Name: Tempeh rendang
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3 shallots, roughly chopped; 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; ¼ cup (25 g) desiccated coconut; 1 teaspoon grated palm sugar (or brown sugar); ½ cup (125 ml) coconut milk; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 star anise; 2 teaspoons tamarind paste; 2 cloves; 1 lemon grass stalk, white part only, roughly chopped; 2.5 cm ginger, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Jackfruit and Blue Ginger

By Sasha Gill

Published 2019

About

Rendang is not, strictly speaking, a curry. It does not come swimming in gravy, but is instead quite thick – rich with coconut and sharp from the tamarind. While this is often partnered with Nasi lemak, you can also enjoy it with Compressed rice and Sambal.