Authentic Beef Rendang (Indonesian)

Ingredients you need for Beef Rendang (4 to 6 persons, you can always freeze the rest)
- preparation time really not more than 20 min. but you have to be patient.. cause it has to simmer on low fire for at least 3 hours. Best is even 4 to 5 hours !
2 bay leaves
2 red peppers
5 garlic gloves
a chunk of ginger ( 2 by 3 cm)
a chunk of galanga (2 by 3 cm)
4 limeleaves
1 lime juice
1 lemon grass
2 red onions
1/2 a spoon of, cuminseed, corianderseed, cinnamon, garam massala and chilli powder.
1 spoon of curry powder
1 spoon of sambal oelek (if you like it spicy add more of this)
1 big shot of ketjap manis

Mix all the ingredients (except for the bay leaves, sambal, ketjap manis, and 2 lime leaves) together in a kitchen blender until smooth.

1 kilo of Shoulder Steak (dutch translation: sukade-of riblappen), diced in pieces of 3 by 4 cm)

Follow the steps by clicking on the pictures below! Don't let my list of ingredients scare you.. trust me. Beef Rendang is really not hard to make it... have a bit of faith in me ;). Only dark side of this dish is that it takes some time, it has to simmer on your stove on low heat for like 4 hours.. to get the best result.. I know right? like.. what the F$@#.. but really.. it's worth it.. nothing beats a home-made Beef Rendang.. a great dish to make when you have your friends over on a cold rainy day.. serve some white rice rice and some Gado Gado with it and you're done!