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15 Days & Rendang Minang

Husband's gone for 15 days. Third time in two months, or 22 out of 60 days. That's a whole lot of days.

I usually stay at my mum's when the Husband isn't around especially for long periods, but I decided to stay on our own, and this will be the longest ever with him around. So far I've managed well, though I feel I should be bringing them out more on weekends, but I am just occupied with basic housework stuff. This weekend I shall make an effort to bring them to see Elmo and Cookie Monster. Haha.

The day he went off, he wanted to eat some homecooked meal, and requested for rendang. I already have a rendang recipe from my mum, but we tried the minang version, provided by my friend. I tweaked it a bit, but I will show you the original recipe as well.

Rendang Minang original version

1kg beef
1 litre pati santan
2 tbsp kerisik
1 pc asam keping
2 tbsp gula melaka
2 daun kunyit sliced thinly
3 tbsp cili kisar

Ingredients to blend:
10 red onions
4 cloves garlic
1 inch fresh tumeric
2 inches ginger
1 inch galangal (lengkuas)
4 sticks lemongrass, sliced thinly before mincing
4 candlenut (buah keras)
30-40 cili padi

Rendang Minang my version

1kg beef
500ml coconut cream Kara
2 tbsp kerisik
2 tbsp gula melaka
2 1/2 tsp salt

Ingredients to blend:
3 tbsp worth of cili kisar but I blend together with other ingredients below
7 medium red onions
4 cloves garlic
1 inch fresh tumeric
2 inches ginger
1 inch galangal (lengkuas)
4 sticks lemongrass, sliced thinly before mincing (I kept the stubs for frying)
25 cili padi green one

Fry the 4 lemongrass stubs in oil. Add in the blended ingredients and fry for a while. Add in the meat and fry for about 10 minutes. Add in the coconut cream, kerisik, gula melaka and salt. Pressure cook for 20 minutes.

There's no water needed for this recipe as the liquid coming from the blended ingredients + the coconut cream is enough to submerge the meat in.

I think if I reduce the cili padi further, maybe 20 only, I can reduce the coconut cream. I added only 250ml at first but it was too spicy, so I had to add all 500ml.

Husband really loves this rendang version. I'm surprised there's no ground coriander or cumin. But the result was good, just that the amount of coconut cream is really shocking. Haha. I guess next time I'll use skim coconut milk instead and see how that works out.

Sent off Husband after lunch, and our little baby girl was upset at the airport that I had to hug her for the 2 hours we were at there. She didn't want to say goodbye to her daddy, or hug or wanted to be carried by him. But she did suddenly cried so hard when daddy hugged goodbye. I see the emotional resemblance there  hahaha.

She's okay now, I hope these 15 days will be okay for all of us and will pass by very very fast.
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