Rendang is a special food of West Sumatra, Indonesia that tastes spicy, savory and rich in spices, and every region in Indonesia has its own special food, one of the Indonesian special foods that is very well known and has even spread around the world is rendang.
Today in Indonesia, especially in Aceh, there is a tradition of megan, what is megan? Megan is a tradition of eating meat before the fasting month of Ramadhan 1445 Hijri, which is done for 2 days and every megan day all the people of Aceh will buy meat to eat with their families at home, just like my family, in the morning we went to the market to buy 2 kilo grams of beef that will be cooked on this megan day, and I also bought beef ribs and the plan is that I will cook beef bone soup, of course I will also share the beef bone recipe with you later. Hehehe
Well, here I will first share the beef rendang recipe with all of you, especially for the beef rendang lovers, then tomorrow I will share the delicious and sweet beef bone soup recipe.
First
Cut all the fine spices, such as chili, onion, galangal, and lemongrass into small pieces, so that they fit in the blender, for the lemongrass, don't blend all of them, leave 1 stick to be sauteed with slices of red onion and leaves later.then blend the spices until smooth, then mix them into the meat,and coconut milk, I already salted and limed the meat before.
Second
prepare the ingredients for stir-frying, namely sliced shallots, 1 stick of lemongrass and a few sheets of dun salam. stir-fry in a little oil until wilted
Third
after the bay leaves, lemongrass and shallots have wilted, then add the meat that has been coated with fine spices and coconut milk, and also add the tamarind and palm sugar and cook until the meat is tender
Fourth
after the gravy has reduced a little, add chopped orange leaves, then cook again until the gravy dries up, it does take a long time to cook until the meat is tender. I cook for about 1 hour.
I cook the rendang not too dry, yes, I like the rendang a bit wet like this,
Tara..
My style beef rendang is ready, friends, yes, I didn't add salt to the rendang, the problem is that I already marinated the meat with salt and lime first, and if I add more salt while cooking, I'm afraid it will be salty. But Alhamdulillah this is very suitable, not salty and not bland, the spices are also very tasty
It tastes like the usual rendang taste, which is spicy, savory and rich in spices, eaten directly with warm rice, it's very good, and kapi also immediately takes the warm rice and immediately enjoys it with the family at home.
This is how I cook beef rendang, friends, the cooking process takes a long time, up to 1 hour or even more, but by the time we eat it, less than an hour is over heheh..
Thank you very much for those who took the time to read my post this time, I hope my post is a little useful for readers, and see you in my next post and I also really hope for the support of all my friends, so that we can achieve what we want while here.
All these photos were taken by @Ryanaa herself, taken using a Realme hanphone Type RMX3630
