Beef in Yellow Sauce

Name: Beef in Yellow Sauce (Masak Kuning)
Yield: For 4–6 people
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 5 shallots or 1 large onion, chopped; 3 candlenuts or 4 macadamia nuts; 1tsp salt; 900 g/2 lb topside or silverside, cut into cubes about 2 cm/¾ inch on a side; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp chopped galingale or ½ tsp powder; 570 ml/1 pint/2½ cups water; 1 tbsp chopped lemon grass; 1 tsp shrimp paste (optional); 1 tsp brown sugar; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 6 tbsp of the coconut milk; 510 ml/1 pint/2½ cups very thick coconut milk; ½ tsp chopped kencur or ¼ tsp powder (optional)

Masak Kuning

Preparation info

For
4–6
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Indonesian Regional Food and Cookery

By Sri Owen

Published 1994

About

Ingredients

900 g/2 lb topside or silverside, cut into cubes about 2 cm

Asia
Indonesia
Sauce
South East Asia
Gluten-free

Method

Put all the ingredients for the paste in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Transfer this mixture to a saucepan and simmer, stirring often, for 4 minutes. Add to it about 4 tablespoonfuls of the thick coconut milk, and continue simmering and stirring for another 2 minutes. Now add t