Beef Curry (A Mae Nhut)

Ingredients

1. Beef - 50 ticals
2. Oil - 10 ticals
3. Vinegar - 2 tablespoons

4. Green chili - 8
5. Ginger root - 2 inches

6. Onions - 5
7. Garlic - 2 cloves
8. Salt - some
9. Bay leaves - 4

10. Cinnamon sticks - 4
11. Cloves - 5
12. Pepper seeds - 4

Cooking

1. Cut beef into large pieces ( about 2 inch square).
2. Pound chili, onion, garlic and ginger into a paste.
3. Mix the paste and salt well into beef and start cooking in low heat.
4. When water evaporates, taste if the curry needs more salt or not.
5. Add a bit of water and cook some more. When water evaporates, see if beef is tender or not. If it is not, add more water and cook some more.
6. If beef is tender, add bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, cloves and pepper and continue cooking until oil has welled up to the surface.

1 viss = 3.6 pounds = 100 ticals, 27.7 ticals = 1 pound , 1 tical = .57 ounces