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EMPAL DAGING MANIS - INDONESIAN FOOD

Empal manis is a popular meat dish, well liked by both adults and children, for its tenderness and sweetness. It is usually served with hot white rice and fried red onion in Indonesia.

Ingredients
600g beef
2 salam leaves
2 teaspoons salt
50g palm sugar, grated.
1500ml water
800ml coconut milk from 2 coconuts
1 teaspoon tamarind water

Spices
6 cloves red onion
3 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon coriander (cilantro) powder, fried without oil
3 cm galangal

Fried red onion
5 cloves red onion, thinly sliced and fried until it is golden brown

Procedure
1) Blend the spices until smooth.
2) Mix the beef with spices, salt and palm sugar and marinate for 1 hour.
3) Cook the beef inside hot water with salam leaves until medium done. Remove and cut the beef into 4 x 5 x 1 cm. Tenderize the meat with a meat mallet.
4) Heat the beef inside the previous hot water. Add coconut milk and tamarind water.
5) Remove the beef when it’s cooked and let it cool.
6) Fry the beef with small amount of oil until the beef is a bit brown.
7) Pour over the fried red onion on top of the beef.

Cooking time : 125 minutes
Servings : 6

Notes, Tips and Variations
1) Cut the beef into the same size and shape so that the cooked beef will look uniform and have the same tenderness.
2) Do not over tenderize the beef.

EMPAL DAGING MANIS - INDONESIAN FOOD