Indonesian Beef Curry Recipe

Ingredients :
600 g 6 cups 3 cm piece 3 cm piece 1/2 piece 1 stalk 2 1 1 1 4 tablespoons Ground ingredients 15 10 6 cloves 1 1/2 cm piece 5 1 3 3 cm Seasoning 1 teaspoon 1/2 teaspoon 1 tablespoon	Beef, cubed Water Old ginger, smashed Galangal, smashed Turmeric leaf, shredded and knotted Lemon grass, smashed (white part) Kaffir lime leaves, torn Tomato, halved Fresh red chili, halved and seeded Lime, squeezed for juice Cooking oil Dried chilies, soaked and seeded Shallots Garlic Ginger Candlenuts Star anise Cloves Cinnamon stick Sugar or to taste Salt Fish sauce
Method : Put the beef in a heavy based saucepan. Add ginger and water. Bring to a low simmering boil, then cook over a gentle heat until meat is cooked. Heat oil in a wok. Combine all grounded ingredients with star anise, cloves and cinnamon stick. Fry until oil rises. Add tomato, chili, galangal and lemon grass. Fry until fragrant. Pour cooked sauce ingredients into beef. Add turmeric leaf and continue to cook, stirring frequently until sauce thickens. Squeeze in lime juice and add seasoning and kaffir lime leaves. Bring to a boil and dish out and serve hot.