Rawon Komplit

Ingredients:

3 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cm. long fresh langkuas, smashed
1 lemon grass stalk, bruised
2 jeruk purut leaves
1/2 kg. brisket, cut into 2 x 2 cm cubes
2 cm. thick

Spice-paste:
6 keluwek, takeout the nut meat
7 shallots
4 cloves garlic
1 cm. long fresh ginger
1 1/2 tsp. coriander seeds
2 red chillies
4 candlenuts
salt
palm or brown sugar to taste

Procedure:

Heat the oil and fry the pounded spice-taste for a minute or two. Add langkuas, lemon grass and jruk purut leaf. Fry till fragnant. Add the cubed beef and 1 1/2 L water. Cook on low heat until meat tender and flavor of spices have been absorbed. If level of water drops too much, add hot water.

To Serve:
Rawon is accompained by plain boiled or steamed rice, empal (spicy, fried beef slice), salted duck eggs, telor pindang, shrimp krupuk,a raw vegetable salad of beansprouts, sliced cucumbers and sambal terasi. Makes 8 servings.