Nasi Daging & Air Asam

Bismillah...

Assalamualaikumwbh and hi all! I tell you, when you are staying 9-10hours of flight away from home, err...there will be lots in the list u got, just to please your tummies and throats....ngeeee!! Even, I pun dah jadi mcm Kak LG, I made my own salted eggs. Errk....back in Malaysia....mmm pandang pun tak eik? I guess within 2 weeks times, the eggs are salted enough and ready to fill me:)); my grand recipe. 

Nasi daging, I have never done this before, since mom always be the first to serve us;)! So, as per requested, I made this for the other half. MMM, puas aii cuba godek recipe, just to meet the taste, the colour and texture yang dia duk imagine n storied me 2 days before. Alhamdulillah, it perfects our dinner lastnigt-(ayat tak kose, muahaha...ikut mulot kami, gud enough;)).

At the end of our diner he said, 

" I am thinking of getting some of malaysian folks to come here for lunch one day for nasi daging, mm what do you think?


Wifey said(even the wife pun ada rasa kimbang2 sbb masaknya menjadi),

"Owh, no hal! We need new tools to cook for large number of people. I think  we need to get BM, Ice-cream maker and bigger silicone mould in the kitchen to cook nasi daging...." Muahahaha...the isteri, dgn selamba meninggalkan the suami dgn terpinga2 tgh confuse....Tak koseeee kan???;P

Here is the recipe yang sedap tak leh blah ni:P. Nasi daging is the combination of rice, beef and air asam (tamarind sauce).


NASI DAGING & AIR ASAM

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 Serving: Cut the beef onto the rice with air asam:). I makan dgn veges pickles...mmm yummeh!!

Beef Stock
250gm of beef (topside)-clean n do not cut the beef
1 table spoon of Kurma powder 
1 lemon grass (bruised)

Enough water to boil the beef and retain the stock to cook the rice

Method: bring the water to boil, add in beef, kurma powder and lemon grass till beef is tender.

Nasi Daging

2 cups of basmati rice, wash and drained- to be cooked as per packing. My style: 1 cup of basmati to 1 and 4/5 cups of water. I do not need to soak the rice in advance. 

1 onion ~ sliced 

2 garlic ~ sliced 

1/2 inch ginger ~ sliced 

1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise (bunga lawang)
2 cardamons

2 spoon of ghee

screw-pine leaves

1 lemon grass (bruised)

1 table spoon of kurma powder

Salt to taste

Method: Heat ghee and saute onion, garlic, ginger, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamons, and screw-pine leaves till fragrant. Add in rice, kurma powder and enough beef stock. Add in 1/3 cup of evaporated milk if u like, (pls check total water consumed to cook the rice) the boiled beef, lemon grass and salt to taste.
 
Tamarind Sauce
Tamarind ~ use  a bit water to get the juice
1 teaspoon shrimp paste (belacan) 
1 onion ~ diced
1 fresh tomato ~ diced
4-6 bird eye chillie ~ chopped
1/2 cup water

1/2 table spoon of sugar

1 spoon of lime juice

Method : In a small pot, set to slow heat, add in water, lime & tamarind juice. Add in belacan to simmer. Off heat add in onion, tomato, and chillies.