TONGSENG CURRY RECIPE FROM SOLO CENTRAL JAVA

Tongseng is a food from Java especially from Solo City, central Java Province. Main ingredient is lamb or goat meat with vegetables and sweet soy sauce (ketchup).  If you eat tongseng, you should served with hot steamed rice.

Ingredients :

• 500 grams of lamb or beef, cut into pieces
• 150 grams of cabbage leaves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon tamarind water
• 1 stalk lemongrass, crushed
• 5 tablespoons soy sauce
• 20 pcs of cayenne pepper
• 1 liter of water
• 6 pieces of red onion, thinly sliced
• salt and sugar, to taste

Spices :

• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 rounded teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon toasted coriander
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• half a teaspoon of ginger sliced

How to Cook :

• Saute onion in 3 tablespoons of cooking oil, until yellow
• Enter the spices, bay leaves and lemon grass
• Having fragrant, put the meat, cook until it changes color
• Add water, soy sauce and tamarind water, and cook until the meat soft
• Before the soup out, put cayenne pepper and cabbage, salt & sugar