Sour Soup

Ingredients

Blended Spices:

• 4 cloves of shallot


• 2 cloves of garlic


• 3 pieces of candlenut


• 1 piece of red chili


• 1 teaspoon of shrimp paste


• salt and brown sugar as desired

Grind all spices in a mortar or blend in a blender (add a little amount of water if using blender)

Solid Ingredients:

• 3 cm of galangale, crushed


• 3 salam leaves


• 100 gram of beef meat, small chopped


• 1/4 young jackfruit, medium diced


• 1 chayote, peeled and diced


• 2 corns, divided into 3 parts


• 2 handfull gnetum gnemon (melinjo) and the leaves (if desired)


• 100 gram of string bean, medium chopped


• 1 fresh tamarind

Cooking direction

Boil 600 ml of water in a stewpan. Add blended spices, galangale, salam leaves, beef meat, young jackfruit, chayote, corns, melinjo & the leaves. Boil until all ingredients nicely cook and tender. Add string bean, cook again for 3 minutes or until string beans cooked. Take out, served warm in a bowl.