Coto Makassar ( Makassar Traditional Beef Soup)
Ingredients:
Shallots 2
Garlic Cloves 3
Salam Leaves 3
Corriander Seeds 1/2 Tablespoon
Water 8 cup
Lemon grass 1, bruised
Lime leaves 3
Oil 2 Tablespoons
Salt as needed
Crispy fried shallots 1/3 cup (condiment)
Limes 2, cut into wedges
Sweet soy sauce 1/3 cup
Sambal soto (condiment)
Beef chuck 2 ½ lbs (add intestine, tripe, lung, etc)
Peanuts 1 oz, roasted
Chinese celery 1/3 cup (chopped)
Galangal 1 slized
Brown Bean sauce 1 Tablespoon
Holland Hot Pepper 1
Instructions:
Simmer beef chuck with 8 cups of water in a pot (cook tripes
and intestines separately, add to beef when they are done)
until thouroughly cooked. Cut beef into big chunks then return
them to the pot.
Ground shallots, garlic, coriander seeds, roasted peanuts,
and Holland red pepper to a fine paste. Heat a frying pan,
add oil then saute spice paste for about 5 minutes. Add lemon
grass, galangal, salam leaves, and lime leaves to the frying
pan and saute for 2 more minutes. Transfer this paste to the
pot and simmer until beef pieces are tender.
Serving suggestion:
Divide rice or "lontong" (rice rolls) into serving bowls then
top with the soup. Top the soup with your choice of condiments.