Halal Food Recipes: Malay Beef Curry (Gulai Daging Lembu)

Ingredients:

600 gram beef
1 cup water
½ cup cooking oil
300 gram potatoes
5 tbsp meat curry powder
6 shallots
4 cloves garlic
3 cm piece ginger
4 cups coconut milk - extracted from ¾ coconut
1 ½ inch cinnamon sticks
2 cloves
1 star anise
25 gram grated coconut - fried until golden and pounded
Salt to taste

Cooking Method:

Clean the meat thoroughly and cut into bite sized pieces and drain.
Blend the curry powder with 1 cup water.
Pound the shallots, garlic and ginger.

Heat oil and fry the pounded ingredients until fragrant. Add in the curry powder and fry further until fragrant.

Add the beef with a little bit of water. Add the pounded fried coconut, star anise, cloves and cinnamon stick. Stir slowly and add the coconut milk, potatoes and salt.

Simmer until the potatoes are cooked.

Serve the beef curry hot with plain steamed or boiled rice or with bread or roti.