the meat cubes, sauté for another 5 minutes, stirring continuously
5. At this stage, stir the tomato paste into the meat, stir and then pour 1/
3 cups of warm water over everything, season with 1/
2 teaspoons of salt and ground pepper
6. Covered, cook until the meat is tender, about 1.5-2 hours, add warm water as needed, but only enough to keep the meat dry, it must not float in the water!
7. Taste the cooked dish, adjust the taste and serve mostly with rice.