BEEF TONGUE SOUR SOUP RECIPE (indonesian style)

This recipe may called exotic food recipe, cause beef tongue is uncommon in western and its sound odd thing. In Indonesia and south east asia beef tongue is common used for food.  

Ingredients:

800 gr of beef tongue, boiled till tender, peeled and cut into 1 cm pieces.
25 gr Javanese Tamarind, dissolve with 1 tbsp water.
790 ml water
3 lime leaves, shredded.
2 stalks lemongrass, crushed
2 green tomatoes, cut into pieces.
2 tbsp fried onions for topping.
4 tbsp cooking oil
3 bay leaves

Blended Spices:

8 shallots
4 cloves garlic
4 pcs red chillies
3 cm turmeric
1 cm ginger
3 candlenuts
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp salt
2 tbsp sugar

How To Cook:

1. Stir-fry blended spices, tomatoes, lemon grass and lime leaves until fragrant.
2. Add the beef tongue. Stir well.
3. Add water.
4. Add bay leaves. This is for flavor and to remove the stinky smell.
5. Bring to a boil.
6. Add tamarind water. Boil until the spices are absorbed.
7. Serve with fried onions.