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. |