PALAVER SAUCE
What To Cook Today recipe - Malaysian/Indonesian
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/2 cup peanut or palm oil
- 1/2 lb (250 g) beef, cut in chunks
- 3 lb ( 1 1/2 kg) chicken, cut in pieces, skin removed if desired
- 1 onion (, thinly sliced)
- 2 tomatoes (, chopped)
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 1/2 tsp ground red pepper (, or to taste)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp ground crayfish
- 5 oz (150 g) okra, stemmed and sliced crosswise
- 1/2 lb (250 g) mixed greens such as kale or spinach, stemmed or chopped (4 to 5 cups)
- 1/4 lb (125 g) fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 lb (250 g) lean or fat fish fillet, raw or previously steamed or baked
Instructions
- 1
Heat oil in large, heavy-bottomed pot and cook beef and chicken over medium-high heat until brown on both sides. Do this in batches so the meat brown properly. Remove from the pot and set aside
- 2
Add onion, tomatoes, curry powder, red pepper, salt and dried crayfish to pot. Simmer 20 minutes on medium to low heat
- 3
Add 3 cup (725 ml) water to pot and bring to a boil. Add okra, green, and mushrooms. Simmer, uncovered, on medium-high heat for 10 minutes
- 4
Return meat and chicken to pot, lower heat to medium and simmer, uncovered until they are cooked through
- 5
Cut fish into about 8 large chunk, and add to the pot. Simmer another 5 minutes, uncovered, until the fish is cooked through