25. Spicy Beef with Eggplant

• June
• 29

4:50 am Beefeater, Dinner, Home Cooking, Lunch Time, One pot dinner, Spiced it up

When I cooked this dish, I just wing it and go with what I have in the fridge and pantry. There was some eggplant that the husband would love, and the beef, he loves that one, too.

So combining them together would be interesting, I thought. And yes, it was. It was different from the usual daging masak sambal that I would sometimes make, and yet spicy enough for me.

I served this with plain white rice and some vegetables on the side.

• 600g beef, sliced
• 1 large eggplant, sliced into 3″ long stick

• 2 large onion, sliced
• 4 garlic, sliced thin
• 2 inch ginger, crushed
• 1 lemongrass, whole
• 2 TB chilli flakes
• 2 TB chilli powder
• 2 TB nampla/fish sauce
• 2 TB oil

Method

1. Heat oil, saute garlic and onion till fragrant, then add lemongrass and ginger. Continue to stir for a minute or so, then add beef, chili powder, and chili flakes. Continue stirring on medium. Cover the pan, let it simmer for another 15 minutes.
2. Then add eggplant. Cover it back. Cook for further 10-15 more minutes, or till eggplant’s cooked. Then add nampla, stir to mix, take off heat immediately.
3. Garnish with sprigs of coriander leaves.