Description
Iga bumbu Bali is a dish of beef ribs, cooked with Javanese seasoning that pretends to be Balinese. It’s a delicious Javanese interpretation of Balinese food, with fresh herbs and spices.
Ingredients
Scale
- 500 gr beef ribs, washed thoroughly
- 2 chilies, big red, chopped
- 8 shallots, peeled, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled, chopped
- 3 candlenuts, chopped
- 2 cm ginger, peeled, chopped
- 1 lemongrass, bruised, knotted
- 2 kaffir lime leaves
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp sweet soy sauce (optional)
- Pinch of sugar (optional)
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 5 whole chilies, bird’s eye (optional)
- 500 ml water
Instructions
- Blend into fine paste: big red chilies, shallots, garlic, ginger and candlenuts.
- Heat the cooking oil over medium high heat.
- Sauté the spice paste, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves until fragrant, around 4 minutes.
- Add the beef ribs and stir well.
- Add water, salt, sugar, and sweet soy sauce, and bring to boil.
- Once it boils: reduce the flame to medium heat and simmer the beef for around 45-50 minutes, until the beef is tender and the gravy has reduced and thickened.
- 3 minutes before the cooking is done, add the whole bird’s eye chilies.
- Serve!
Notes
- The beef ribs can be substituted with other proteins, but the cooking time needs to be adjusted accordingly.
Keywords: Javanese, candlenuts, non-spicy, one-pot meals