SOTO MADURA

Ingredients
250 g beef meat ( you can also combain with other part as well such as liver,
heart, lung, brain)
1 stalk of spring onion
1 stalk of celery leaf
1 stalk of lemongrass
2 kaffir lime leaves
Salt to taste or 1 sdm beef stock powder or 1/2 cube of beef bouillon
Sugar to taste
750 ml water, you can add more if you like (until the meat tender)

Spice Paste
5 shallots
3 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon shredded fresh ginger
1 tablespoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon pepper
Additional Ingredients
Fried shallots (Bawang Merah goreng) for garnish
1 lime
2 hard boiled eggs
25 gr soun (bean thread noodles), simmer in hot water to make it softer
2 garlic, thinly sliced and fried to give more taste (optional)
Directions
1. Simmer beef in water about 20 minutes, Then take it from the stock, sliced it
into small pieces and put it back into stock.
2. Heat 1 tbs. vegetable oil in a wok with medium heat. Stir fry the paste,
lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves for a minute or two until fragrant.
3. Then put the fried paste, salt or beef stock and sugar into the broth. Cook and
covered over medium heat until the meat tender. Add more water if its
necessary. Meanwhile, add the celery leaf, spring onion and the fried garlic
(crushed it into small pieces).
4. Serve the soup hot, garnished with soun (bean thread noodles), egg, fried
shallots and lime slices. Eat with plain rice (nasi putih)
Note : if you want to make the soup thicker, just add 1 tablespoon of rice, simmer
to water for sometimes, drain, then grind and mix it with the soup