BEEF CLEAR SOUP/BANDUNG BEEF CLEAR SOUP

Bandung beef clear soup is the special beef clear soup from Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is a special Sundanese delicious dish. It is made of beef, radish, white pepper etc. You can try to make it yourself and taste it.
How to make it ? Here you are.

INGREDIENTS :
• 250 gr piece of fresh beef, washed off
• 1 radish, peeled and sliced thinly, boiled, drained
• 75 gr soybeen, submerged in hot water about 20 minuts, drained and fried.
• 2 lt of freshwater

Seasoning :
• 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and pulverized
• ¼ tsp ground white pepper
• 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised
• 3 cm ginger root, peeled and bruised
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 stalk welsh’onion, thinly sliced
• 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
• 1 tsp salt (sea salt) or to taste

METHOD :

1. In stewpan or saucepan, boil fresh beef together with lemongrass,ginger and bay leaves untill tender, removed and drained. And than cut into small cubes, set aside.
2. Simmer the remained broth ( point 1), add pulverized garlic,ground white pepper, and sea salt, stir it frequently.
3. Add the diced beef (point 1) and the thinly sliced boiled radish intothat simmered broth, reduce heat to very low.

Now, Bandung Beef Soup (Soto Bandung) ready to be served.
Serve it with sprinkle fried soybeen, thinly sliced welsh’onion,
thinly sliced celery, and ground white pepper (option, if you need to add it).

TIPS :
If you like a hot taste, you can add chilies sauce, season to taste, in your soup. And, usually, we eat Bandung Beef Clear Soup with emping and steam white rice. Emping is a fried chip made of tangkil fruit (Sundanese), (melinjo fruit , Javanese or gnetum gnemon, latin).
Happy cooking. Thank you very much.