rendang tok
May 10, 2010Last weekend, I cooked witnessed the cooking of rendang tok, a Malay delicacy usually eaten with lemang.
It’s safe to say that I will never cook rendang tok in my life.
Unless someone threatens to kill me if I don’t cook it, for whatever stupid psycho reason.
IT WAS SO TEDIOUS! The mixing bit was really easy, can do with closed eyes (chehhh…). The only downside is that your fingers will smell of spices for a while. Hence why I didn’t touch it. Hehe. Hmmm…why didn’t anyone think to use a spoon to mix it?
The hard part was the cooking part. The simmering beef rendang cannot be left alone. You have to constantly mix it, and you’ll probably be done with not only this week, but next week’s arm exercise too.
It took THREE HOURS to cook this. If one person did it, she’d probably be too tired to use her hands to eat afterwards. I know if I did it alone, I’d probably go “Screw this” and turn the stove off.
But anyway, for you ambitious and extremely rajin people out there, I’ll share the recipe here. Please forgive me because I don’t really know the measurements of each ingredient. They just threw everything together and added more as they went along, so it was difficult to gauge the exact measurements (or even the steps!).
1. Mix these ingredients together;
Lengkuas, halia, bawang putih, bawang merah, serai, kerisik, kelapa potong, kayu manis, jintan manis, jintan putih, bunga cengkih, bunga lawang, gula gabung, belacan, buah pelaga, gula, garam, air asam jawa.
Wah, look at me go with all my Malay words!! *bows with pride* Told you guys I was Malay. I got A2 for BM okkkk?! Would’ve gotten A1, but the examiner was probably PMS-ing. Pfftt.
I bet Dean doesn’t even know what the hell I’m talking about. And Sofia is probably googling “belacan” as she reads this.
Basically, just mix together whatever you find in the kitchen. Chocolate sauce? Sure, why not. Everything else is in there anyway.
2. Add the mixture to the beef.
3. Add lots of coconut milk (full fat, please) until it becomes a pool of calories.
4. Put the pool of calories on a stove.
Preferably in an open space, because the wok is huge and there will be splatters of hot oil everywhere. Best put on the floor. And best not to wear white (*looks at expensive white shirt with yellow dots everywhere…sigh… polka dots is “in” again right?*)
5. Do this for three hours. Breathe in breathe out. Don’t start swearing.
Change positions as you will get butt cramps.
It will slowly dry up until it becomes proper rendang tok (which is black in colour). Amazing isn’t it how it turns into such a dark colour?
Yes, I know. It looks like something unpleasant, but my god, it was soooooo yummy!!!! So yummy that I would hire somebody to make this for me.
Now that I’ve experienced the whole rendang tok production, I feel more Malay than ever! π Maybe I’ll even start blogging in Malay hehehe. OK, let’s not get too excited.
Tengok lah macam mana.
Baiklah, saya mahu makan dinner sekarang.
HAHAHAHA.
Lol…
lets see proudduck do dodol next time π
Can you please post up the ingredients in English.
Reading this makes me feel really hungry!
Nak makan rendang dengan lemang. Sedapnya….!
amboi amboi gigih betul anak dara di dapur.macamni pasti jadi isteri yang cekap kelak lol
Lengkuas, halia, bawang putih, bawang merah, serai, kerisik, kelapa potong, kayu manis, jintan manis, jintan putih, bunga cengkih, bunga lawang, gula gabung, belacan, buah pelaga, gula, garam, air asam jawa.
lengkuas(?),ginger, garlic, onion, serai=lemongrass (i’m not sure), kerisik(?), kelapa potong (kelapa- coconut, potong- cut, cut coconut[?]) (kayu manis, jintan manis,bunga cengkih, bunga lawang, must be all the spices like cardamon, cloves and idk what else.)gula gabung- some sugar(?), belacan= shrimp paste, buah pelaga( i think it’d cardamon, then what’s jintan manis ==)sugar, salt, tamarind juice
lol…isn’t lengkuas is the same as serai?
ok, someone needs to translate this.
lengkuas is galangal in english ! sounds so ugly aight ?
V, am so proud of you π
F you I know what belacan is! Jintan on the other hand….
kulit kayu manis is cinnamon! haha.. and i think its gula kabung, not gula gabung. a.k.a enau. haha this translating game is fun
You look soooooo cute with your new hair do!! MashaAllah =) It totally reminds me of our high school days.
Oh and rendang is sooo hard to make okay. Requires a lot of patience, as I’m sure you have discovered =P Wah now you can cook rendang for me when I get back to KL next month hehe.
i love rendang tok! my mom makes it every raya :))
bravo PD!
i luvvvvvvvvvv rendang tok! yummy!
You wore white while cooking rendang? Very brave indeed:)
You’re such a city girl… o.o
“Tengoklah macam mana” hahahahaha too funny. And yeah the picture makes me miss ramadhan and syawal! Can’t wait XD
the rendang looks yummy!
baiklah saya mahu makan lunch sekarang! LOL
gonna throw in some herbs translation here (i have a chart on my dining wall)
kerisik – toasted desiccated coconut – toast them on your own if you can’t find ready-made ones.
jintan manis – fennel
jintan putih – cumin
the clove etc, i cant even differentiate which ones what, just throw the whole lot in :D.
anyway, bravo PD, now you can happily brag you’ve made a rendang tok at least once in your lifetime π
OoOoOO DROOLS!!! I soo want to go back to Malaysia now!!!! sigh!!! UK food sucks π