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Mama Sita's

Beef shank and bone marrow simmered for hours with young jackfruit (langka), lemongrass, and annatto, soured with Mama Sita's Batuan Fruit Paste. Simply serve hot with rice.

  • Cooking time: Cook 4 hr
  • Yield: 6
  • Ingredients: 12 ingredients
  • Steps: 8 steps

First published

Bowl of beef kansi: beef shank, marrow bone, and jackfruit in a lemongrass broth, with garnish ingredients around it
Beef Kansi

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. In a pot, sauté garlic and onions.

  2. Add beef and ginger into the pot, continue sautéing for about 1 minute.

  3. Add water. Bring to boil then simmer for about 2 hours. Remove scum and add water if needed.

  4. After an hour, add the sliced jackfruit and continue simmering until meat is tender and jackfruit is cooked.

  5. Once meat is tender, add Mama Sita’s Batuan Fruit Paste.

  6. Soak annatto seeds in beef stock taken from the pot. Soak seeds until desired color is achieved. Then add the soup back into the pot.

  7. Add lemongrass and finger chili and simmer for 5 minutes.

  8. May add fish sauce to taste. Serve hot.

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