Authentic Indonesian beef rendang. Beef rendang is a delicious Indonesian dry beef curry cooked in spicy coconut milk. The beef is slow-cooked until all the liquid evaporates, leaving the meat soft and tender. It tastes delicious with aromatic rendang sauce.
A long, languid simmer in coconut milk, lemongrass, and galangal gives rendang the intensity of five curries packed into one. Here's how to make it. Rendang slows the world down. And in the Nusantara region—the slice of Southeast Asia made up of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore with a population of over 300 million—it's a way of life.
Simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours on medium-low heat, stirring at intervals, until the meat. becomes tender. 5. Toast the ingredients for the ground dry spices in a dry pan till fragrant. Cool and grind up with a mortar and pestle. Set aside. 6. Allow the beef mixture in the big pot to slowly turn brown. Cooking rendang in a slow cooker. You may cook beef rendang using a slow cooker. Simply put all the blended ingredients, meat, coconut milk and water into the slow cooker and cook for 12 hours. The beef rendang will be very tender.