Day 152, Grandma’s Beef Curry

I ate this curry since early childhood.I remember often my mom make this curry not only for Eid celebration but also made it when guest from abroad come to visit, even thought this curry a bit too spicy for their palate but they enjoyed it. We call it grandma’s curry because the recipe handed down from grandma to my mother and aunts. Even though come from the same recipe, but my mom’s curry a bit different with aunt M’s curry. My mom’s curry a bit more spicy and thick while aunt M’s curry taste more like Indian curry. Continue reading

Day 147, Coto Makassar (Makassar Beef and Innards Soup)

Coto Makassar or Coto Mangkasara is a traditional Indonesia food, originating from Makassar, South Sulawesi. It is a richly beef tripe soup, usually serve with burasa or ketupat. This food is very popular in Makassar, you can find it easily from street stalls to restaurant. Coto Makassar is also believed have existed since Gowa Kingdom (on what is now part of South Sulawesi). This dish is influenced by Chinese culture, this believed due to the addition of tauco (fermented soybean paste) into this dish. Although not using coconut milk, coto broth is thick because it use rice water and ground peanuts. In the past coto cooked in a korong butta (clay pot) with rampah patang pulo (40 kinds of spices) consisting of peanut, candlenuts, garlic, shallots, ginger, turmeric leaves, leek, salam leaves, cinnamon, etc. Continue reading