Magic in the Kitchen : Beef Stew

Saya tak lalu makan nasik! 

Which is not something that my doctor wanted to hear cause I lost almost half of my body weight (98kgs-51kgs) in a few months time and gained back some  (20+kgs) in a few months time... Enough about my health complications...

Let's make beef stew.

Ingredients :

500 gms of the cheapest sinewiest beef

1 carrot- cut into chunks
2 potato- cut into chunks
1 tomato- cut into chunks
1 onion- cut into chunks
1/4 cauliflower - cut into chunks

1 cinnamon
1/2 star anise
1/2 tspn black peppercorn

1/4 tspn nutmeg powder
1 tspn sweet paprika powder
1/2 Cube beef stock

2 tbsp chopped almond (for that wonderful  extra crunch)

Method:

Heat oil.  Brown beef.  Add cinnamon,  star anise and black peppercorn. Add tomato &  onion.

Add 1 cup hot water to deglaze pot.

Transfer content to slow cooker.  Add potato,  carrot and cauliflower.  Add in nutmeg powder  &  paprika. Cook on low for 8 hours.

Remove beef from slow cooker.  Pour content into blender,  blend till fine. Add to slow cooker.  Add chopped almond.

Serve hot with bread.

Done.

Note: some people use flour and butter (we call that ruox) to thicken the gravy. 

I prefer to remove the meat and blend everything else.  I just don't like the inedible bits (cinnamon stick, star anise,  black peppercorn)  in my gravy. 

You can adjust the thickness of gravy with stock/water.

Or...  You can leave everything unblended and enjoy...