Lontong Sayur - Rice Cakes with Vegetables Stew in Coconut Milk

5.0 from 2 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Beef Rice Vegetables

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 20 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoon oil
• 2 bay leaves (Indonesian: daun salam)
• 500 gram beef, choose cuts for stew, cut into bite size pieces
• 4 chayotte (Indonesian: labu siam), peeled, cored, and julienned
• 500 gram snake beans (Indonesian: kacang panjang), cut into 1 inch sections
• 20 stink beans (Indonesian: petai), optional
• 2 liter thin coconut milk (or use 7 cups water + 1 can of coconut milk)
• 2 tablespoon fish sauce (Indonesian: kecap ikan)
• 2 tablespoon palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa), or to taste
• salt, to taste
• Grind the following into spice paste
• 100 gram shallot (Indonesian: bawang merah)
• 4 cloves garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih)
• 10 red cayenne chilies (Indonesian: cabe merah keriting) (*)
• 30 gram dried shrimps (Indonesian: ebi), soaked in boiling water to soften
• 2 inch galangal (Indonesian: lengkuas)
• Serve with
• Indonesian rice cakes (Indonesian: ketupat/lontong)

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a pot and sauté spice paste and bay leaves until fragrant.
2. Add beef and cook until no longer pink.
3. Add chayotte, snake beans, and stink beans. Cook until vegetables start to wilt.
4. Add coconut milk, fish sauce, and palm sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook until the meat is tender. You can add more boiling water if the liquid reduces, try to keep the liquid to 2 liter.
5. Add more palm sugar and salt to suit your taste. Turn off heat. Transfer to serving bowls, and serve with rice cakes (Indonesian: ketupat/lontong).

Notes

• (*) Use red anaheim chilies (Indonesian: cabe merah besar) for a less spicy dish.