MANADO RICA-RICA BEEF

Rica-rica beef is one of speciality food of Manado, North Sulawesi. This food made of beef with special seasoning, red curly chilies, garlic, red onion (allium cepa, latin), galangal root, ginger root, coconut milk etc.. If you decided to try to make and taste it, here you are your recipe.

INGREDIENTS :

· 500 gr beef, wash off and sliced rectangular with tick + ½ cm

· 250 coconut milk, made of ¼ coconut fruit

· 3 tbs cooking oil, for saute

GROUND SEASONING :
• 20 red curly chilies
• 4 cloves of garlic, peel and chopped
• 6 cloves of onion, peel and chopped
• 2 cm alpina galangal root, peeled and grated it
• 2 cm ginger root, peeled and grated it
• ¾ tsp sea salt (or to taste)
• ¼ tsp broth powder (if you like it, option)
ANOTHER SEASONING :
• 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tomato, cut in 8 pieces
METHOD :
1. Use mortal and pestel or food prosessor, grind all ground seasoning ingredients finely.
2. Preheat 3 tbsp cooking oil, saute ground seasoning until becames fragrant, add lemongrass and bay leaf, saute on until becames fragrant.
3. Put the sliced beef and sliced tomatoes into saute, stir frequently the beef becames half-cook.
4. Pour coconut milk, stir cotinously and cook on until the tender and its saute used up.
5. Removed. And, beef tica-rica ready to serve. Happy cooking.
Thank you very much.