Spice paste:
30 g shallots
40 g white onion
15 g candlenut
15 g curly red chili
30 ml cooking oil
For the beef:
400 g beef mignon (fillet steak)
300 ml water
20 g brown sugar
50 ml tamarind
40 ml sweet soy sauce
2 g nutmeg powder
7 g salt
2 g pepper
1 tomato, cut into 6 segments
5 g beef powder
10 g fried shallots
The Mignon can be substituted with round steak.
Preheat a pan on medium heat with 30 ml of cooking oil.
Add the blended paste and fry for about 5 mins over medium heat.
To the pan, add 300 ml water, followed by the brown sugar, tamarind, sweet soy sauce, nutmeg powder, salt, pepper, tomato, beef powder and diced beef.
Reduce heat and stir until well combined, then cover the pan and cook on low heat for 1 hour.
After 1 hour remove from heat and set aside to cool.
After it has cooled, pour into your serving bowl and garnish with fried shallots.
It is now ready to serve!
Best served with warm steamed rice.