About the dish
Rendang is a dish of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, cooked for ceremonies, weddings and holidays. Pieces of beef are simmered for a very long time in coconut milk with a paste of chilli, shallots, garlic, ginger, galangal and turmeric, together with lemongrass and kaffir lime and turmeric leaves. Over several hours the milk cooks down until only an oily, dark brown, intensely spiced coating clings to the meat – cooked like this, rendang kept for a long time and was taken on journeys. The earlier, wetter stage is called kalio. It is eaten with rice, and in Malaysia and Singapore also with ketupat for Hari Raya. Readers’ polls by CNN Travel have named rendang the most delicious food in the world.
Main ingredients
- beef
- coconut milk
- chilli
- shallots
- ginger
- galangal
- lemongrass
- kaffir lime leaves
Indonesia: It comes from the Minangkabau cooking of West Sumatra and spread across the country through Padang restaurants.
Malaysia: In Malaysia rendang, such as rendang tok from Perak, is a must for Hari Raya, served with ketupat and lemang.
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