Rawon (Indonesian Black Beef Soup)

Rawon is a special dish which originated from East Java Province but now has become a well known dish across the country. What makes this dish so special & unique is it’s BLACK color! Rawon is one of traditional indonesian food, consists of special spicy beef soup because of containing keluwek (fruits of kepayang tree used as a spice).

Ingredients

• 250 gram Beef (use the part that has more fat )
• 1 stalk of spring onion, finely chopped
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
• 2 salam leaves
• 1 stalk of lemon grass, bruised
• 2 cm galangal, bruised
• pepper and salt to taste
• 6 cups of water
• ♥♦ Spice Paste: ♦♥
• 5 shallots
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 4 candlenuts ( can be substituted with 6 of almonds)
• 1 cm ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon of coriander
• 1/2 tablespoon of turmeric powder
• a pinch of cumin
• 3 keluweks, take only the meat
• 2 red chillies, seeded (fresh or use chili powder if you like)

Directions:

Put the beef and water in a large pan and simmer uncovered until beef is tender. When it’s tender, separate the meat and cut into small cube. Bring back to boil with low heat.

Grind or blend the spice paste.

Heat oil in heavy stock pot and sauté the spice paste together with lemongrass, galangal, salam leafs, lime kaffir leafs and kluwek over low heat for 3-5 minutes. You can add chilly powder or paprika powder if you like.

Bring the frying spice mixture into the pan with beef, simmer for 20 minutes. Season for taste with salt and pepper. Always add some more water if it’s necessary.

Before it’s done, sprinkle with spring onion. Cook for another 5 minutes.

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