Indonesian Recipes: How To Make Mealt and Bone Soup From Palembang ( Pindang Tulang Palembang )

Ingredients:

• 1 kg/2 lb beef meat with bones ( spare rib)
• 1 stem lemon grass, outer leave discard, bruished
• 2 salam leaves or bay leaves
• 2 cm or 1 tsp ginger, bruished or sliced
• 2 cm or 1 tsp galangale, bruished or sliced
• 1 tomato, quartered
• 3 large red / green chillies, de-seeded, halved
• 5 small red chillies / bird chillies (optional)
• a handfull of sweet basil / kemangi
• 3 tbsp tamarind water (1 tsp tamarind pulp soak in 3 tbsp water)
• 1 tsp indonesian sweet soya sauce / kecap manis
• 1 tsp palm sugar
• salt to taste
• sugar to taste
• 1.5 lt / 3 pints water

Spice Paste:

• 2 large red chillies, de-seeded, chopped
• 5 shallots, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped

Manggo Sambal (if preferrec):

• 2 tsp chopped young manggo / ananas, 3 small chillies
• a thin slice of roasted shrimp paste / terasi, palm sugar & salt to taste

Directions:

• Put all ingredients for the paste in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
• (If necessery add a little bit water to help the blending process).
• Pour in 1.5 liter water in a deep saucepan, cover the pan and bring to boil.
• Adjust the heat into medium, *** add the beef meat / spare rib and cook until half cooked.
• (If necessary skim off and discard the fat that floats to the water surface).
• Add the paste, lemon grass, salam leaves, ginger, galangale and bring the whole mix to boil again.
• Consecutively add the chilies, kecap manis, brown sugar and tamarind water.
• Adjust the seasoning, add the salt and sugar to taste until it tastes sour, sweet and spicy.
• (If preferred you can add 1 tsp broth powder).
• Add the sliced tomatoes and sweet basil. Lift.
• Serve with rice and manggo / ananas sambal ( if preffered).
• Manggo/ Ananas sambal:
• Grind the chillies, roasted shrimp paste and salt in a mortar until smooth.
• Add the chopped young manggo / ananas on it. Ready to serve.

*** Add the meat into boiled water then cook on the medium heat to preserve it's best taste.