Asian Meats Recipes - Indonesian Meat Relish (Awul-Awul) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 lb. (500 g.) beef

• boiling water to cover

• salt to taste

• a few daun salam/1 bay leaf

• 1-inch (2.5-cm.) piece galangal (crushed)

• 1 1/2 dessertspoons tamarind paste and 1/2 cup water, mixed and strained to extract juice                                             

• 1 1/2 cups pati santan/coconut cream juice

Ground Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons ketumbar/coriander seeds

• 2 teaspoons jintan putih/white cumin seeds

• 1 dessertspoon gula Jawa/palm sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 12 shallots

• 4 cloves garlic

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Put meat into the boiling water. Add salt, salam or bay leaves and galangal. When meat is tender, remove from stock and grate finely.

2. Blend tamarind juice into ground ingredients. Place mixture in a heavy-based pan.

3. Add grated meat and coconut cream. Cook on low flame till completely dry. Stir frequent­ly. Adjust seasoning.

4. Serve hot or cold with boiled white rice, or use as a filling in sandwiches or omelet's.

Note: This relish will keep a few days.