Rendang, The Most Delicious Food in the World

Rendang is a dish which originated from the Minangkabau ethnic group in West Sumatra province of Indonesia, and it's voted as the Most Delicious Food in the World.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg beef or buffalo meat, a square cut into about 20 pieces, preferably beef. 
• 4 lime leaves. 
• 1 stalk lemongrass. 
• 2 liters of thick coconut milk from a big old coconuts.

Mashed spices:

• 2 cloves garlic 
• 4 pieces red onion 
• 25 grams ginger 
• 15 grams of turmeric 
• 75 grams of young galangal 
• 1 tbsp. minced chili pepper or to taste 
• 1 tsp. pepper 
• ½ nutmeg 
• 4 pieces of hazelnut 
• ½ tbsp. salt 
• 1 tbsp. granulated sugar

Preparation method:

• Marinate meat with herbs that have been crushed at least 1 hour.
• Cook the coconut milk in a skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the coconut oil from floating on the surface (at least 20 minutes) and set aside.
• Into a large frying pan, insert meat with spices and coconut milk as much as 300 cc (until the meat submerged).
• Enter the bay leaves and lemon grass leaves, and cook over medium heat, stirring, stirring until half of the coconut milk evaporates.
• Pour another 100 cc coconut milk and stir in coconut milk until all the water evaporates.
• Continue stirring and add the remaining coconut milk, about 100 cc for all castings.
• Cook until the meat becomes tender (at least 1 ½ hours) and until all the water evaporates in coconut milk and spices rendang so.