Originally from Indonesia though now more well known as a Malaysia curry, the sauce is made with aromatic spices like cinnamon, cardamom and star anise as well as fresh aromatics including lemongrass, garlic, ginger and galangal. Unlike many curries, Beef Rendang is a dry curry which means there is not loads of sauce.
Also question is, how do you thicken rendang sauce?
Add one tablespoon of cornflour to two or three tablespoons of cold water and stir. Pour the mixture into the sauce and allow to simmer until the sauce begins to thicken. Which doesn’t take very long. Ideal for Indian curries and can be used as a cream substitute (which is also thickens sauces).
In this manner, is rendang dry or wet?
Although, unlike crispy dendeng balado spicy jerky, rendang’s texture is not actually dry, since it is quite moist and rather oily. Rendang is diligently stirred, attended, and cooked for hours until the coconut milk has evaporated, turned into coconut oil, and the meat has absorbed the spices.
Is rendang paste hot?
Turn up the heat with our version of this fiery curry paste from Indonesia. It’s slightly less hot but still has lots of fresh chilli.
What do you eat rendang with?
The Malay Rendang should only be a part of the final meal. Our favourite accompaniments are pineapple salad (it has everything we look for in a dish – sweet, sour, salty, spicy and crunchy), hard boiled eggs (halved), coconut rice and finally some salad or just some chopped raw cucumber.
What does rendang curry taste like?
Hours of bubbling turns the protein soft and spoon-tender, taking on all the intense tropical aromatics of the coconut, chiles, and spice. And along the way, the coconut milk deepens into a nutty, buttery sweetness. Rendang slows the world down.