Beef Spicy Stew (Gulai Lemak)

Ingredients:
1 lb. beef (sirloin/tenderloin preferrable)
½ coconut, grated
5 glasses water
Salt and pepper to taste
Vegetable oil

Paste Ingredients:

6 small shallots
3 cloves garlic
6 candlenuts
5 red bird-eye chilies
10 red chilies
½ tsp. coriander (stir fried without oil)
½ tsp. cumin (stir fried without oil)
2 cm turmeric
½ coconut, grated
Instructions:
Slice beef into regular pieces (± 2½"x2"x½").
Pour a glass of water into the grated coconut.  Squeeze the grated coconut to get the milk.  Do this for 4 more times so that you will get 5 glasses of coconut milk out of it.
Grind all paste ingredients.   With medium high heat, pour 1 Tbs. of vegetable oil into a large pan and stir fry the paste until fragrant and then put in salt and pepper.  Put the beef in next and stir.
Last, pour in the coconut milk and let it cook with medium heat until the beef is tender and the coconut milk thickened and creates oil. 
Ready to serve.

Makes 3-4 servings.