Recipe: Sop Rawon - East Java traditional beef soup

This original recipe is from Surabaya, Indonesia. This delicious Indonesian soup is often enjoyed together with salty egg and small beans sprout and shrimp crackers.

Ingredients

• 600 g (1¼ lb) beef rump
• 2½ cm (1 inch) turmeric roots
• 20 g (0.7 oz) ginger roots
• 50 g (1.8 oz) garlic
• 100 g (3½ oz) shallot
• 50 g (1.8 oz) candlenut
• 2 red chilies
• 2 kaffir lime leafs
• 30 g (1 oz) lemon grass
• 200 g (7 oz) black nut (kluwek), cleaned and soft
• 3 tsp coriander powder
• 1 bay leaf (salam)
• 20 g (0.7 oz) galangal
• 1 tsp cumin
• salt
• white pepper powder
• white sugar
• vegetables oil

Directions

1. Clean the beef rump and cut into cubes.
2. Blend shallot, garlic, ginger, candlenut, turmeric, red chili and black nuts (kluwek) until smooth.
3. Heat pan and put all blended ingredients and saute until cooked and smell good.
4. Add beef rump cubes and water to make the stock.
5. Put kaffir lime leafs, salam, galangal, lemon grass and boil until beef is tender.
6. Season with coriander powder, cumin, salt and sugar according to taste.

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