RECIPES

Slow Cooked Indonesian

Beef Curry

Serves 8-10

INGREDIENTS

Curry paste

8 cloves garlic

6 eshallots, roughly chopped 6cm piece ginger, sliced

6 long red chillies, trimmed and roughly chopped

1 tablespoon ground coriander

1 tablespoon ground cumin

½teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

2 teaspoons salt

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Curry

INGREDIENTS

2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil

3kg chuck steak (or gravy beef), cut into 5cm dice

6 cardamom pods

2 cinnamon sticks

1 cup (250ml) water

1 small (500g) sweet potato cut into 5cm chunks

2 medium (500g) potatoes, cut into quarters

2 x 270ml cans coconut milk

13 cup Tamarind paste

1 bunch coriander leaves and stem chopped

Method

1.For the curry paste, assemble food processor with the mini processing bowl inserted. Place all ingredients except oil into the mini bowl and process until finely chopped. Pour in oil and process until smooth; set aside.

2.Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a non stick frying pan over medium high heat. Add one quarter of the beef and cook, stirring, until browned; transfer meat to slow cooker pan and repeat with remaining oil and beef.

3.Reduce heat to medium and stir in curry paste. Cook 2-3 minutes or until fragrant. Place slow cooker pan into housing; add curry paste and stir to coat meat in curry paste Add cardamom, cinnamon, water and potatoes. Cover and cook on High 4-5 hours or Low 7–8 hours.

4.In the last hour of cooking stir through coconut milk, tamarind and coriander. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt or extra tamarind.

TIP

Recipe can be cooked in oven at 170°C for 2 ½ -3 hours.

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Breville BFP800 manual Slow Cooked Indonesian Beef Curry